Asia Gagnon Hudson Valley Artist

Creative Mission

My art is driven by my desire to reexamine stories that exist within our collective consciousness. It is an attempt to lay out all the pieces, and inspect the themes and lessons they are trying to impart. Many of them hold the seeds of toxic views that still flourish in western society. I want to transform them into something new, something that helps us to grow instead of restricting us.

There is a way to reshape the tale of Medusa, a story about a woman punished for her own sexual assault by being turned into a monster, into one that empowers survivors of sexual assault to feel proud of their strength and survival. There is a way to explore the fall of Icarus that questions the wisdom of chiding ourselves for “flying too close to the sun”. One must only be willing to take these powerfully ancient stories apart, and build something that brings new and inclusive ideas to the table with the pieces.

Experience

Original Works

Asia Gagnon has written and performed two original works; The Minotaur and The Kind Of Thing (You Don't Talk About).

Script Supervisor

Asia Gagnon has had the pleasure of being script supervisor on both short and feature length films such as Stag, Lasciare, Swipe, Fruit Loops, and Not Dead Yet.

Director

Asia Gagnon has directed both theatrical performances such as Romans, and filmed projects such as Wary Witch and Birds

Gallery

Explore the creative works of Asia Gagnon, artist and storyteller.

I cannot speak highly enough about Asia's talents, she is a renaissance woman that can seemingly do anything. I've seen her direct, act, produce, show run, and every project she's on, she elevates."

Mick Szal

★★★★★

Founder/Performer, Brick Comedy