Aspen Golann is an artist & furniture maker blending early American furniture forms with sculpture and social practice.

Trained as a 17th-19th century woodworker, Aspen engages the moral complexity of reproduction furniture by appropriating the aesthetics and antiquarian processes of early America to illustrate gender and social power dynamics. Her artwork is exhibited nationally has been featured on NPR, PBS and published in The New York Times, Architectural Digest, Elle, Luxe, Fine Woodworking, and American Craft. She serves on the board of The Chairmaker’s Toolbox, A Workshop of Our Own, The Furniture Society, and The Society of Arts + Crafts. She has received support for her work from The Windgate Foundation, The United Artists Foundation, Winterthur Museum, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, The Center for Furniture Craftsmanship and others and is the recipient of the 2023 Award in Craft from The Maxwell Hanrahan Foundation and The Mineck Furniture Fellowship from The Society of Arts & Crafts.

In 2020 Aspen founded The Chairmaker’s Toolbox—a project fostering access and equity in the field of chairmaking. In support of the project, she has partnered with museums, schools & chairmakers around the world.

Aspen teaches craft workshops internationally and in the furniture deparment at The Rhode Island School of Design. She holds a degree in furniture making from The North Bennet Street School in Boston, MA & lives and works in Southern New Hampshire with her partner.