Aspen Golann is an artist whose work explores gender, power, and history through the language of American furniture.

Trained in 17th–19th century woodworking, she reinterprets historical techniques and aesthetics to engage the moral complexities of reproduction furniture, bringing early American craft into dialogue with contemporary aesthetics and cultural critique. Working primarily in wood using traditional hand-tool processes, her practice reimagines inherited forms as sites of tension, intimacy, and critique.

Golann studied at the North Bennet Street School in Boston where she trained in traditional furniture making. She has presented work and lectures at Sotheby's, Yale University, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Her work is held in the permanent collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The Loewe Foundation, Fuller Craft Museum, and others. Her practice has been recognized with major honors including the 2025 United States Artists Fellowship, a 2025 Artisan Residency at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Maxwell Hanrahan Award in Craft, the Mineck Furniture Fellowship, and selection as a 2025 Loewe Craft Prize finalist. Her work has been featured in publications including The New York Times, Architectural Digest, Vogue, Dezeen, Dwell, NPR, Elle, American Craft, Hyperallergic, and Fine Woodworking.

Golann is the founder of The Chairmaker’s Toolbox, a nonprofit dedicated to expanding access to traditional craft through free tools, mentorship, and education for BIPOC, gender-marginalized, and underrepresented makers.

In addition to her studio practice, she teaches furniture design at the Rhode Island School of Design and leads craft workshops internationally. She lives and works in Southern New Hampshire.