Shane Brox was born in Canada, grew up in Norway and currently resides and works in Copenhagen. His artistic practice mainly comprises sculptures, wall objects, and large-scale installations made from fibre. Brox utilizes a mix of natural and synthetic materials, which include vintage textiles, cotton, linen, yarn, felt, string, ribbon, wool, silk, acrylic, and rayon, to create his works.
Traditionally, textiles and fibres were linked to women's handcrafts, but feminist artists in the 1960s and 1970s challenged this notion and incorporated these traditions into fine art. Beyond weaving, fibre structures were made using techniques like knotting, twining, plaiting, coiling, pleating, lashing, interlacing, and braiding. Artists from the United States and Europe explored the qualities of fabric to develop works that were two or three-dimensional, flat or volumetric, nonobjective or figurative, and representational or fantastical. Shane Brox builds on this heritage of fibre art, and he makes the choice of fibre an essential part of the work's significance. His artworks emphasize the aesthetic value of the material over its utility.
Brox's artwork invites the audience on a journey into his inner world, where viewers often experience mental freedom fueled by instinct and creativity. His art generates a strange and unpredictable cosmos, often described as psychedelic and uncanny. Brox finds inspiration in surrealism, folk art, and microscopic plant-like organisms. He uses his subconscious as a catalyst for creating the work, a technique that references artists such as Louise Bourgeois and the early surreal works of Picasso and Miro. Brox refuses to conform to predefined patterns for creation and constantly sets the stage for emancipation, challenging his own vulnerability and social conditionings related to his upbringing.