BIO
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Hayley is a multidisciplinary artist, designer, and educator. Raised on Wiradjuri land in Orange, she lives and works on Gadigal land in Newtown, Sydney. She holds a BA in Fine Arts from UNSW Art & Design (formerly COFA) and a BA in Interior and Spatial Design with First-Class Honours from UTS. Following her studies, Hayley co-founded Smith and Carmody, a multidisciplinary design partnership, contributing to projects such as Cornersmith and Brickfields. Her artistic and design practice is rooted in materiality and explores creative inquiry and design innovation through a research-led approach. This approach informs her ceramics practice, encompassing wheel throwing and hand-building. From 2014 to 2020, she served as a ceramics technician and tutor at Pine Street Creative Arts Centre, returning in 2022. Presently, Hayley works as a ceramics technician and teacher at Hazelhurst Art Centre and conducts workshops from her home studio, Wells Street Studio in Newtown, where she develops exhibition pieces and domestic wares while offering various classes. Committed to cultivating dynamic, collaborative learning environments, Hayley advocates for a studio-based pedagogy that prioritises critical discourse and technical mastery, informed by a decade of teaching experience. This pedagogical approach directly informs her practice, positioning the studio as a crucial material research and experimental design site.
Education:
2001 - Bachelor of Fine Arts, UNSW College of Fine Arts.
2010 - Bachelor of Interior & Spatial Design, University of Technology.
Selected Exhibitions:
2026 - 20.05.26, HOME@735, Redfern.
2025 - Staff Only, BroadhurstGallery,Hazelhurst Art Centre, Gymea.
2024 - Conduit, Hazelhurst Gallery, Gymea.
2024 - Kaloskagathos, Post Space, Exeter.
2024 - Life | Still, Damien Minton, Surry Hills
2023 - POUR, Michael Reid Norther Beaches - Clay, Newport
2023 - Creative Death Care, The Imaginer, Manly.
2023 - Triumverate with Natayla Shinn & Kate Stehr, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Gymea
2023 - Life in Working Art III, group show, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Gymea.
2023 - About Us, group show, Saint Cloche, Paddington.
2022 - Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale, Finalist Exhibition, Brisbane.
2022 - Half Full/ Long Past, Saint Cloche, duo show with Sophie Sachs, Paddington.
2022 - Tim Allen’s, Still/ Flow, solo exhibition, Defiance Gallery, collaborative ceramic vessels.
2021 - Movers and Shapers II - Women|Land| Sculpture, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Sydney. Collaborative work with Natayla Shinn.
2021 - National Emerging Art Prize Finalist Exhibition, Michael Reid - Klippax Street, curated by Amber Creswell-Bell.
2021 - Little Things Art Prize FINALIST EXHIBITION, Saint Cloche, Sydney.
2021 - Reciprocity, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Sydney.
2019 - Kiata Mason’s, solo exhibition, ‘The Theatrical Eye’, Musslebrook Regional Arts Centre, ceramic vessels made with Jean McGhee for Kiata Mason’s solo exhibition.
Publications:
2023 - Kylie Johnson and Tiffany Johnson, Earth & Fire: Modern potters, their tools, techniques and practice, Thames & Hudson Australia.
Industry Experience:
2015 - 2025 - Ceramics technician & tutor, Pine Street Creative Arts Centre (City of Sydney)
2014 to present - Ceramics Tutor & Technician, Wells Street Studio, Newtown
2022 to present - Ceramics Tutor & Technician, Hazelhurst Art Centre, Gymea.
2018 - 2019 Ceramics Tutor & Technician, Makerspace & Co, Marrickville.