Hayley is an artist, designer and educator who grew up in Orange on Wiradjuri land and is currently living and working on Gadigal land in Newtown, Sydney. She has a BA Fine Arts from UNSW Art & Design (then COFA). Upon completion of this degree, Hayley spent time working and travelling overseas before returning to Sydney to undertake a BA Interior and Spatial Design at UTS, graduating with first-class honours.

In 2010 Hayley co-founded Smith and Carmody, a multidisciplinary design partnership working on projects such as Cornersmith in Marrickville and Brickfields in Chippendale before leaving the business to focus on other creative endeavours.

In the last decade, Hayley’s fine art and design background has progressed to a practice centred around ceramics. From 2014 to 2020 she worked as a ceramics technician and tutor at Pine Street Creative Arts Centre (City of Sydney) - overseeing the technical running of the studio and teaching a large number of the adult and children’s workshops. During this time Hayley assisted on several glaze technology workshops and master workshops. In 2022 Hayley is returning to Pine Street as a tutor.

In 2018 Hayley worked as a tutor at Makerspace & Co in Marrickville teaching Introductory workshops under the guidance of Xavier Modoux and assisting on several Master throwing and glaze technology workshops with Anthony Brink.

Presently Hayley works at Hazelhurst Art Centre as a ceramic technician and teacher as well as conducting workshops from her home studio Wells Street Studio in Newtown, where she teaches a range of classes in both wheel throwing and hand-building whilst working on developing works for exhibition and domestic wares for sale.

Education:

2001 - Bachelor of Fine Arts, UNSW College of Fine Arts.

2010 - Bachelor of Interior & Spatial Design, University of Technology.

Selected Exhibitions:

2023 - POUR, Michael Reid Norther Beaches - Clay.

2023 - Creative Death Care, The Imaginer, Manly.

2023 - TRIUMVIRATE with Natayla Shinn & Kate Stehr, group show, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery.

2023 - LIFE IN WORKING ART III, group show, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery.

2023 - ABOUT US, group show, Saint Cloche

2022 - HALF FULL/ LONG PAST, Saint Cloche, duo show with Sophie Sachs

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.

Industry Experience:

2015 to present - Ceramics technician & tutor Pine Street Creative Arts Centre (City Of Sydney)

2014 to present - Ceramics Tutor & Technician, Wells Street Studio.

2022 to present - Ceramics Tutor & Technician, Hazelhurst Art Centre.

2018 -2019 Ceramics Tutor & Technician, Makerspace & Co in Marrickville.

Publications:

2023    Johnson Tiffany & Kylie, “Earth & Fire”, Thames & Hudson.