Works in Show
To be Updated After the Opening Ceremony
Artist Biography
Hayley Hamilton attended Central St Martins School Of Art in London. She immigrated to New Zealand in 1993 and has been a full time artist since 2001. Her career to date has involved running an open studio workshop, using clay, painting and a little commercial illustration. She is now painting full time. Her practice involves original paintings from which she produces a range of limited edition prints, exhibition ceramic work and a merchandise range of tees and greetings cards
She has exhibited throughout New Zealand.
Artist Statement
Hayley considers herself a painter and an illustrator who enjoys telling visual stories through her art. After the practical restraints of using clay artistically for so many years she loves the freedom of painting. To paint has been her true calling and an essential part of her creativity. Hayley's work strives for a connection with the viewer. She also gains great joy from illustration. To tell a relatable story is the intrinsic goal. Curiosity and variation have always been an essential part of her creativity. She is striving for a connection with the viewer. The ideas are constant , like a chatter in her head that she needs to pair back. Inspiration comes from life experiences, relationships and being consciously child like, trying to see without any knowing is her goal, recording interactions that will later be scribbled into her sketchbook. Being a naturally curious person and delving into other worlds through books, films and conversations, ideas emerge that she then works on to become a painting. She is inspired by everything and anything, from Renaissance embroidery, the family dog asleep on his bed or the expression of a stranger.
Eclipse Sisters by Hayley Hamilton
Hayley Hamilton
Artist
