About Hailey
A bit about Hailey…
Hailey Watson was born and raised in Southwestern Ontario. She is currently studying her undergraduate degree at Western University and on track for graduation in the spring of 2024. She has been awarded Dean’s Honour List from 2019-2023, Ivey Foundation Continuing Award in Visual Arts from 2019-2022, David Magee Scholarship in Visual Arts in 2022, and Gray Creative Arts Award in Visual Arts in 2022. She has participated in exhibitions such as Beyond Me (2019) with Satellite Gallery, …And on That Day, I Went for a Walk (2020), Everyone Here has Something in Common (2020), Eye Opening (2022), and BL:UE (2023) with Artlab Gallery.
Originally a multimedia artist, she is currently applying her experience towards sculpture and installation arts to thread her artworks together as an encompassing experience for audiences. In the past, her work has generally been concerned about various mentalities, discovering one’s personhood, spirituality, and mindfulness. At the moment, she is concerned with topics relating to natural material in a similar fashion to previous preoccupations.
About Hailey’s practice
She is currently a fifth-year undergraduate student at Western University located in London, Ontario, and enrolled in the BFA Honours Specialization in Studio Arts program. At the moment, she is teaching art to children with the London Arts Council and plans to continue in the field of teaching and the arts.
As a sculpture and installation artist, Hailey’s main focus for the moment is working with natural and plant materials, as well as found or readymade objects. Conceptually, she is preoccupied with ideas such as natural reactions, responses, healing, and growth concerning stressful or traumatic environments.
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