ABOUT
Hayley Labrum Morrison (she/her) is an interdisciplinary artist born in Salt Lake City, UT (1986). Morrison’s 2022 solo exhibitions include “Of(f) the Body” at Dougherty Arts Center (named in Glasstire’s Top 5) and “Tinkling Ornaments” at Martha’s Contemporary. Recent group exhibitions include “Show Me a Dawn” with Co-Lab Projects in Austin, TX and “High-Maintenance” with Tchotchke Gallery in Brooklyn, NY.
Morrison co-founded concept animals in 2020, a femme artist-run publication and art community organizer. Through concept animals she created Crit Nites, launched ATX ART FOR YOU, co-produced Video Picnic at Martha’s, and curated over 100 artists into exhibitions including “Secondary” at Bolm Arts Gallery, “Out of the House” online, and ”Howdy, Stranger” at FOUNDRY.
Morrison was a resident at Vermont Studio Center in 2023, earned a BFA from Brigham Young University in Provo, UT in 2008 and has been featured in publications like Southwest Contemporary, The Exponent II, and Tchotchke Gallery’s 35mm Visual Diary.
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Recent Solo Exhibitions
2022 Tinkling Ornaments, Martha’s, Austin, TX
2022 Of(f) the Body, Daugherty Art Center, Austin, TX (Named in Glasstire’s “Top 5”)
2021 Give Me Place, Horlock Gallery, Navasota, TX
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 New Suns, Goodluckhavefun, Austin, TX
2024 Anthropos, Chilli Art Projects, London, UK
2023 Show Me a Dawn, Co-Lab Projects, Austin, TX
2023 High Maintenance, Tchotchke Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2023 Invasive Species, ICOSA Gallery, Austin, TX
2023 2023 Juried Regional Exhibition, Contracommon, Austin, TX
2023 99th Annual Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
2022 I am Bound Upon a Wheel of Fire, Writ & Vision, Provo, UT
2022 Shrink Wrap, Tchotchke Gallery, Online Exhibition
2022 5th Annual Small Works Show, Art Room, Fort Worth, TX
2022 Red Dot, Women & Their Work, Austin, TX
2022 Austin Does Austin, GoodLuckHaveFun, Austin, TX
2022 Crop of Kismet, I Like Your Work, Online Exhibition
2021 Howdy, Stranger, The FOUNDRY, Austin, TX
2021 MIDWINTER: At the gates of dawn, Writ&Vision, Provo, UT
2021 Collar Works 2021 Flat File, Collar Works Gallery and Online, Troy, NY
2020 Saints and Intermediaries, Vault Stone Shop, Austin, TX
2020 Millennial Visions, Utah Visual Arts, Online Exhibition
2020 Via Crucis, Writ&Vision, Provo, UT
2020 People’s Gallery, Austin City Hall, Austin, TX
2019 Night Garden, Young Space, Online Exhibition
2019 2019 SEU Flatfile Invitational, St. Edward’s University, Austin, TX
2019 Velvet Ropes L.A., 0-0 LA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Curation Projects
2022 Secondary, Bolm Arts Gallery, Austin, TX
2022 Out of the House, Virtual Exhibition, conceptanimals.com
2021 Howdy, Stranger, 40-Artist Exhibition, The FOUNDRY, Austin, TX
2021 Video Picnic 2, Experimental Video Art Screening, Martha’s Contemporary, Austin, TX
2020 Video Picnic 1, Experimental Video Art Screening, Martha’s Contemporary, Austin, TX
2020 In the House, Virtual Exhibition, conceptanimals.com
Selected Projects and Residencies
2020-Present Co-creator and Editor, concept animals, conceptanimals.com / @conceptanimals
2024 NYC Crit Club Canopy Program 2024, Mentorship with Rose Nestler
2023 Resident, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2022 Guest Artist, Fresh From the Studio, Women & Their Work, Austin, TX
2021 Creator and Co-producer, Crit Nites, Virtual and In-Person Critique Groups for Artists, Austin, TX
2021-2020 HLM for Dylan Wylde (Spring 2021 & Summer 2020 Fashion Collaborations), Dylan Wylde, Austin, TX
2020 HLM x Flavors (Summer 2020 Fashion Collaboration), Flavors Creative Group, flavorscreative.com
2020 Featured Artist (Digital Backdrop Collaboration), BackDrop Stock, backdropstock.com
2019-2020 Resident, Navasota Artists in Residence, Navasota, TX
2012 Artist, Nickelodeon Teenage Mutant, Ninja Turtles and Winx Displays, Comic-Con, San Diego, CA
2011 Original Mural, ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition”, South Jordan, UT
Education
Anticipated 2026 Master of Fine Arts, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2014 Park West Ceramics, Ceramics, Chicago, IL
2013 Santa Fe Clay, Ceramics, Santa Fe, NM
2008 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Studio Art: Painting and Drawing, Brigham Young University, Provo UT
2002-04 Peterson Art Center, Watercolor, Salt Lake City, UT
Teaching
2010-2011 Director, Dancing Moose Montessori School Art Program, Salt Lake City, UT