ABOUT
Hayley Labrum Morrison (she/her) is an interdisciplinary artist born in Salt Lake City, UT (1986). Morrison’s work blends elements of painting and sculpture to explore the impact of American Frontierism on the land and culture of the Mountain West. Her recent solo exhibitions include “Of(f) the Body” at Dougherty Arts Center (Austin, TX, 2022) and “Tinkling Ornaments” at Martha’s (Austin, TX, 2022). Recent group exhibitions include “Fruit Salad” at NYC Crit Club (Chelsea, NY, 2025), “Marking Place” at Eastern Michigan University (Ypsilanti, MI), and “Anthropos” at Chilli Art Projects (London, UK, 2024).
Morrison co-founded concept animals—a femme artist-run publication—in 2020. She has written, edited, and curated dozens of artist interviews, exhibition reviews, and online exhibitions with concept animals and co-produced Video Picnic (Martha’s, 2020-2021), Crit Nites (ICOSA Collective, 2021), “Secondary” at Bolm Arts Gallery (Austin, TX, 2022), and “Howdy, Stranger” at FOUNDRY (Austin, TX, 2021). She also created Austin’s go-to weekly art event digest, ATX ART FOR YOU (Instagram, 2022).
Morrison earned a BFA from Brigham Young University (Provo, UT, 2008), was in Rose Nestler’s NYC Crit Club 2024 Canopy Program, a 2023 resident at Vermont Studio Center, and is currently pursuing a Master of Fine Arts in Painting from Cranbrook Academy of Art (Bloomfield Hills, MI, 2026). She has been featured in Southwest Contemporary, The Exponent II, and Tchotchke Gallery’s 35mm Visual Diary.
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Born 1986, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Lives and works in Austin, TX and Detroit, MI
Education
2026 Master of Fine Arts, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2008 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Studio Art: Painting and Drawing, Brigham Young University, Provo UT
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
2008 Reverence Revisited, Gallery 303, Provo, UT
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 Too Cool for School, Curated by Raphael Tecucianu, Online Exibition
2025 Fruit Salad, NYC Crit Club, New York, New York
2025 Fathoms, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2025 Marking Place, Eastern Michigan University Gallery, Ypsilanti, MI
2024 Selling to the Smiths, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Smith House, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2024 Come Down, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2024 The 38th Annual Spiritual and Religious Exhibition, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
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, and Collaborations
2024-Present Editor, Fountainswimming Literary Journal, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2024-Present Painting Department Representative, Studio Council (student government), Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2020-Present Cofounder, concept animals, conceptanimals.com / @conceptanimals
2022-Present ATX ART FOR YOU, Austin’s go-to weekly art event digest
2022, 2021 Crit Nites, virtual and in-person critique groups for Texas artists
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
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
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
Residencies and Awards
2025 (Aug.) Wassaic Project Summer Residency, Wassaic, NY
2025 Maxwell/Hanrahan Materials Award, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2024, 2025 Merit Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2024 NYC Crit Club Canopy Program 2024, year-long mentorship with Rose Nestler
2023 Resident, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2022 Guest Artist, Fresh From the Studio, Women & Their Work, Austin, TX
2019-2020 Resident, Navasota Artists in Residence, Navasota, TX
Publications
2025 Friend of the Artist, Vol. 21, August 2025
2023 Exponent II, Summer 2023 Issue (Cover Image)
2023 Dialogue: Journal of Mormon Thought, Spring 2023 Volume
2022 Crop of Kismet, I Like Your Work Podcast, March 2022
2020 Exponent II, Spring 2020 Issue
Press
2023 Ted Bushman and Kristin Perkins, Embracing the Weird in Mormon Art, Center for Latter-Day Saint Arts website
2023 Scotti Hill, Work in Progress with Hayley Labrum Morrison, Interview, Southwest Contemporary website
2022 Amy Flores, Meet Hayley Labrum Morrison, Interview, CanvasRebel website
2022 Marlee Katz, Hayley Labrum Morrison, 35mm Diary and Interview, Tchotchke Gallery website
2019 Connie Clements, Artist Morrison applies business skills to art goals, Navasota Examiner website
2022 Danny Dunson, Artist Spotlight: Hayley Labrum Morrison, Art X Talent website
Teaching
2010-2011 Art Program Lead, Dancing Moose Montessori School Art Program, Salt Lake City, UT