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Image Courtesy of Wassaic Project.
Hayley Labrum (she/her) is an interdisciplinary artist born in Salt Lake City, UT (1986). Labrum’s work blends elements of painting, sculpture, and photography to explore the impact of manifest destiny and the Western Frontier on the land, culture, and people 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) and recent group exhibitions include “Because, now is the time of Monsters” at Wassaic Project (Wassaic, NY, 2026), “Feet Pics” at RUBY/DAKOTA NY (New York City, NY), and “Anthropos” at Chilli Gallery (London, UK, 2024).
Labrum 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).
Labrum earned a BFA from Brigham Young University (Provo, UT, 2008), an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art ( Bloomfield Hills, MI, 2026), was a 2023 resident at Vermont Studio Center, was in Rose Nestler’s 2024 NYC Crit Club Canopy Program cohort, and a summer 2025 resident at Wassaic Project. 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
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2026 Where the Copper Hills Meet the Salt Water, Martha’s, Austin, TX
2022 Tinkling Ornaments, Martha’s, Austin, TX
Of(f) the Body, Daugherty Art Center, Austin, TX (Named in Glasstire’s “Top 5”
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026 Because, now is the time of monsters, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
Bone Snack, 100,000,000, Kansas City, Missouri
Feet Pics, RUBY/DAKOTA, New York, New York
2025 Soft Return, Hard Return Gallery, Chicago, IL
The 39th Annual Spiritual and Religious Exhibition, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
Fruit Salad, NYC Crit Club, New York, New York
Fathoms, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Marking Place, Eastern Michigan University Gallery, Ypsilanti, MI
2024 Selling to the Smiths, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Smith House, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Come Down, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
The 38th Annual Spiritual and Religious Exhibition, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
New Suns, Goodluckhavefun, Austin, TX
Anthropos, Chilli Art Projects, London, UK
2023 Show Me a Dawn, Co-Lab Projects, Austin, TX
High Maintenance, Tchotchke Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Invasive Species, ICOSA Gallery, Austin, TX
2023 Juried Regional Exhibition, Contracommon, Austin, TX
99th Annual Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
2022 I am Bound Upon a Wheel of Fire, Writ & Vision, Provo, UT
Shrink Wrap, Tchotchke Gallery, Online Exhibition
5th Annual Small Works Show, Art Room, Fort Worth, TX
Red Dot, Women & Their Work, Austin, TX
Austin Does Austin, GoodLuckHaveFun, Austin, TX
Crop of Kismet, I Like Your Work, Online Exhibition
2021 Howdy, Stranger, The FOUNDRY, Austin, TX
MIDWINTER: At the gates of dawn, Writ&Vision, Provo, UT
Collar Works 2021 Flat File, Collar Works Gallery and Online, Troy, NY
2020 Saints and Intermediaries, Vault Stone Shop, Austin, TX
Millennial Visions, Utah Visual Arts, Online Exhibition
Via Crucis, Writ&Vision, Provo, UT
People’s Gallery, Austin City Hall, Austin, TX
2019 Night Garden, Young Space, Online Exhibition
2019 SEU Flatfile Invitational, St. Edward’s University, Austin, TX
Velvet Ropes L.A., 0-0 LA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Fairs
2026 How to Find Oblivion, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York City, NY
Selected Projects, Curation, Writing, Programming, & Collaborations
2020 - Present Co-founder and Editor-in-Chief, concept animals, artist-run contemporary art publication.
ATX ART FOR YOU, Creator, Austin’s weekly art event list, Instagram
Crit Nites, Creator, Virtual and in-person critique program, Austin, TX
Video Picnic, Co-creator and Curator, Short film series, Martha’s, Austin, TX
Selected concept animals exhibition curation:
Secondary, Bolm Arts Gallery, Austin, TX
Out of the House, Curator, conceptanimals.com
Howdy, Stranger, Curator, FOUNDRY, Austin, TX
2024 - 2026 Editor-in-Chief, Fountainswimming, student-run journal, Cranbrook Academy of Art
2025 Curator, Fathoms, Forum Gallery, Detroit, MI
2021 Artist, HLM x Dylan Wylde II, fashion collaboration, Dylan Wylde, Austin, TX
2020 Artist, HLM x Dylan Wylde I, fashion collaboration, Dylan Wylde, Austin, TX
Artist, HLM x Flavors, fashion collaboration, flavorscreative.com
BackDropStock.com, Digital backdrop collection, backdropstock.com
2012 Artist, Nickelodeon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Winx Displays, Comic-Con, San Diego, CA
2011 Artist, ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Season 9, Episode 2, South Jordan, UT
Residencies and Awards
2026 Maxwell/Hanrahan Materials Award, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2025 Wassaic Project Summer Residency, Wassaic, NY
Maxwell/Hanrahan Materials Award, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Merit Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2024 NYC Crit Club Canopy Program 2024, year-long mentorship with Rose Nestler
Merit Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2023 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2019 - 2020 Navasota Artists in Residence, Navasota, TX
Publications
2025 Friend of the Artist, Vol. 21, August 2025
Exponent II, Fall 2025 Issue
2023 Exponent II, Summer 2023 Issue (Cover Image)
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
2026 Lina Fisher, Copper Conducts Hayley Labrum’s Solo Show at Martha’s in Austin, Glasstire
Lina Fisher, Hayley Labrum Solo Exhibition, Staff Pick, The Austin Chronicle
2024 Chelsea Homer, An ode to garments, Hot Off the Pews
2023 Alyssa Grenfell, Brainwashed Mormon Mommies?, YouTube
2023 Ted Bushman and Kristin Perkins, Embracing the Weird: A New Moment for Latter-day Saint Art, Center for Latter-Day Saint Arts
Margaret Olson Hemming, Bodies of Flesh and Bone, Dialogue: Journal of Mormon Thought
Scotti Hill, Work in Progress with Hayley Labrum Morrison, Interview, Southwest Contemporary
2022 Harrison Epstein, Provo art show highlights intersection between Latter-day Saint faith, OCD, Daily Herald
Erin Keever, ‘Austin Does Austin’ at gallery-cum-garage Goodluckhavefun, Sightlines
Amy Flores, Meet Hayley Labrum Morrison, Interview, CanvasRebel
Marlee Katz, Hayley Labrum Morrison, 35mm Visual Diary and Interview, Tchotchke Gallery
Diane Sikes, Fresh From the Studio, Women & Their Work
2019 Connie Clements, Artist Morrison applies business skills to art goals, Navasota Examiner
Danny Dunson, Artist Spotlight: Hayley Labrum Morrison, Art X Talent
Professional Experience
2025-2026 Department Assistant, Painting Department, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2010-2011 Art Program Lead, Dancing Moose Montessori School Art Program, Salt Lake City, UT
2007-2011 Artist, Sandra Gilbert Art and Faux Finishing, Salt Lake City, UT
