Born in 1973, Oregon. Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.
EDUCATION
2001
MFA, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
1996
BA, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
The Ringing Stone, Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
2023
Last Morning at El Centro, CVG Foundation, Beijing, China
Laguna Castle, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022
BOZO HOUSE, BozoMag, Los Angeles, CA
The Spider, two-person exhibition with Shari Urquhart, SHRINE, New York, NY
2021
Incense, The Armory Art Fair with SHRINE, New York, NY
2020
The Grass is Blue, SHRINE, New York, NY
2019
LATE BLOOMER, BozoMag, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Open Studio / 13 Paintings, BozoMag, Los Angeles, CA
AMPM, Williamson Knight, Portland, OR
2017
New Paintings, BozoMag, Abode, Los Angeles, CA
2016
PLANTS BODIES STARS, Luis De Jesus, Los Angeles, CA
2014
Apparition Hill, Charles A. Hartman Fine Art, Portland, OR
2011
Cathedrals, Charles A. Hartman Fine Art, Portland, OR
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Toward the Celestial: ICA Miami’s Collection at 10 Years, Institute of Contemporary Art Miami, Miami, FL
Afterglow, curated by Night Gallery, Acquavella, Palm Beach, FL
Arcadia and Elsewhere, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
2023
PUBLIC PRIVATE, Pond Society, Shanghai, China
Death of the Outsider, SHRINE, Los Angeles, CA
2022
Unnatural Nature: Post-Pop Landscapes, Acquavella, New York, NY
Shrubs, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021
36 Paintings, Harper’s, East Hampton, NY
2020
Eartha, Adams and Ollman, Portland, OR
New Beginnings..., Nicodim, Los Angeles, CA
Connections, SHRINE, New York, NY
Conscious Collaboration with Spirit, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
Psithurism: Visionary West, Fairbanks Gallery, Oregon State University, OR
2019
Summer Formal, La Loma Projects, Los Angeles, CA
The Devil's Harp, Flowers, Oakland, CA
Now(n), Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Chicago, IL
2018
Sexy Beast Auction for Planned Parenthood, Curated by Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Art Den, a collaboration between the Barker Hanger & Odd Ark, Odd Ark LA, Los Angeles, CA
Burchfied's Influence, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley, ID
Good Smoke, Good Poke, 0-0, Los Angeles, CA
Take Care, Gas, Los Angeles, CA
Vision Valley, Curated by The Pit at the Brand Library, Glendale, CA
The Divine Joke, Curated by Barry Schwabsky, Anita Rogers Gallery, New York, NY
The AirTight Garage, Big Pictures LA, Los Angeles, CA
Binder of Women, Otherwild, Los Angeles, CA
It's OK, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Binder of Women, The Pit, Glendale, CA
The Upside of Her Hell, BozoMag, Beverly Hills, CA
No-Place, Gallery Protocal, Gainesville, FL
2016
Women on the Fence, Mothership Festival, Desert Hot Springs, CA
A Space Born, Egyptian Art & Antiques, Beverly Hills, CA
Rob Pruitt's Flea Market, Los Angeles, CA
FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2021
Steep Rock Artist Residency, Washington, CT
2018
Gas, Residency, Los Angeles, CA
2013
Caldera Artist in Residence, Portland, OR
Regional Arts and Culture Council Project Grant
2012
Contemporary Northwest Art Awards Nominee, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
PUBLICATIONS
2024
Altar, published by Shrine, New York, NY
2023
Laguna Castle, published by Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Edited by Sacha Baumann, Full Blede Issue 4: The Pattern, March
“Vintage Self Help," 2nd edition, Zine, Published in collaboration with Williamson Knight & BozoMag, Designed and printed by Sheila Laufer, Egg Press, Portland, OR
2017
“BEDDRAWINGS: DARK GODDESSES QUEENS SWAMP THINGS," Zine, Self-published, Designed and edited by Antonia Pinter
"Vintage Self Help," 1st edition, book of short essays, Edited by Katie Ford, Published by Cherry & Lucic, Designed and printed by Sammie Cepa, Portland, OR
2008
New American Paintings Magazine, Pacific Coast Edition, Paintings
2005
"The Attractive Salve,” Essay in book published by University of Dortmund Press, ”INTERMEDIA: Enacting the Liminal," edited by Hans Breder
SELECTED PRESS
2023
Jennifer Remenchik, “A Brush with the California Sublime,” Hyperallergic, March 6
Gwynn Vitello, “Hayley Barker’ Takes Us Back to the 'Laguna Castle,'” Juxtapoz, February 18
Lyndsay Knecht, “New Programme Matches Artists with Los Angeles Communities for Residencies,” The Art Newspaper, February 16
Michael Slenske, "Hayley Barker's Visions of Nature," W Magazine, February 15
2022
"Full of Life: Hayley Barker Interviewed by Paul Maziar," BOMB Magazine, September 19
"The Spider: Hayley Barker and Shari Urquhart @ SHRINE," Juxtapoz, April 29
2021
Brian P. Kelly, “The Armory Show Review: Hey Good Lookin,’” The Wall Street Journal, September 10
Barry Schwabsky, “Openings: Hayley Barker,” Artforum (Print), January/February Issue
2020
Lindsay Costello, “The Allure of Interconnection,” Oregon ArtsWatch, December 7
Brienne Walsh, “Hayley Barker’s Landscapes Embody A Feminine, Earth-Based Spirituality,” forbes.com, November 30
Jennifer Remenchik, “Turning to Art for Spiritual Sustenance,” Hyperallergic, August
Julie Schulte, “Women in Repose: Hayley Barker; Radioactive Paintings,” Artillery, May
2019
Paul Maziar, “Hayley Barker’s LATE BLOOMER: Love Everything That Flows,” LA Weekly, November
Lyndsay Preston Zappas, KCRW Art Insider, Feature, KCRW.com, November
Lorraine Heitzman, Review of “Summer Formal” at La Loma Projects,” Art and Cake, Online, September
Jennifer Remenchik, “In SoCal, Artists Foster Roving, Alternative Spaces in Face of Change,” Hyperallergic, March
2018
Arshy Azizi, "take care," Artforum Critics Pick, Artforum Online, July 2
David Pagel, "Where to find fantastic beasts? At Big Pictures Los Angeles' ‘AirTight Garage,’ Los Angeles Times, April 17
Barry Schwabsky, “The Divine Joke,” Exhibition Essay, Anita Rogers Gallery, New York, April
Jennifer Remenchik, "Spirit Bodies: on the work of Hayley Barker," CurateLA Blog, February 12
Richard Speer, Feature Review of "AMPM," Visual Art Source Online, February
2017
Catherine Wagley, “Goddess Ghosts,” LA Weekly, August 16
2015
“Artists Make Good Theologians,” Sarah Sentilles, Harvard Divinity Bulletin
2014
John Motley, "Apparition Hill" Review, The Oregonian, May 12
Richard Speer, Visual Art Source Editorial Feature: “Apparition Hill,” Visual Art Source, May 11
Sarah Sentilles, "The Longing to See: Hayley Barker’s 'Apparition Hill,’" Oregon ArtsWatch, April 28
2011
Sue Taylor, Review of “Cathedrals,” Art in America, October
John Motley, “Extolling Nature’s Cathedrals,” The Oregonian, June 2
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
CVG Foundation, Beijing, China
Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
1% for the Arts, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA
Yageo Foundation, Taipei City, Taiwan