Hayley Field
I am an abstract painter. My work represents intense, personal responses to observations, events, or experiences. My focus is on colour, shape and composition. My paintings slowly emerge through considerable re-working, accumulating a history of marks, often surfacing isolated figures and shapes.
Following art school I worked in the art room of a day centre and was deeply affected by the work and working processes of the people I met there. This impacted my work – an emphasis on not knowing, an immersion in making with a true sense of discovery is something I value and try to maintain in my work.
In the past few years I have been part of the collaborative project ‘Obscure Secure’ with fellow artist Jacqueline Utley. The project explores twentieth century women artists. To date we have worked with collections at Christchurch Mansion in Ipswich, The Red House in Aldeburgh and Towner Eastbourne.
Qualifications and training
1992 - MA Video , Middlesex University, London
1989 - BA (hons) Painting, Chelsea School of Art, London
Awards
2023 - British Art Network, Landscape Researcj Group
2021 - Arts Council England Project Grant
2019 - Creative Retreat, Britten Pears Foundation
2017 - Red Studio Enquiry, Arts Council England Grants for the Arts
2016 - Firstsite Collector's Bursary Award
2015 - a-n Review Bursary
2014 - Runner Up, WW Solo Award
2014 - Obscure Secure, Arts Council England Grants for the Arts
Solo exhibitions
2011 - New paintings, The Cut Arts Centre, Halesworth
Group exhibitions
2023 - Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, The Art Station, Suffolk
2022 - Creating Constable, Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich
2021 - Workout, Asylum Studios, Suffolk
2020 - Studio Works, The Cut Arts Centre, Halesworth
2019 - Just One More Thing, Asylum Studios, Suffolk
2019 - This is not an oak tree, Jugg Art Foundation, Ipswich
2018/19 - Women 100, Ipswich Art Gallery
2018 - Uncommon or Garden / Mixed Messages, Ipswich Biennial
2018 - Step Up, Suffolk Artlink at Jerwood DanceHouse
2016 - Different Spaces, McCully Crane Arts, Rye, East Sussex
2016 - Sad but true, Jerwood Dancehouse, Ipswich
2015 - Foule Parlement, Rye Creative Centre, East Sussex
2014/15 - Obscure Secure, Wolsey Art Gallery, Ipswich and studio 1.1, London
2014 - This Year's Model, studio 1.1, London
2013 - Art Britannia, Lion & Lamb, Art Basel Miami
2013 - CREEKSIDE OPEN selected by Paul Noble, APT Gallery, Deptford
2013 - Summer Saloon Show, Lion & Lamb, Hoxton
2011 - CREEKSIDE OPEN selected by Dexter Dalwood, APT Gallery, Deptford
2008 - Eastern Open, King's Lynn Arts Centre, Norfolk
2006 - Mixed show - 4 artists, Halesworth Gallery, Suffolk