Approved: 29.01.2010

Hayley Field

Artist, Arts development worker

Approved: 29.01.2010

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.

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    Artist Statement

    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. 

    CV & Education

    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