Hayley Sheldon

Hayley Sheldon (b. 1984) is a multidisciplinary sculptor and installation artist focusing on tactility and color. She received her BFA from the University of Central Florida in Drawing and Printmaking and continued her education at the Tyler School of Art at Temple University, Temple University Rome and the Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland. Hayley is currently represented by Uprise Art gallery and lives in West Palm Beach, Florida with her husband Jeff and daughters Violet and Willa.

Hayley is continually interested in experimenting with common materials and manipulating them in new ways. Her current body of work utilizes a catalog of shapes made by sewing directly into wooden frames, using the fibers to create a translucent color field effect. Hayley strives to blur the boundaries between contemporary, minimalist art and woven, fiber-based handicrafts, in an attempt to elevate methods and traditions often considered to be activities of the domesticated woman, and speak to the viewer in the universal language of color and form.