Clarissa Haley

Following graduation, Clarissa worked in corporate design for 10 years in London. In 1995, whilst volunteering for MIND, Clarissa was inspired to change her career path and studied Art Therapy at Goldsmith’s College. 12 years experience as an arts facilitator in various health and social care settings followed.

In 2007 Clarissa established Space Today UK; an Arts - Science creative learning company. As Director of Space Today UK, Clarissa has worked extensively in Europe, coordinating Project EMPATHY; a Grundtvig Learning Partnership which created 7 murals with disadvantaged adult learners in 7 countries as part of the European Commission’s Lifelong Learning Programme.

Inspired by light, colour and texture Clarissa’s work explores the influence the Sun has on our emotional world both in how we see and how we feel. Clarissa’s ‘intuitive landscapes’ reflect the duality of light and dark, observing the eternal flow of light that perpetually seeks the shadows of stillness enveloped in the ambiguity of darkness. Her paintings aspire to enable the viewer moments of contemplation and quietude.

Clarissa’s compositions originate from small black and white linear sketches that establish the interrelationship between the positive...

1995 - Art Psychotherapy Foundation, Goldsmith’s College, University of London
1987 - BA (hons) Graphic Design, London College of Printing (University of Arts London)
1983 - Art Foundation, Goldsmith’s College, University of London