Hayley Harrison

I am an artist working with people, forgotten spaces and abandoned materials (human and non-human) to start conversations about our relationships with each other, places we call home and the more-than-human world. A sense of place is a central theme in my practice which I use to explore the Earth Crisis and consequential collective and personal grief.

I use gentle processes that have a low impact on the natural environment and a positive impact on people. Outcomes are made with and intended for both human and non-human audiences:

Text-based videos projected onto landscapes

Circles of listening

Performances with pavement ‘weeds’ and house plants

Questions woven into netting - left in clearings inviting growing conversations with plants and human communities

Cyanotypes toned with local plants

Recorded bird song played to bird song

Performances by humans for non-humans

These dialogues explore the limitations of the human language. Each encounter aims to sit within the space between language, seeking more nourishing connections that include self, ecosystems and each other.

I live in London on a narrowboat without a fixed mooring, moving from place to place every two weeks. Living in various obscure urban, suburban and rur...

I live and work in London. From 2021-22 I was in residency at Phytology: Bethnal Green Nature Reserve. In 2022 my work was published in Dark Mountain. In 2021 I was awarded an Arts Council England Developing Your Creative Practice and an a-n Artists Bursary. In 2020 I exhibited in a two-person show at Rugby Art Gallery & Museum (supported by Arts Council England). My work was selected in 2020 for the ArtWorks Open by Michelle Williams Camaker and Alex Schady, in 2019 for the Creekside Open by Brian Griffiths, in 2018 for the OUTPOST Member show by the White Pube. I have performed at the Nunnery Gallery, SPACE, Hoxton Gallery, and hARTslane. I am regularly commissioned to run listening and participatory projects - recent partners include Peer Gallery, Bridget Sawyers Art Consultants (on behalf of Watford Council), and Narrative by Design (on behalf of Southwark Council). I am an associate artist at the Climate Museum and Community Projects Curator at Cubitt Gallery.