Hayley Smith was born in Cardiff, Wales in 1965. Smith started to turn wood in 1989, while at Art school and received her BA (Hons.) in Art Education in 1991. Smith started exhibiting in 1990, and made the transition to full-time studio turner upon graduating. In 1998, Smith moved to Bisbee, Arizona. Smith has exhibited throughout Europe, North America and Australia. Taught and undertaken residencies in the UK, US and Australia. Her work can be seen in numerous Museum and Private collections, and has been widely featured in books and magazines.

EDUCATION

1985 Foundation Course in Art & Design. Cardiff Institute of Higher Education.

1991 B.A.(Hons.) Art Education. University of Wales. Cardiff.

GROUP SHOWS

1990

In the First Place: Work from Wales. Aberystwyth Arts Centre. Wales.

1991

Wood for Thought. The Pam Schomberg Gallery. Colchester. England.

1992

Innovative Woodturners in Wales. Model House Craft & Design Centre. Llantrisant. Wales.
Traditional Crafts. Oriel 31. Newtown. Wales.
Christmas Bazaar. Rufford Craft Centre. Nottingham. England.
Women Woodturners. The Joanne Rapp Gallery. Scottsdale. AZ.

1993

Holzschalen. Bayerische Kunstgewerb-Verein. Munich. Germany.
Blackened Wood. Oxford Gallery. Oxford. England.
Women Working in Wood. Mid-Pennine Arts. Burnley. England.
Group Show. Oriel Myrddyn. Carmarthen. Wales.
Two Person Show. Jewell & Roberts. Holmfirth. England.
Two Person Show. The Hannah Peschar Gallery. Surrey. England.

1993 & 94

Decorative Arts Today. Bonhams. London. England.

1994

Arts & Crafts. Juried Show. Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales. Neath. Wales.
Two Person Show. Andrew Usiskin Contemporary Art. London. England.

1994-1996

Chelsea Crafts Fair. London. England.

1995

Arts & Crafts. Juried show. Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales. Colwyn. Wales.
Design Crafts. International Trade Fair. Munich. Germany.
Group Show. Ferrers Gallery. Ashby-de-la-Zouch. England.
Masterworks. Fire & Iron Gallery. Leatherhead. England.
Homeworks. South Bank Centre. London. England.
Group Show. The Hannah Peschar Gallery. Surrey. England.
Summer Show. The Hugo Barclay Gallery. Brighton. England.
Group Show. Laburnum Ceramics. Penrith. England.
American & International Craft Show. New York Gift Fair. NY.
AllTurnatives: Form & Spirit. Philip & Muriel Berman Museum of Fine Art. Collegeville. PA.
Nature Turning Into Art: The Ruth & David Waterbury Collection of Turned Wood Bowls. Carleton Art Gallery. Northfield. MN.
Moving Parts. Roger Billcliffe Fine Arts. Glasgow. Scotland.
Group Show. The Banaker Gallery. San Francisco. CA.
Group Show. Maggie Barnes-European Ceramics. Knaresborough. England.

1996

Turned Wood-Small Treasures. Del Mano Gallery. Los Angeles, CA.
Turned Wood.
Women in Wood. The Banaker Gallery. San Francisco. CA.
Pots of Contrast. British Israel Arts. Jerusalem. Israel.
Growth Through Sharing. Guilford College Art Museum. Greensboro. NC.
Turned Works from the Robyn & John Horn Collection
The Arkansas Arts Center Decorative Arts Museum. Little Rock. AR.
Summer Exhibition. The Studio Gallery. Petersborough. England.
Wood & Clay. Maggie Barnes- European Ceramics. Knaresborough. England.
A Carnival of Creation. Oriel Mostyn. Llandudno. Wales.

1996

Summer Exhibition. The St.James Gallery. Bath. England.
In the Fringe. Eton Applied Arts. Eton. England.
Wooden Vessels. The Harley Gallery. Worksop. England.
Art Forms in Wood. The Malton Gallery. Cincinnati. OH.

1997

Art '97. Stewart & Wettstein Fine Art. London. England.
Turned Wood-Small Treasures. Del Mano Gallery. Los Angeles. CA.
Turned Wood: Woodturning Masterclass.
Moving Beyond tradition: A Turned Wood Invitational.
The Arkansas Arts Center Decorative Arts Museum. Little Rock. AR.

1997-2003

Sculptural Objects Functional Art Exposition. Navy Pier. Chicago. IL.

1998

Collaboration: Todd Hoyer & Hayley Smith. The Joanne Rapp Gallery. Scottsdale. AZ.
Expressions in Wood: Masterworks from the Wornick Collection.
The American Craft Museum. New York. NY.
The Davenport Museum of Art. Davernport. IA.

1998-2004

Sculptural Objects Functional Art Exposition. New York. NY.

1999

Turned Out: Working in Wood. The Sybaris Gallery. Royal Oak. MI.
Turned Wood '99. Del Mano Gallery. Los Angeles. CA.
Wood Invitational. The American Art Company. Tacoma. WA.
Group Show. The World Forestry Center. Portland. OR.
Forms in Wood. The Society of Arts and Crafts. Boston. MA.

2000

Artful Wood 2000:The Irving & Mari Lipton Collection.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles. CA.
Living with Form: The Horn Collection of Contemporary Crafts.
The Arkansas Arts Center Decorative Arts Museum. Little Rock. AR.
Turned Wood-Small Treasures. Del Mano Gallery. Los Angeles. CA.
Turning Wood into Art. The Mint Museum of Craft & Design. Charlotte. NC.
Wood & Form. The Hodges & Taylor Gallery. Charlotte. NC.
Horizons 2000: Artist Woodturners. Brookfield Craft Center. Brookfield. CT.
The Little Bowl Show. Saskatchewan Craft Council Gallery. Saskatoon. Canada.
The Fine Art of Wood: The Bohlen Collection. The Detroit Institute of Art. Detroit. MI.
Alchemy in Wood. The Sybaris Gallery. Royal Oak. MI.
Second North American Wood Invitational. The American Art Company. Tacoma. WA.
American Woodturning: An Emerging Contemporary Art Form. Rochester Art Center. Rochester. MN.

2001

Del Mano Gallery. Los Angeles. CA.
Turned Wood-Small Treasures. Turned & Sculpted Wood.
The Birthday Party: An Installation. Brand Library & Art Gallery. Glendale. CA.
Third Contemporary Wood Invitational. The American Art Company. Tacoma. WA.
Todd Hoyer & Hayley Smith. Patina Gallery. Santa Fe. NM.
New Works in Wood. Gallery Materia. Scottsdale. AZ.
Against the Grain: Turned & Sculpted Wood. McAllen International Museum. McAllen. TX.
Nature Takes a Turn. Minnesota Museum of American Art. St Paul. MN.
Nature Takes a Turn. University of California, Davis. CA.

2002

Nature Takes a Turn. University of New York, Purchase. NY.
Nature Takes a Turn. Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts. Gatlinburg. TN.
Branching Out: Contemporary Wood Turning in 2002. The Ellipse Arts Center. Arlington. VA.
Turned & Sculpted Wood. Del Mano Gallery. Los Angeles. CA.
Materials & Contemporary Illusions. The Brookfield Craft Center. Brookfield. CT.
Surface & Form. Craftwest Gallery. Kings Street Arts Center. Perth. Australia.
Collectors Choice. Collectors of Wood Art. SOFA. Navy Pier. Chicago. IL.
Yale Collects Wood: Gifts From the Collection of John & Robyn Horn. Yale University Art Gallery. New Haven. CT.

2003

Fourth Contemporary Wood Invitational. The American Art Company. Tacoma. WA.
Tony Boase Tribute: A Collaborative Exhibition of Turned Wood. From the Wood Gallery. Hay-on-Wye. England.
Tony Boase Tribute: A Collaborative Exhibition of Turned Wood. The Ronald Pile Gallery. Cambridge. England.
The Language of Wood: Todd Hoyer & Hayley Smith. Patina Gallery. Santa Fe. NM.
One Step Back, Two Steps Forward. Patina Gallery. Santa Fe. NM.
Turned Wood Show. Art Resources Gallery. St Paul. MN.
Into the Woods. The Long Beach Museum of Art. Long Beach. CA.

2004

Featured Works. Del Mano Gallery. Los Angeles. CA.
Beneath the Bark: 25 Years of Wood Turning. Brigham Young University Museum of Art. Provo. UT.
Nature Transformed. University of Michigan Museum of Art. Ann Arbor. MI.

SOLO SHOWS

1991

Moving Pictures. South East Wales Arts Association. Malpas Library. Malpas. Wales.

1994

Hayley Smith. Gallery in the Forest. Grizedale. Cumbria. England.
Turned Wood Bowl Forms. Brewery Arts. Cirencester. England.

1995

Turned Wood Bowl Forms. Artifex. Sutton Coldfield. England.
Aftifex. Shrewsbury. England.

1996

Hayley Smith. The Arc Gallery. Chester. England.

1998

Feature Show. Del Mano Gallery. Los Angeles. CA.

2002

Feature Show. Del Mano Gallery. Los Angeles. CA.

1994 & 96 The Grizedale Society. Grizedale Forest. Cumbria. England.
1995 International Turning Exchange. The Wood Turning Center. PA.
1996 Oriel Mostyn. Llandudno. Wales.
2002 Craftwest. Margaret River. WA. Australia.

AWARDS / GRANTS

1994 & 95 Craft Special Project Grant. Arts Council for Wales.

Arkansas Arts Center Decorative Arts Museum. Little Rock. AR.
Contemporary Museum. Honolulu. HI.
Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit. MI.
The Grizedale Society. Grizedale. Cumbria. England.
Long Beach Museum of Art. Long Beach. CA.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles. CA.
Minneapolis Institute of Art. Minneapolis. MN.
Mint Museum of Craft & Design. Charlotte. NC.
Mobile Museum of Art. Mobile. AL.
Museum of Arts & Design. New York. NY.
The Wood Turning Center. Philadelphia. PA.
Wustum Museum of Art. Racine. WI.
Yale University Art Gallery. New Haven. CT.