Haley Neville
Haley Neville is an artist and curator living and working in Lawrence, MA. She has a BA from St. Anselm College (Manchester, NH). Neville has exhibited throughout New England including a solo exhibition at Piano Craft Gallery in 2021. She has curated multiple exhibitions including, “Manipulation is Art and Play,” for the National Association for Women Artists - MA Chapter, and "Between You and I," a group exhibition of figurative work in Boston, MA. Publications include the Winter 2023 issue of Throats to the Sky Magazine. Neville’s most recent project, a set of mural commissions in Wethersfield, CT.
Artist Statement
I am an expressive painter working primarily in acrylics, where my exploration of color and perspective serves as a pathway to examining self-perception and identity. Through each piece, I delve into the layers of human experience, using the figure and botanicals as metaphors to articulate the tension between our inner and outer worlds.
The figures in my work embody the interplay between vulnerability and resilience, inviting viewers to witness the raw edges of self-awareness — the moments where shame gives way to liberation and where connection wrestles with dissociation. These figures often coexist with botanical elements, which represent the wild, untamed aspects of humanity and serve as symbols of both growth and fragility.
In my practice, color plays a vital role. I use it to evoke mood, convey emotion, and guide the viewer through nuanced spaces that bridge the gap between seen and unseen, self and other, nature and constructed reality. The compositions are imbued with shifting perspectives, encouraging viewers to question their own perceptions and experiences in relation to my work.
Through this dialogue between figure, plant, color, and form, I aim to create a visual narrative that resonates with universal themes of identity, resilience, and interconnectedness, capturing the dualities and contradictions that define our human existence.
