Hayley Shaw
Biographical Info Chicago-based artist Hayley Shaw blends a diverse background with a deep appreciation for texture and decay. Originally from Lake Tahoe, she studied communications at the University of Georgia before building a finance career in Seattle and Los Angeles. During the pandemic, she rediscovered her passion for art, transforming a creative pastime into a full-time pursuit. Now based in Chicago, her mixed-media work captures the quiet history of the city through layered, timeworn compositions. Incorporating plaster, fabric, collage, and unconventional materials like coffee grounds, salt, and bleach, her pieces evoke urban erosion and transience. Influenced by graffiti and the slow unraveling of built environments, her abstractions balance presence and disappearance, permanence and imperfection.
Artist Type mixedmedia
Location Chicago, IL
Short Description Mixed-media style layers plaster, joint compound, wood, fabric, and collage to create rich, textured compositions. Unconventional materials like coffee grounds, bleach, salt, and sand introduce organic decay, blending erosion and permanence for a raw, timeworn aesthetic.
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hayleyshaw_art/
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Art01 Caption Mardi Gras Sidewalk
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Art02 Caption Rock and Rose
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Art03 Caption Time and Chaos
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Art04 Caption World Below
