Hayley Jay is a documentary photographer and visual artist from the UK. Her imagery is concerned with youth, class and aesthetics often documenting the style and spaces of communities that she builds close connections to. With an affectionate eye for intimacy and self expression, she creates compelling portraits partnered with their alluring environments. Having a fascination for nightlife, raves and tourism, she photographs spaces that have a suspension from the everyday, sharing liminal behind the scenes. Her ongoing collaborative project, ‘Have you ever kicked a dandelion?’(2023 - present) tracks her engagement with youth advocacy and sharing her camera with the young people she teaches.
Hayley is from and based in Slough, on a gap year from her studies, she currently working as a secondary school teacher in special education. Following on from her Foundation Diploma at Central Saint Martins, Hayley is studying Fine Art Photography at The University of the Arts, London.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Solo Exhibition 'Have you ever kicked a dandelion?' at Peckham Levels.
'I <3 Benidorm' Bargehouse, OXO Tower Wharf. Camberwell College of Arts.
London Unseen: End of Season Celebration at London City Hall.
'Kasper & Bella' Skywalka Sessions. Vol. 1 London College of Communication Darkroom Bar.
FUSION. Copeland Gallery. Camberwell College of Arts.
Graduate Showcase, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London. Online.
EDUCATION
2023 - 2024
Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts London, Diploma of Professional Studies.
2021 - 2025
Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts London, BFA Fine Art Photography
2020 - 2021
Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts, London, Foundation Diploma in Fine Art (4D)
2019
University of Oxford, UNIQ Summer School. History of Art.
CONTACT: hayleygarrettx@gmail.com
INSTAGRAM: @hayleyjayarchive