About Me
After graduating with my BFA in Studio Art from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2022, I continued to explore paintings about everyday life. Over the course of my practice I've become fascinated with painting's ability to capture the truth of everyday places and moments combined with the fictional, fantasy world that's been depicted throughout the medium's history. As I've incorporated more subjects from Classical painting, I've come to think of oil painting as a medium heavily entangled with both power systems and desire. I'm especially concerned with how this relates to women's bodies: the history of depiction, contemporary issues as a woman in America, and the small violences of everyday. Yet I also am fascinated by the beauty there is in our every day and the hidden symbolism in all the objects that surround us. Especially having grown up in suburban America, I'm fascinated by the global, cultural, and class ties objects represent. I believe oil paint is a medium tied up with a colonial past, yet I am also deeply in love with the material. It's color and visceral texture often appear flesh-like, making it perfect for exploring humanity, our desires, fantasies, and realities. Typically my work follows the size of my subjects. I feel a deep need to create life sized portraits that demand attention. On one hand to continue the legacy of grand paintings of the past, and on the other to give presence to overlooked subjects. ​
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I am currently attending the University of Georgia to pursue my MFA in Fine Arts with an estimated graduation year of 2028. I've begun teaching beginning drawing and painting classes at UGA, and participating in Arts Conferences while continuing to exhibit my work across both New York and Georgia. I send out a monthly newsletter where I share what work I've made each month, things I'm reading or thinking about, and any art events coming up (sometimes I have sales for my subscribers too).
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To learn more about me and my practice, or to inquire about purchasing or commissioning work, feel free to contact me anytime.
CV
Haley Indorato CV
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Education
2025 - MFA (Pending) University of Georgia, Athens, GA (expected May 2028)
2022 BFA Studio Art, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY.
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summa cum laude; with honors
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2026
Upcoming, Currently Untitled, Loomis Gallery at Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania at Mansfield, 62 Wilson Ave, Mansfield, PA (Oct. 25th-Nov. 19th)
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Artist Talk and Workshop-Nov. 2nd
People Seen, Places Been, Schweinfurth Art Center and Cayuga Museum of History and Art, 205 Genesee St, Auburn, NY (May 30th-July 11th)
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Artist Talk-June 27th
Seriously(?), Glass Gallery, Lamar Dodd School of Art, 270 River Rd, Athens, GA
2025
Til We Have Faces, Genesee Valley Council of the Arts, 4 Murray Hill Dr, Mt. Morris, NY
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Artist talk, March 22nd
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Selected Group Exhibitions
2026
Juried Show, Lyndon House 51st Annual Juried Regional Exhibition, Lyndon House Art Center, 211 Hoyt St, Athens, GA. (Curated by Michelle Yun Mapplethorpe, Executive Director, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY) (March 19th-May 19th).
New In Town, ATHICA: Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, 675 Pulaski St STE 1200, Athens, GA
2025
Juried Show, Radical Imperfection, ATHICA: Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, 675 Pulaski St STE 1200, Athens, GA. (Curated by Elizabeth Elliott, Executive Director/Curator, Alabama Museum of Art, Mobile, AL.)
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ATHICA Board Selection Award Winner
Juried Show, A Sense of Place, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, 506 Telfair St, Augusta, GA
Juried Show, RFLX: 69th Juried Finger Lakes Regional Show, The Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave, Rochester, NY. (Curated by Timothy Peterson, Memorial Art Gallery’s inaugural Ann and Irving Norry Curator of Contemporary Art, Rochester, NY)
Juried Exhibition, Made in NY, Schweinfurth art center, 205 Genesee St, Auburn, NY
Juried Exhibition, THAWWW, The Yards, 50-52 Public Market Way, Rochester, NY
2024
July Yards Member Exhibit, The Yards, 50-52 Public Market Way, Rochester, NY
50th Annual Hallwalls Member Exhibit, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, 341 Delaware Ave, Buffalo, NY.
RAC Member Exhibition at the Yards, The Yards, 50-52 Public Market Way, Rochester, NY
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Artist Talk, June 7th
2023
Juried Exhibition, 68th Annual Finger Lakes Exhibition, Memorial Art
Gallery. Rochester, NY (Juror: Molly Donovan, Curator of Contemporary Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC)
Viridian’s 32nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Jan, 5th-Jan. 28th. Viridian Artists Inc., New York, NY
Conferences
2026
Upcoming, "Traditional Oil Painting as a Rejection of AI Slop," Painting Isn't Dead: A Post-Mortem (Revival) Reincarnation, SECAC, Winston-Salem, NC. Oct. 22nd-24th.
“Recurrence: Repetition and Appropriation as Creation of Meaning in Oil Painting,” Creative Arts Roundtable, 6th Graduate Crossroads Conference hosted by the Romance Language Department, University of Georgia, Athens, GA,Feb. 20-21st
Residencies
2022
SURP Residency, New York Academy of Art, New York City, NY (July 11-August 5)
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