Biography
Hailey Rose Ferguson is a writer and interdisciplinary artist raised as a settler near Nipissing First Nations, currently working as a guest on the ancestral and traditional territories of the Haudenosaunee, Anishinaabe, Huron-Wendat, and the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nations on Dish With One Spoon territory in Tkaronto/Toronto. She began her practice and found her footing in northern Ontario, and since has worked in Toronto exploring themes of memory, preservation, sustainability, and family. She has seen her work in a handful of northern Ontarian galleries such as North Bay’s Line Gallery, and Haileybury’s Temiskaming Art Gallery. Recently, Hailey’s practice has driven her to explore material culture and genealogy through portrait and still life painting.
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Education
Ontario College of Art and Design University, Bachelor of Fine Arts: Criticism & Curatorial Practice, 2017- present
Group Exhibitions
Drawn, Line Gallery, North Bay, Canada, 2015
Drawing at First Sights, OCAD University Great Hall, Toronto, Canada, 2017
PoARTry North, Temiskaming Art Gallery, Haileybury, Canada, 2018
All Hours Pop Up Literary Performances, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 2020
Awards
Widdifield Secondary School Activities Council Scholarship
OSSTF Excellence In Education Award
Arts Nipissing at Widdifield Award
Professional Experience
Props Assistant, T.O.R.O.S, North Bay, Canada, 2017.
Muralist, H.A.N.D.S the Family Network, North Bay, Canada, 2017.
Head of Props , Bird on Stage Production, North Bay, Canada, 2017-2019.
Graphic Design, Unwrap Theater, Toronto, Canada, 2021.