ARTIST BIO

Haley Younce is an artist whose current work explores grief and memory through the use of deconstructed textiles. Younce received her BA in art education and MA in studio art from Morehead State University and is currently an MFA candidate at the University of Kentucky. She was awarded the Great Meadows Foundation Travel grant and her work has been exhibited widely including: The Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, ArtFields Competition and Festival, Two/Two/Eight Galleries, Kentucky Folk Art Center, and Artsplace Gallery. Younce’s work can also be found in “The Hand” International Magazine as well as the Inscape Literary and Visual Arts Journal.

Currently, she maintains a studio in Lexington, KY and is an Instructor of Record at the University of Kentucky.

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EDUCATION

  • MFA in Studio Art | University of Kentucky | Current - Anticipated 2026

  • MA in Studio Art | Morehead State University | 2022

  • BA with Teaching Certification P-12 | Morehead State University | 2019

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Instructor of Record, Drawing Foundations | 2024 - 2025

  • Teaching Assistant, Drawing Foundations | 2024

  • Teaching Assistant, 2D Foundations | 2023

  • Adjunct Instructor of Art, Morehead State University | Morehead, KY | 2023

  • Upward Bound Instructor | Morehead, KY | 2022

  • Morehead State University Graduate Assistant | Morehead, KY | 2021-2022

  • Art Teacher | Salyersville, KY | 2019-2021

GRANTS

  • Great Meadows Foundation Travel Grant | 2022

COMMISIONS

  • Morehead Tourism Public Art: Sculpture, Turtle Walk | Juried Regional | Morehead, KY | 2023

  • LexArts Public Art: Sculpture, Horsemania | Juried Regional | Lexington, KY | 2022

EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLICATIONS

  • ArtFields Competition and Festival | Lake City, SC | 2025

  • Two/Two/Eight Galleries, All My Memories Gather Round Her | Fairmont, WV | 2025

  • Bolivar Gallery, Etched Into Memory | Lexington, KY | 2024

  • Bolivar Gallery, Threads of Home | Lexington, KY | 2024

  • Golding-Yang Gallery, Since We’ve Been Gone | Juried Exhibition | Morehead, KY | 2024

  • Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Gimme Ten! | Juried Group Exhibition | Kansas City, MO | 2023

  • Lexington Art League: Loudoun House, Unmade | Juried Solo | Lexington, KY | 2023

  • Lexington Art League: Loudoun House, Matrix Revealed | Lexington, KY | 2023

  • Lexington Art League: Loudoun House, Members Biennial | Juried Group Exhibition | Lexington, KY | 2022

  • Golding-Yang Gallery, Solo Show, Unmade | Morehead, KY | 2022

  • The Hand Magazine, Issue 32 | 2022

  • Living Arts and Science Center | Lexington, KY | 2022

  • Rowan County Arts Center, Spring Showcase | Morehead, KY | 2022

  • Remarque Print Shop, Print Exchange | Albuquerque, NM | 2022

  • Golding-Yang Art Gallery, Zenith | Juried Group Exhibition | Morehead, KY | 2019 

  • ArtsPlace Gallery, University Open | State-Wide Juried Exhibition | Lexington, KY | 2018, 2019, 2021 

  • Golding-Yang Art Gallery, Midpoint | Group Exhibition | Morehead, KY | 2018

  • Inscape Literary and Visual Arts Journal | Juried Publication | Morehead, KY | 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023

  • Kentucky Folk Art Center, Emerging Artist | Juried Exhibition| Morehead, KY | 2018 

  • Gateway Regional Arts Center, Art and Design Exhibition | Juried Group Exhibition | Mt. Sterling, KY | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022

  • Strider Gallery, What Remains | Group Exhibition | Morehead, KY | 2017

AWARDS

  • Outstanding Graduate Student within the Department of Art and Design | Morehead, KY | 2023

  • Third Place Overall | Inscape Literary and Visual Arts Journal | 2023

  • Outstanding Graduate Student within the Department of Art and Design | Morehead, KY | 2022

  • First Place Overall | Spring Showcase | Morehead, KY | 2022

  • First Place in Painting | Mt. Sterling Art and Design Exhibition | 2021

  • Honorable Mention | Mt. Sterling Art and Design Exhibition | 2021

  • Honorable Mention | Zenith | 2019

  • Honorable Mention | Inscape Literary and Visual Arts Journal | 2019

  • First Place in Drawing | Mt. Sterling Art and Design Exhibition | 2017

  • Fourth place from amongst all entries of the entire 5th Congressional District of Kentucky | Congressional Art Competition | 2015

MEMBERSHIPS

  • Bluegrass printmakers

  • Lexington Art League

  • Kentucky Folk Art Center