HAILEY JOHNSON
Grand Rapids, MI
419-464-6162
haileyj@hammerspacegallery.com
Hailey Johnson is an artist, curator, and writer based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Working
across installation, performance, participatory practice, and social engagement, her work
explores care, labor, and the ways meaning is constructed through everyday rituals and
relationships.
EDUCATION
2016
Node Center for Curatorial Studies
Creative Thinking: Strategies to Develop and Refine Your Project
Expanding Exhibitions: Innovative Approaches to Curating
2011
Abate Zanetti Glass School, Venice, Italy
2009–2013
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
Bachelor of Arts, Three-Dimensional Studies
Minor in Psychology
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2025-Present
Artist Cohort Mentor,
Hammerspace Gallery Grand Rapids, MI
2019–Present
Founder & Director,
Hammerspace Gallery Grand Rapids, MI
2018
Exhibition Manager, Habitus by Ann Hamilton
Converge 45, Portland, OR2014–2016
Exhibition Coordinator
Disjecta Contemporary Art Center Portland, OR
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2026
BIDMIB (Group)
All Art Works Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
Rapid Art Movement (Group)
DASH, Grand Rapids, MI
2025
Denim (Group)
Public Thread, Grand Rapids, MI
Fistful (Solo)
Hammerspace Gallery, Wyoming, MI
2024
Space for a String (Solo)
Hammerspace Gallery, Wyoming, MI
2019
VEILS (Solo)
Hammerspace Gallery, Portland, OR
2017
Hypothesis (Group)
Shotgun Gallery, Portland, OR
2017
6x6 (Group)
Shoreline, WA
2016
Potential Attachment (Solo)
Brassworks Gallery, Portland, OR2014
Signals of Translation (Solo)
DADA, Bowling Green, OH
2013
Undergraduate Exhibition (Juried)
Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Bowling Green, OH
2011
Undergraduate Exhibition (Juried)
Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Bowling Green, OH
2009
Congressional Exhibition (Juried)
Seagate Centre, Toledo, OH
SELECTED CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2026
The Shape We Keep
Hammerspace Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
Still, I Try
Hammerspace Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
Heaviest, Heaviest, Heaviest
Hammerspace Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2025
Where Metronomes Meet
Hammerspace Gallery, Wyoming, MI
Music Box Interior: Bella Kiser
Hammerspace Gallery, Wyoming, MI
Schonfeild: Nick Szymanski
Hammerspace Gallery, Wyoming, MIMater(hood): Emily Mayo
Hammerspace Gallery, Wyoming, MI
2019
Reliving Space: Caitlyn Au
Hammerspace Gallery, Portland, OR
2018
Spiral Bound: Sarah Abbott
Hammerspace Gallery, Portland, OR
2011–2013
apARTment
Curated three exhibitions featuring emerging artists in nontraditional locations
Bowling Green, OH
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
2026
Break It Down, Make It Better
Grand Rapids, MI
2025
Break It Down, Make It Better
Grand Rapids, MI
Art in Conversation Series (3 presentations)
Wyoming, MI
2023
Down the Rabbit Hole Design Event
Grand Rapids, MI
AWARDS
2013
Honorable Mention Juried Undergraduate Exhibition
Bowling Green State University
2011
Honorable MentionJuried Undergraduate Exhibition
Bowling Green State University