Hayley West b. 1971

  • Artist (Installation Artist),
  • Artist (Screen Artist),
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Performance Artist)
Hayley West is an artist and death literacy advocate. The Departure is a studio, gallery and shop dedicated to death and all that remains. The Departure is a space to ponder your own mortality, educate yourself on end of life matters, and encounter death themed artworks and events. The Departure believes in empowering the community by sharing practical knowledge through exchange and generosity.
Tags: death, dying, mortality, memory
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West’s visual arts practice directly relates to a lived awareness of death and memorial; working with sculpture, video, performance and installation. She is currently completing a Masters by Research at Charles Darwin University and is also involved in the Green Burial and Death Café movement.

Grants and Awards include: Australian Post-Graduate Award Scholarship, Ian Potter Cultural Trust Travel Grant, Australia Council for the Arts New Work Emerging Artists Grant, numerous Arts NT grants in Professional Development, Presentation & Promotion and Arts Development categories.

Artist-in-residence: Australian National University Canberra; Waaw Residency, Senegal; Australia Council/ACME London Residency, UK; Cité Internationale des Arts Paris, France; Lost Generation Space Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; and the Hill End Artist in Residence Program, New South Wales.

Writers:

Hayley West
Date written:
2015
Last updated:
2015