Haley MacKeil is an interdisciplinary artist and educator currently working in Providence, RI. Her practice is informed by site research and slow, methodical processes that evidence a reciprocal exchange of self and site. To empathize with alternative, lived experiences, her work negotiates what is real or imagined, logical or emotional — where the natural world is embodied as something rhythmic, alive, and breathing.
She has contributed to collaborative workshops, exhibitions, and printed editions with artists, project spaces, and institutions in Providence, Berlin, Boston, and New York. She earned her BA in Visual Arts and Biology from Bowdoin College and MFA in Printmaking from the Rhode Island School of Design.
Haley MacKeil
hmackeil@gmail.com
Education
2021
2010
2008
MFA, Printmaking, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
BA, Biology, Visual Arts, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
Wildlife, Conservation & National Park Studies, School for Field Studies
Boston University, Kimana, Kenya
Awards, Honors
2021
2020
2019
2017
2015
2013
West Bay View Foundation Travel Award, Japan, RISD Printmaking, Providence, RI
Professional Development Fund, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Graduate Commons Grant Fellowship, RISD Graduate Studies, Providence, RI
RISD Global Travel Grant, Mexico: Color, Mestizaje & Design Futures, Providence, RI
RISD Academic Fellowship, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Residency Grant Recipient, InCahoots Printmaking Residency, Pentaluma, CA
Print Prize Award, Juried Exhibition: Down East, Saco Museum, Saco, ME
Cover Artist, Cantabridgian Magazine Independent Publisher, Cambridge, MA
Spotlight Six: Featured Artist Under 30, Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA
Featured Artist, Hamptons Art Week, Bridgehampton, NY
Selected Exhibitions, Publications
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
Paper Chemistry, Waterman Gallery, RISD, Providence, RI
CMCA 2023 Biennial, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland, Maine
Ecology, The Silver Center, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH
Findings, Jay Taylor Gallery, Providence, RI
Wurks in Progress, The Wurks Gallery, Providence, RI
Overdyed: Unearthing Material Roots, Dye House, Providence, RI
Earth, Environment, and Our Future, WaterFire Art Center, Providence, RI
Faculty Exhibition & Forum, RISD Museum, Providence, RI
Fall 2021 Issue, Superpresent Magazine
Reberations, Virtual, The Holy Art, London, UK
RISD Graduate Thesis Exhibition, WaterFire Art Center, Providence, RI
Printmaking Biennial, Sol Koffler Gallery, Center for Integrative Technologies, Providence, RI
Mexico: Color, Mestizaje and Design Futures, RISD Color Lab, Providence, RI
Willkommen Ausstellung, Projektraum 145, Berlin, Germany
International Day of Print Exhibition, BcmA Project Space, SDW Druckwerkstatt, Berlin, Germany
Spring Art Salon, Weserhalle Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Down East, Saco Museum, Saco, ME
Wondrous Strangeness, Nave Gallery Annex, Somerville, MA
Out of the Woods: Fairy Tales Re-imagined, Nave Gallery Annex, Somerville, MA
Small Show of Large Works, Gateway Gallery, Great Bay Community College, Portsmouth, NH
Evening Artistry: Art & Music Showcase, Brooklyn Boulders, Somerville, MA
Big Print Exhibition, Mosesian Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA
30. Below, Kathryn Schlutz Gallery, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
The Boston Printmakers 2015 North American Print Biennial, Lunder Arts Center, LUCAD, Cambridge, MA
Ferguson, Kaulbach, and MacKeil Group Exhibition, Outpost 186 Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Selected Artist for Spotlight Six: 30 Under 30, Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA
30 Under 30 Juried Exhibition, Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA
Drawn from Within, Chandler Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Somerville Open Studios Exhibition, Mixit Print Studio, Somerville, MA
Artist's Choice Show, Somerville Museum, Somerville, MA
Somerville Artists Juried Show, Inside Out Gallery, Somerville, MA
First Impressions, Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY
Kingdom Animalia, Dodds & Eder, Sag Harbor, NY
Twenty-Nine, Fort Andross Mill, Brunswick, ME
Collectives