| Artist | Haley Manchon | Resides | United States |
| Website | haleymanchon.com | Medium | Coloured Pencil Graphite Mixed Media |
| Print Shop | haleymanchon.com/store | haley@haleymanchon.com | |
| Representing Gallery | MK Apothecary Collingswood, NJ. USA | Themes | Emotional Intimacy Contemporary Surrealism Portraiture Memory Passage of Time Isolation Figurative Art |
| Follow the Artist | Instagram | Facebook | Press | haleymanchon.squarespace.com/pagecv |
About the artist
Haley Manchon works as a drawing artist and graphic designer based outside of Philadelphia. She is represented by MK Apothecary Gallery in Collingswood, NJ, and has her work displayed on the 2nd floor of The People’s Store in Lambertville, NJ.
Haley’s work considers the kinds of thoughts that pull her from the present moment into another state of mind. Her recent pieces use superimposed imagery of compounded features and patterns to present a visual, literal cycling of these moments. The effect is often created by using one or multiple layers of dura-lar, which allow the marks of the drawing to delicately emerge and recede. It is within this soft framework of marks that a floating, impermanent sense of self is presented.
Artwork Themes & Subject Matter
Haley Manchon’s work focuses on isolation and self-reflection, exhibited through surrealistic portraiture and figurative drawings. Through her work, she explores the pervasive tendency to dwell on past events or succumb to anxiety about an unknown future, thereby disconnecting from the present moment.
As someone who has always sought to do what is perceived as the “right thing,” Haley’s work also considers the stress and regret that come naturally with navigating interpersonal relationships. With no rulebook to follow in any given situation, the lack of stability becomes a central theme, underscoring the transient nature of day-to-day life and the uncertainty that accompanies personal growth and maturity.
Press
Haley’s work was recently published in Manifest Gallery’s International Drawing Annual (INDA 15), and was featured in books by Booooooom such as Care, Tomorrow’s Talent Vol. III, and their digital zine Array. She has been published in notable magazines and online sources including Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, Visionary Magazine, ArtPremium and The Washingtonian. She was also a featured artist in Roberto Osti’s Dynamic Human Anatomy.
Upcoming Exhibitions
| When | Exhibition | Gallery |
| August 2024 | Group exhibition: ‘Silent Soliloquies’ | WOWxWOW Gallery Virtual |
| September 28 & 29 October 5 & 6 2024 | Group exhibition: ‘HOBART Art Show’ | Paul Steinbeiser Landscape Frenchtown, NJ, USA |
| October 2024 | Group exhibition: ‘The Everything Hum’ | WOWxWOW Gallery Virtual |
| November 2024 | Group exhibition: ‘SMALL WONDERS’ | Arch Enemy Arts Philadelphia, PA, USA |
| December 2024 | Group exhibition: ‘MK Apothecary at Aqua Art Miami’ | Aqua Art Miami Miami, FL, USA |
| December 2024 | Group exhibition: ‘Arch Enemy Arts at Aqua Art Miami’ | Aqua Art Miami Miami, FL, USA |
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Education
2018 BFA: Major in Drawing, concentration in Graphic Design, Maryland Institute College of Art, Maryland, United States
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2019
Exposed! Sussex County Community College (SCCC) in Newton, NJ. United States
2018
Misinformed, Piano Gallery, Baltimore, MD, United States
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
Sunlight, Collect Bean, Virtual
FIN: 5 Year Anniversary, MK Apothecary in Collingswood, NJ. United States
12 Year Anniversary Show, Arch Enemy Arts, Philadelphia, PA. United States
Works on Paper, MK Apothecary, Collingswood, NJ. United States
The Becoming, WOWxWOW, Virtual
Reverie: Aurora Abzug, Gabrielle Dobrzelewski, and Haley Manchon, Lilian’s, Philadelphia,
PASurreal Salon 16, Baton Rouge Gallery in Baton Rouge, LA. United States
2023
Menagerie, MK Apothecary in Collingswood, NJ. United States
Inside a Memory Visionary Art Collective, 3D Virtual Gallery Tour
Explore This! 19, Colored Pencil Society of America, Online Exhibition
DIVINE BREATH, Arch Enemy Arts, Philadelphia, PA. United States
Surreal Salon 15, Baton Rouge Gallery in Baton Rouge, LA. United States
2022
CONTACT HIGH 2, Arch Enemy Arts in Philadelphia, PA. United States
Miami Art Week 2022, Aqua Art Miami in Miami, FL. United States Represented by MK Apothecary
Small Wonders 11, Arch Enemy Arts in Philadelphia, PA. United States
As Above, So Below 4, Arch Enemy Arts in Philadelphia, PA. United States
Drawings & Prints Exhibition, Salmagundi Club in New York, NY. United States
Chromascope, Gristle Art Gallery, Virtual
Derwent Art Prize 2022, Gallery@OXO in London, England
2021
12th Annual International Drawing Discourse Exhibition, University of North Carolina Asheville, Virtual (due to Covid-19)
Art Fair 14C 3rd Edition, Mana Contemporary in NJ, USA. Represented by MK Apothecary Gallery
Sugar, Spice, and Not Playing Nice, Gristle Art Gallery, Virtual (due to Covid-19)
Explore This! 17, Colored Pencil Society of America, Online Exhibition
2020
Press Play Experiment, MK Apothecary in Collingswood, NJ. United States
Spotlight Showcase 2020, Arch Enemy Arts in Philadelphia, PA. United States
Art Fair 14C 2nd Edition Juried Show, Hyatt Regency in Jersey City, NJ. United States
2019
CLIP: An International Exhibition of Works on Paper, Charles Adams Studio Project in Lubbock, TX. United States
Offscreen, Ground Floor Gallery in Brooklyn, NY. United States
2018
26th Annual International Exhibition, Colored Pencil Society of America in Chicago, IL. . United States
2017
65th AnnualKeisho Art Exhibition, The Wakaimi Art School in Nagoya, Japan
