About

Hayley Tompkins (*1971, Leighton Buzzard) works in the media of painting, drawing and installation. She uses everyday objects such as knives, branches, chairs, plastic containers or mobile phones as the surfaces for her paintings. She often combines these with photographs found on the Internet, or painted stretcher bars that are covered with textiles, thus assembling subtle installations which accentuate the process of observing and experiencing space. In her artistic practice, Tompkins uses the mimetic qualities of paint and painterly gesture to interpret everyday objects. She seeks new …