Naomi Hawksley (b. 2000) is an artist based in San
Francisco, CA and recent graduate of the School of the Art
Institute of Chicago. Her practice explores the public and private viewership of femme bodies through multimedia 2-D works.
Naomi has shown at Southern Exposure, Co-Prosperity, Sulk
Chicago, Adobe Books, Solo Show, and Night Club, and is currently working as a curator at London-based label and collective odyXxey.
naomi.hawksley1@gmail.com
Education
2018 - 2022 Bachelor of Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL
Awards
2018 - 2022 Presidential Merit Scholarship Recipient, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL
2018 Youth Arts Exchange Scholarship Recipient, Organization of Women Architects, San Francisco CA
Exhibitions
2023 Hedera Helix, Sulk Chicago, Chicago IL (solo)
2023 Never Change, Night Club, Minneapolis MN
2022 Feed the Nest More, Adobe Books, San Francisco CA
2022 Naomi Hawksley Et Daniel Zeballos, Weatherproof, Chicago IL
2022 Fables, Povos, Chicago IL
2022 Graphite Stew, Upper Market Gallery, San Francisco CA
2022 Scratch Mag Art Show, Adobe Books, San Francisco CA
2021 Nice Work, Sulk Chicago, Chicgo IL
2021 Tonal Vision: A Graphite Survey, Propagate Cooperative, Chicago IL
2021. Stay As You Are, Cone Shape Top, Oakland CA
2021 Antidotes for Confusion, Southern Exposure, San Francisco CA
2020 Chapter 2, Solo Show, Online
2020 Benefit, Solo Show, Online
2020 Monster Drawing Rally 2020 Southern Exposure, San Francisco CA
2019 $1.25: A Ticket for the Next Generation Southern Exposure San Francisco CA
2018 Lumpen Drawing Rally Co-Prosperity, Chicago IL
2018 Inherited Division: Second Hand Planet Southern Exposure, San Francisco CA
2017 Monster Drawing Rally 2017 Southern Exposure San Francisco CA
2017 Quiet Glow Southern Exposure, San Francisco CA
Professional Experience
2020-Present OdyXxey Radio Curatorial Lead, London UK
2018-Present Co-Prosperity Programming Council Member, Chicago IL
2017-2019 Mullowney Printing Company Intern, San Francisco CA
Press
2023 In Naomi Hawksley’s Drawings, Looks Can Be Deceiving, ArtReview
2022 Artist of the Week, LVL3
In most cases, what is at issue is not the truth or falsity of a metaphor but the perceptions and inferences that follow from it and the actions that are sanctioned by it. In all aspects of life, not just in politics or in love, we define our reality in terms of metaphors and then proceed to act on the basis of metaphors. We draw inferences, set goals, make commitments, and execute plans, all on the basis of how we in part structure our experience, consciously and unconsciously, by means of metaphor.
Metaphors We Live By
George Lakoff & Mark Johnson
