Hayley Axelrad

b. 1995 
Lives and works in Toronto, Canada 

Education

Academy of Realist Art Toronto, 2021-2023

McGill University (BA major in Art History); Montreal, QC – 2013–2017​

 

Selected Collaborations and Projects

2026

Manolo Blahnik - Solo Installation & painting collaboration

Milan flagship boutique, Milan, IT

Featured in Vogue Italia

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Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions

2025

Monte Carlo, Alison Milne, Toronto, ON 

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2024

Shiny Happy People, The Lobby by Heaps Estrin, Toronto, ON 

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2023

Social Anxiety, The Drake Hotel, Toronto, ON

Fresh Cut Flowers in Each Room,  She Said Gallery, Toronto, ON

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2026 

After You: The Broken Telephone Collection, Tacit Collective, Toronto, ON (upcoming)

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2025

Inner Lives, Salon 21, New York, NY

Salon 21 x The Maidstone Hotel, East Hampton, NY

Invisible String, Gagne Contemporary, Toronto, ON 

Adding a Kiss, Mott Projects x Constant Dschungel, Denzlingen, DE 

Annual Group Show, Lobster Club, Los Angeles, CA

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2024

Winter Parade, Gagne Contemporary, Toronto, ON 

Thank You for Coming, Cry Baby Gallery, Toronto, ON

Don't Quit Your Daydream, Sixteen Eleven Studios, Toronto, ON 

Sunday Best, Cry Baby Gallery, Toronto, ON

No Man's Land, Tacit Collective x Cry Baby Gallery, Toronto, ON

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2023

Keep the Change, You Filthy Animals, Tacit Collective x Cry Baby Gallery x Stackt Market, Toronto, ON

Vestige, 82Parris, Portland, ME 

Shit Art Show, Shit Art Club, Los Angeles, CA

A Nightmare on Roncesvalles, Northern Contemporary, Toronto, ON

Knew York Like I Knew It, Girl Knew York Gallery, New York, NY

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Public Installations

2025

Poolside by Hayley Axelrad, Yorkville Mural Festival, Toronto, ON 

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Fairs

2024

SCOPE Miami with Cry Baby Gallery, Miami, FL

The Artist Project, Toronto, ON

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Residencies

2024

Soho House Artist in Residence, Toronto ON - Featured artist installation and public talk 

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Selected Press

Vogue Italia, 2026

Rue Magazine, 2025 

Elle Decor, 2024

The Globe and Mail, 2024