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Born: Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1908

EDUCATION

Yale University, B.F.A., 1931

AWARDS

The Hubbard Award, nomination, Hubbard Museum, Ruidoso Downs, NM 1989
Oregon Governor’s Award for the Arts, State of Oregon 1989
Women of Achievement Award for Artistic Excellence, YWCA, Portland, OR 1988

ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 1990,1993,1997
Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR, retrospective 1993
The Fountain Gallery, Portland, OR 1962,1972,1977,1980,1981,1984,1985
Catlin Gabel School, Portland, OR, retrospective 1985
A.N. Bush Gallery, Salem, OR 1984
"Images Past & Present by Sally Haley," Wentz Gallery,
Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR 1984
Oregon State Capitol, Governor's Office, Salem, OR 1976
Woodside Gallery, Seattle, WA 1976,1979,1971
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR, retrospective and catalogue 1975
Maryhill Museum of Fine Arts, Maryhill, WA 1975
Marylhurst College, Marylhurst, OR 1965
Portland Art Museum, OR 1960
Mattatuck Historical Society, Waterbury, CT 1942,1943,1944
Peacock Alley, Bridgeport, CT 1939,1938,1937,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946
Stavola Gallery, Hartford, CT 1934

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

“Northwest Matriarchs of Modernism,” The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR and Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA (catalog) 2004-2005
“The Saward Collection, Premier Northwest Artists of the Mid-20th Century,” Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, OR 2004
The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 1987,1988,1991,1992,1998,2002
“15th Anniversary Group Show,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2001
“Early Works by Oregon Artists,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2000
“Wonder Women,” The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR 2000
"Interior Pauses: NW Contemporary Realism," Maryhill Museum, Goldendale, WA 1998
"Spirit Birds and Familiar Objects," 2-person Exhibition with James Washington Jr., Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA 1997
Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR 1995
"Jet Dreams: Art of the Fifties in the Pacific Northwest," Tacoma
Art Museum, WA and Cooley Gallery, Reed College, Portland, OR 1995
"New to the Northwest Collection," Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA 1995
"Crosscut: Contemporary Art from Oregon," Portland Art Museum, OR 1993
"Portland Collects," Portland Art Museum, OR 1993
Multnomah Athletic Club Art Show, Portland, OR 1992
"Art of the Northwest," Oregon Historical Society, Portland, OR 1990
Hubbard Museum, Ruidoso Downs, NM 1988,1989,1990
"Oregon Women Artists," Littman Gallery, Portland State University, OR 1988
"Northwest '87," Seattle Art Museum, WA 1987
Lynn McAllister Gallery, Seattle, WA 1987
“Mountain High VI: 50 Works of Art,” Timberline Lodge, Mount Hood, OR 1987
Woman's Building, Los Angeles, CA 1977
"The Seattle Invitational," Seattle Center Art Pavilion, Seattle, WA 1976
Francis J. Newton's Collection, Bush House, Salem Art Association, OR 1964
The Third Pacific Coast Biennial Exhibition (traveling exhibition) 1960
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO 1956,1957
"Reality and Fantasy 1900-1954," Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN 1954
San Francisco Museum of Art, CA 1949
"24 New England Painters," Stewart Gallery, Boston, MA 1947

COLLECTIONS

American Telephone and Telegraph Company, New York, NY
Barby Investment Company, Portland, OR
Federal Reserve Bank, San Francisco, CA
Harsch Investment Corporation, Portland, OR
Hoffman Industries, Portland, OR
Kaiser Foundation, Portland, OR
Multnomah Athletic Club, Portland, OR
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Pacific First Bank, Portland, OR
Pacific Northwest Bell, Seattle, WA
People's Bank, Seattle, WA
Phillip Morris Collection, Albany, OR
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Portland Civic Auditorium, Portland, OR
Promotion Products, Portland, OR
Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland, OR
Safeco Corporation, Seattle, WA
State of Oregon Capitol Building, Salem, OR
Stoel, Rives, Boley, Jones & Grey, Portland, OR
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
Tonkon, Torp, Galen, Marmaduke and Booth, Portland, OR
Washington State Arts Commission, Olympia, WA
Willamette University, Salem, OR

PUBLICATIONS

Blake, Victoria, “Minimalist ‘Matriarchs’” The Oregonian, October 15, 2004, A&E p. 26
“Northwest Matriarchs of Modernism,” MoNA Now, newsletter of the Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA, Fall 2004, p. 2, and Winter 2005, p. 1
Row, D.K., “Visual Visionaries,” The Oregonian A & E, cover story, September 19, 2003, pp. 4-14
Hackett, Regina, “New, Remade Buildings Tower Above Year’s Art,” Seattle Post Intelligencer, January 1998
DeFalla, Josie, “Realism Exhibit Brings 10 Northwest Artists to Maryhill,” The Dalles Chronicle, February 1998
Hackett, Regina, “Art Review,” Seattle Post Intelligencer, November 1997
Friedman, Ann, “Northwest Art Calls La Conner Home,” Bellingham Herald, November 1997
Walbeck, Nancy, “Visual Arts, Galleries ‘Sparkle’,” Anacortes American, December 1997
Walbeck, Nancy, “Spiritual Works Celebrated at MoNA.” Anacortes American, October 1997
Failing, Patricia, “Necessity Is the Mother of Reinvention,” ARTnews, December 1997
“Visual Arts,” Willamette Week, August 1997
“Laura Russo Gallery,” Ourtown, August 1997
“Tip Sheet,” The Oregonian, August 1997
Cover Art, Portland Downtowner, August 1997
Johns, Barbara, Jet Dreams, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA, exhibition catalogue, University of Washington Press, Seattle, WA 1995
Lois Allan, Contemporary Art in the Northwest, University of Toronto Press, Buffalo, NY, 1995
Hopkins, Terri, Sally Haley: A Lifetime of Painting, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR, exhibition catalogue, 1993
Gragg, Randy, "The Age of Haley," The Oregonian, January 1993
"The Art of Haley," The Marylhurst College Mirror, Marylhurst, OR, 1993
Gragg, Randy, “Sally Haley: A Lifetime of Painting,” The Oregonian, January 1993
Duckler, Garrick, “WW Art Choice,” Willamette Week, February 1993
Allen, Lois, “Westcoast Elders Filtering Experience,” Reflex, March 1993
Burnsman, Laura & Ruth Askey, Modernism and Beyond: Women Artists of the Pacific Northwest, Midmarch Arts Press, New York, 1993
Mershon, Helen, “Well-Wishers Swell First Thursday Crowd,” The Oregonian, September 1993
Gragg, Randy, “Eve of Artistic Convergence,” The Oregonian, September 1993
Marling, Karal Ann, “Male/Female in New Deal Art,” Art in America, April 1992
Peterson, Kim, “New Deal Artist Still at Work,” Art in America, May 1992
Melosh, Barbara, Engendering Culture: Manhood and Womanhood in New Deal Public Art and Theater, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC, 1991
“Haley Hailed,” Artbreaks, The Oregonian, May 1990
Hunt, Phil, “The Discipline of Still Life,” The Oregenian, April 1989
Ellen Nichols, NW Originals: Oregon Women and Their Art, In Unison Publications, Inc. Portland, OR, 1989
Barry, Debby, "Sally Haley: Point of Reference," NW Gallery Art Magazine, 1989
Johnson, Barry, “The Camera Focuses on Cultural Figures,” The Oregonian, February 1989
McNichol, Bethanye, “Culinary Arts and Crafts,” The Oregonian, December 1987
Guenther, Bruce, The Fountain Gallery of Art 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Portland, OR 1986
“Artist of the Year,” The Neighbor, February 1985
Cowan, Ron, “Painter Finds Art in Simple Life at Home,” The Statesman-Journal
“Slice of Still Life,” The Oregonian, March 1985
Mandaville, Janet H, “NW Painter Termed ‘Classical’,” The Neighbor, October 1983
Burress, Charles, “ A Touch of Northwest Class at The Claremont,” The Oregonian, July 1983
Rocchia, Andy, “Painting Flowers a Blossoming Art,” The Oregon Journal, June 1982
Kimbrell, Leonard, “Like Some Emily Dickinson of Painting,” The Oregonian, October 1981
Griffin, Rachael, "Sally Haley: Reality of Things," Rainbow, October 1979
Fagen, Beth, “A Big Step for the Arts in Oregon, The Oregonian, May 1977
Rocchia Andy, “Capitol Art Selection Process Continuing,” The Oregonian, April 1977
Campbell, R.M., “A Painter Who Refuses To Be Categorized,” Seattle, 1976
Griffin,Rachael, Sally Haley: Paintings, Portland Art Museum, exhibition catalogue, 1975
Peahem, L, “Magical Realism at the Fountain,” Portland SCRIBE, June 1972
Jordan, Barbara, “Worth Noting: Curator Delineates Haley Works for Guests,” The Oregonian, June 1972
Benton, William, “Haley Exhibit Highly Original,” The Oregonian, June 1972
“Summer Events Reviewed,” The Oregon Journal, August 1968
“Art Unveiled at Jewish Center,” The Oregonian, February 1966
Jones, Catherine, “Portland Art Galleries Prepare Displays Featuring Local, Area Creative Talent,” The Oregonian, October 1965
Aaron, Louise, “New Fall Art Season Promises Full Program,” Oregon Journal, October 1959
Allen, Jane, “Museum Trustee Gives Fashion Ideas,” The Oregonian, 1959
Beckwith, Ethel, “Mural Done, Mrs. Russo Credits Her Good Baby,” The Oregon Journal, November 1954



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