Hadley K Conner

Hadley K Conner is a Cleveland based artist, educator, musician, and occasional mad scientist. She holds a BFA in Photography from Cleveland Institute of Art and a MAAE from the Art Academy of Cincinnati.  A recently retired veteran art educator for over 30 years in the public and private sector, Hadley continues to work with the Cleveland Print Room, a non-profit entity dedicated to all forms of photography.

My current work consists of a series of photographs and photo-based mixed media pieces featuring female figures navigating their surroundings.The imagery is the visual articulation of joy, anxiety, ennui, upheaval, evolution, transition, and introspection. Window, doors, and mirrors represent the shift from one world to the next. The paths, roads and tunnels that lead the way, and the walls, barriers and fences address not only the changes and choices one navigates throughout different stages of life, but also fear of the unknown and desire for escape. If life is a journey, these figures are voyagers. My goal is to create an intimate dialog with the viewer, whose interpretations and distinct memories add further complexity and insight to the work.