Haley Cooper is a Boston based photographer, originally from Abington, MA. She is a recent BFA Photography graduate from Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Her work focuses on self portraiture, still lives, and the construction of childhood memories. 

In her time at MassArt she has been exhibited in multiple curated shows, the MassArt All School Show, Photographic Resource Center’s Student Show, as well as group shows at MassArt. As well as magazine and zine publications, Sidelines Magazine and MassArt Photography Zine. She was also awarded the Gertrude Kasebier Prize from the photography department during the spring of her sophomore year. Before MassArt she was  recognized at the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards in 2017 and 2019. 



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EDUCATION

Abington High School, Abington, MA— High School Diploma 

August 2016 - May 2020

Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA — BFA Photography 

September 2020 - May 2024


AWARDS

Scholastic Art and Writing Awards  — Gold Key, 2017-2018  

Scholastic Art and Writing Awards — Silver Key, 2018-2019

Gertrude Kasebier Prize — Massachusetts College of Art and Design Photography Department Prize, 2022

Photo Foundation Auction Award — Massachusetts College of Art and Design Photography Department Prize, 2024

Academic Honors — Massachusetts College of Art and Design, 2024


PUBLICATIONS 

Student Arts Magazine — High School Magazine, 2016-2019

 Greenwave Gazette — High School Newspaper, 2019-2020

Contact — — Massachusetts College of Art and Design Photography Departmental Zine, Fall 2023

Sidelines Magazine — Simmons University Literary and Arts Magazine, Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 Issue 


EXHIBITIONS 

Looking Backward, Looking Forward (MassArt Juried Alumni Show), Doran Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design –  October 2024

Vision(ary), Winchester, MA, Griffin Museum of Photography– June-September 2024

What We Once Knew (Senior Thesis Show), Frances Euphemia Thompson Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design – April 2024 

The Curated Fridge, Somerville, MA – April 2024 

Photographic Resource Center Student Show, VanDernoot Gallery, Cambridge, MA – April 2024 

Photography All School Show, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Kennedy Student Life Gallery– March 2024

Pet Portraits, Massachusetts College of Art and Design – February 2024

Thinking, Feeling, and Wanting become a Single Confused Thing…, , Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Godine Family Gallery– February 2024

Photography Highlight Projects,  Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Photography Department  – October 2023

Photography All School Show,  Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Kennedy Student Life Gallery – April 2023

Photography All School Show, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Frances Euphemia Thompson Gallery – March 2022

Studio Foundation All School Show, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Online Exhibition – March 2021

Youth Art Month, Abington, MA, Abington Public Library – March 2018 - 2020

Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, Medford, MA, Breed Memorial Hall at Tufts University, March 2018 


COMMISSIONS

Senior Portraits, 2020-Present 

Family Portraits, 2021-Present 














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