Hayley van Ree has a practice which is a constant blending of fashion and installation art, existing at a unique intersection of the two. The artist uses pre-loved and/or lowbrow or trashy objects and images and elevates them to her own version of high art or haute couture. The artist’s main focus is translating and creating a conceptual language from fashion. Van Ree graduated Honours in Fine Art at the Victorian College of the arts in 2019, completed a residency in Beijing and has shown at VAMFF multiple times, and had a solo show at Conners Conners gallery.