Sean T. Bailey, Ph.D.

My work explores the space between structure and fragility, expanding on how memory, identity, and human experience are shaped through layered systems and fragmented moments.  My practice utilizes abstraction, texture, and distortion to navigate the tension between precision and emotion.  Rather than offering fixed narratives, the work creates intentional space for both tangible and intangible forms of connection.

- Currently based in Hillsborough, NC

- Work currently installed at The Skylight Gallery as part of the Hillsborough Artists Cooperative. Contact to view by appointment

Experience

• (2020-2024) Advisory Board Member - Orange County Arts Commission

Awards

• (2020) - Artist of the Month (May) - Orange County Arts Commission

• (2019) - Art Project Grant - Orange County Arts Commission

Showings

• (upcoming - 2026) - Joint Exhibition // TBD // Skylight Gallery - Hillsborough, NC

• (2025) - Joint Exhibition // Hillsborough Artists Cooperative // Skylight Gallery - Hillsborough, NC

• (2024) - Joint Exhibition // “Emerging Forms” // Skylight Gallery - Hillsborough, NC

• (2023) - Solo Exhibition // “Belonging” // Skylight Gallery - Hillsborough, NC

• (2023) - Joint Exhibition // “From the Ground Up” // Eno River Arts Mill - Hillsborough, NC

• (2022) - Joint Exhibition // “Peelin’ in the Years” // Peel Gallery - Carrboro, NC

• (2021) - Joint Exhibition // 10 Years, 10 Artists" // FRANK Gallery- Chapel Hill, NC

• (2020) - Solo Exhibition // “Belonging” // The ArtsCenter - Carrboro, NC

• (2019) - Joint Exhibition // Merge - Alamance Arts - Graham, NC

• (2019) - Joint Exhibition // Points of Arrival and Departure - Margaret Lane Gallery - Hillsborough, NC

• (2018) - Joint Exhibition // City and TownScapes - Margaret Lane Gallery - Hillsborough, NC

• (2018) - Art Show // Orange Count Local Fest - Chapel Hill, NC

• (2018) - Art Show // Art in the Heart of Hillsborough - Hillsborough, NC

• (2018) - Joint Exhibition // Student Show // The Arts Center - Carrboro, NC

• (2017) - Joint Exhibition // One World: The Art of Jesse Kalisher & Friends - Carrboro, NC

Publication

• (2021) - Book (Feature) // America: Fifty on Film by Mike Caputo

• (2018) - Magazine (Editorial) // Coulture (S/S 2018)

• (2018) - Magazine (Editorial) // Coulture (F/W 2018)

“Art is freedom - freedom to question, explore, and define perspectives of what we experience”