“Bad Actor I (The Fool),” 2022–23, ceramic, wire, papier mâché, watercolor, acrylic, glue, 39 x 56 x 12.75 in. Photo courtesy of the artist.
Teaching Artist Cohort
2025
Hallie McNeill is an artist and writer currently based in Los Angeles. She received an MFA from the Department of Sculpture and Extended Media at Virginia Commonwealth University. Her work examines how desire and aspiration inform our relationships with language and material culture, particularly through acts of self-representation. Focusing on the fragility and arbitrariness of organizational systems, she traces these dynamics both literally—through manufactured conveniences like containers and baskets—and symbolically—through language and other cultural codes. Her work has been exhibited in Los Angeles at Durden and Ray, Human Resources, Sow & Tailor, and Flux Factory, and at my pet ram in New York. Her writing has been published in BOMB Magazine and The Rib. She has taught at Pratt Institute, Pomona College, and Scripps College.
Selected works
“True Believer,” 2024–25, glazed ceramic, steel, aluminum, papier mâché, brass locks, steel chain, toilet flapper, glass crystal, epoxy, kombucha leather, lace, wood glue, 42 x 30 x 31 in. Photo courtesy of the artist.
“True Believer (detail),” 2024–25. Photo courtesy of the artist.
“Sometimes I feel so full of divine shit I don't know whether to laugh or cry (interior detail),” 2025, glazed ceramic, papier mâché, wire, acrylic paint, bronze paint, oxidizers, brass feet, 17 x 15 x 15 in. Photo courtesy of the artist.
“Small black basket with vent,” 2025, glazed ceramic, rope, wood glue, 5.25 x 10 x 10.5 in. Photo courtesy of the artist.
“Bad Actor I (The Fool),” 2022–23, ceramic, wire, papier mâché, watercolor, acrylic, glue, 39 x 56 x 12.75 in. Photo courtesy of the artist.
“Untitled (small basket),” 2023, ceramic, aluminum wire, papier mâché, watercolor, glue, acrylic paint, approx. 19.5 x 17 x 15 in. Photo courtesy of the artist.
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