Artist Bio & CV
Having drawn and painted for as long as she can remember, Hadley Rampton graduated from the University of Utah with an Honors BFA in Painting and Drawing in 1999. During her course of university study, she spent a semester in Florence, Italy taking classes in studio art, Renaissance Art History and History of Renaissance Architecture. Rampton began painting professionally immediately after graduation.
Born and raised in Utah, Rampton developed a great love for the outdoors. Not surprisingly, painting en plein air in the mountain and desert landscapes of the Rocky Mountain West and Colorado Plateau became her motus operandi, with aspen trees becoming her favorite subject matter. Her time spent studying abroad ignited a love of exploration and immersion in other cultures, catapulting her practice of traveling to capture her impressions of foreign cities and street scenes in watercolor & ink. Countries in which she has painted include Italy, France, Switzerland, Spain, England, Ireland, Belgium, Austria, Check Republic, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Macedonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Turkey, Armenia, Georgia, Cuba, Morocco, Palestine (West Bank) and Malta. Her travel painting has led to collaboration with various humanitarian projects and organizations overseas. These include Project Wezesha in Western Tanzania, University of Utah Neighborhood Partners and their work with Karen and Karenni refugee camps in northern Thailand, and Choice Humanitarian in the Altiplano of Bolivia.
Over the course of her over 26 year professional career she has participated in numerous Juried Exhibitions, Invitationals and Solo shows held at such venues as Springville Museum of Art, The High Desert Museum, Desert Caballeros Western Museum, Eccles Art Center, Salt Lake Community College, Sedona Art Center, Idaho Falls Art Center, Phillips Gallery and Art Access.
She has been featured in several publications including Plein Air Magazine, Western Art & Architecture, Judsons Plein Air Journal, Artists of Utah’s 15 Bytes Online Publication and Southwest Art Magazine. Rampton’s work can be found in the collections of the Delta Sky Lounge, Wallace F. Bennett Federal Building, SLC, UT, Raymond James Financial, the Yellowstone Club, Questar Gas, Aspen Traditional Rehab, and the Law Firms of Preg, O’Donnell & Gillett; Rooker Mohrman, Rawlings & Bailey; Ballard Spahr; and Hutchinson & Steffen.
EDUCATION:
1999 Honors BFA in Painting and Drawing, Minor in Art History, Studies in Architecture; University of
Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
1998 Semester of studies in Studio Art, Art & Architectural History; Centro de Lorenzo d’ Medici,
Florence, Italy
1996-7 Painting workshop with artist Ed Maryon; Monteray, CA
1994 High School Honors degree with Distinction in Art; Rowland Hall-St. Marks; Salt Lake City, UT
INVITATIONALS:
2025 21st Annual Sedona Plein Air Event, Sedona Arts Center, Sedona, AZ
Art In The West, High Desert Museum, Bend, OR
2024 20th Annual Sedona Plein Air Event, Sedona Arts Center, Sedona, AZ
Art In The West, High Desert Museum, Bend, OR
2023 19th Annual Sedona Plein Air Event, Sedona Arts Center, Sedona, AZ
Art In The West, High Desert Museum, Bend, OR
2022 18th Annual Sedona Plein Air Event, Sedona Art Center, Sedona, AZ
“Art In The West”, High Desert Museum, Bend, OR
“Flowers Everywhere”, Anne Jespersen Fine Arts, Helper, UT
“Tree Stories: A Breath of Fresh Air”, Utah Cultural Celebration Center, Salt Lake City, UT
2021 Zion Legacy of Art Virtual Art Show
17th Annual Sedona Plein Air Event, Sedona Art Center, Sedona, AZ
“Art In The West”, High Desert Museum, Bend, OR
2020 16th Annual Sedona Plein Air Event, Sedona Art Center, Sedona, AZ
“Art In The West”, High Desert Museum, Bend, OR
“American Crossroads”, Anne Jespersen Fine Arts, Helper, UT
2019 “Art In The West”, High Desert Museum, Bend, OR
“Colors of the Canyons”, Anne Jespersen Fine Arts, Helper, UT
2018 10th Annual Zion National Park Plein Air Art Invitational, Zion National Park, UT
“Art In The West”, High Desert Museum, Bend, OR
“Cowgirl Up!”, Desert Caballeros Western Museum, Wickenburg, AZ
“Square One: Helper Artists of Utah”, Finch Lane Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2017 “Nest: Women Artists of Helper”, Amjworks, Helper, UT
2016 8th Annual Zion National Park Plein Air Art Invitational, Zion National Park, UT
2015 7th Annual Zion National Park Plein Air Art Invitational, Zion National Park, UT
JURIED EXHIBITIONS:
2026 AAUW Utah Women Artists Exhibition 2026, Salt Lake City, UT
2025 Art At The Park, This Is The Place Heritage Park, Salt Lake City, UT
38th Annual Sears Art Invitational, Utah Tech University, St. George, UT
2024 Art At The Park, This Is The Place Heritage Park, Salt Lake City, UT
2023 Art At The Park, This Is The Place Heritage Park, Salt Lake City, UT
Sedona Arts Center’s 42nd Annual Juried Members Exhibition, Sedona Arts Center,
Sedona, AZ
2022 Sedona Arts Center’s 41st Annual Juried Members Exhibition, Sedona Arts Center,
Sedona, AZ
2021 13th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Willard Art Center’s Carr & Hall Galleries, Idaho Falls, ID
2020 96th Annual Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
12th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Willard Art Center’s Carr & Hall Galleries, Idaho Falls, ID
2019 95th Annual Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
11th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Willard Art Center’s Carr & Hall Galleries, Idaho Falls, ID
2018 Salt Lake Community College President’s Art Show, Salt Lake City, UT
2017 Salt Lake Community College President’s Art Show, Salt Lake City, UT
93rd Annual Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
9th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Willard Art Center’s Carr & Hall Galleries, Idaho Falls, ID
2016 Salt Lake Community College President’s Art Show, Salt Lake City, UT
92nd Annual Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
8th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Willard Art Center’s Carr & Hall Galleries, Idaho Falls, ID
Annual Statewide Competition, Bountiful Davis Art Center, Bountiful, UT
Art Of Our Century, Woodbury Art Museum, Utah Valley University, Provo, UT
Utah Watercolor Society’s Spring Open Exhibition, Eccles Community Art Center, Ogden, UT
2015 Eccles Community Art Center Statewide Competition, Ogden, UT
2014 Utah Arts & Museums Statewide Annual Exhibition: Painting & Sculpture, Rio Gallery, Salt
Lake City, UT
2014 President’s Art Show, Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City, UT
2013 Eccles Community Art Center Statewide Competition, Ogden, UT
2012 Southwest Contemporary Realism, Arroyo Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
4th Annual Juried Exhibition, Willard Arts Center's Carr Gallery & Blake Hall
Community Gallery, Idaho Falls, ID
2011 Utah Watercolor Society Fall Show; Michael Berry Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2010 “Utah ’10: Mixed Media & Works On Paper”, Rio Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
Utah Watercolor Society Mini Show, Michael Berry Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2009 “35 X 35”, Work by 35 Local Artists under 35, Finch Lane Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
“Windows To The Divine”, Madden Museum, Denver, CO
2008 “Utah ’08: Painting & Sculpture”, Rio Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
Utah Watercolor Society Fall Show, Finch Lane Art Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2007 Salt Lake Community College President’s Art Show, Salt Lake City, UT
2006 Salt Lake Community College President’s Art Show, Salt Lake City, UT
2005 Traveling Exhibit with Utah Arts Council
Utah Watercolor Society Spring Show, Eccles Community Art Center, Ogden, UT
2003 The Regional 2004, St. George Art Museum, St. George, UT
Utah Watercolor Society, 2004 Fall Show, Park City, UT
Eccles Community Art Center Statewide Competition; Ogden, UT
New & Emerging Artists of Utah Show; Salt Lake City, UT
2003 St George Regional Art Exhibit; St. George, UT
Eccles Community Art Center Statewide Competition; Ogden, UT
2002 Eccles Community Art Center Statewide Competition; Ogden, UT
2000 Eccles Community Art Center Statewide Competition; Ogden, UT
Springville Museum of Art’s 76th Annual Utah Spring Salon; Springville, UT
1999 The Deseret News Landscape Art Show; Salt Lake City, UT
University of Utah Student Show, Salt Lake City, UT
ONE & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
2025 Two Person Show with Dan Toone, Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2024 Featured Artist, Town Club, Salt Lake City, UT
Featured Artist, Sedona Arts Center Gallery, Sedona, AZ
2023 Two Person Show with Jim Frazer, Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2021 Two person Show with Edward Bateman, Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2019 Two Person Show with Gerald Purdy, Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2018 “Inside Bolivia: Watercolors by Hadley Rampton”, Salt Lake Main Public Library, Salt
Lake City, UT
2017 Two Person Show with Cordell Taylor, Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2016 “On The Boarder: Thailand And Myanmar Paintings”, Art Access Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2015 "Hadley Rampton & Francesc Burgos", Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2014 “Tour of the Western Balkans”, Lorna Wattis Swanson Gallery, Huntsville, UT
Hadley Rampton Oils & Watercolors, The Town Club, Salt Lake City, UT
2013 New Work by Rebecca Livermore & Hadley Rampton, Phillips Gallery, SLC, UT
Oils & Watercolors by Hadley Rampton, Free Spirit Holistic Mountain Spa, Eden, UT
2012 “Hidden Nooks”, Solo Show, Sweet Branch Library, Salt Lake City, UT
Solo Show, Red Butte Garden and Arboretum, Salt Lake City, UT
“History of Hadley”, Solo Show, Crowley Gallery & Café, Ogden, UT
2011 Two Person Show, Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
Solo Show, Red Butte Garden and Arboretum, Salt Lake City, UT
2010 Two Person Show, Ogden Union Station, Ogden, UT
Solo Show, Weber County Library, Ogden, UT
2009 New Oils and Watercolors by Hadley Rampton, solo show, Phillips Gallery, SLC, UT
2008 New Work by Hadley Rampton, Sweet Branch Library, Salt Lake City, UT
One Woman Show @ Wolf Creek Gallery, Wilkerson Fine Art, Eden, UT
2007 Hadley Rampton & Dave Hall, Two Person Show, Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2006 One Person Show, Sagebrush Gallery, Ketchum, ID
Two Person Show, Loge Gallery, Pioneer Memorial Theatre, Salt Lake City, UT
2005 One Person Show, Sagebrush Gallery, Ketchum, ID
Two Person Show, Gallery At The Station, Ogden Union Station, Ogden, UT
“Gamma di Colori”, solo show, Idaho Falls Arts Center, Idaho Falls, ID
2004 Hadley Rampton & Kathy Peterson, Two Person Show, Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2003 "Italian Watercolors", solo show, Cafe Molise, Salt Lake City, UT
2002 "Visions of Trees". solo show, Chapman Library, Salt Lake City, UT
“Impressions“, solo show, Don Brady Drive Thru Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
“Watercolors & Oils”, solo show, Park Café, Salt Lake City, UT
2001 “Watercolors From Italy“, Avenues Arts and Wellness Gallery; Salt Lake City, UT
2000 “Wintry Willows”, Avenues Arts and Wellness Gallery; Salt Lake City, UT
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2021 “Wildfires in Utah Art, Homes and Lands”, Bountiful Davis Art Center, Bountiful, UT
2020 “Our Global Climate Crisis”, Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2016 “Winter”, Salt Lake Acting Company, Salt Lake City, UT
2015 Landscape Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
Seven-Perspective Landscapes, Rio Gallery, Salt Laker City, UT
2014 Landscape Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
2013 23rd Annual Holiday Miniatures Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
“In Bloom”, 530 Burns Gallery, Sarasota, FL
2011 “Art In Pilar’s Garden”, Pilar Pobil’s Avenues Home, Salt Lake City, UT
2010 “Phillips Gallery Staff Show”, Harris Fine Art Gallery, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Plein Air Event Exhibition, Evergreen Fine Art, Evergreen, CO.
“Art In Pilar’s Garden”, Pilar Pobil’s Avenues Home, Salt Lake City, UT
“Not Just Another Pretty Face”, Silent Auction, Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT
2009 Commissioned to paint piece for “Not Just Another Pretty Face”, Salt Lake Art Center
Fundraiser, Salt Lake City, UT
“21st Celebration of Art & Soup”, Sheraton City Center, Salt Lake City, UT
2005 “Grounds For Paint” group show, Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
Holiday Group Show, Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2004 Art in the Home of Patty Ashton, group show, Salt Lake City, UT
Kris Wilkerson Fine Art, group show, Huntsville, UT
Storefront Galleries, group show, Provo, UT
“Art in Pilar’s Garden” group show, Salt Lake City, UT
Coral Canyon Arts Festival, Coral Canyon, UT
2003 Six Person Show, Gallery At the Station, Ogden, UT
"Floor to Ceiling" group show, Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
Group Show, Kris Wilkerson Fine Art, Huntsville, UT
"Open Studio/Garden" group show, Symeon Colessides' Carriage House, Salt Lake City, UT
Art in the Home of Patty Ashton, group show, Salt Lake City, UT
2002 "Over the Sofa", group show, Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
Patty Ashton's Holiday Group Art Show, Magpie's Nest, Salt Lake City, UT
“BIG”, large works group show, Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
“Art in Pilar‘s Garden“, group show, Salt Lake City, UT
Olympic Group Show, Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
AWARDS:
2024 Third Place in Best of Show Category, Sedona Plein Air Event, Sedona Arts Center,
Sedona, AZ
2024 Best Red Rocks, Sedona Plein Air Event, Sedona Arts Center, Sedona, AZ
2018 Jury’s Choice Award, “Art In The West”, High Desert Museum, Bend, OR
2016 Angel’s Landing Award of Excellence, Zion National Park Foundation
2010 Juror’s Award, Utah Watercolor Society Miniature Show
2006 Juror’s Award, Utah Watercolor Society Fall Membership Show
1998-9 University of Utah President’s Award for Outstanding Scholastic Achievement
1998 Honors Society of Phi Kappa Phi
1995-9 Dean’s List, University of Utah
1994 George Fox Award for Outstanding Achievement in Fine Arts, Rowland Hall-St. Marks
PUBLICATIONS:
2025 Wichert, Geoff. "Hadley Rampton's Journey Through Two Media And Two Ways Of Seeing." Artists of Utah,
15 Bytes online publication, May, 2025, p. 1
2021 Western Art Collector magazine, July 2021, “A Grand Design, Collector’s Focus Painting the
National Parks”, p. 77
2020 Western Art Collector magazine, June 2020, “Energized by Nature”, p. 66
2017 Plein Air Magazine, February-March 2017, pp. 82-86
2016 Studio Visit, vol. 23, The Open Studios Press, p. 154-155
2015 Western Art & Architecture magazine, October/November 2015, pp. 42-43
Studio Visit, vol.27, The Open Studios Press, p. 152-153
2014 Selected artist to illustrate Utah Chamber Artists’ 2014-15 concert season
Judsons Plein Air Journal, August 26, 2014, Judsons Art Outfitter Online, http://www.judsonsart.com/blog/
2013 Clark, Ehren. “Seek and Ye Shall Find, Artist Profile: Salt Lake City.” Artists of Utah, 15 Bytes
online publication, October, 2013, p. 1
2013 Studio Visit, vol. 21, The Open Studios Press, p. 130-131
2013 “Utah Artist of the Year”, Exploring TOSCA, Spring 2013, p. 47
2012 Fournier, C. L. “Into The Wild, Hadley Rampton’s Plein Air Painting; at Home and Abroad.” Utah
Stories, August 2012, pp. 40 - 41
2009 Hawkins, Curt. “Artistic Engagement.” Artists Of Utah; 15 Bytes online publication, February
2009, p. 7
2008 “Hadley Rampton Presented by Wilkerson Fine Art at Wolf Creek Resort Gallery.” video,
Ogden Valley Magazine.com., March, 2008.
2006 New Art International, A Compendium of Recent Works by World Contemporary Artists, Book
Art Press, Volume X, 2005 – 2006, pp. 106 - 107
2005 “Featured Artist.” Artists Of Utah; 15 Bytes online publication, October 2005
2005 “21 Under 31.” Southwest Art Magazine’s Annual Emerging Artists Issue, vol. 35, #4
1999 Rampton, Hadley. “One Artist’s Investigation of Color”, Senior Honors Thesis, University of Utah
ART RELATED WORK:
Current Position: Fine Art Consultant at Phillips Gallery; Salt Lake City, UT
2007 – Present: Member of Utah’s Repertory Dance Theatre, (RDT), Board of Trustees
2017 Lecturer for OSHER Life Long Learning Institute, University of Utah, SLC, UT
2015 President of RDT’s Board of Trustees
2011 -14 Vice President of RDT’s Board of Trustees & Chair of Development Committee
2015 Art Therapy with Karenni Refugees in Ban Mai Nai Soi Camp, Thailand in conjunction with
University of Utah Neighborhood Partners (UNP).
2014 Curated Land2Land, art auction/exhibit to benefit Utah’s Repertory Dance Theatre
2007 Participated in “337 Project”, (Temporary Art House Collaboration), Salt Lake City, UT
2006 Official Juror, Salt Lake Arts Festival; Salt Lake City, UT
2003-2004 Board Member of Utah Artist Endowment Campaign Committee
1999 Commissioned Paintings for Shirley Chetwood, Boise, ID
Mural work in home of Marybeth Stromberg; Salt Lake City, UT
1996 Book of Drawings Documenting Town Club’s Permanent Art Collection; SLC, UT
COLLECTIONS:
Delta Sky Lounge, Salt Lake International Airport, Salt Lake City, UT
Wallace F. Bennett Federal Building, Salt Lake City, UT
Questar Gas, Salt Lake City, UT
Yellowstone Club, Big Sky, MT
Aspen Transitional Rehab, Meridian, ID
Rowland Hall – St. Mark’s School, Salt Lake City, UT
Law Firm of Preg, O'Donnell & Gillett, Seattle, WA
Rooker, Mohrman, Rawlins & Bailey, Salt Lake City, UT
Jones Waldo Holbrook & McDonough, Salt Lake City, UT
Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, Salt Lake City, UT
Hutchison & Steffen, Las Vegas, NV
Bennion Jewelers, Salt Lake City, UT
Raymond James, Salt Lake City, UT
