Education 

BFA Painting - Academy of Art University 

MFA Painting - Academy of Art University  

Recent Exhibitions

2020 Women by Women 2020: Grace and Power, SOLA Contemporary, Los Angeles

Group Shows

2016 The Paris Seminar hosted by Laguna College of Art + Design and The Salmagundi Club NY, NY  

2016 Critters and Peeps, Q Art Salon, Santa Ana, Ca.

2016 Trickle Down, Del Mar Art Academy, San Clemente, Ca

2015 Collector's Choice, Laguna Beach, Ca. 

2015 Laguna College of Art + Design Faculty Exhibition, Forest & Ocean Gallery, Laguna Beach, Ca. 

2014 Realism Without Borders, California Museum of Fine Art, Torrance, Ca. 

2014 Collector's Choice, Laguna Beach, Ca. 

2013 Collector's Choice, Laguna Beach, Ca. 

2009 Laguna College of Art + Design Faculty Exhibition, Gallery 793, Laguna Beach, Ca. 

2007 Louisiana Artist Showcase, Union Gallery, Baton Rouge, La. 

2007 Academy of Art Faculty Show, San Francisco, Ca. 

2006 Emergence, Kelleher Fine Art, San Francisco, Ca. 

2006 Spring Exhibition, Wendt Gallery, Laguna Beach, Ca. 

2006 California Still Life, Westbrook Gallery, Carmel. Ca. 

2006 Academy of Art Faculty Show, San Francisco, Ca. 

2005 Emerging Artists, Wendt Gallery, Laguna Beach, Ca. 

2005 Winterscape, 625 Gallery, San Francisco, Ca. 

2005 Academy of Art Faculty Show, San Francisco, Ca. 

2004 Oculus, 79 New Montgomery, San Francisco, Ca. 

2004 Emerging Artists, Wendt Gallery, Laguna Beach, Ca. 

2004 Small Painting Show, Wendt Gallery, Laguna Beach, Ca. 

2003 Academy of Art Fashion Week, Beverly Hills, Ca. 

Publications

2021 Fine Art Connoisseur, Feature Article: Hope Railey Creating And Teaching , Issue 11, November-December

Awards and Honors  

2005 Award of Merit, Union Gallery, Louisiana Artist Showcase

2004 First Prize, Still Life Category, AAU Annual Spring Show 

2003 Figurative Category, AAU Annual Spring Show

Teaching  

2011 - present Fine Arts Chair / Laguna College of Art + Design

2008 - present Faculty / Laguna College of Art + Design 

2005-2006 Part-Time Faculty / Academy of Art University 

Visiting Lecturer

2013 / 2015 Blizzard Entertainment Academy

Juror

2021, 2020, 2019 AXA Prize / Western Regional

2018 XL Caitlin Art Prize / Western Regional

2015, 2016, 2017 OC High School Artist of the Year: Visual Arts