about
Hayley Garner (AYLO) is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist, muralist, curator, and creative director based in the UK. Known internationally as one half of the renowned street art duo Nomad Clan, AYLO has spent over a decade creating large-scale public artworks across the world, becoming recognised for emotionally driven storytelling, technical realism, and ambitious mural production.
Alongside her work as an artist, AYLO has evolved into a leading voice in artist-led public art projects and cultural placemaking. Her practice now spans muralism, painting, sculpture, installation, curation, filmmaking, and community-led creative projects.
In recent years, AYLO has focused heavily on developing projects that use art as a tool for connection, conversation, and social impact. Through The Butterfly Effected CIC, which she co-directs with Christian Fenn (SECA), she delivers large-scale mural projects, workshops, mentorship programmes, and documentary-led initiatives centred around themes including mental health, addiction, environmental awareness, trauma, identity, and community resilience.
AYLO was the lead curator and driving force behind Common Walls Festival in Rochdale, an artist-led international street art festival that transformed the town centre with world-class public art and attracted thousands of visitors. The project gained national recognition for its cultural and social impact, winning the Activation: Events category at the 2026 Pineapple Awards.
Her work often explores the complexities of human emotion, perception, and connection, questioning how personal experiences, social conditioning, media, and modern culture shape the way we see both ourselves and others. Alongside this, environmental themes and humanity’s relationship with the natural world run deeply throughout her practice, particularly influenced by her experiences travelling, diving, and documenting marine environments around the world.
Whether painting a mural several storeys high, developing documentary projects, creating fine art in the studio, or mentoring emerging creatives, AYLO’s work is rooted in storytelling. Each project aims to leave more than just an image behind, creating experiences, conversations, and lasting connections between people and place.
