Virginia Hatley
Virginia Hatley grew up in Rawlins Wyoming. The vast landscape and skies there have inspired her imagination all her life. The Wind River Reservation was nearby, and she became interested in Native American mythology. At 17, she traveled to New York City where she graduated from Pratt Institute. She studied both Art and Fashion Design.
As a fashion designer she traveled extensively in South America and the Far East. In Uruguay, Guatemala, Mexico, and Peru, she worked with local fabrics and studied native art and myths.
She began to make Artist Books to record her experiences. These became the series Dream Books.
“A Mayan Storybook” is a book of 3 Mayan folktales illustrated and written in verse by Virginia Hatley.
Available Fall 2025 Grenfell Press
Exhibits & Awards
Virginia Hatley’s paintings have been shown in solo
and group shows at the Douglas Baker Gallery and the Nina Bliese Gallery.
Her illustrations have been published as book covers and in numerous publications, including The New Yorker, GQ, and Time.
Her work was selected to be in American Illustrations 17, a book of best American illustrations.
Ms. Hatley’s work appears in many private collections.