Carly Haffner grew up in Springs, New York. She received her Masters of Fine Art in 2009 from Hunter College in New York, NY and her Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2001 from the California College of the Arts in San Francisco, CA.
Her work has been featured in solo exhibitions at galleries such as Ripe Gallery in Huntington, NY and Werkstatte Gallery in New York, NY. Notable group exhibitions at several local galleries include the Ross School Gallery, Out East Gallery, Silas Marder Gallery and Mosquito Hawk Gallery. She is the co-founder of Bonac Tonic, a collective of emerging artists based in the Hamptons.