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Hyslop was born in Edinburgh and was brought up in Midlothian where she still lives and has a studio. She studied Drawing and Painting at Edinburgh College of Art between 1984 and 1990 and is an artist with particular interest in drawing and printmaking.

She was the recipient of an RSA John Kinross Travel Scholarship in 1989.

The RSA Annual Report for 1989 carries a black and white photograph of the Kinross Scholars of 1989.

Hyslop was Elected RSA in 2020.

Hyslop employs a range of mediums making artist’s books and works on paper combining natural and human histories by investigating points of tension where these different worlds meet. Place and identity are central to her work and subject matter is often sourced in her native Midlothian.

She develops these themes through intensive study involving observational drawing, reading, topographic study and material experimentation brought together in works which visually express narratives and detail findings. Often ideas are conveyed through examining the flora that inhabits particular sites. Examples of this include research into the history of Scottish gardens, the cultivation of specimen plants over indigenous ones and the development of Scotland’s linen industry.