Hall Groat II was born in Cazenovia, New York.
In 1992 he received a Master of Fine Arts Degree from Brooklyn College.
He currently lives in Endwell, NY, and is an Associate Professor at Broome Community College.
Groat has had one-person exhibitions at Roberson Museum of Art, Everson Museum of Art, Jasper Rand Art Museum, Finger Lakes Community College, Cazenovia College, Lemoyne College, Simon's Rock College of Bard, Tyringham Art Gallery, Tyringham, MA, Westbeth Gallery, NY, NY, Adams Art Gallery, Dunkirk, NY, and Austin Harvard Gallery, Rochester, NY.