David Vincent Hayes (March 15, 1931 – April 9, 2013) was an American sculptor.
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David Vincent Hayes |
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| Born | (1931-03-15)March 15, 1931
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| Died | April 9, 2013(2013-04-09) (aged 82)
Coventry, Connecticut, U.S. |
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| Education | University of Notre Dame, and Indiana University |
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| Known for | Sculpture, Painting |
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| Spouse | Julia Hayes (1934–2016)[1] |
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| Awards | Logan Prize for Sculpture,
National Institute of Arts and Letters,
Fulbright award,
Guggenheim Fellowship,
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Albertus Magnus College |
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Hayes received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1953, and a M.F.A. degree from Indiana University Bloomington in 1955 where he studied with David Smith.
He received a post-doctoral Fulbright Award and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He was a recipient of the Logan Medal of the Arts for Sculpture and an award from the National Institute of Arts and Letters. During his life, he had over 400 exhibitions[2] and his work is included in some 100 institutional collections including those of the Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim Museum in New York City.
In 2007, he was conferred an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree by Albertus Magnus College.
Hayes resided in Coventry, Connecticut, where he had 54 acres of land to exhibit his works[1] on the grounds of the David Hayes Sculpture Fields, an open air art museum open to the public.[2] He died of leukemia at his home there on April 9, 2013. He was 82.[3]
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In 2021, Hayes' work and grounds were the subject of an hour-long television broadcast shown on some 200 PBS stations nationwide produced by Legacy List with Matt Paxton.[5]
Source: David Hayes Art Foundation archives [10]
- 2024
- Vertical Motifs at the Bushnell Plaza; Hartford, Connecticut
- David Hayes Small Sculpture with curation by Robert Donston, South Windsor Public Library; South Windsor, Connecticut
- David Hayes Sculpture at the Peacock House Foundation; Fort Pierce, Florida
- Vantage Points, Sculpture Field Photos, Booth & Dimock Library Gallery; Coventry, Connecticut
- 2023
- Selection of Relief Sculpture, Spirol Art Gallery at CT State Quinebaug Valley; Killingly, Connecticut
- Remarkable Works Exhibition, Greenwood Glassblowing Studio Gallery and School; Riverton, Connecticut
- Vantage Points, Sculpture Field Photography at the Dye & Bleach House Gallery; Willington, Connecticut
- Fifteen Sculptures at the Busch Library; Annapolis, Maryland
- David Hayes | MAN OF STEEL: Selected Works from the Estate of David Hayes, Burgess Modern + Contemporary; Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- David Hayes Small Sculpture, Boccara Gallery; West Palm Beach, Florida
- 2022
- 2021
- 2020
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
- Small Vertical Motifs, Commenoz Gallery; Key Biscayne, Florida
- Straight from the Barn, Emmanoel Lavagnolli Fine Art Gallery in Wynwood; Miami, Florida
- Small Sculptures and Gouache Studies, Center For Creative Education; West Palm Beach, Florida
- Small Sculpture and Gouache Studies, Lowe Art Museum; Coral Gables, Florida
- David Hayes Sculpture, The Perfect Provenance; Greenwich, Connecticut
- Small Sculpture, Arte Fundamenta; Wynwood, Florida
- David Hayes Sculpture, Isabella Garrucho Fine Art; Greenwich, Connecticut
- David Hayes Sculpture at the Dubuque Museum of Art; Dubuque, Iowa
- 2015
- 2014
- 2013
- David Hayes dies April 9, 2013 [13]
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007[17]
- 2006
- 2005
- 2004
- 2003
- 2002
- 2001
- 2000
- 1999
- 1998
- Mercy Gallery, Loomis Chaffee School; Windsor, Connecticut
- 57 Sculptures in the City of Stamford, Downtown Stamford and Stamford Town Center; Stamford, Connecticut
- David Hayes Sculpture, Tremaine Gallery, Hotchkiss School; Lakeville, Connecticut
- Outdoor Sculpture, The Appleton Museum; Ocala, Florida
- Boca Raton Museum of Art; Boca Raton, Florida: Vertical Motifs, Drawings, Macquettes
- Paintings, Acrylic Landscapes and Studies, Stamford Center for the Arts, Rich Forum; Stamford, Connecticut
- 1997
- 100 Pearl Gallery; Hartford, Connecticut
- The Gallery, University of New Haven; New Haven, Connecticut
- Southern Vermont Art Center; Manchester, Vermont
- Screen Sculptures, Gulf Coast Art Center; Belleair, Florida (exhibit travels)
- Screen Sculptures, Orlando City Hall; Orlando, Florida (exhibit travels)
- Five Screen Sculptures, Hines Building; Boston
- Hayes Modern Gallery; Naples, Florida
- 1996
- 1995
- 1994
- 1993
- 1992
- 1991
- Monumental Sculpture Commission: Minotaur, Anderson Gallery; Buffalo, New York
- PBS Broadcast of The Sculpture of David Hayes, documentary film by Richard Byrnes
- Neville-Sargent Gallery; Chicago
- 1990
- 1989
- 1988
- 1987
- 1986
- 1985
- 1984
- 1983
- 1982
- 1981
- 1980
- Juror, Scholastic Art Awards, Connecticut, for Sculpture
- Juror, National Screening Committee, Institute of International Education, for Sculpture
- Bethel Gallery and Bethel Library grounds; Bethel, Connecticut
- Art Museum and City of Fitchburg; Fitchburg, Massachusetts
- Saratoga Performing Arts Center; Saratoga Springs, New York
- Sculpture on Campus, Skidmore College; Saratoga Springs, New York
- 1979
- Illustrated French Cooking for People Who Can’t by Julia Hayes; Atheneum Publishers
- Large Sculpture Commission, Lydall Corporate Headquarters; Manchester, Connecticut
- The Gallery, G. Fox and Company; Hartford, Connecticut
- White Mountains Center for the Arts; Jefferson, New Hampshire
- Plymouth State College; Plymouth, New Hampshire
- Sculpture in the Library, University Library, University of Connecticut; Storrs, Connecticut
- Mead Art Museum, Amherst College; Amherst, Massachusetts
- Outdoor Sculpture, Nassau County Museum of Art; Sands Point, New York
- 1978
- David Hayes: Sculptor; Channel 57 television documentary
- Screen Sculpture Commission, Moriarty Brothers, Inc.; Manchester, Connecticut
- Choate-Rosemary Hall; Wallingford, Connecticut
- Vertical Motifs, State University of New York; Albany, New York
- Manchester Community College; Manchester, Connecticut
- Sculpture on Tuck Mall, Dartmouth College; Hanover, New Hampshire
- Sculpture in the City, Museum of Fine Arts and City of Springfield; Springfield, Massachusetts
- 1977
- 1976
- 1975
- 1974
- 1973
- Monumental sculpture commission, Centaur, Columbus Gallery of Fine Art; Columbus, Ohio[19]
- Juror, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute; Utica, New York – Annual Exhibition
- Illustrated Varmint Q by Charles Boer; Chicago: Swallow Press
- Juror, American Academy in Rome – Sculpture
- Munson Gallery; New Haven, Connecticut
- Sunne Savage Gallery; Boston, Massachusetts
- Albany Institute of History and Art; Albany, New York
- Gallery Five East; East Hartford, Connecticut
- 1972
- 1971
- 1970
- 1969
- 1968
- 1966
- 1965
- 1963
- Represented United States at Forma Viva Sculpture Symposium, Portorož, Yugoslavia
- Root Art Center, Hamilton College; Clinton, New York
- 1962
- 1961
- 1960
- 1959
- 1958
- 1955
- 1955–1957
