DAVID HAYES:Modern Master of American Abstractionat the Housatonic Museum of Art

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Housatonic Museum of ArtPresents David Hayes: ModernMaster of American Abstraction

December 3, 2014 to February 8, 2015

HOUSATONIC MUSEUM OF ART900 Lafayette Boulevard, Bridgeport, Connecticut

www.housatonicmuseum.orgPhotography by Paul Mutino

Exhibition organized by Robbin Zella, Director

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Housatonic Museum of Art hosts David Hayes: Modern Master ofAmerican Abstraction in celebration of this important Connecticutsculptor whose career spanned six decades. The drawings andmaquettes on view here are studies for his monumental sculpturesand include the biomorphic and geometric forms that comprise hissignature style. Born in Hartford, he maintained a home and studioin Coventry, CT where dozens of his sculptures are situatedthroughout fifty-plus acres of bucolic farm and woodlands. Theinfluence of his mentor David Smith and his friend AlexanderCalder are visible in the playful welded steel polychrome works ondisplay in the gallery. Hayes drew his inspiration from nature,translating delicate foliage into lyrical, brightly painted industrialstrength sculptures. Robbin Zella

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1931 Born in Hartford, Connecticut. Lived in Coventry,Connecticut.

1949–1953 University of Notre Dame; Notre Dame, Indiana, A.B.1953–1955 Indiana University; Bloomington, Indiana. M.F.A.

Studied with Robert Laurent, Alton Pickens, and DavidSmith.

1955–1957 United States Navy1958 Silvermine Guild; New Cannan, Connecticut – Sculpture

AwardNew Haven Festival of Arts; New Haven, Connecticut – Bestin Show

1959 Museum of Modern Art, New York – Recent Sculpture,U.S.A.Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York – Animal andYoung, part of inaugural exhibitionBoston Arts Festival; Boston, Massachusetts – Drawing Award

1960 New Haven Festival of Arts; New Haven, Connecticut – Bestin Show for Sculpture

1961 Chicago Arts Institute; Chicago, Illinois – Logan Prize forSculpturePost Doctoral Fulbright for study in Paris. GuggenheimFellowship awarded and arranged to follow Fulbright.

1963 Represented United States at “Forma Viva” SculptureSymposium, Portoroz, Yugoslavia

1965 National Institute of Arts and Letters Award, New York1968 Return to live in the United States1970 Monumental Ceramic Wall Commission, Elmira College;

Elmira, New York1972 Appointed visiting artist, Harvard University; Cambridge,

Massachusetts

1973 Juror, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute; Utica, New York –Annual ExhibitionIllustrated Varmint Q by Charles Boer; Chicago: SwallowPressJuror, American Academy in Rome – Sculpture

1976 Sculpture for playground; Killingly, Connecticut1977 Monumental Sculpture Commission, Massasoit Community

College; Brockton, Massachusetts1978 David Hayes: Sculptor; Channel 57 television documentary

Screen Sculpture Commission, Moriarty Brothers, Inc.;Manchester, Connecticut

1979 Illustrated French Cooking for People Who Can’t by JuliaHayes; Atheneum PublishersSculpture Commission, Lydall Corporate Headquarters;Manchester, Connecticut

1980 Juror, Scholastic Art Awards, Connecticut, for SculptureJuror, National Screening Committee, Institute ofInternational Education, for Sculpture

1981 Monumental Sculpture Commission, Hartwood Acres;Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1982 Juror, National Screening Committee, Institute ofInternational Education, for SculptureRelief Sculpture Commission, Albertus Magnus College; NewHaven, Connecticut

1983 Relief Sculpture Commission, Wilbraham & MonsonAcademy; Wilbraham, MassachusettsAppointed Trustee, Hartford Art School, University ofHartford; Hartford, Connecticut

1985 The Brooks File: David Hayes’ Sculpture Fields, Channel 3WFSB; Hartford, Connecticut

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DAVID HAYES BIOGRAPHY AND LISTING OF SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1987 Monumental Sculpture Commission, Hartford Public Library;Hartford, ConnecticutJuror, National Screening Committee, Institute ofInternational Education, for Sculpture

1988 Monumental Sculpture Commission, Snite Museum of Art,University of Notre Dame; Notre Dame, Indiana

1990 Monumental Sculpture Commission, School of Business,Western Michigan University; Kalamazoo, MichiganWelded Steel Sculpture with David Hayes, documentary film byRichard Byrnes

1991 Monumental Sculpture Commission, Anderson Gallery,Buffalo, New YorkPBS Broadcast of The Sculpture of David Hayes,documentary film by Richard Byrnes

1992 Elected Regent, University of Hartford; Hartford,Connecticut

1993 Appointed Board Member, New York Sculpture Guild1994 One-man show at Anderson Gallery1996 One-man shows at

Prudential Center; Boston Gulf Coast Art Center; Belair, Florida The Pingry School; Martinsville, New Jersey

1997 One-man shows at 100 Pearl Gallery; Hartford, ConnecticutThe Gallery, University of New Haven Southern Vermont Art Center; Manchester, Vermont Gulf Coast Art Center; Belleair, Florida - Screen SculpturesOrlando City Hall; OrlandoHines Building; BostonHayes Modern Gallery; Naples, Florida

1998 One-man shows atMercy Gallery, Loomis Chaffee School; Windsor, Connecticut City of Stamford, Connecticut and Stamford Town CenterTremaine Gallery, Hotchkiss School; Lakeville, Connecticut The Appleton Museum; Ocala, Florida Boca Raton Museum of Art; Boca Raton, Florida Stamford Center for the Arts, Rich Forum; Stamford,Connecticut

1999 Screen Sculpture Commission, Nicotra Group; Staten Island,New YorkOne-man show at Colgate University; Hamilton, New York

2000 One-man shows atSculpture at Sasaki, Sasaki & Associates; Watertown,MassachusettsFordham University Downtown; New YorkDavid Hayes Steel Sculptures, Denise Bibro Fine Arts Inc.;New York, New York

2001 One-man shows: Geary Design; Naples, FloridaLyric Theater; Stuart, Florida - Outdoor SculptureHanging Sculpture Commission, Nicotra Group; StatenIsland, New York

2002 One-man shows: Lyric Theater; Stuart, Florida - OutdoorSculptureBradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, Connecticut -Small Sculptures

2003 One-man shows: Burt Reynolds Museum, Jupiter, Florida -Inaugural exhibition5 Screen Sculptures at the University of Central Florida;Orlando, FloridaDavid Hayes Sculpture, Sculpture Garden & Studio at

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Gidion’s, Kent, ConnecticutGroup: Sculpture in the Park 2003, Rockland Center for TheArts; Nyack, New YorkSelections from the von Liebig Art Center Collection, The vonLiebig Art Center; Naples, FloridaSmall and Everlasting, ACA Galleries; New York, New York

2004 One-man shows: David Hayes Sculpture at FloridaInternational University, Biscayne Bay Campus, Miami, FlaOutdoor Sculpture, James A. Michener Art Museum;Doylestown, PennsylvaniaExhibition Without Walls; 40 sculptures in downtown FortPierce, Florida

2005 One-man shows: 8 Vertical Motifs at the Mobile Museum ofArt; Mobile, Alabama.12 sculptures on Oyaron Hill, Hartwick College; Oneonta, NYMaquettes and Drawings, Yager Museum, Oneonta, New YorkSmall Sculptures and Drawings, Krasl Art Center; SaintJoseph, MichiganSculpture in Erie: installation of sculpture in downtown Erie,Pennsylvania

2006 LSU Museum of Art; Baton Rouge, Louisiana – David HayesSculptureErie Art Museum Annex Gallery; Erie, Pennsylvania – SmallSculptures and DrawingsLongview Museum of Fine Arts; Longview, Texas – DavidHayes Sculpture

2007 Awarded an honorary doctorate degree by Albertus MagnusCollege; New London, ConnecticutVero Beach Museum of Art; Vero Beach, Florida: David HayesSculpture

The Irving Arts Center; Irving, TexasThe Lauren Rogers Museum of Art; Laurel, MississippiEverson Art Museum; Syracuse, New York: Return to SyracuseRoss Art Museum at Ohio Wesleyan University; DelawareOhio – Small Sculptures, Drawings and Outdoor SculptureCity of Syracuse, New York - Downtown SculptureAlbertus Magnus College; New Haven, Connecticut: DavidHayes Outdoor Sculpture

2008 David Hayes in White Plains: 62 sculptures in White Plains,New York.

2009 The Sweeney Decade: Acquisitions At The 1959 Inaugural.Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.Hayes Family Show: Three Generations. White Plains Library,White Plains, New York

2010 Art to the Avenue; Greenwich Avenue, Greenwich,ConnecticutFathers & Daughters, The Greenwich Arts Council Presents InThe Bendheim Gallery; Greenwich, ConnecticutBoscobel, In conjuction with the CURRENT show throughGarrison Art Center

2011 Sculpture at One North Broadway; White Plains, New YorkHuntsville Museum of Art in conjunction with Huntsville’sSpaces Sculpture TrailDavid Hayes Small Sculpture, George Waters Gallery, ElmiraCollege; Elmira, New YorkSculpture at Goodwin College; East Hartford, Connecticut

2012 Small sculpture, gouaches, and new Totems; Garrison ArtCenter, Garrison, New York20 Sculptures at Art Museum at the University of Kentucky;Lexington, Kentucky

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Sculptures at the WSU Downtown Art Gallery; Westfield,MassachusettsSculptures at the Governor’s Mansion, Hartord, Connecticut

2013 David Hayes Sculpture, Contemporary Art Center; Peoria,IllinoisDavid Hayes: A Sculptor of Space and Nature, ElizabethMyers Mitchell Gallery at St. John’s College; Annapolis,MarylandHanging Screen Sculptures at the Lutz Children’s Museum;Manchester, ConnecticutDavid Hayes dies April 9, 2013David Hayes Sculpture at the Snite Museum of Art, Universityof Notre Dame; Notre Dame, IndianaSentinel Sculptures at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art; FortWayne, IndianaDavid Hayes Sculptures at the Wiregrass Museum; Dothan,Alabama

2014 Small Sculptures and Gouache Studies, Wiregrass Museum;Dothan, AlabamaDavid Hayes Sculpture at the Jundt Art Museum; Spokane,WashingtonMaquettes and Gouache Studies at the Housatonic Museumof Art, Bridgeport, ConnecticutSculpture at the Springfield Museums; Springfield,MassachusettsRecent Small Sculptures at M+V Art Gallery, Miami, FloridaSculpture at Northwood Village; West Palm Beach, Florida

2015 Art Wynwood fair, Cynthia Corbett Gallery; Miami, FloridaSentinel Sculptures at the Cummer Museum and Gardens;Jacksonville, Florida

Art Miami New York Fair, Cynthia Corbett Gallery; NewYork, New YorkDavid Hayes Sculpture at the Wichita Falls, Texas Museum ofArtDavid Hayes Sculptures, Project Space Gallery, SUNY Collegeat Oneonta; Oneonta, NYLarge and Small, Hartford Public Library Gallery; Hartford,ConnecticutArt Hamptons Fair, Cynthia Corbett Gallery; Southhampton,New YorkSculptures on campus, SUNY College at Oneonta; Oneonta,New York

2016 Art Miami art fair at the Cynthia Corbett Gallery, Miami,FloridaContext art fair at M+V Fine Art Gallery, Miami, FloridaThe Original Miami Beach Antiques Show, Miami Beach,Florida with Alpen Art & AntiquesSmall Vertical Motifs, Commenoz Gallery, Key Biscayne,FloridaArt Palm Beach fair with Alpen Art & Antiques; Vail,ColoradoStraight from the Barn, Emmanoel Lavagnolli Fine ArtGallery, Wynwood, Miami, FloridaSmall sculptures and gouache studies, Center For CreativeEducation, West Palm Beach FloridaClio Art Fair at Ale Berni Gallery, New York, New YorkSmall Sculpture and Gouache Studies, Lowe Art Museum,Coral Gables, Florida

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Museum of Modern Art, New YorkSolomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New YorkAddison Gallery of American Art; Andover,

MassachusettsCurrier Gallery of Art; Manchester, New HampshireMusée des Arts Décoratifs, ParisDetroit Art Institute; Detroit, MichiganMuseum of Fine Arts; Houston, TexasChase Manhattan Bank, N.A.University of Michigan; Ann Arbor, MichiganArizona State University; Tempe, ArizonaCarnegie Institute; Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaWadsworth Atheneum; Hartford, ConnecticutElmira College; Elmira, New YorkBrockton Art Center, Fuller Memorial; Brockton, MassachusettsRingling Museum of Art; Sarasota, FloridaFleming Museum, University of Vermont; Burlington, VermontFirst National Bank of Chicago; Chicago, IllinoisDe Porceleyne Fles; Delft, HollandUniversity of Connecticut; Storrs, ConnecticutColumbus Gallery of Fine Arts; Columbus, OhioUniversity of Notre Dame; Notre Dame, IndianaMichael Schiavone and Sons; New Haven,

ConnecticutIndiana University; Bloomington, IndianaNational Museum of American Art; Washington, D. C.Struktuur 68NV; The Hague, HollandBoston Public Library; Boston, MassachusettsDartmouth College; Hanover, New HampshireEverson Museum of Art; Syracuse, New YorkDade County Art Collection; Miami, FloridaDeCordova Museum; Lincoln, Massachusetts

Williams College Museum of Art; Williamstown,Massachusetts

George Washington University; Washington, D. C.New Britain Museum of American Art; New Britain,

ConnecticutBrooklyn Museum; Brooklyn, New YorkPrice, Waterhouse, Inc.; Hartford, ConnecticutRussell, Gibson, Von Dolen, Inc.; Farmington,

ConnecticutThiokol Corporation; Newtown, PennsylvaniaUniversity Art Gallery, State University of New York;

Albany, New YorkLynch Motors, Manchester, ConnecticutHousatonic Museum of Art; Bridgeport, ConnecticutBoca Raton Museum; Boca Raton, FloridaMuseum of Fine Arts; Springfield, MassachusettsWichita State University; Wichita, KansasGund Hall, Harvard University; Cambridge,

MassachusettsThe Norton Company; Worcester, MassachusettsNational Trust for Historic Preservation, Nelson

Rockefeller Collection; Tarrytown, New YorkHarry Guggenheim Collection, Nassau County

Museum; Sands Point, New YorkFitchburg Art Museum; Fitchburg, MassachusettsOhio Weslyan University; Delaware, OhioHunter Museum of Art; Chattanooga, TennesseeAlbertus Magnus College; New Haven, ConnecticutWilbraham and Monson Academy; Wilbraham,

MassachusettsWestmoreland County Museum of Art; Greensburg,

PennsylvaniaThe Woodlands, TexasPhilbrook Art Center; Tulsa, Oklahoma

Wondriska & Russo Associates; Farmington,Connecticut

Pfeizer, Inc.; New YorkPepperridge Farms, Inc.; New Haven, ConnecticutOlin Corporation; Cheshire, ConnecticutManchester Community College; Manchester,

ConnecticutHartford Public Library; Hartford, ConnecticutBKM, Inc.; East Hartford, ConnecticutWestern Michigan University; Kalamazoo, MichiganHollister Corporation; Libertyville, IllinoisHartford Art School; West Hartford, ConnecticutUniversity of Hartford; West Hartford, ConnecticutMitchner Museum; Doylestown, PennsylvaniaGerwun Jewish Heritage Foundation, New JerseyUniversity of Connecticut Health Center;

Farmington, ConnecticutWestminster School; Simsbury, ConnecticutHartwood Acres; Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaUniversity of New Haven, West Haven, ConnecticutGulf Coast Art Center, Belleair, FloridaPicker Art Gallery, Colgate University; Hamilton,

New YorkNaples Art Association at The von Liebig Art Center;

Naples, FloridaEmerson Gallery, Hamilton College; Clinton,

New YorkCity of Fort Pierce; Fort Pierce, FloridaOffice of Charles Moore; Owensboro, KentuckyFrost Art Museum; Miami, FloridaVero Beach Museum of Art; Vero Beach, FloridaWilliam Benton Museum of Art; Storrs, Connecticut

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