David Hayes (sculptor)

Hayes received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1953, and a M.F.A. degree from Indiana University 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] [4]

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[2]

• Museum of Modern Art; New York City[6][2][7]
• Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; New York City
• Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden[8][9]
• Addison Gallery of American Art; Andover, Massachusetts
• Currier Museum of Art; Manchester, New Hampshire
• Musée des Arts Décoratifs; Paris
• Detroit Institute of Arts; Detroit, Michigan
• Museum of Fine Arts; Houston, Texas
• Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.
• University of Michigan; Ann Arbor, Michigan
• Arizona State University; Tempe, Arizona
• Carnegie Institute Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Wadsworth Atheneum; Hartford, Connecticut
• Elmira College; Elmira, New York
• Brockton Art Center, Fuller Memorial; Brockton, Massachusetts
• Ringling Museum of Art; Sarasota, Florida
• Fleming Museum, University of Vermont; Burlington, Vermont
• First National Bank of Chicago; Chicago, Illinois
• De Porceleyne Fles; Delft, Holland
• University of Connecticut; Storrs, Connecticut
• Columbus Museum of Art; Columbus, Ohio
• University of Notre Dame; Notre Dame, Indiana
• Michael Schiavone and Sons; New Haven, Connecticut
• Indiana University; Bloomington, Indiana
• Smithsonian American Art Museum; Washington, D.C.
• Struktuur 68NV; The Hague, Netherlands
• Boston Public Library; Boston, Massachusetts
• Dartmouth College; Hanover, New Hampshire
• Everson Museum of Art; Syracuse, New York
• Dade County Art Collection; Miami, Florida
• DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park; Lincoln, Massachusetts
• Williams College Museum of Art; Williamstown, Massachusetts
• George Washington University; Washington, D.C.
• New Britain Museum of American Art; New Britain, Connecticut
• Brooklyn Museum; Brooklyn, New York
• PricewaterhouseCoopers; Hartford, Connecticut
• Russell, Gibson, Von Dolen, Inc.; Farmington, Connecticut
• Thiokol Corporation; Newtown, Pennsylvania
• University Art Museum, State University of New York; Albany, New York
• Lynch Motors; Manchester, Connecticut
• Housatonic Museum of Art; Bridgeport, Connecticut
• Boca Raton Museum of Art; Boca Raton, Florida
• Museum of Fine Arts; Springfield, Massachusetts
• Wichita State University; Wichita, Kansas
• Gund Hall, Harvard University; Cambridge, Massachusetts
• The Norton Company; Worcester, Massachusetts
• National Trust for Historic Preservation, Nelson Rockefeller Collection; Tarrytown, New York
• Harry Guggenheim Collection, Nassau County Museum of Art; Sands Point, New York
• Fitchburg Art Museum; Fitchburg, Massachusetts
• Ohio Wesleyan University; Delaware, Ohio
• Hunter Museum of American Art; Chattanooga, Tennessee
• Wilbraham & Monson Academy; Wilbraham, Massachusetts
• Westmoreland Museum of American Art; Greensburg, Pennsylvania
• Wondriska & Russo Associates; Farmington, Connecticut
• The Woodlands, Texas
• Philbrook Museum of Art; Tulsa, Oklahoma
• Pfizer; New York City
• Western Michigan University; Kalamazoo, Michigan
• Hollister Corporation; Libertyville, Illinois
• Albertus Magnus College; New Haven, Connecticut
• Pepperidge Farm; New Haven, Connecticut
• Olin Corporation; Cheshire, Connecticut
• Manchester Community College; Manchester, Connecticut
• Hartford Public Library; Hartford, Connecticut
• BKM; East Hartford, Connecticut
• Hartford Art School; West Hartford, Connecticut
• University of Hartford; West Hartford, Connecticut
• Gerwun Jewish Heritage Foundation; New Jersey
• University of Connecticut Health Center; Farmington, Connecticut
• Westminster School; Simsbury, Connecticut
• University of New Haven; West Haven, Connecticut
• James A. Michener Art Museum; Doylestown, Pennsylvania
• Hartwood Acres; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Gulf Coast Art Center; Belleair, Florida
• Von Liebig Art Center; Naples, Florida
• Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University; Hamilton, New York
• Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College; Clinton, New York
• Yager Museum of Art & Culture, Oneonta, New York
• City of Fort Pierce; Fort Pierce, Florida
• Office of Charles Moore; Owensboro, Kentucky
• Frost Art Museum; Miami, Florida
• Vero Beach Museum of Art; Vero Beach, Florida
• University of Kentucky; Lexington, Kentucky
• William Benton Museum of Art; Storrs, Connecticut
• Fairfield University Art Museum; Fairfield, Connecticut
• Lowe Art Museum; Coral Gables, Florida
• Dubuque Museum of Art; Dubuque, Iowa
• Muscatine Art Center; Muscatine, Iowa

Source: David Hayes Art Foundation archives[2]

2023

Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary; West Palm Beach, Florida via New River Fine Arts; Fort Lauderdale, Florida
The Palm Beach Show, West Palm Beach, Florida via Boccara Gallery, New York City
Landscape Gouache at the Laguna Art Museum; Laguna Beach, California
David Hayes | MAN OF STEEL: Selected Works from the Estate of David Hayes. Solo exhibition, Burgess Modern + Contemporary; Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Circles and Elipses, New York, New York via Odetta Gallery
Sculpture Park Inaugural at St. Joseph University; West Hartford, Connecticut
15 Sculptures at the Busch Library; Annapolis, Maryland
Sculpture Field Photography at the Dye & Bleach House Gallery; Willington, Connecticut
Remarkable Works Exhibition, Greenwood Glassblowing Studio Gallery and School; Riverton, Connecticut
Selection of Relief Sculpture, Spirol Art Gallery at Quinebaug Valley Community College; Danielson, Connecticut

2022

The Palm Beach Show, West Palm Beach, Florida with the Mark Hachem Gallery
Sculpture in the Circle at the University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut
Hamptons Fine Art Fair; Southampton, New York via Burgess Modern + Contemporary
David Hayes Art Foundation honored with a proclamation from the State of Connecticut General Assembly
Sculpture in Fort Pierce; Fort Pierce, Florida
Exodus, on view in downtown Tamarac, Florida
Sculpture at Art Miami; Miami, Florida via Burgess Modern + Contemporary

2021

David Hayes Outdoor Museum; Annapolis, Maryland
Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum, Hayes sculpture on view via Garvey Rita Art and Antiques
Uncommon Ground IV, an exhibition of outdoor sculpture at Bridge Gardens curated by Cheryl Sokolow; Bridgehamton, New York
Sculpture on the Green; Branford, Connecticut
You've Gotta Have Art: Hour-long episode on the work and life of David Hayes airs on PBS nationwide through Legacy List with Matt Paxton

2020

Sculpture in Downtown Naples, City of Naples, Naples, Florida
Sculpture in Danbury, Danbury Connecticut with CityCenter Danbury. Connecticut
A Totem grows in Manchester, Town of Manchester Parks; Manchester, Connecticut
Oracle, on view at 1 Light Street; Baltimore Maryland
Sculpture in Northeast Harbor, Mount Desert 365; Northeast Harbor, Maine

2019

Art Palm Beach art fair, West Palm Beach, Florida, via the David Hayes Art Foundation
Wallace Hall Art and Antiques Exhibition, New York City, via Garvey Rita Art and Antiques
The Ventana Series, Muscatine Art Center, Muscatine, Iowa
David Hayes Jewelry, Georgia Museum of Art; Athens, Georgia (exhibit travels)
24 Sculptures in Gainesville Parks; Gainesville, Florida
Sculptural Adornments: David Hayes Jewelry. Fairfield University Art Museum, Fairfield, Connecticut
Five large sculptures in Muscatine, Iowa; Muscatine Art in Public Places Commission.

2018

Outdoor Sculpture in downtown Winter Park, Florida; City of Winter Park, Florida
Connecticut Spring Antique Show, Hartford Armory, via Garvey Rita Art and Antiques
Art Miami New York fair at Pier 94, New York City, via Long Sharp Gallery
The Ventana Series, Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, Indiana
Market Art & Design fair, Bridgehampton, New York, via Laurence Fine Art, East Hampton
The Ventana Series, Fort Smith Regional Art Museum, Fort Smith, Arkansas (exhibit travels)

2017

Art New York fair via ACA Galleries, New York
Art Bites, Alessandro Berni Gallery, New York City
Totem Sculpture, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York City
Sabrina, Memphis Brooks Museum; Memphis, Tennessee
Sculpture in Deland, City of Deland; Deland, Florida
Market Art & Design fair, Bridgehampton, New York, via Laurence Fine Art, East Hampton
Yager Art Museum: In a Modern Vein: Contemporary Art from the Yager Museum Collection
Boston International Fine Art Show, Boston, Massachusetts via Lawrence Fine Art
Wallace Hall Art and Antiques Exhibition, New York City, via Bradbury Art & Antiques and Garvey Rita Art and Antiques

2016

Art Miami art fair at the Cynthia Corbett Gallery, Miami, Florida
Context art fair at M+V Fine Art Gallery, Miami, Florida
The Original Miami Beach Antiques Show, Miami Beach, Florida with Alpen Art & Antiques
Small Vertical Motifs, Commenoz Gallery, Key Biscayne, Florida
Art Palm Beach fair with Alpen Art & Antiques; Vail, Colorado
Straight from the Barn, Emmanoel Lavagnolli Fine Art Gallery, Wynwood, Miami, Florida
Small sculptures and gouache studies, Center For Creative Education, West Palm Beach Florida
Clio Art Fair at Ale Berni Gallery, New York City
Small Sculpture and Gouache Studies, Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, Florida
Art Southampton fair with Cynthia Corbett Gallery; Bridgehampton, New York
David Hayes Sculpture, Deland Museum of Art; Deland, 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
Modern Sculptors of Indiana, Eskanazi Art Museum, Indiana University, Bloomington Indiana

2015

Art Wynwood fair, Cynthia Corbett Gallery; Miami, Florida
Sentinel Sculptures at the Cummer Museum and Gardens; Jacksonville, Florida
Art Miami New York Fair, Cynthia Corbett Gallery; New York City
David Hayes Sculpture at the Wichita Falls, Texas Museum of Art
David Hayes Sculptures, Project Space Gallery, SUNY College at Oneonta; Oneonta, NY
Large and Small, Hartford Public Library Gallery; Hartford, Connecticut
Art Hamptons Fair, Cynthia Corbett Gallery; Southampton, New York
Sculptures on campus, SUNY College at Oneonta; Oneonta, New York

2014

Small Sculptures and Gouache Studies, Wiregrass Museum; Dothan, Alabama
David Hayes Sculpture at the Jundt Art Museum; Spokane, Washington
Maquettes and Gouache Studies at the Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, Connecticut
Sculpture at the Springfield Museums; Springfield, Massachusetts
Recent Small Sculptures at M+V Art Gallery, Miami, Florida
Sculpture at Northwood Village; West Palm Beach, Florida

2013

David Hayes Sculpture, Contemporary Art Center; Peoria, Illinois
David Hayes: A Sculptor of Space and Nature, Elizabeth Myers Mitchell Gallery at St. John’s College; Annapolis, Maryland
Hanging Screen Sculptures at the Lutz Children’s Museum; Manchester, Connecticut
David Hayes Sculpture at the Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame; Notre Dame, Indiana
Sentinel Sculptures at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art; Fort Wayne, Indiana
David Hayes Sculptures at the Wiregrass Museum; Dothan, Alabama

2012

Small sculpture, gouaches, and new Totems; Garrison Art Center, Garrison, New York
20 Sculptures at Art Museum at the University of Kentucky; Lexington, Kentucky
Sculptures at the WSU Downtown Art Gallery; Westfield, Massachusetts
Sculptures at the Governor’s Mansion, Hartford, Connecticut

2011

Sculpture at One North Broadway; White Plains, New York
Huntsville Museum of Art in conjunction with Huntsville’s Spaces Sculpture Trail
David Hayes Small Sculpture, George Waters Gallery, Elmira College; Elmira, New York
Sculpture at Goodwin College; East Hartford, Connecticut

2010

Art to the Avenue; Greenwich Avenue, Greenwich, Connecticut
Fathers & Daughters, The Greenwich Arts Council Presents In The Bendheim Gallery; Greenwich, Connecticut
Boscobel, In conjunction with the CURRENT show through Garrison Art Center

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

2008

• David Hayes: 60 sculptures in White Plains, New York.[10][11]

2007[12]

• Vero Beach Museum of Art; Vero Beach, Florida
• Sculpture in Downtown Syracuse; Syracuse, New York
• The Lauren Rogers Museum of Art; Laurel, Mississippi
• Ross Art Museum at Ohio Wesleyan University; Delaware, Ohio – Small Sculptures, Drawings and Outdoor Sculpture

2006

• LSU Museum of Art; Baton Rouge, Louisiana – David Hayes Sculpture
• Erie Art Museum Annex Gallery; Erie, Pennsylvania – Small Sculptures and Drawings
• Longview Museum of Fine Arts; Longview, Texas – David Hayes Sculpture

2005

• Mobile Museum of Art; Mobile, Alabama – Eight Vertical Motifs
• Hartwick College; Oneonta, New York – 12 Sculptures on Oyaron Hill
• Krasl Art Center; St. Joseph, Michigan – Small Sculptures and Drawings
• Yager Museum of Art & Culture; Oneonta, New York – Small Sculptures and Drawings
• Erie Art Museum; Erie, Pennsylvania – Art Around Erie[13]

2004

• FIU Biscayne Bay Campus; Miami, Florida – David Hayes Sculpture at Florida International University
• James A. Michener Art Museum; Doylestown, Pennsylvania – David Hayes Outdoor Sculpture Installation
• Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County and Core Developers, Florida – Exhibition Without Walls

2003

• Burt Reynolds Museum; Jupiter, Florida – Inaugural exhibition
• Orlando, Florida – 5 Screen Sculptures at the University of Central Florida
• Sculpture Garden & Studio at Gidion's; Kent, Connecticut – David Hayes Sculpture

2002

• Lyric Theater Sculpture Garden; Stuart, Florida – Outdoor Sculpture
• Bradley International Airport; Windsor Locks, Connecticut – Small Sculptures

2001

• Geary Design; Naples, Florida – David Hayes Sculpture, Graham Nickson Paintings
• Lyric Theater Sculpture Garden; Stuart, Florida – Outdoor Sculpture

2000

• Sasaki, Inc.; Watertown, Massachusetts; Sculpture, Maquettes, Wall Reliefs
• Fordham University Downtown; New York City – Wall Sculptures and Drawings
• Denise Bibro Fine Arts Inc.; New York City – David Hayes Steel Sculpture

1999

• Screen Sculpture Commission, Nicotra Group; Staten Island, New York
• Colgate University; Hamilton, New York – Sculpture, Maquette Reliefs

1998

• Mercy Gallery, Loomis Chaffee School; Windsor, Connecticut – Drawings, Maquettes, Reliefs, and Screen Sculptures
• City of Stamford, Connecticut and Stamford Town Center – Stamford Sculpture Walk: 59 Sculptures in Stamford, Connecticut
• Tremaine Gallery, Hotchkiss School; Lakeville, Connecticut – Drawings, Maquettes, Reliefs and Polychrome Sculptures
• Boca Raton Museum of Art; Boca Raton, Florida – Vertical Motifs, Drawings, Maquettes and Large Vertical Motifs
• Appleton Museum of Art; Ocala, Florida – Large Vertical Motifs
• Stamford Center for the Arts, Rich Forum; Stamford, Connecticut – David Hayes: Paintings, Acrylic Landscapes and Studies
• Downtown Stamford and Stamford Town Center; Stamford, Connecticut – Sculpture in Stamford

1997

• 100 Pearl Gallery; Hartford, Connecticut – Sculpture, Drawings and Maquettes
• The Gallery, University of New Haven; West Haven, Connecticut – Sculpture and Paintings
• Southern Vermont Art Center; Manchester, Vermont – Screen Sculptures
• Gulf Coast Art Center; Belleair, Florida – Screen Sculptures
• Orlando City Hall; Orlando, Florida – Screen Sculptures
• Hines Building; Boston, Massachusetts – Five Screen Sculptures
• Hayes Modern Gallery; Naples, Florida – Sculptures, Drawings and Macquettes

1996

• Prudential Center; Boston, Massachusetts – Screen Sculptures
• Gulf Coast Art Center; Belleair, Florida – Screen Sculptures
• The Pingry School; Martinsville, New Jersey – Sculpture, Drawings and Macquettes

1994

• Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, New York – A Survey of Screen Sculptures – Sculptures, Macquettes and Drawings.

1993

• Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York – Screen Sculptures

1992

• Gallerie Françoise; Baltimore, Maryland – David Hayes—Outdoor Sculpture

1991

• Neville-Sargent Gallery; Chicago, Illinois – Sculpture, Maquettes, Drawings and Installation Photographs

1990

• Indiana University Art Museum; Bloomington, Indiana – Sculpture, Maquettes and Gouaches

1989

• Snite Museum of Art; University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana – Sculpture, Maquettes and Gouaches. Exhibition travels to Indiana University Art Museum

1988

• Station Plaza; Stamford, Connecticut – Outdoor Sculpture

1987

• Albertus Magnus College; New Haven, Connecticut – Outdoor Sculpture and Wall Reliefs

1986

• Shippee Gallery; New York City – Vertical Motif Series

1985

• Visual Images Gallery; Wellfleet, Massachusetts – Sculpture, Gouaches and Small Vertical Motifs

1984

• Visual Images Gallery; Wellfleet, Massachusetts – Sculpture, Gouaches, and Painted Reliefs
• Shippee Gallery; New York City – Recent Sculpture and Works on Paper

1983

• Wesleyan Potters; Middletown, Connecticut – Sculpture, Drawings, and Ceramics
• Visual Images Gallery; Wellfleet, Massachusetts – Sculpture, Drawings, Ceramics and Small Bronzes
• Rensselaer County Council for the Arts; Troy, New York – Sculpture, Drawings, and Reliefs

1982

• Sunne Savage Gallery; Boston, Massachusetts – Sculpture and Drawings
• Elaine Benson Gallery; Bridgehampton, New York – Sculpture and Models
• Visual Images Gallery; Wellfleet, Massachusetts – Sculpture, Drawings, and Ceramics

1981

• Bard College; Annandale-on-Hudson, New York – Outdoor Sculpture
• Old State House; Hartford, Connecticut – Sculpture on Old State House Lawn
• June 1 Gallery; Bethlehem, Connecticut – Sculpture and Drawings
• Visual Images Gallery; Wellfleet, Massachusetts – Sculpture, Gouaches, Ceramics
• University of Maryland, Baltimore County Campus; Catonsville, Maryland – Cross Section, Drawings, Ceramics, Tapestries, Sculpture

1980

• Bethel Gallery and Bethel Library grounds; Bethel, Connecticut – Sculpture Inside/Outside
• Art Museum and City of Fitchburg; Fitchburg, Massachusetts – Sculpture, Drawings, and Ceramics
• Saratoga Performing Arts Center; Saratoga Springs, New York – Outdoor Sculpture
• Skidmore College; Saratoga Springs, New York – Sculpture & Drawings

1979

• Amherst College; Amherst, Massachusetts – Sculpture
• Nassau County Museum; Sands Point, New York – Outdoor Sculpture
• The Gallery, G. Fox & Co.; Hartford, Connecticut
• White Mountains Center for the Arts; Jefferson, New Hampshire
• Plymouth State College; Plymouth, New Hampshire
• University Library, University of Connecticut; Storrs, Connecticut – Sculpture in the Library

1978

• Museum of Fine Arts and City of Springfield; Springfield, Massachusetts – On Loan to Springfield: Sculpture, Ceramics, Drawings
• Choate Rosemary Hall; Wallingford, Connecticut – Outdoor Sculpture
• State University of New York; Albany, New York – Sculpture and Drawings
• Manchester Community College; Manchester, Connecticut – Outdoor Sculpture
• Dartmouth College; Hanover, New Hampshire – Sculpture on Tuck Mall

1977

• Franz Bader Gallery; Washington, D.C. – Sculpture and Ceramics
• George Washington University; Washington, D.C. – Outdoor Sculpture
• Georgetown University Hospital; Washington, D.C. – Five Sculptures
• DeCordova Museum; Lincoln, Massachusetts – Outdoor Sculpture

1976

• Danbury, Connecticut – Sculpture in the City

1975

• Everson Museum of Art; Syracuse, New York – Sculpture
• Brockton Art Center; Fuller Memorial, Brockton, Massachusetts

1974

• Copley Square and Dartmouth Street Mall; Boston, Massachusetts
• Martha Jackson Gallery; New York City – Ceramics
• Columbus Gallery of Fine Art; Columbus, Ohio
• Sunne Savage Gallery; Boston, Massachusetts

1973

• Munson Gallery; New Haven, Connecticut
• Sunne Savage Gallery; Boston, Massachusetts
• Albany Institute of History & Art; Albany, New York
• Gallery Five East; East Hartford, Connecticut

1971

• Harvard University, Hunt Hall; Cambridge, Massachusetts
• New Britain Museum of American Art; New Britain, Connecticut
• Agra Gallery; Washington, D.C.

1970

• University of Connecticut; Storrs, Connecticut
• Manchester Community College; Manchester, Connecticut
• St. Joseph College; West Hartford, Connecticut

1969

• Bard College; Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
• Willard Gallery; New York
• Arizona State University; Tempe, Arizona

1968

• Galerie De Haas; Rotterdam, Holland – Ceramics

1966

• Lyman Allen Museum; New London, Connecticut
• Houston Festival of Arts; Houston, Texas
• Willard Gallery; New York
• David Anderson Gallery; Paris

1963

• Root Art Center, Hamilton College; Clinton, New York – Sculpture and Drawings

1962

• University of Notre Dame and Indiana University; Notre Dame and Bloomington, Indiana – Retrospective Exhibition of Sculpture and Drawing

1961

• Willard Gallery, New York City

1960

• Sharon Creative Art Foundation; Sharon, Connecticut – Two-man show with Cleve Gray

1959[12]

• Lyman Allen Museum; New London, Connecticut
• Museum of Modern Art; New York – New Talent Series

1958

• Wesleyan University; Middletown, Connecticut[12]

• Official website
• "David Vincent Hayes (1931 – )", Askart
• "Hayes, David, 1931– , sculptor". SIRIS. Retrieved August 14, 2011.
• , Museum of Modern Art archives: David V. Hayes, American, 1931–2013.
• , Connecticut Sculptor David Hayes Transformed Steel into Art, Diane Orson interview on WNPR.
• , Legacy List with Matt Paxton: "You Gotta Have Art."