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David Vincent Hayes
David Hayes American Contemporary Sculptor.jpg
Born (1931-03-15)March 15, 1931
Died April 9, 2013(2013-04-09) (aged 82)
Coventry, Connecticut, U.S.
Education University of Notre Dame, and Indiana University
Known for Sculpture, Painting
Spouse(s) Julia Hayes (1934–2016)
Awards Logan Prize for Sculpture,
National Institute of Arts and Letters,
Fulbright award,
Guggenheim Fellowship,
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Albertus Magnus College

David Vincent Hayes (March 15, 1931 – April 9, 2013) was an American sculptor.

Life

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 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 on the grounds of the David Hayes Sculpture Fields, an open air art museum open to the public. He died of leukemia at his home there on April 9, 2013. He was 82.

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.

Work in public collections

Source: David Hayes Art Foundation archives

United States

Connecticut

Florida

Massachusetts

New Hampshire

New York

New York City

Europe

  • De Porceleyne Fles; Delft, Holland, Netherlands
  • Struktuur 68NV; The Hague, Netherlands
  • Musée des Arts Décoratifs; Paris, France

Solo exhibitions

Source: David Hayes Art Foundation archives

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
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  • 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
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  • Monumental Sculpture Commission: Large Vertical Motif, Hartford Public Library; Hartford, Connecticut
  • Juror, National Screening Committee, Institute of International Education, for Sculpture
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  • Return to live in the United States
  • Galerie De Haas; Rotterdam, Holland
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  • Represented United States at Forma Viva Sculpture Symposium, Portorož, Yugoslavia
  • Root Art Center, Hamilton College; Clinton, New York
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