1931
Born in Hartford, Connecticut. Lived in Coventry, Connecticut.
1949–1953
University of Notre Dame; Notre Dame, Indiana. A.B.
Studied with Robert Laurent and Alton Pickens.
Studied with Robert Laurent and Alton Pickens.
1953–1955
Indiana University; Bloomington, Indiana. M.F.A.
Studied with David Smith.
Studied with David Smith.
Solo Exhibitions
2020s
2026
- David Hayes at Rockefeller Center.
Hyperion Galleries, New York, New York
2025
- Rooster. Nassau County Museum of Art; Roslyn Harbor, New York
- Color Meets Form. Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, New York
- Sculpture on Inspiration Way; Tamarac, Florida
- Ange, The Armory Show, via Archeus / Post-Modern, Jacob Javitz Center; New York, New York
- David Hayes in the Natural World, Anita Shapolsky Art Foundation; Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
2024
- Vertical Diamonds at the Bushnell Plaza; Hartford, Connecticut. Organized by Joan Hurwit
- David Hayes Small Sculpture. Curated by Robert Donston, South Windsor Public Library; South Windsor, Connecticut
- David Hayes Sculpture at the Peacock House Foundation; Fort Pierce, Florida
- 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
- 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
- Vertical Diamonds, Bushnell Plaza; Hartford, Connecticut. Installation curated by Joan Hurwit
2022
- Sculpture in the Circle at the University of Hartford; West Hartford, Connecticut
- Six Totems. University of Saint Joseph Sculpture Park; West Hartford, Connecticut
2021
- You Gotta Have Art, a Legacy List with Matt Paxton hour-long documentary broadcast nationally on PBS
- David Hayes Outdoor Museum; Annapolis, Maryland
- Sculpture in Downtown Branford; Branford, Connecticut
2020
- Sculpture in Downtown Naples, City of Naples; Naples, Florida
- Sculpture in Danbury, Danbury Connecticut with CityCenter Danbury
- A Totem Grows in Manchester, Town of Manchester Parks; Manchester, Connecticut
- Sculpture in Northeast Harbor, Mount Desert 365; Northeast Harbor, Maine
2010s
2019
- The Ventana Series, Muscatine Art Center; Muscatine, Iowa (exhibit travels)
- Sculptural Adornments: David Hayes Jewelry. Georgia Museum of Art; Athens, Georgia (exhibit travels)
- 24 Sculptures in Gainesville Parks; Gainesville, Florida
- David Hayes Jewelry, Fairfield University Art Museum; Fairfield, Connecticut (exhibit travels)
- 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
- The Ventana Series, Swope Art Museum; Terre Haute, Indiana (exhibit travels)
- The Ventana Series, Fort Smith Regional Art Museum; Fort Smith, Arkansas (exhibit travels)
2017
- Totem Sculpture, Anita Shapolsky Gallery; New York, New York
- Sabrina, Memphis Brooks Museum; Memphis, Tennessee
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 Fundamental; Wynwood, Florida
- David Hayes Sculpture, Isabella Garrucho Fine Art; Greenwich, Connecticut
- David Hayes Sculpture at the Dubuque Museum of Art; Dubuque, Iowa
2015
- Sentinel Sculptures at the Cummer Museum and Gardens; Jacksonville, Florida
- David Hayes Sculpture at the Wichita Falls Museum of Art; Wichita Falls, Texas
- David Hayes Sculptures, Project Space Gallery, SUNY College at Oneonta; Oneonta, New York
- Large and Small, Hartford Public Library Gallery; Hartford, Connecticut
- 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 dies April 9, 2013
- David Hayes Sculpture, 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 the Art Museum at the University of Kentucky; Lexington, Kentucky
- Sculptures at the Westfield State University Downtown Art Gallery; Westfield, Massachusetts
2011
- Sculpture at One North Broadway; White Plains, New York
- 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 the Garrison Art Center; Garrison, New York
2000s
2009
- Hayes Family Show: Three Generations. White Plains Library; White Plains, New York
2008
- David Hayes in White Plains: 62 sculptures in White Plains, New York
2007
- Awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree by Albertus Magnus College; New London, Connecticut
- Vero Beach Museum of Art; Vero Beach, Florida: David Hayes Sculpture
- The Irving Arts Center; Irving, Texas
- Outdoor Sculpture, The Lauren Rogers Museum of Art; Laurel, Mississippi
- Everson Art Museum; Syracuse, New York: Return to Syracuse
- Ross Art Museum at Ohio Wesleyan University; Delaware, Ohio – Small Sculptures, Drawings and Outdoor Sculpture
- City of Syracuse, New York – Downtown Sculpture
- Albertus Magnus College; New Haven, Connecticut: David Hayes Outdoor Sculpture
2006
- Louisiana State University 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
- 8 Vertical Motifs at the Mobile Museum of Art; Mobile, Alabama
- 12 sculptures on Oyaron Hill, Hartwick College; Oneonta, New York
- Maquettes and Drawings, Yager Museum; Oneonta, New York
- Small Sculptures and Drawings, Krasl Art Center; Saint Joseph, Michigan
- Sculpture in Erie: installation of sculpture in downtown Erie, Pennsylvania via the Erie Art Museum
2004
- David Hayes Sculpture at Florida International University, Biscayne Bay Campus; Miami, Florida
- Outdoor Sculpture, James A. Michener Art Museum; Doylestown, Pennsylvania
- Exhibition Without Walls; 40 sculptures in downtown Fort Pierce, Florida
2003
- Burt Reynolds Museum, Jupiter, Florida – Inaugural Exhibition
- 5 Screen Sculptures at the University of Central Florida; Orlando, Florida
- David Hayes Sculpture, Sculpture Garden & Studio at Gidion’s; Kent, Connecticut
2002
- Lyric Theater; Stuart, Florida – Outdoor Sculpture
- Bradley International Airport; Windsor Locks, Connecticut – Small Sculptures
2001
- Geary Design; Naples, Florida: David Hayes Sculpture and Graham Nickson Paintings
- Lyric Theater; Stuart, Florida – Outdoor Sculpture
- Hanging Sculpture Commission: Stalagtite, Nicotra Group; Staten Island, New York
2000
- Sculpture at Sasaki, Sasaki & Associates; Watertown, Massachusetts
- Fordham University Downtown, New York: Wall Sculptures and Drawings
- David Hayes Steel Sculptures, Denise Bibro Fine Arts Inc.; New York, New York
1990s
1999
- Sea Forms, Hanging Screen Sculpture Commission, Nicotra Group; Staten Island, New York
- Colgate University; Hamilton, New York: Sculpture in Scenic Landscape: Outdoor Sculpture, Wall Reliefs, Maquettes and Drawings
1998
- Mercy Gallery, Loomis Chaffee School; Windsor, Connecticut
- 57 Sculptures in the City of Stamford, Downtown Stamford and Stamford Town Center; Stamford, Connecticut
- Tremaine Gallery, Hotchkiss School; Lakeville, Connecticut
- Outdoor Sculpture, The Appleton Museum; Ocala, Florida
- Boca Raton Museum of Art; Boca Raton, Florida: Vertical Motifs, Drawings, Maquettes
- 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, Orlando City Hall; Orlando, Florida (exhibit travels)
- Five Screen Sculptures, Hines Building; Boston
- Hayes Modern Gallery; Naples, Florida
1996
- Prudential Center; Boston
- Screen Sculptures, Gulf Coast Art Center; Belleair, Florida (exhibit travels)
- Screen Sculptures, The Pingry School; Martinsville, New Jersey
1995
- Vertical Motif Installation, Boca Raton Museum; Boca Raton, Florida
1994
- A Survey of Screen Sculptures, Anderson Gallery; Buffalo, New York
1993
- Appointed Board Member, New York Sculptors Guild
- Elaine Benson Gallery; Bridgehampton, New York
1992
- Elected Regent, University of Hartford; Hartford, Connecticut
- David Hayes—Outdoor Sculpture, Galerie Française; Baltimore, Maryland
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
- Monumental Sculpture Commission: Three Graces and Midwestern Landscape, School of Business, Western Michigan University; Kalamazoo, Michigan
- Welded Steel Sculpture with David Hayes, documentary film by Richard Byrnes
- Indiana University Art Museum; Bloomington, Indiana
1980s and earlier
1989
- Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame; Notre Dame, Indiana. Exhibition travels to Indiana University
1988
- Monumental Sculpture Commission: Griffon, Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame; Notre Dame, Indiana
- Outdoor Sculpture, Station Plaza; Stamford, Connecticut
1987
- Monumental Sculpture Commission: Large Vertical Motif, Hartford Public Library; Hartford, Connecticut
- Juror, National Screening Committee for Fulbright scholars, Institute of International Education, for Sculpture.
1986
- Albertus Magnus College; New Haven, Connecticut
- Vertical Motif Series, Shippee Gallery; New York, New York
1985
- The Brooks File: David Hayes’ Sculpture Fields, Channel 3 WFSB; Hartford, Connecticut
- Visual Images Gallery; Wellfleet, Massachusetts
1984
- Visual Images Gallery; Wellfleet, Massachusetts
- Shippee Gallery; New York, New York
1983
- Relief Sculpture Commission, Wilbraham & Monson Academy; Wilbraham, Massachusetts
- Appointed Trustee, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford; Hartford, Connecticut
- Wesleyan Potters; Middletown, Connecticut
- Visual Images Gallery; Wellfleet, Massachusetts
- Rensselaer County Council for the Arts; Troy, New York
1982
- Juror, National Screening Committee for Fulbright scholars, Institute of International Education, for Sculpture
- Relief Sculpture Commission, Albertus Magnus College; New Haven, Connecticut
- Sunne Savage Gallery; Boston, Massachusetts
- Visual Images Gallery; Wellfleet, Massachusetts
- Elaine Benson Gallery; Bridgehampton, New York
1981
- Monumental Sculpture Commission: Large Escargot, Hartwood Acres; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Bard College; Annandale, New York
- Old State House; Hartford, Connecticut
- June 1 Gallery; Bethlehem, Connecticut
- Visual Images Gallery; Wellfleet, Massachusetts
- University of Maryland, Baltimore Campus; Catonsville, Maryland
1980
- Juror, Scholastic Art Awards, Connecticut, for Sculpture
- Juror, National Screening Committee for Fulbright scholars, 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
- 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
- Monumental Sculpture Commission, Massasoit Community College; Brockton, Massachusetts
- One man show at Franz Bader Gallery; Washington, DC
- George Washington University; Washington, DC
- Georgetown University Hospital; Washington, DC
- Vertical Motifs, DeCordova Museum; Lincoln, Massachusetts
1976
- Sculpture for playground: Eagle; Killingly, Connecticut
- Sculpture in the City, Danbury, Connecticut
1975
- Everson Museum of Art; Syracuse, New York
- Brockton Art Center; Fuller Memorial; Brockton, Massachusetts
1974
- Outdoor Sculpture at Copley Square and Dartmouth Street Mall; Boston, Massachusetts
- Martha Jackson Gallery; New York, New York
- Columbus Gallery of Fine Art; Columbus, Ohio
- Sunne Savage Gallery; Boston, Massachusetts
1973
- 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
- Appointed visiting artist, Harvard University; Cambridge, Massachusetts
1971
- Harvard University, Hunt Hall; Cambridge, Massachusetts
- New Britain Museum of American Art; New Britain, Connecticut
- Agra Gallery; Washington, DC
1970
- Monumental Ceramic Wall, commissionned by Lee Kolker, Elmira College; Elmira, New York
- University of Connecticut; Storrs, Connecticut
- Manchester Community College; Manchester, Connecticut
- St. Joseph’s College; West Hartford, Connecticut
1969
- Bard College; Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
- Willard Gallery; New York
- Arizona State University; Tempe, Arizona
1968
- Return to live in the United States
- Galerie De Haas; Rotterdam, Holland
1966
- Lyman Allen Museum; New London, Connecticut
- Houston Festival of Arts; Houston, Texas
- Willard Gallery; New York
- David Anderson Gallery; Paris
1965
- National Institute of Arts and Letters Award; New York
1963
- Represented United States at Forma Viva Sculpture Symposium; Portorož, Yugoslavia
- Root Art Center, Hamilton College; Clinton, New York
1962
- Retrospective Exhibition of Sculpture and Drawing, University of Notre Dame and Indiana University
1961
- Chicago Arts Institute; Chicago, Illinois – Logan Prize for Sculpture
- Post-doctoral Fulbright for study in Paris; Guggenheim Fellowship awarded to follow Fulbright
- Willard Gallery; New York, New York
1960
- New Haven Festival of Arts; New Haven, Connecticut – Best in Show for Sculpture
- Sharon Creative Art Foundation; Sharon, Connecticut
1959
- Museum of Modern Art, New York – Recent Sculpture, U.S.A.
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York – Animal and Young, part of inaugural exhibition
- Boston Arts Festival; Boston, Massachusetts – Drawing Award
- Lyman Allen Museum; New London, Connecticut
- New Talent Series, Museum of Modern Art; New York, New York
1958
- Silvermine Guild; New Canaan, Connecticut – Sculpture Award
- New Haven Festival of Arts; New Haven, Connecticut – Best in Show
- Wesleyan University; Middletown, Connecticut
1955
- Thesis Exhibition, Indiana University; Bloomington, Indiana
1955–1957
- United States Navy
Group Exhibitions
2020s
2023
- Circles and Ellipses, Odetta Gallery; New York, New York
- Landscape Gouache at the Laguna Art Museum; Laguna Beach, California
- The Palm Beach Show with Boccara Gallery; West Palm Beach, Florida
- Sculpture Park Inaugural at Saint Joseph University; West Hartford, Connecticut
- Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary via Burgess Modern + Contemporary; West Palm Beach, Florida
- Nine Contemporary Sculptors, University of Saint Joseph Art Museum; West Hartford, Connecticut
- Art Miami via Burgess Modern + Contemporary; Miami, Florida
2022
- Art Palm Beach; West Palm Beach, Florida
- Hamptons Fine Art Fair; Southampton, New York
2010s
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
2018
- 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
- Market Art & Design Fair, Bridgehampton, New York, via Laurence Fine Art, East Hampton
2017
- Art New York fair via ACA Galleries, New York
- Market Art & Design fair, Bridgehampton, New York, via Laurence Fine Art, East Hampton
- Boston International Fine Art Show, Boston, Massachusetts, via Laurence Fine Art
- Yager Art Museum: In a Modern Vein: Contemporary Art from the Yager Museum Collection
- Art Bites, Alessandro Berni Gallery, New York, New York
- 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
- Art Palm Beach fair with Alpen Art & Antiques; West Palm Beach, Florida
- Clio Art Fair at Ale Berni Gallery; New York, New York
- Art Southampton fair with Cynthia Corbett Gallery; Bridgehampton, New York
- Modern Sculptors of Indiana, Eskenazi Art Museum, Indiana University; Bloomington, Indiana
2015
- Art Wynwood fair, Cynthia Corbett Gallery; Miami, Florida
- Art Miami New York fair, Cynthia Corbett Gallery; New York, New York
- Art Hamptons fair, Cynthia Corbett Gallery; Southampton, New York
2011
- Huntsville Museum of Art in conjunction with Huntsville’s Spaces Sculpture Trail
2000s and earlier
2009
- The Sweeney Decade: Acquisitions at the 1959 Inaugural, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; New York, New York
2004
- 100 Pearl Gallery; Hartford, Connecticut
2003
- Small and Everlasting, ACA Galleries; New York, New York
- Sculpture in the Park 2003, Rockland Center for the Arts; Nyack, New York
- Selections from the von Liebig Art Center Collection; Naples, Florida
2002
- Miracles, 100 Pearl Street Gallery; Hartford, Connecticut
- Outdoor Sculpture, Elaine Benson Gallery; Bridgehampton, New York
- Citibank, Chelsea Branch; New York, New York
- Gallery Invitational, Paintings and Sculpture, Denise Bibro Gallery; New York, New York
2001
- Gallery Invitational, Paintings and Sculpture, Denise Bibro Gallery; New York, New York
2000
- Virginia Lynch: A Curatorial Retrospective of Sculpture and Painting, Rhode Island Foundation; Providence, Rhode Island
- Outdoor Sculpture, Shidoni Selection; Los Alamos, New Mexico
- Outdoor Sculpture, Josiah White Foundation; Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
- Younger Artists, Shapolsky Gallery; New York, New York
- Other Forms, Maquettes and Drawings, Alva Gallery; New London, Connecticut
- Outdoor Sculpture, Elaine Benson Gallery; Bridgehampton, New York
- Troy Art Center; Troy, New York
- Sculpture Guild at Chesterwood; Stockbridge, Massachusetts
- Sculpture 2000, International Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition; New London, Connecticut
1999
- Shidoni Selection, Outdoor Sculpture; Los Alamos, New Mexico
- Opening Exhibition, Gulf Coast Museum of Art; Largo, Florida
- Gallery Invitational, Denise Bibro Gallery; New York, New York
- Prints & Sculpture, Virginia Lynch Gallery; Tiverton, Rhode Island
- Sculpture Guild at Long Beach Island; Long Beach Island, New Jersey
1998
- Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia Lynch Gallery; Tiverton, Rhode Island
- Outdoor Sculpture, Elaine Benson Gallery; Bridgehampton, New York
1997
- Outdoor Sculpture, Elaine Benson Gallery; Bridgehampton, New York
- A Mile of Sculpture, Holy Cross Sculpture Invitational; Ivoryton, Connecticut
- Outdoor Sculpture, St. Andrews School; Barrington, Rhode Island
- Fordham University Invitational of Sculptors Guild, Robert Moses Plaza; New York, New York
- Photographs as Inspiration, Sculptors Guild; New York, New York
- 6ième Biennale de Sculpture; Monte Carlo, Monaco
1996
- Sculpture Guild at Stamford, Stamford Museum and Nature Center; Stamford, Connecticut
- Spring Selection, Grounds for Sculpture, Johnson Atelier; Hamilton, New Jersey
- Convergence IX, Roger Williams Park; Providence, Rhode Island
- Holycroft Invitational, Holycroft Foundation; Ivoryton, Connecticut
- Models for Architecture, Sculptors Guild Gallery; New York, New York
- Vertical Motif Installation, Boca Raton Museum; Boca Raton, Florida
- Sculpture 96, Virginia Lynch Gallery; Tiverton, Rhode Island
- Outdoor Sculpture, Elaine Benson Gallery; Bridgehampton, New York
- Drawings by Sculptors, Sculptors Guild; New York, New York
- Mixed Media, The Design Center; New York, New York
- Holidaze, Sculpture Guild at FFS Gallery; New York, New York
1995
- Hayes–Marstead–Roll three person exhibition, Washington Art Association; Washington, Connecticut
- Waterside Gallery; Stockbridge, Massachusetts
- Holycroft Foundation Invitational; Ivoryton, Connecticut
- Dorothy McRae Gallery; Atlanta, Georgia
- Klabal Gallery; Naples, Florida
- Margaret Lipworth Gallery; Boca Raton, Florida
- Russek-O’Hara Gallery; Palm Beach, Florida
- Beverly Moorehead Gallery; New Orleans, Louisiana
- Gerald Peters Gallery; Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Valley House Gallery; Dallas, Texas
- Sculpture in the Streets, Sculpture in Town Center; Stamford, Connecticut
- Floating, Cast Iron Gallery; New York, New York
1994
- Neville-Sargent Gallery; Chicago
- Selections from the Shapolsky Gallery, Josiah White Exhibition Center; Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
- Anderson Gallery; Buffalo, New York
- Ron Cavalier Gallery; Greenwich, Connecticut
- Margaret Lipworth Gallery; Boca Raton, Florida
- Dorothy McRae Gallery; Atlanta, Georgia
- Henri Gallery; Washington, DC
- Gerald Peters Gallery; Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Valley House Gallery; Dallas, Texas
- Hokin Gallery; Palm Beach, Florida
- Sculptors Guild Annual Exhibition, Lever House; New York, New York
- University of Connecticut Medical Center Inaugural Art Fair; Farmington, Connecticut
- Holycroft Foundation Invitational; Ivoryton, Connecticut
- The Sculpture Guild at PPG Wintergarden; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood; Stockbridge, Massachusetts
- Sculpture in the Streets, Sculpture in the Center; Stamford, Connecticut
- Japan Revisited, FFS Gallery; New York, New York
1993
- Grace Hokin Gallery; Palm Beach, Florida
- Selections from the Shapolsky Gallery, Josiah White Exhibition Center; Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
- Sculptors Guild, Lever House; New York, New York
- Collaborative Exhibition of Sculptors in Kyoto, Kyoto Gallery
- Works from Sculptors Guild: New York to Kyoto, Cast Iron Gallery; New York, New York
- Blythe Spirit, Anderson Gallery; Buffalo, New York
1992
- Neville-Sargent Gallery; Chicago
- Fujisankei Biennale of Excellent Maquettes, Hakone Open-Air Museum; Hakone, Japan
- The Tradition Continues, Anita Shapolsky Gallery; New York
- Sculptors Guild Exhibition, Lever House; New York, New York
- Alumni Exhibition: View of Notre Dame, Isis Gallery, University of Notre Dame; South Bend, Indiana
- In the Tradition – Part II, Anita Shapolsky Gallery; New York, New York
- Anderson Gallery; Buffalo, New York
1991
- Inaugural Exhibition, Anderson Gallery; Buffalo, New York
- David Hayes Sculpture, Brian Hayes Works on Paper, Wave Gallery; New Haven, Connecticut
- David Hayes Sculpture, Brian Hayes Works on Paper, Greenwich Art Center; Greenwich, Connecticut
1990
- David Hayes Sculpture, Ferdinand Rosa Paintings, Cavalier Galleries, Inc.; Stamford, Connecticut
1989
- Envisioned in a Pastoral Setting, Shelburne Farms Museum; Shelburne, Vermont
1988
- Neville-Sargent Gallery; Chicago
- Inaugural Exhibition, Sculpture Garden, Cavalier Galleries, Inc.; Stamford, Connecticut
1987
- Brian Hayes—Painting; David Hayes—Sculpture, The Gallery, Fairfield Public Library; Fairfield, Connecticut
- Nothing But Steel, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; Cold Spring Harbor, New York
- Sculpture Along the Trails, Stamford Museum and Nature Center; Stamford, Connecticut
1984
- David Hayes and Lester Johnson, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford; Hartford, Connecticut
1983
- The Return of Persephone – Spring Exhibition, Ephebi Gallery; Washington, DC
- Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: Seven Sculptors, Carpenter Center for Visual Arts, Harvard University; Cambridge, Massachusetts
1982
- Annual Outdoor Sculpture Show, Ellsworth Gallery; Simsbury, Connecticut
1981
- Hokin Gallery; Palm Beach, Florida
- Sculpture ’81, Temple University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Abstract Works by Europeans and Americans, Haber-Theodore Gallery; New York, New York
- Elaine Benson Gallery; Bridgehampton, New York
- Sculpture Outdoors ’81, Franklin Plaza; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Gallery One; New Haven, Connecticut
- Old State House, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts; Hartford, Connecticut
- Area Artists, Zenith Gallery; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1980
- University of Notre Dame; Notre Dame, Indiana
- Art 1980 New York, Pier 92; New York, New York
- U.S. Office of Personnel Management; Washington, DC
- Sculpture on Shoreline Sites, Area Artists; Roosevelt Island, New York
- Monotypes Today IV, Artworks Gallery; Hartford, Connecticut
- The Head and Portrait in Sculpture, Farmington Valley Arts Center; Farmington, Connecticut
1979
- Paintings and Sculpture from the Martha Jackson Gallery, Miami University; Oxford, Ohio
- New England Drawings, DeCordova Museum; Lincoln, Massachusetts
1978
- Martha Jackson Gallery; New York, New York
1976
- Struktuur 68; Delft, Holland
1975
- Collector’s Show, Arkansas Arts Center; Little Rock, Arkansas
- Struktuur 68, Nova Spectra Gallery; The Hague, Holland
- Inaugural Exhibition, Munson Gallery; New Haven, Connecticut
1974
- 350 Years of Delft Ceramics, Rheinisches Landesmuseum; Bonn, Germany
- Arkansas Arts Center; Little Rock, Arkansas
1973
- Corcoran Gallery of Art; Washington, DC
- Arts Festival; Hartford, Connecticut
1972
- Sculpture in the Park, DeCordova Museum; Lincoln, Massachusetts
- Arts Festival; Hartford, Connecticut
1971
- Invitational Show, New England Art; Provincetown and Boston
1970
- Invitational Sculpture Show, Norwich Free Academy; Norwich, Connecticut
- Three Americans, Galerie d’Eendt; Amsterdam
1968
- Biennale d’Estampe, Museum of Modern Art; Paris
- Galerie Lahumière; Paris
- Tendance Actuelle; Sarcelles, France
1967
- Carnegie International; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- 45 Tours, Galerie Ann Colin; Paris
1966
- 10 Americans from Paris, Kasseler Kunstverein; Kassel and Amerika Haus, Berlin
- Salon de Mai; Paris
1965
- U.S. Sculpture of the 20th Century, sponsored by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Musée Rodin; Paris
- 100 American Drawings, University of Michigan; Ann Arbor, Michigan
- National Institute of Arts and Letters; New York, New York
- 3 Americans from Paris, Gallery Blome; Wanne-Eickel, Germany
- New England Sculpture, DeCordova Museum; Lincoln, Massachusetts
- First International Salon des Formes Humaines, Musée Rodin; Paris
- Salon de la Jeune Sculpture; Paris
1964
- Salon de la Jeune Sculpture; Paris
- White House Exhibition Biennial – selected for exhibition at the White House, 1964–1965
- University of Illinois; Champaign, Illinois
- Huit Américains, American Cultural Center; Paris
1963
- Willard Gallery; New York, New York
- Eleven New England Sculptors, Wadsworth Atheneum; Hartford, Connecticut
- Salon de la Jeune Sculpture; Paris
1962
- Invitational Drawing Show, Scripps College; Claremont, California
- American Annual, Chicago Art Institute; Chicago, Illinois
- Boston Arts Festival; Boston, Massachusetts
- Group Show of Fulbright Artists, Galerie Tedesco; Paris
- Whitney Museum of American Art; New York, New York
- 50 Drawings, Recent Acquisitions, Museum of Modern Art; New York, New York
1961
- Humor in Art, Art Club of Chicago; Chicago, Illinois
- Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts Show, Wadsworth Atheneum; Hartford, Connecticut
1960
- Direct Metal Sculpture, show invitational, Providence Art Club; Providence, Rhode Island
- Smithsonian Institution Exhibition, begun at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, and circulated throughout the United States
- Aspects de la Sculpture Américaine, Galerie Claude Bernard; Paris
1959
- Animal and Young, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; New York, New York
- Recent Sculpture, U.S.A., Museum of Modern Art; New York, New York
1958
- Inaugural Exhibition, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; New York, New York