Biography
David Hayes was born in Hartford, Connecticut. He earned an A.B. from Notre Dame (1953) and an M.F.A. from Indiana University (1955), studying with David Smith. He received a Fulbright and Guggenheim Fellowship, the Logan Prize for Sculpture, and an award from the National Institute of Arts and Letters.
His work was included in over 500 exhibitions and is held in more than 100 institutional collections, including the Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim Museum. In 2007 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Albertus Magnus College. Hayes worked in Coventry, Connecticut and died April 9, 2013.
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The David Hayes Art Foundation
Learn more about current exhibitions, scholarship, preservation efforts, and public initiatives devoted to the work and legacy of David Hayes.
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The Sculpture Fields
Learn more about the David Hayes Sculpture Fields in Coventry, Connecticut. Open every day of the year, always free. Since 1972.
Visit the Sculpture FieldsArts & Education Center
The David Hayes Arts & Education Center is a proposed cultural center for Eastern Connecticut supported by the David Hayes Art Foundation.
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