RIBBONS
GREGORY HAYES nancy margolis gallery
For this new series of paintings I wanted to push past the typical end point of my process and make that the new beginning point of my process. So I decided to try pouring paint onto a flat smooth surface in individual 1/4" strips with approximately equal lengths, using a continuous flow of different color paint to create a swirling gradient from one line of paint to the next. Then let it dry. After that I could peel them off the smooth surface and then begin the painting from that point. Starting from what I normally considered the end of a work--after the paint dries. Now I could arrange the ribbons of paint onto a canvas in a new manor. So I began placing them in the order they were made but now partly overlapping, like sentimental layers of earth building up over time. Trying to place them as even and straight as possible, but also allowing my inconsistencies and the variations in the dried paint ribbons to guide the processes as well. The overlapping then created a texture, and the variation in the line and color created an optical affect, both of which I welcomed. The end result was was a landscape of softly shifting colors. Overall, these paintings reveal to me that even a slight variation in the order of a process can create new pictorial complexity. — Gregory Hayes
1) Untitled 2016 Acrylic on panel 16” x 20”
DETAIL: 1) Untitled 2016 Acrylic on panel 16” x 20”
2) Untitled 2016 Acrylic on panel 16” x 20”
DETAIL: 2) Untitled 2016 Acrylic on panel 16” x 20”
3) Untitled 2016 Acrylic on panel 8” x 10”
4) Untitled 2016 Acrylic on panel 8” x 10”
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10) Untitled 2016 Acrylic on panel 8” x 10”
11) Untitled 2016 Acrylic on panel 8” x 10”
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13) Untitled 2016 Acrylic on panel 8” x 10”
14) Untitled 2016 Acrylic on panel 8” x 10”
GREGORY HAYES
Born in 1980 in Buffalo, NY. Lives and works in New York City.
EDUCATION 2011 MFA, Brooklyn College, Painting 2006 BFA, Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design, Painting
SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2016 2015 2014 2010 2008 2008 2007 2006
Francesca Antonini Arte Contemporanea, Rome, Italy (forthcoming) STAY GOLD, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY SHOOTING STAR, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY RE-SEEING, Rule Gallery, Denver, CO PRIMARY ARRAY, Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design, Denver, CO SELECTED WORKS, City & County Building, Denver, CO ARRAY, Rhinoceropolis Gallery, Denver, CO MACHINE, Institute for Experimental Studies, Denver, CO
GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2016 2016 2016 2015 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011
GREGORY HAYES / NADIR VALENTE, Ncontemporary, London, UK MORE OR LESS, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY Jamie Brooks Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA THE OTHERS FAIR, Ncontemporary, Turin, Italy WHITE | BLACK, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY MIAMI PROJECT, Nancy Margolis Gallery, Miami, FL SUMMER PREVIEW, Victori Contemporary, New York, NY OUTLINE: BEYOND THE GRID, Jamie Brooks Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA AQUA14, Victori Contemporary, Miami, FL SCOPE BASEL, Victori Contemporary, Basel, Switzerland ART WYNWOOD, Victori Contemporary, Miami, FL ARTMIX, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO AQUA13, Victori Contemporary, Miami, FL EMERGE, Victori Contemporary, Washington, DC DISPOSITION, Blank Space Gallery, New York, NY (With Anne Russinof) ARTMIX, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO 14th ANNUAL FIRE ISLAND PINES ART SHOW, Whyte Hall, Fire Island Pines, NY THE WASSAIC PROJECT SUMMER FESTIVAL, The Maxon Mills, Wassaic, NY SCOPE BASEL, Victori Contemporary, Basel, Switzerland ART WYNWOOD, Victori Contemporary, Miami, FL SCOPE MIAMI, Victori Contemporary, Miami, FL ART BASH, D Gallery, Denver, CO SPRING GROUP EXHIBITION, Brenda Taylor Gallery, New York, NY 25th ANNUAL NATIONAL WORKS ON PAPER, Abercrombie Gallery, Lake Charles, LA MADE IN NY, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY INTRODUCTIONS, Brooklyn Artists Gym, Brooklyn, NY WORKS IN PROGRESS, ArtBridge, Atlantic Yards, Brooklyn, NY 13th ANNUAL FIRE ISLAND PINES ART SHOW, Whyte Hall, Fire Island Pines, NY THE WASSAIC PROJECT SUMMER FESTIVAL, The Maxon Mills, Wassaic, NY DO IT, Philip J. Steele Gallery, Denver, CO MEMORY PALACE, Flux Factory, Brooklyn, NY HYBRID LIFE FORMS, In Rivers, Brooklyn, NY
2011 2011 2010 2010 2010 2009 2009 2007 2007 2006 2006
COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION NEW YORK AREA MFA EXHIBITION, New York, NY NORTH AMERICAN GRADUATE ART SURVEY, Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN ART BASH, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO FEAST OF FOOLS, Second-Floor, Brooklyn, NY LEARNING CURVE, Marian Spore, Brooklyn, NY CURLY-Q, Jack The Pelican Presents Gallery, Brooklyn, NY WINTER MT. DEW TOUR: FEATURED ARTIST, Northstar Resort, CA PEEP SHOW, Rule Gallery, Denver, CO RED DOT FAIR, Rule Gallery, New York, NY JURIED SHOW, Pirate Gallery, Denver, CO XX/YY: THE GENDER SHOW, Flash Gallery, Belmar, CO
HONORS & AWARDS 2012 2011 2011 2011 2005
McNeese National Works on Paper, Juror's Mention Award (Selected by Lynn Gumpert) Dave Bown Projects, “3rd Semiannual Competition,” selected artist ArtBridge “Works in Progress” Honorarium (Selected by Vik Muniz, Amani Olu & Eugenie Tsai) College Art Association Professional Development Honorable Mention in the Fine Arts Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design, Most Distinguished Artist
RESIDENCIES 2012 Millay Colony, Austerlitz, NY 2011 Fire Island Pines Arts Project, Fire Island, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY 2015 Noémie Jennifer, "The Price to Pay: Artists Weigh in on Getting an MFA." Blog post. The Creators Project. 25 August. 2014 Kyle Fitzpatrick, "Gregory Hayes Paints Detailed Microcosms." Blog post. The Fox is Black. 8 April. Web. 2014 Gauss, Daniel. "Shooting Star by Gregory Hayes at Nancy Margolis Gallery." Review. Blog post. Arte Fuse Magazine. 5 June. Web. 2014 "Gregory Hayes. Shooting Star," Wall Street International. 17 May. Web. 2014 Mattera, Joanne. "Centering." Blog post. Joanne Mattera Art Blog. 24 Apr. Web. 2012 Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design, “Alumni Spotlight,” The Dome, January 25th. 2011 Melissa Bozin, “ArtBridge decorates Brooklyn,” Brooklyn Downtown Star, October 26th. 2011 The Brooklyn Review, Images of Artwork, Issue 28, 43. 2011 Kyle MacMillan, “Offbeat art approach: ‘Do It,’ and then undo it at Denver exhibit,”Denver Post, May 27th. 2011 Michael Fahlund, “CAA Awards MFA Fellowships to Five Artists,” www.collegeart.org, February 2nd. 2010 Leanne Goebel,“RULE Gallery Champions Young Artists in 4.0,” Huffington Post, December 5th. 2010 Michael Paglia, “Artbeat: Gregory Hayes: Re-Seeing New Works, at Rule Gallery,” Westword, October 27th. 2010 Kyle MacMillan, “On point,” Denver Post, November 12th. 2010 Ellen Berkovitch, “Review: Contemporary Art & Architecture in Denver,” Adobe Airstream, October 24th. 2010 Anne Johnson, “Brooklyn College MFA Open Studio,” Art Fag City, April 12th. 2009 Nomad Art and World Magazine, Image of artwork, Issue 1, 12. 2007 Mary Chandler, “RULE Show a Display of Veterans, New Artists,” Rocky Mountain News, Jan 19th.
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