Anita Shapolsky Gallery
Color Meets Form
Paintings by Amaranth Ehrenhalt and sculptures by David Hayes
September 11 – November 20, 2025
152 East 65th Street, New York, New York 10065
Tuesday – Saturday, noon to 6:00 pm
2025
A.S. Art Foundation
David Hayes in the Natural World
July 4 to August 10, 2025
The A.S. Art Foundation
20 West Broadway, Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania 18229
(570) 325-5815 · [email protected]
Catalog is here
2024
Art Miami
December 6–8, 2024
Quatre, 2005
Courtesy Burgess Modern + Contemporary
Art Miami booth 421
Small Sculpture and Paintings
September 3–24, 2024
Sorokin Gallery
Greenwich, Connecticut
Opening reception Saturday, September 7, 5 to 7 in the evening
Artist talk Saturday, September 14, 1 to 3 in the afternoon
Exhibition photos here
South Windsor Public Library
April 1–28, 2024
South Windsor, Connecticut
Curated by Robert Donston,
David Hayes Art Foundation volunteer restorer and conservator
2023
Spirol Art Gallery at CT State Quinebaug Valley
David Hayes Sculpture Reliefs in steel, wood, paper, ceramic and bronze
Jessica Porzuczek, Director
August 30 – October 18, 2023
Curated by Robert Donston and Jessica Porzuczek
CT State Quinebaug Valley
Danielson, Connecticut
Curatorial Commentary
Robert Donston
I was first introduced to the relief series when my family and I visited the David Hayes Sculpture Fields. Affectionately known as Stonewalls. I did see this series of sculptures on that visit, but none were really displayed except 2 relief sculptures on the shed attached to the house. There just wasn’t any wall space for them. Most of the relief sculptures were stacked on two sides of the barn or stored in the “Boneyard.”
After a few months of volunteering at the sculpture fields, we were preparing for filming of the PBS special Legacy List about the fields and David’s work. I wanted to surprise David (the son) with a quick restoration of a black relief to be hung on the barn. From that point on, I was hooked on this series.
The next summer I restored 2 of the polychrome, linear relief sculptures. Very large in scale. These 3 restorations became the catalyst for a conversation with David (the son) to begin working on a show of just relief sculptures. Over the next 2 years I began collecting, restoring, cleaning, and searching for items for a show. Learning along the way, I discovered a lot about this series and was finding different pieces all the way up to the installation of the show. This show spans 3 decades of his relief work. I believe I have put together a comprehensive show of this series from gouache paintings, maquettes, and the final pieces. I also assembled varying styles of reliefs where David used different materials bronze castings, plaster, wood, brass and steel.
There are a few aspects that I like about this series are: David opened up his color palette, adding in other colors outside of the rustoleum brand, how he assembled the layers, with either rods, angle iron or flat iron and lastly that the designs are the culmination of the shapes and forms that define his work.
There is always a first time for everything. I am not formally educated in the arts. One class in college. I am not a curator. However, I am a person that has become very familiar with David Hayes art through my 3 plus years of volunteering at the sculpture fields. I hope that this exhibit displays my knowledge and interest in this series.
Vertical Diamonds
2023–2026
Bushnell Plaza, Hartford, Connecticut
Installation curated by Joan Hurwit
2020–2021
Northeast Harbor
Summer 2020 to Fall 2021
Peacock
Octopus
Artist talk Thursday, July 29 at the MD-365 offices, Six Old Firehouse Lane, floor 2 in Northeast Harbor.
Exhibition organized by Sunne Savage.
City of Gainesville
Through Summer 2020
(Extended to January, 2021)
Screen Sculpture #11
Capricorn
24 large sculptures on public view
City of Gainesville, Florida
In collaboration with the City of Gainesville Parks Recreation and Cultural Affairs Department
Russell Etling, Cultural Affairs Manager
Baker Park
Through Fall 2021
Vertical Motif #12
Voyager
City of Naples, Florida
Eight large David Hayes sculptures
In collaboration with Naples Parks & Recreation Department, Dana Souza, Director
Downtown Danbury
Through Fall 2021
Sculpture in Downtown Danbury, Connecticut
With CityCenter Danbury, Betsy Paynter, Director
Totem (detail)
2019
Muscatine Public Installations
2019–2020
Sabrina
Five large sculptures in and around Muscatine, Iowa
In collaboration with the Muscatine Arts Center and the Muscatine Art in Public Places Commission
Sculptured Adornment
October 4 to December 21, 2019
Fairfield University Art Museum
Fairfield, Connecticut
Exhibition travelled from the Georgia Museum of Art.
Sculptured Adornment
May 4 – July 28, 2019
Georgia Museum of Art
Athens, Georgia
Organized by William U. Eiland, Director
The Ventana Series
May 9 to August 25, 2019
Muscatine Art Center
Exhibition previously traveled to the Swope Art Museum and the Fort Smith Regional Art Museum.
2018
Fort Smith Regional Museum of Art
September 7, 2018 to January 27, 2019
The Ventana Series
Fort Smith, Arkansas
Lowe Art Museum
June 30, 2018 – Fall 2019
Small Vertical Motif
Coral Gables, Florida
Winter Park Public Art
February 2018 to February 2019
Five large sculptures in downtown Winter Park, Florida
Society of the Four Arts
Palm Beach, Florida
Arcwing, 2000 and Totem, 2005
Exhibition curated by Nancy Mato
Coventry Arts Guild
August 24 to September 9, 2018
Modern Master David Hayes
with Outdoor Photographs by Mary Hayes Siegrist
Mill Brook Place, Coventry, Connecticut
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
July 2017 through July 2018
Sabrina, 1985
Installation curated by Marina Pacini
Swope Art Museum
June 1 to August 19, 2018
David Hayes: Permanent Nature
Exhibition travels to the Fort Smith Regional Art Museum and the Muscatine Art Center.
2017
Yager Museum of Art and Culture
In a Modern Vein: Contemporary Art from the Yager Museum Collection
Hartwick College, Oneonta, New York
Boston International Fine Art Show
October 2017
Painted Half Moons, 1971
via Lawrence Fine Art
Governor’s Residence
Totem Sculpture, 2006
Hartford, Connecticut
Market Art & Design
July 2017
Bridgehampton, New York
via Laurence Fine Art, East Hampton
Art Bites
May 2017
Alessandro Berni Gallery, New York
Art New York
May 2017
via ACA Galleries, New York
Art Palm Beach
January 2017
Outdoor plaza
via Center for Creative Education Galleries
Art Palm Beach
January 19–22, 2017
via The Gallery at CCE
Booth 611
Landscape Sculpture, 2000
2016
Commenoz Gallery
Key Biscayne, Florida
Exhibition extended through Art Basel Week 2016 in Miami.
Modern Sculptors in Indiana
May 24, 2016 – March 12, 2017
Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University
Photo by Kevin Montague.
Dubuque Museum of Art
May 15, 2016 to May 1, 2017
Sabrina, 1985
Dubuque, Iowa
Arte Fundamental
Miami, Florida
Jester, 2004
Small Vertical Motif, 2008
Cummer Museum and Gardens
November 7, 2015 – October 2, 2016
Sentinel Sculptures
Jacksonville, Florida
Isabella Garrucho Fine Art
September 20 to October 8, 2016
Greenwich, Connecticut
Houston Art Fair
September 29 to October 2, 2016
via ACA Galleries, New York City
Booth D5
The Perfect Provenance
Summer and Fall of 2016
Greenwich, Connecticut
Large sculpture outside titled Araignee
Lowe Art Museum
January 2 to July 26, 2016
Small Sculpture & Gouache Studies
University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
Clio Art Fair
March 2016
Ale Berni Gallery, New York
Pictured above: Rosignol
Art Palm Beach
January 2016
Alpen Art and Antiques, Vail, Colorado
Original Miami Beach Antique Show
Alpen Art and Antiques
Pictured above: Quadrant, 2008
Straight from the Barn
December 1, 2015 – January 30, 2016
Lavagnolli Art Gallery
Wynwood, Miami
Center for Creative Education Art Gallery
West Palm Beach, Florida
Spring 2016
2015
Museum of Art, Deland
October 30, 2015 to January 3, 2016
The Sculptures of David Hayes
Pictured above: Seal, 1973.
Wichita Falls Museum of Art
April to October, 2015
extended to October 2016
Twelve sculptures on exhibit
Curated by Danny Bills
Art Miami 2015
Cynthia Corbett Gallery, Booth C-3
Pictured above: Open Forms
Context 2015
M+V Art Gallery
Curated by Valentina Garcia
Pictured above: Pierrot
Housatonic Museum of Art
December 3, 2014 to February 8, 2015
David Hayes: Modern Master of American Abstraction
Springfield Museums
October 2014 to September 2015
Pictured above: Dragonfly
M+V Art Gallery
November 7, 2014 – February 28, 2015
Maquettes + Studies by David Hayes
Miami, Florida
Art Fairs
Art Wynwood 2015
Cynthia Corbett Gallery
Art Miami New York Fair 2015
Cynthia Corbett Gallery
Art Hamptons 2015
Cynthia Corbett Gallery
Art Southampton 2015
Cynthia Corbett Gallery
Texas Contemporary Fair 2015
Cynthia Corbett Gallery
Northwood Village
October 2014 to November 2015
extended to May, 2016
David Hayes Sculpture at Northwood Village
West Palm Beach, Florida
Hartford Public Library
June 5 – August 7, 2015
Large and Small
Pictured above: Large Vertical Motif
SUNY Oneonta
September 2 – October 9, 2015
David Hayes, American Master: Small Sculpture & Gouache Studies
Concurrent campus-wide exhibit
2014
Wiregrass Museum
January 14 to March 29, 2014
Small Sculptures and Gouache Studies
Dothan, Alabama
Curated by Dana-Marie Lemmer
Jundt Art Museum
August 1, 2014 to July 31, 2015
extended to Fall 2016
Spokane, Washington
Curated by Paul Manoguerra