1931
Born in Hartford, Connecticut. Lives in Coventry, Connecticut.
1949 - 1953
University of Notre Dame; Notre Dame, Indiana, A.B.
1953 - 1955
Indiana University; Bloomington, Indiana. M.F.A.
Studied with Robert Laurent, Alton Pickens, and David Smith.
1955 - 1957
United States Navy
1958
Silvermine Guild; New Cannan, Connecticut - Sculpture Award
New Haven Festival of Arts; New Haven, Connecticut - Best in Show
1959
Boston Arts Festival; Boston, Massachusetts - Drawing Award
1960
New Haven Festival of Arts; New Haven, Connecticut - Best in Show for Sculpture
1961
Chicago Arts Institute; Chicago, Illinois - Logan Prize for Sculpture
Post Doctoral Fulbright for study in Paris. Guggenheim Fellowship awarded and arranged to follow Fulbright.
1963
Represented United States at "Forma Viva" Sculpture Symposium, Portoroz, Yugoslavia
1965
National Institute of Arts and Letters Award, New York
1968
Return to live in the United States
1970
Monumental Ceramic Wall Commission, Elmira College; Elmira, New York
1972
Appointed visiting artist, Harvard University; Cambridge, 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
1976
Sculpture for playground; Killingly, Connecticut
1977
Monumental Sculpture Commission, Massasoit Community College; Brockton, Massachusetts
1978
David Hayes: Sculptor; Channel 57 television documentary
Sculpture Commission, Moriarty Brothers, Inc.; Manchester, Connecticut
1979
Illustrated French Cooking for People Who Can't by Julia Hayes; New York; Atheneum Publishers
Sculpture Commission, Lydall Corporate Headquarters; Manchester, Connecticut
1980
Juror, Scholastic Art Awards, Connecticut, for Sculpture
Juror, National Screening Committee, Institute of International Education, for Sculpture
1981
Monumental Sculpture Commission, Hartwood Acres; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1982
Juror, National Screening Committee, Institute of International Education, for Sculpture
Relief Sculpture Commission, Albertus Magnus College; New Haven, Connecticut
1983
Relief Sculpture Commission, Wilbraham & Monson Academy; Wilbraham, Massachusetts
Appointed Trustee, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford; hartford, Connecticut
1985
The Brooks File: David Hayes' Sculpture Fields, Channel 3 WFSB; Hartford, Connecticut
1987
Monumental Sculpture Commission, Hartford Public Library; Hartford, Connecticut
Juror, National Screening Committee, Institute of International Education, for Sculpture
1988
Monumental Sculpture Commission, Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame; Notre Dame, Indiana
1990
Monumental Sculpture Commission, School of Business, Western Michigan University; Kalamazoo, Michigan
Welded Steel Sculpture with David Hayes, documentary film completed by Richard Byrnes
1991
Monumental Sculpture Commission, Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, New York
PBS Broadcast of The Sculpture of David Hayes, documentary film by Richard Byrnes
1992
Elected Regent, University of Hartford; Hartford, Connecticut
1993
Appointed Board Member, New York Sculpture Guild
One-man show at Elaine Benson Gallery
1994
One-man show at Anderson Gallery
1996
One-man shows at Prudential Center; Boston;
Gulf Coast Art Center; Belair, Florida;
The Pingry School; Martinsville, New Jersey
1997
One-man shows at
100 Pearl Gallery; Hartford, Connecticut;
The Gallery, University of New Haven;
Southern Vermont Art Center; Manchester, Vermont
Gulf Coast Art Center; Belleair, Florida - Screen Sculptures
Orlando City Hall; Orlando;
Hines Building; Boston;
Hayes Modern Gallery; Naples, Florida
1998
One-man shows at
Mercy Gallery, Loomis Chaffee School; Windsor, Connecticut
City of Stamford, Connecticut and Stamford Town Center
Tremaine Gallery, Hotchkiss School; Lakeville, Connecticut
Boca Raton Museum of Art; Boca Raton, Florida
Stamford Center for the Arts, Rich Forum; Stamford, Connecticut
1999
Screen Sculpture Commission, Nicotra Group; Staten Island, New York
One-man show at Colgate University; Hamilton, New York
2000
One-man shows at
Sculpture at Sasaki, Sasaki & Associates; Watertown, Massachusetts\
Fordham University Downtown; New York|
David Hayes Steel Sculptures, Denise Bibro Fine Arts Inc.; New York, New York
2001
Geary Design; Naples, Florida Graham Nickson Paintings, David Hayes Sculpture
Lyric Theater Sculpture Garden; Stuart, Florida Outdoor Sculpture
2002
Lyric Theater Sculpture Garden; Stuart, Florida - Outdoor Sculpture
One-man show: Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, Connecticut - Small Sculptures
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
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
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
2006
LSU 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
2007
Awarded an honorary doctorate degree by Albertus Magnus College; New London, Connecticut
Ross Art Museum at Ohio Wesleyan University; Delaware Ohio Small Sculptures, Drawings and Outdoor Sculpture
The Lauren Rogers Museum of Art; Laurel, Mississippi Outdoor Sculpture
Vero Beach Museum of Art; Vero Beach, Florida David Hayes Sculpture