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Through the influence of hip-hop, history, and science fiction, Donte’s work explores Afrofuturism, a projected vision of an imagined future which critiques the historical and cultural events of the African Diaspora and the distinct black experience of the Middle Passage. While also exploring deeper social issues which broaden the conversation between all of humanity.
About Donte Hayes
Donté K. Hayes graduated summa cum laude from Kennesaw State University at Kennesaw, Georgia with a BFA in Ceramics and Printmaking with an art history minor. Hayes received his MA and MFA with honors from the University of Iowa and is the 2017 recipient of the University of Iowa Arts Fellowship. Recent art exhibitions include groups shows at the Museum of Science + Industry, Chicago, Illinois, the Trout Museum of Art, Appleton, Wisconsin, and the 2021 Atlanta Biennial at the Atlanta Contemporary in Georgia. Donté’s artwork has been presented at the 1-54 art fair, London, England, Design Miami, Florida, and a solo presentation at the 2021 Armory Art fair, NYC.
His work is included in the permanent collections of the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C., The Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, South Carolina, and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas. Hayes is a 2019 Ceramics Monthly Magazine Emerging Artists and Artaxis Fellow. Donté is the 2019 winner of the 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern art from the Gibbes Museum of Art. Donté K. Hayes is represented by Mindy Solomon Gallery in Miami, Florida.
Donte Hayes CV
EDUCATION
2020
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) Degree Candidate, School of Art and Art History, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
2019
Forthcoming Master of Arts (M.A.) Degree Candidate, School of Art and Art History, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
2017
Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) Degree, Summa Cum Laude, Ceramics and Printmaking, Art History Minor, School of Art and Design, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia
2016
Study Abroad, Printmaking, School of Art and Design, Kennesaw State University, Taller Experimental de Gráfica, Havana, Cuba
2002
Artists Mentoring Program, Mentor Lilly Cannon, Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2021
The Armory Art Fair, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Javits Center, New York, New York
2020
Garner Narrative, Louisville, Kentucky
Iowa Ceramics Center and Glass Studio, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
2017
Cosmic Remix, Garner Narrative, Louisville, Kentucky
2015
New Works, The Art Spot Gallery, Fulton County Central Library, Atlanta Georgia
Afrofuturist, Garner Narrative, Louisville, Kentucky
2013
The Real Tales of The Gingerblack Man, Garner Narrative, Louisville, Kentucky
2012
Donté K. Hayes New Works, Seminole State College, Sanford, Florida
2010
Gingerblack Man, Florida Atlantic University John MacArthur Library Gallery, Jupiter, Florida
2009
*Imagine: Robert Sites and Donte’ K. Hayes, Selden Gallery, Norfolk, Virginia*
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
New Jersey Arts Annual: Revision and Respond, Newark Museum of Art, Newark, New Jersey (Juried)
Inside Out, Whitespace Gallery, Curator Amy Pleasant, Atlanta, Georgia. (Invitational)
The Four Elements: A Group Exhibition, Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art, Curator Madeline Beck, Marietta, Georgia
Magic Touch, Dinner Gallery, Co-curated Celine Mo and Jen Dwyer, New York, New York (Invitational)
Unraveled. Restructured. Revealed., trout Museum of Art, Curator Tyanna J. Buie, Appleton, Wisconsin
ATL Biennial: Of Care and Destruction, Atlanta Contemporary, Curator Dr. Jordan Amirkhani, Atlanta, Georgia
Mapping Narratives: New Prints 2021/winter, International Print Center New York, New York, New York (Juried)
2020
Design Miami Art Fair, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Moore Building, Miami, Florida, (Invitational)
Concepts in Clay: Artists of Color, a Virtual Exhibition, Clay Art Center, Co-Curator Paul Briggs, Port Chester, New York, (Invitational)
How are you doing, Garner Narrative, Louisville, Kentucky, (Group)
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Somerset House, London, England, (Invitational)
Unwavering: 21st Century Activism, African American Museum of Iowa, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, (Invitational)
This is Where a Line Begins, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, Florida, (Group)
We Are Clay, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, Maryland, (Invitational)
The Red Clay Survey, The Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama, (Juried)
The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) Juried Student Exhibition, Artspace, Richmond, Virginia, (Juried)
The Backbone of Things: International Show of Ceramics, Te Auaha Gallery, Curator Glenn Barkley, Wellington, New Zealand, (Invitational)
Society 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art, The Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, South Carolina, (Invitational)
2019
Funkadelic Awakening: A Futuristic Resistance, Three Person Show, Donté K. Hayes, Jennifer Ling Datchuck, and Salvador Jiménez-Flore, The Clay Studio: Bonovitz Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (Invitational)
The Collective Presents: Surface Tension, Public Space One, Iowa City, Iowa, (Group)
The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) Juried Student Exhibition, Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, (Juried)
The University of Iowa Graduate Students in Ceramics Exchange, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, (Invitational)
And Still We Rise: Celebrating African American Printmakers, Johns Creek Arts Center, Johns Creek, Georgia, (Invitational)
Times End, Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickley, Pennsylvania, (Juried)
2018
River to River: Iowa Ceramics Center and Glass Studio Biennial, Eaton-Buchan Gallery, Sinclair Art Galleries, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, (Juried)
Picturing the Black Fantastic, The Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, Georgia, (Group)
Salon Show, Association for Visual Arts, Chattanooga, Tennessee, (Invitational)
Pop Start, DK Contemporary Gallery, Marietta, Georgia, (Invitational)
Material Transformation, Greenville Center for Creative Arts, Greenville, South Carolina, (Group)
The University of Iowa Graduate Students in Ceramics Exchange, Sugar Gallery, The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, (Invitational)
National Black Creativity Exhibition, Museum of Science + Industry Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, (Juried)
2nd Annual Black History Exhibit: The Modern Day Paris Exposition, Association for Visual Arts, Chattanooga, Tennessee,
2017
Fresh Emerging Artist Exhibition, Association for Visual Arts, Chattanooga, Tennessee, (Juried)
Gathered III: Georgia Artists select Georgia Artists, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia, (Juried)
Senior Capstone Exhibition, Fine Arts Gallery, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia, (Group)
Visual Arts Exhibition, National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), The Martha and Robert Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, (Juried)
College Juried Exhibition (CJX), The Art Place Mountain View, Marietta, Georgia, (Juried)
Southern Futurism, Healthcare Gallery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, (Juried)
34th Annual Visions Juried Exhibition, Fine Arts Gallery, Kennesaw State University,
Kennesaw, Georgia, (Juried)
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Iowa City Public Library, Iowa City, Iowa
Lake Eustis Museum of Art, Eustis, Florida
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
Renwick Gallery of Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.
Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston, Georgia
Iowa City Public Library, Iowa City, Iowa
Lake Eustis Museum of Art, Eustis, Florida
Screen Arts, St. Augustine, Florida
Spruill Arts Center, Atlanta, Georgia
Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia
SELECTED LECTURES & PANEL DISCUSSIONS
2020
Artist Panel: Society of 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art, The Gibbes Museum,
Charleston, South Carolina
Artist Lecture: Winner of the Society for 1858 Prize of Contemporary Southern Art, The
Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, South Carolina
Artist Panel: Visual Disobedience: Iowa Artists Dissent, Propose, Actualize!, Anderson
Gallery, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa
Arrival, Iowa Ceramics Center and Glass Studio, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
2019
Artist Lecture: The University of Iowa Graduate Students in Ceramics Exchange, The
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Artist Lecture and Panel Discussion 2.0: The University of Iowa Studio Art Graduates,
Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa
When Will We Get Home? Panel Discussion, Hosted by Daniel Boscaljon of Coffee with Dan,
Emerge, Iowa City, Iowa
Year Two: An Art Journey, Visiting Artist, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
Donté K. Hayes: Kirkwood Community College Art History Class, The Visual Arts Building,
The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Artist Lecture: Black History Month Symposium, The University of Iowa College of Public
Health, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Artist Lecture: The University of Iowa Graduate Students in Ceramics Exchange, The
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
RESIDENCIES
2021
Bemis Center, Omaha, Nebraska Township 10, Marshall, North Carolina
2020
Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, Georgia
Center for Afrofuturist Studies, Iowa City, Iowa
2019
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, Maine Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine
AWARDS
2020
Honorable Mentioned, Design Miami Art Fair, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Moore Building, Miami, Florida Elmer Craig Merit Award, The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) Juried Student Exhibition, Artspace, Richmond, Virginia
2019
Zenobia Award, Full Tuition Residency, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, Maine
Ceramics Monthly Magazine Emerging Artist, Ceramics Monthly Magazine
Artaxis Fellowship: Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Full, Tuition Residency, Deer Isle, Maine
Dare to Discover Research Student: Dimensional Practice in Ceramics, School of Art and Art History, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
2018
Emma McAllister Novel Scholarship, School of Art and Art History, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
2017
Iowa Arts Fellowship, School of Art and Art History, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
First Place, College Juried Exhibition, The Art Place Mountain View, Marietta, Georgia
Second Place Finalist, Deans Print (Dance: Theater), College of the Arts, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia
SELECTED ARTICLES & PUBLICATIONS
2020
Maake Magazine, Issue #11
The Red Clay Survey, Catalog, The Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama
Mill, Matt, Art Mag, Visual Arts: The 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art Winner, Issue 45, March 11
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), NCECA Juried Student Exhibition, Catalog, Artspace, Richmond, Virginia
Create! Magazine, Issue #17
2019
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), NCECA Juried Student Exhibition, Catalog, Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2018
Smith, Jessica, Art Notes: “Picturing the Black Fantastic’ and More at the Lyndon House, September 12
2017
Brantley, Rebecca, Arts ATL, Review: “Gathered III” makes for a rich experience…, June 27
Havens, Sara, Insider Louisville, 7 Questions with… artist Donté K. Hayes, March 2
Leger, Benjamin, 225 Magazine, Juried art exhibit at the Healthcare Gallery showcases…, March 1
Triplett, Jo Anne, The Leo Weekly, Arts Staff Picks: Cosmic Remix by Donté K. Hayes, February 15
Kramer, Elizabeth, The Courier-Journal, Critic’s Picks: Histories of African diaspora inspires artist, February 1
Havens, Sara, Insider Louisville, Garner Narrative’s “Yours in Struggle” exhibit offers hope…, January 3
2016
Kramer, Elizabeth, The Courier-Journal, Activist voices “yours in struggle” in art, December 15
Editorial Team, East City Art, Anacostia Art Center Presents Unapologetic Négritude…, May 18
Seven, John, Hill Country Observer, Through art, a conversation about race, February/March
2015
Predojev, Hannah, The Collegian: Ashland University, Power of the Press, October 3
Triplett, Jo Anne, The Leo Weekly, Arts Staff Picks: Afrofuturist, March 11
Kramer, Elizabeth, The Courier-Journal, Critic’s Picks: Utopia Revisited, February 15
Havens, Sara, Insider Louisville, “Afrofuturist” exhibit blends history…, February 2
Top Ten Contemporary Designs for Design Miami/ 2020
December 2, 2020/by Frances Trombly1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, 2020
October 8-10, 2020
This is Where a Line Begins
September 12 - October 17, 2020
Donté K. Hayes as the 2019 winner of the 1858 Prize
December 11, 2019/by Frances TromblyMindy Solomon Gallery mentioned in New York Post
December 4, 2019/by Frances TromblyDonté Hayes: The Artists Everyone Talked about during Frieze
October 7, 2019/by FulanoDonté Hayes
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, 2019
October 3-6, 2019
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