ABOUT
Bio
Taylor Hayes is a visual artist who grew up in southwest Virginia and now lives and works in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Hayes has an MFA in Visual Art from Lesley University College of Art and Design and a BA in Arts Management and Studio Art from Salem College. As a multimedia artist, Hayes works across many mediums including collage, printmaking, digital illustration, and installation. Over the last decade, Hayes has been actively involved with many local arts organizations such as Sawtooth School for Visual Art, Artworks Gallery, and Art-o-mat.
Education
MFA, Lesley Art + Design, Boston, MA
BA, Salem College, Winston-Salem, NC
Arts Management, Not-for-Profit Management, and Studio Art
Selected Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
Camino Bakery at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem, NC (January - April 2024)Southern Idiom, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art
Winston-Salem, NC (2022)A[void] is Built, Delurk Gallery
Winston-Salem, NC (2020)A[void] is Built, A/perture Ga//ery
Winston-Salem, NC (2019)Artist Spotlight, Sawtooth School for Visual Art
Winston-Salem, NC (2018)Layered Visions, Camino Bakery,
Winston-Salem, NC (2016)The Light Gets In, Artworks Gallery,
Winston-Salem, NC (2016)Shadow Stories, North Trade Street Arts
Winston-Salem, NC (2015)Shadow Stories, Artworks Gallery
Winston-Salem, NC (2015)Silence is Wisdom, Azure Gallery
Winston-Salem, NC (2014)Vessels & Layers, Ember Art Gallery,
Winston-Salem, NC (2013)
Selected Group Exhibitions
Southern Idiom Holiday Art Show, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art
Winston-Salem, NC (2022)Appreciation for Essential Workers, A/perture Cinema
Winston-Salem, NC (2020)MFA Thesis Exhibition, Roberts & Raizes Gallery
Boston, MA (2019)Something You Love is Almost Gone, Vandernoot Gallery
Boston, MA (2018)20 Years of Art-o-mat, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art
Winston-Salem, NC (2017)For the Birds, Artworks Gallery
Winston-Salem, NC (2016)Kim & Company XX, Mary Davis Holt Gallery
Winston-Salem, NC (2016)Take Pride in Art, Sawtooth School for Visual Art
Winston-Salem, NC (2016)The Mechanical Eye, Sawtooth School for Visual Art
Winston-Salem, NC (2015)Faculty Exhibition, Sawtooth School for Visual Art
Winston-Salem, NC (2015)Art-o-mat Swap Meet, Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington D.C. (2014)Sawtooth Selects, Sawtooth School for Visual Art
Winston-Salem, NC (2014)The Art of the Sketchbook, June Porter Johnson Gallery
Winston-Salem, NC (2014)Emerging Artists, Artworks Gallery
Winston-Salem, NC (2013)Repurposed Sculpture Garden, Piedmont Earth Day Fair
Winston-Salem, NC (2013)The Student Body, Salem College Fine Arts Center
Winston-Salem, NC (2012)Guerilla InSTALLations, Salem College
Winston-Salem, NC (2012)
Juried Exhibitions
The Little Things, Delurk Gallery
Winston-Salem, NC (2015)NC Artists Under 40, Womble Carlyle Gallery
Winston-Salem, NC (2012)Input/Output: The Art of Visual Data Making, Associated Artists
Winston-Salem, NC (2012)
Press + Publications
Guide to the Principles of Emergent Learning; Illustrator (page 2)
Emergent Learning Community Project (2023)Winston-Salem artist casts out negative spaces in collages
Terry Rader, YES! Weekly (2019)Several New Art Shows
Tom Patterson, Winston-Salem Journal (2016)Art Found this Mixed Media Artist
Winston-Salem Journal (2015)Meaningful Art: Taylor Hayes
88.5 WFDD (2015)Artist Interview: Taylor Hayes
L.N. Holmes, Vase of Wildflowers (2014)
Professional Experience
Curator, Free Little Art Gallery of Washington Park (2023-present)
Art Instructor, Sawtooth School for Visual Art (2012-2019)
Curator, Why Do You Build Me Up?, Vandernoot Gallery in Cambridge, MA (2019)
Juror, Duke Energy Regional Artist Project Grant, Arts Council of Winston-Salem (2018)
Juror, Artist Spotlight, Associated Artists of Winston-Salem (2017)
Digital Art Director, Sawtooth School for Visual Art (2013-2016)
Juror, Deck the Halls, Sawtooth School for Visual Art (2013-2016)
Juror, Surry County Home School Art Association (2016)
Curator, Visuals from the Virtual, Sawtooth School for Visual Art (2016)
Juror, Art-o-mat (2014-2016)
Portfolio Review, Summer Art Immersion for Teens, Sawtooth School for Visual Art (2015)
Gallery Assistant, Associated Artists of Winston-Salem (2013)
Intern, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (2013)
Presentations
Artist Talk, Lesley University, Boston, MA (2019)
Artist Panel, Art & the Brain, Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, Winston-Salem, NC (2018)
Incorporating Digital Media into Art Education, North Carolina Art Education Association Conference, Winston-Salem, NC (2016)
Digital Media for Artists, Sawtooth School for Visual Art Internship Program, Winston-Salem, NC (2015)
Marketing Your Art Workshop Series, Sawtooth School for Visual Art, Winston-Salem, NC (2015)
Collections
Salem College Student Center, Winston-Salem, NC