Hugh Hayden
I grew up in Dallas, TX at the edge of the woods. I had a close relationship with the surrounding landscape that was nourished through a practice of gardening and later owning koi and creating a series of water gardens. During highschool landscaping grew into a passion and I became the youngest member of the North Texas Koi and Water Garden Society with several ponds in my parents backyard. Fast forward 15 years and living in NYC with limited access to nature I now explore ideas of belonging to a social landscape through a lens of camouflage and natural materials.
News
An installation by alumnus Hugh Hayden ‘18 has been announced as the next Madison Square Park Conservancy commission. Presented across three lawns in the park, Brier Patch will open to the public on January 18, 2022. It will be open through April 29, 2022.
A second solo exhibition by alumnus Hugh Hayden '18, titled Hues, has opened at C L E A R I N G in Brussels. Hues continues to explore themes and techniques that Hayden began working with in Summer of 2019.
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