He manipulates the inherent significance and quality of elements to be recognizable in the resulting artwork but re-contextualize historical and traditional understandings of those materials and the subject matter.
The artworks’ content intentionally functions as a catalyst to instigate and highlight contrasting impressions, but remains neutral letting the viewer form their own, perhaps uncomfortable, interpretation.
Hugh Hayden was born and raised in Dallas, TX.
He received a Bachelor of Architecture, the understandings of which he has re-appropriated at a smaller scale creating sculpture, from Cornell University in 2007.
Following graduation, Hayden won the prestigious Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Travel Fellowship to study food-related architecture, art, and design around the world.
Hayden's artwork has been exhibited both locally and internationally including commissions from Lacoste and Cabinet Magazine.
Hayden is currently a resident of the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Workspace Residency and a visiting artist at New York University.
