Hugh Hayden
Bio: 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.
Thesis Exhibition
Artist Statement: I’m a sculptor creating visceral experiences that transform perceptions of familiar concepts via both object making and interactive culinary installations. Whether through the lens of camouflage or culinary implements my work explores the underlying infrastructure, relationships and systems of social interactions.
L to R: Untitled (24 x 48 x 3”, Sculpted Oriented Strand Board (OSB), 2018); Still from In Tension Culinary (Installation, 2016)