Donte Hayes
Bio
Donte Hayes was born in 1975 in Baltimore, Maryland.
Education
2002 Artist Mentoring program, Atlanta College of Art, Mentor Lilly Cannon, Atlanta, Georgia
1993-1997 Business/Illustration, American College for the Applied Arts, Atlanta, Georgia
1991-1993 Drawing/Painting/Design, Art Instruction School Home Studies, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Solo Exhibitions
2008 Madison National Juried Exhibition (Juror Slvie Fortin), Madison, Georgia
2008 Cookie Cutter Conundrum, Lake Eustis Museum of Art, Eustis, Florida
2007 Connections, The Gallery at Screen Arts, St. Augustine, Florida
2006 Connections, Georgia Perimeter College, curator Deirdre Aims, Clarkston, Georgia
2005 The Misadventures of the Gingerblack Man, Carisma Gallery, Buford, Georgia
2005 Superstition, Ruby Green Contemporary Art Center, Nashville, Tennessee
2004 The Misadventures of the Gingerblack Man, YMI Cultural Center, Asheville, North Carolina
2004 Cookie Monster, University of Alabama Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama
2004 Hand Me Downs, The Roswell Cultural Arts Center, curator Susan Bridges, Roswell, Georgia
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007 No Name Show, SLM Projects, (Curator Wendy James), Roswell, Georgia
2007 GalleryGoRound: SLM Projects, The Roswell Cultural Arts Center, Roswell, Georgia
2006 Emerging Artists, Spruill Gallery, (Curator Julia Fenton), Atlanta, Georgia
2006 Strong Works/Hot Topics, Prince Georges Community College, Largo, Maryland
2005
2006 Project Creo: Communication, The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, Florida
2005 Catharsis & Stereotypes, The Ohio State University Mansfield, Mansfield, Ohio
2005 Race: Enter Personal Politics, (Curator Dre'k Davis), ATHICA, Athens, Georgia
2005 Madison National Juried Exhibition (Juror David Houston), Madison, Georgia
2004- 2005 18th National Juried Art Exhibition (Juror Robert Detamore), Mableton, Georgia
2004 Laramee' Fine Art Gallery, (National Black Arts Festival), Roswell, Georgia
2004 (Re) Narrate, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, Michigan
2003 Genesis XI Show, Golden Brush Awards, Roswell, Georgia
2003 17th Annual National Fine Arts Exhibition, (Juror Jerry Cullum), Douglasville, Georgia
2003 Atlanta Biennial, (Curator Franklin Sirmans), The Contemporary, Atlanta, Georgia
2002 Visible, (Curator Mentor artist Lilly Cannon), Gallery 100, Atlanta College of Art, Georgia
2000 Reading between the Lines, (Juror Allison Kaiser), Danville, Kentucky
2000 10th Annual Black & White Shades of Gray, (Juror Michael Milkovich), Tampa, Florida
1999 Annual Spring Juried Art Exhibition, (Juror Curtis Chapman), Kennesaw, Georgia
Selected Awards and Honors
2003 Most Thought Provoking, Genesis Show Golden Brush Award, Roswell Georgia
2003 Slide Registry, The Drawing Center, New York, New York
1999 Honorable Mention, Annual Spring Juried Art Exhibition, Kennesaw, Georgia
Selected Articles and Publications
2007 Roswell Neighbor, GalleryGoRound Gets Going, March 7, Laura Moon
2007 The St. Augustine Record Compass, Cover Art, February 2
2007 Folio Weekly, Donte's Inferno, January 30, by Claire Clark
2006 The Collegian, "Connections with Hayes", October issue, by Chari Sutherland
2006 AJC, Four Diverse Georgia Artists Emerge With A Flourish, July 16, by Catherine Fox
2006 Emerging Artists Catalogue, Curator Julia Fenton
2005 Red & Black, ATHICA Battles Racial Barriers..., August 26, by Krista Derbercker
2005 Nashville Scene, Our Darkest Fears, February 17, by Julie Roberts
2004 AJC Access Atlanta, Undercover Puts the Art in Party, November 11, by Jerry Cullum
2004 Asheville Global Report, Radical Artist, November 3, by Tamiko Murray
2004 Rapid River Art Magazine, Gingerblack Man, November Issue by Marcianne Miller