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