Bio
Alexander Hayden is a multidisciplinary artist who creates work that touches on themes of self-discipline, manipulation, meditation, sex & love, mindfulness, Buddhist tradition, and propaganda. Hayden draws inspiration from a variety of sources including poetry, advertising, meme culture, street signage, and propaganda used by a wide variety of cultures. He heavily employs textual elements, lending his work an additional dimension of direct expression. Alexander studied classical figurative drawing and painting in New York City, and works with a variety of mediums including oil paint, acrylic, tattoos, charcoal, installations, video, digital collage, and photography.
Hayden's work can be found in collections throughout the US, Central America, and Europe. He has exhibited in Dacia Gallery (NY), Elevation Project (WA), Salmagundi Club (NY), Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art (WI), Zhou B Gallery (Chicago), and 33Contemporary Gallery (Chicago).
Alexander Hayden is a multidisciplinary artist who creates work that touches on themes of self-discipline, manipulation, meditation, sex & love, mindfulness, Buddhist tradition, and propaganda. Hayden draws inspiration from a variety of sources including poetry, advertising, meme culture, street signage, and propaganda used by a wide variety of cultures. He heavily employs textual elements, lending his work an additional dimension of direct expression. Alexander studied classical figurative drawing and painting in New York City, and works with a variety of mediums including oil paint, acrylic, tattoos, charcoal, installations, video, digital collage, and photography.
Hayden's work can be found in collections throughout the US, Central America, and Europe. He has exhibited in Dacia Gallery (NY), Elevation Project (WA), Salmagundi Club (NY), Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art (WI), Zhou B Gallery (Chicago), and 33Contemporary Gallery (Chicago).
Exhibitions
Emergence Group Show, Elevation Project, Seattle, April 2024
Artists Painting Artists, 33Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, September 2023
Offscreen, Ground Floor Gallery, curated by Junyi Liu & prize juror Vincent Desiderio, NYC, May 2019
Secondary Meanings: Figural Diptychs, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, May 2019
Collabarét: Labyrinth of Love, The Atrium, NYC, April 2019
International Biennial Portrait Competition 2019, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, WI, March 2019
The Lower East Side Art Show, Dacia Gallery, NYC, February 2019
Figuratively Speaking, Salmagundi Club, New York, NYC, February 2019
Adorn Me, PoetsArtists Exhibition with Zhou B Art Center Chicago, curated by Carol Hodes, February 2019
Salmagundi Junior & Scholarship Members Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, NYC, January 2019
Holiday Group Exhibition, Dacia Gallery, NYC, December 2018
Salmagundi Club 2018 Annual Members' Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, NYC, April 2018
Rendering Likeness, La Bodega Gallery, NYC, March 2018
Awards/Residencies
FIAF Farindola Residency, Farindola, Italy, 2023
'Certificate of Merit Award', Salmagundi Club 2018 Annual Members' Exhibition, NYC, April 2018
Bibliography
Menendez, Didi, PoetsArtists, Summer Issue, June 2023
Menendez, Didi, PoetsArtists, 10th Anniversary Issue (#92), March 2018
Menendez, Didi, Models, Gucci, Fashion, and Art, Medium.com, March 2018
TheGuideArtists, Issue 13, March 2018
Menendez, Didi, 100 Artist Studios, Buzzfeed.com, December 2017
Emergence Group Show, Elevation Project, Seattle, April 2024
Artists Painting Artists, 33Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, September 2023
Offscreen, Ground Floor Gallery, curated by Junyi Liu & prize juror Vincent Desiderio, NYC, May 2019
Secondary Meanings: Figural Diptychs, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, May 2019
Collabarét: Labyrinth of Love, The Atrium, NYC, April 2019
International Biennial Portrait Competition 2019, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, WI, March 2019
The Lower East Side Art Show, Dacia Gallery, NYC, February 2019
Figuratively Speaking, Salmagundi Club, New York, NYC, February 2019
Adorn Me, PoetsArtists Exhibition with Zhou B Art Center Chicago, curated by Carol Hodes, February 2019
Salmagundi Junior & Scholarship Members Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, NYC, January 2019
Holiday Group Exhibition, Dacia Gallery, NYC, December 2018
Salmagundi Club 2018 Annual Members' Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, NYC, April 2018
Rendering Likeness, La Bodega Gallery, NYC, March 2018
Awards/Residencies
FIAF Farindola Residency, Farindola, Italy, 2023
'Certificate of Merit Award', Salmagundi Club 2018 Annual Members' Exhibition, NYC, April 2018
Bibliography
Menendez, Didi, PoetsArtists, Summer Issue, June 2023
Menendez, Didi, PoetsArtists, 10th Anniversary Issue (#92), March 2018
Menendez, Didi, Models, Gucci, Fashion, and Art, Medium.com, March 2018
TheGuideArtists, Issue 13, March 2018
Menendez, Didi, 100 Artist Studios, Buzzfeed.com, December 2017