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Profile:

Maria Hayes has shown work in galleries and at live events across the UK since 1986. The majority of her work is two dimensional, using a variety of media including drawing, painting, printmaking, mixed media and more recently, film. Hayes finds inspiration in the natural world, the human form, music, storytelling and dance.

Hayes combines this practice with education and training work in schools, galleries and Higher Education institutions across Wales and the UK. She is regularly commissioned to devise and deliver workshops and longer courses in arts and gallery education.

Hayes is currently engaged in a practice based PhD (Fine Art) at Aberystwyth University.

Hayes’s work is in private and public collections nationally and internationally.

Statement:

After 25 years professional practice as artist and educator I am currently engaged in a practice based PhD at Aberystwyth University. I work between digital technologies and traditional observational drawing practices. Could we lose something vital from our culture with the current emphasis on conceptual work and pure digital imaging in art and artists training? Will virtual technologies replace the hand made object? What implications does this have for the way we understand and express our selves through our bodies in relation to the material world?

In exploring how digital technologies develop my practice I demonstrate ways forward that combine the disciplines of digital imaging and observational drawing without losing the essential qualities of either. By mapping my way across the digital divide I seek to connect past traditions with present and future image making and to reconcile the body with the imagination.

I combine my work with other creative practitioners such as musicians, dancers, performers and poets. Collaboration between art forms has defined my work since the beginning.

Qualifications

1985      BA (Hons) Fine Art  (1st Class) Portsmouth Polytechnic

Thesis: “Time Will Tell” a comparison study on ancient stone circles and contemporary land art.

1986      MA Theatre Studies Leeds University

Thesis: “The Theory and the Practise” a study on devising and directing a new piece of work combining sculpture, drawing and physical theatre. The resulting piece “Body Works” was performed at The Workshop Theatre, Leeds.

Key Skills:

• Communicator: I am an articulate and energetic communicator.

• Creative: I have generated a large body of visual artwork in over twenty years of practise as a professional artist, both alone and in collaboration with other artists and art forms. I continually hone and develop my fine art skills. In addition I have recently added illustration and directing skills to my portfolio.
• Organisational: I have set up and use systems for cataloguing, filing and archiving material and current data. I am systematic in my documentation of projects and work and am reliable in the routine running of my own business and other work duties.
• IT: Word, Excel, Power Point, Entourage, Photoshop, Digital imaging and web use. I have experience of both Mac and PC systems.
• Mentoring: I mentor other artists and educators in both official and unofficial capacities.
• Training: I regularly devise and deliver training courses to artists, teachers and other groups in the education, creative and caring sectors.
• Educational: I devise and deliver educational projects nationwide, working freelance for a number of high profile companies (including London Contemporary Dance Education and Outreach Team, Wales Millennium Centre Education Outreach and ENGAGE, national organisation for gallery education) as well as for schools, colleges, universities and community venues.
• Leadership: I have experience of leading projects and managing teams of creative workers.
• Team player: I also work well as a team player. I am flexible to the requirements of this situation and responsive to the supportive environment.
• Entrepreneur: I have been self-employed since 1986 and adapt my skills and sensibilities to a rapidly changing sector. I have experience in Marketing, Budget, Time and Project Management, Networking and have effective record keeping systems in place.

Board work

2002 - 2004 Arts Training Wales

I represented the Visual Arts sector.

I had responsibility for chairing seminars and an on-line forum for the sector to assess and discuss their training needs. The outcomes were relayed to the Sector Skills Council and presented at conference.

2001 - 2001 Dawns I Bawb (Dance for All)

Selected Exhibitions: Group Shows

2010 A Book About Death  MOMA, Y Tabernacle Machynlleth

2009   On Screen               Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff

2008	M G Payne, Maria Hayes and Mari Wells	Galeri, Betwys Y Coed
2008	Tory Selkies	Tory island, Donegal
2008	Screen Diva (Tone Line Colour film)	Chester Film Festival
2007	Body Echoes	Oriel Canfas, Cardiff
2006	Lorient Celtic Fair	Lorient, Brittany
2005	Ambiente	Tokyo, Japan
2004	Focal	Various Venues, Ruthin
2003	Wales Drawing Biennale	Touring venues, Wales
2002	Summer Show	Royal Cambrian Academy, Conwy
2001	Journey	Oriel Ynys Mon, Langefni
2000	Thresholds of Being performance	RSAMD, Glasgow
2000	Harlech International Biennale	Harlech
1999	Wales Drawing Biennale	Touring venues, Wales
1999	Summer Open	Y Tabernacle, Machynlleth
1998	Expressions	Ogilvy and Estil Gallery, Conwy
1997	Wales Drawing Biennale	Touring venues, Wales
1997	Body Traces	Touring venues, Shropshire
1995	Local Voices	Flour Shed Gallery, Porthmadog
1993	Summer Show	Bangor Art Gallery, Bangor
1990	Made on Earth	Piece Hall Art Gallery, Halifax
1990	Paper- Five Artists	Piece Hall Art Gallery, Halifax
1989	Maria Hayes and Gary Waters	University Gallery, Leeds (Works purchased for collection)

Selected Exhibitions: Solo Shows and Performances

2009	Skin Deep performance	Riverfront Arts Centre, Newport
2008	Long Walks	MOMA, Y Tabernacle, Machynlleth
2007	In The Moment	Oriel Mostyn @ Venu Cymru
2006/7	Vesica Piscis performance	Jersey Arts Centre Theatre Ardudwy, Harlech Diversions Dance House, Cardiff
2005	Telling Tales	Bleddfa Arts Centre, Bleddfa
2004	Telling Tales	Mid Pennine Gallery, Burnley
2004	Witness	Theatre Ardudwy, Harlech
2003	Face to Face	Wrexham Arts Centre, Wrexham
2002	Destinations	Royal International Pavillion, Llangollen
2001	Motion of Tenderness	Studio 8, Ruthin Craft Centre, Ruthin
2001	Private Lives performance	Theatre Ardudwy, Harlech (with Volcano Theatre Company)
2000	New Eyes	Stoke City Art Gallery and touring venues in Shrewsbury and Telford
2000	Eclipse	Theatre Mwldan, Cardigan
1999	Woman Walking	Oriel Davies, Newtown
1999	Living Forms	Oriel Davies, Newtown
1998	Energy in Flight	New Library Gallery, Kidderminster
1997	Sound Pictures performance	Turtle Key Arts Centre, Fulham, London (with Dangerous Kitchen)
1995	Oasis	Oriel Y Ddraig, Blaenau Ffestiniog
1994	Rings of Stone, Walls of Silence	Stockport Art Gallery, Stockport
1991	Nesting Instinct	York City Art Gallery, York
1991	In the Eye of the Storm	Thomas St Arts Centre, Halifax
1990	No Turning Back	Posterngate Gallery, Hull
1989	Phoenix and Rima	Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds. (performance with Phoenix Dance Co)
1988	Between Bones	Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds
1986	Body Works	Workshop Theatre, Leeds (performance)

Work in public and private collections, UK and international.

Awards

2010   International Development Award: Wales Arts International

2009	Masterclass: Womens Arts Association. To direct a short film “Skin Deep”
2008	Scholarship: To undertake 3 year PhD (practice based) Aberystwyth University
2008	Shedding Skins: Project grant Arts Council of Wales to undertake a Celtic Pilgrimage and create work inspired by the Selkie stories.
2007	Masterclass: Womens Arts Association To create a performance drawing DVD with filmmaker and dancer. (”Tone Line Colour“. 10mins)
2006	Project Grant: “Vesica Piscis” Arts Council of Wales: Collaborative project with Paul Davies (dancer).
1997	Travel Grant
	Arts Council of Wales: to draw the Whirling Dervishes, Konya, Turkey.
1993	Masterclass Grant Arts Council of Wales: to work with David Nash
1990	First prize: Wakefield Pavement Art Competition Public Art

Commissions

2009	7 Pictures	Album design for Martin Pyne’s “7 Pictures”
2008	Gwynedd Council	Design for cover of Health and Well Being Strategy document 2008-2011
2007	Blue Eyed Soul Dance Co	Logo design
2007	NEWD	Images for training report
2006	The Partnering Initiative	Commissioned to draw the conference and participate in generating material for publication.
2004	Mid Pennine Arts (LAND project)	“Long Walks” Drawing commission,
2003	ALISS (Artist and Learning Information Support Service).	Five Prints for website
2002	Volcano Theatre Co.	“Unfinished Business” Site-specific performance project at Swansea Museum.
2002	Matilda Leyser	Commissioned to draw aerialist in rehearsal for performance of “Nightfall”. Performed at Battersea Arts Centre
1999	Shropshire County Council West Midlands Arts	“New Eyes” Commission for three paintings. Combined with a residency to produce three paintings with schools.
1998	Shropshire County Council	“Four Seasons” Commission for four drawings.

Artist, Educator, Mentor and Trainer.

I have devised and delivered many projects nationwide, they fall into the following categories:

Artist-in-Residence  (1987 - present):

Making the process of a professional artist accessible and using my work as a starting point to create sculpture, drawings and installations with children and students. Planning and delivering high quality workshops in 2 and 3 dimensions.

Primary, Secondary, Higher Ed. Special Needs and Gallery Open workshops.

Venues include: Schools and colleges nationwide

Oriel Davies, Newtown

Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno

Gallery Workshops  (1986 - present): Creative responses to exhibitions.

Sculpture, printmaking, drawing, painting and performance.

Primary, Secondary, Special Needs, Students and Adults.

Venues include: Leeds City Art Gallery

Manchester City Art Gallery

York City Art Gallery

British Art Show (Manchester, Castlefield Site)

London Contemporary Dance Trust Residencies  (1987 - 1997)

Week-long projects combining dance, art and music, working with a theme connected to the schools curriculum and culminating in a performance/sharing. Projects took place at schools across the country - from Glasgow to Penzance.

Special Needs and Primary.

Combined Arts Projects  (1986 - present)

Devising performances, residencies and workshops linking up with other artists.

E.g.: Theatre Iolo, Rambert Dance Company, Michael Harvey (storyteller), Dangerous Kitchen (Jazz musicians), Rhian Robbins (dancer), Stacey Blythe (musician), Gillian Clarke (poet).

Collaboration projects include

The Firebird for the Wales Millennium Centre

Vesica Piscis workshops: Ysgol Eifion Wyn, Jersey Arts Centre Youth Theatre and Theatre Ardudwy, Harlech.

Artist Led Courses  (1995-present)

Adult education: from Life Drawing Masterclasses at Oriel Mostyn to annual weekend courses at Trigonos, Nantlle (see www.trigonos.org for latest course details).

Integrated Projects  (1988 - 1995)

Performance projects with the Arts Connection, Portsmouth, linking Performing Arts students with Special Needs adults from local centres.

Arts Venture Courses  (1997-2000)

I was a founding member of the Arts Venture group. We successfully applied for funding and ran a comprehensive programme of subsidized art-based courses for the local community at CLAS (Centre for Living Arts and Sciences), Tremadog.

Mentoring and Training

2006 - 2008 Commissioned to mentor Anna Falcini, Fine Artist. Hereford Creative Industries.

Artist Training  (1996 - present)

“Facilitating Arts Workshops“: Theory and practice - how to successfully deliver aesthetic and educational aims. Two-day course.

Delivered at venues across England and Wales including Gwynedd Arts Agency, Wrexham Arts Centre, Cardiff Agency for Arts in Education and Hereford Creative Industries.

“The Bigger Picture“ One-day training course for artists and craftspeople on how to be self-employed.

Delivered across Wales and England including Stoke City Creative Industries, Hereford Creative Industries, Welsh College of Music and Drama, Arts Training Wales.

Consultant Artist 2003-4

Consultant Artist on the ALISS project. (Artists and Learning Information and Support Service). Devised and led combined arts residencies offering training to five artists on two residencies.

“Conference of the Birds” with Chitraleka Bolar. Primary in Walsall. Three trainees.

“Water, water everywhere” with Rachel Freeman (Blue Eyed Soul Dance Co). Integrated project Special Needs and Secondary Schools in Shrewsbury.

Teacher Training  (1987 - present)

I have devised, developed and delivered training days in arts education to teachers in a variety of settings ranging from INSET days, staff meetings (practical) and evening courses to weekend staff development training. Nationwide.

Primary, Secondary, Sixth-form, Special Needs.

Recent educational projects include:
2008 and 2009	Beyond Wordplay Visual response to traditional fairytales. We made books with images only. The work was printed into a book. Each school worked on one story and then received a copy of the other stories. Eight books were made in all.	Year 1 and Reception. Various schools across Swansea and Neath Port Talbot Swansea Arts in Education
2007	Vesica Piscis workshops and performance at Theatre Ardudwy, Harlech “I would like to thank you for three wonderful days. We’ll never forget you.” Owen (yr 5)	Year 5, Ysgol Eifion Wyn DVD available of project
2007	Guest Lecture on Vesica Piscis with tutorials “The best guest lecturer we have had for years” Paul Jeff (Lecturer Fine Art) “Very stimulating” (student)	MA Students Fine Art University Glamorgan Swansea

Employment History

2007

Education Manager (Outreach) Wales Millennium Centre (Full-time - 4 months)

Devising, managing and delivering educational projects - Wales wide remit.

2001-2002 and 2004-2006

Cultural Enterprise Arts Business Mentor North West Wales. (Part-time)

Key duties:

• Responding to clients mentoring and information needs
• Maintaining records and database
• Liasing with other relevant agencies

Cultural Enterprise provides business support to Wales-based cultural businesses.

I also mentor other artists in an unofficial capacity.

1995 - 1999

Personal and studio assistant to David Nash. (Part-time)

Key responsibilities:

• General administration
• Systemizing and cataloguing of work
• Organizing “Student Days”
• Assisting in the drawing studio
• Curating shows
• Liasing with major galleries and preparing for exhibitions worldwide
• Installing sculpture in public venues in the UK and in Sweden.
• Assisting on two publications of his work,

“The Sculpture of David Nash” by Julian Andrews (pub: Lund  Humphries)

“Forms Into Time” with an essay by Marina Warner (pub: Academy Editions)

Fine Art Lecturing (visiting)

2007	University of Glamorgan, Swansea
2001 - 2007	University of Wales, Bangor
1998 - 2001	1998University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield
2000	Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow
1998	Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor, Dolgellau
1998	North East Wales Institute, Wrexham
1993	Chester College, Chester
1992	Falmouth College of Art and Design, Falmouth
1990 - 1991	Leeds University, Leeds
1988 - 1989	Leeds Polytechnic, Leeds
1988 - 1989	Portsmouth Polytechnic

Catalogues and Publications:
Talking the Walk	Sue MaManus Ros Tennyson Illustrated by Maria Hayes	The Partnering Initiative	2008	Communication manual ISBN: 1899159142
Telling Tales	Maria Hayes	Mid Pennine Arts	2004	Exhibition catalogue
The Bigger Picture	Maria Hayes	Hereford County Council	2003	Workbook to accompany course
Artists Facilitator Training	Maria Hayes	Gwynedd Arts Agency	2003	Notes to accompany course
The Bigger Picture	Maria Hayes	Welsh College of Music and Drama and Arts Training Wales	2002	Workbook to accompany course
Maria Hayes	Essay by Jill Piercy	Studio 8 Ruthin Craft Centre	2001	ISBN: 1 900941 47 3
Taith/Journey	Intro by Maria Hayes	Oriel Ynys Mon	2001	Exhibition catalogue
Wales Drawing Biennale	Intro by Len Massey	Aberystwyth Arts Centre Wrexham Arts Centre	2002/ 2003	ISBN: 1 872609 92 9
Decade	Intro by Philip Hughes	Ruthin Craft Centre	2002	ISBN: 1 900941 52 X
Art Biennale 2000	Catalogue	Harlech Biennale	2000	Exhibition catalogue
Wales Drawing Biennale	Essay by Jacqueline Morreau	Aberystwyth Arts Centre Wrexham Arts Centre	1999/ 2000	ISBN: 0 9525529 9 X
Artists in Schools	Dick Downing	Leeds Education Publications	1996	ISBN: 0 9508029 2 1
In Touch With Dance	Marion Gough	Whitethorn Books	1993	ISBN: 1 873783 01 9

TV:

Double Yellow (Wales Arts magazine programme) BBC Wales, aired October 2001 Feature on new work for solo exhibition at Studio 8, Ruthin. Interviewed by Raki Ayola, Directed by Catrin Mair Thomas

Interviewed on “David Nash: From Capel Rhiw to the World” HTV, aired October 1998 Directed by Pete Telfor

Selected Press Coverage
2007	The Big issue	10 things to do:  “In the Moment” exhibition
2006	Metro (South Wales)	“Capture the Moment” by PJ Anderson. Article with large image on “Vesica Piscis”
2006	www.theatre-wales.co.uk	“Vesica Piscis” Review by Michael Kelligan
2004	Antiques Magazine Issue 989	The Art on Paper Fair (listing and illustration of my work)
2003	Daily Post (National Wales Daily)	“Help our artists make the most of their talent” David Jones (report with photo on my conference speech for Arts Training Wales)
2001	Daily Post (National Wales Daily)	“Capturing the Spirit of the Moment” by Helen Harper (article with images on my work and forthcoming exhibition)
2001	Western Mail (National Wales Daily)	“Creating pictures full of energy” by Jill Piercy (article with images on my work and exhibition)
1999	Daily Post (National Wales Daily)	“Opening Night: Maria Hayes, Woman Walking, at Oriel 31, Newtown” by Celia Lucas (article with images on my exhibition)
1998	The Western Mail (National Wales Daily)	“Seeking the artist in everyone” by Rian Evans (article with image on my work)
1996	Henry Moore Institute Newsletter	“Sixth form portfolio day and teacher training” by Maria Hayes (article on my interpretation work with David Nash’s exhibition “Line of Cut” at Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
1990	The Yorkshire Post (Yorkshire Daily)	“Stimulating Sense of Discovery” by Tony Phillips (article on my exhibition and community projects)
1990	The Yorkshire Post (Yorkshire Daily)	Posterngate Gallery Hull: “No Turning Back” Sculptures by Maria Hayes. By JMC (article on exhibition)
1990	Hull Magnet (magazine)	Full-page front cover image of my work with exhibition listing inside.
1990	The Yorkshire Post (Yorkshire Daily)	Piece Hall Art Gallery, Halifax: Made On Earth by MS. Review of group exhibition.
1989	The Yorkshire Post (Yorkshire Daily)	Art Movement. Article with image on my collaboration with Phoenix Dance Co at Leeds City Art Gallery.

“Maria Hayes’ work is full of a graphic energy which is physical. Movement is, almost literally, expressed through the energy of her own body as it makes marks on her chosen media….The consistency in her work is a kind of handwriting, a line and gesture which recurs in different themes and projects.”

Mike Tooby.

Director of Learning. National Museums and Galleries of Wales.