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Jeanette Hayes

1988 - Today

By: Donald Tang | Date Added:

Jeanette Hayes was born on 1988, she is a painter/multimedia artist based in New York. Originally from Chicago, Hayes moved to NYC and received a BFA from Pratt Institute. Her work addresses the traditional preservation of non-traditional technological and pop imagery through painting, video, digital manipulation, and Internet collages. Hayes’ interests include cultural phenomena and the confrontation of conventionality and subject matter. Her fascination with the amalgamation of images we each navigate through everyday and their correlations to civilization and ownership in 2019 has propelled her practice. With international solo shows in Sweden, Italy and Belgium, Hayes has also shown in New York Hayes at Half Gallery, the Hole, Regina Rex, Castor Gallery, Romeo, Bleecker Street Arts Club, the National Arts Club as well as at The Untitled Space including group shows. Most recently, Hayes was curated by the Culture Corps to create a public art installation at the Hudson Yards, which is currently on view until November, 2019. Jeanette Hayes has made animated GIFs and videos for Proenza Schouler, CHANEL, Alexander Wang, Cynthia Rowley, Vogue and Opening Ceremony. She has received artist sponsorships from BlackBerry and Blick Art and was chosen by Purple magazine to create their artist book in 2016, which she titled “five”. Hayes has been featured in the New York Times, Vogue Japan, i-D, Complex Magazine, Interview Magazine, Dazed, the Coveteur, Purple Magazine, Paper Magazine, Playboy and TimeOut New York chose Hayes as one of the “5 most important new artists in New York City.” Jeanette Hayes lives and works in New York City. Hayes’s paintings are laced with cartoon imagery that melds digital culture and art history. A perfect example is a work in progress, hanging on a wall in her Tribeca studio, from her De Mooning series, which playfully juxtaposes the femme Japanese anime character Sailor Moon with the visual style of the abstract expressionist Willem Kooning’s Women paintings. “I was looking at so much De Kooning,” she said “and thought, ‘those girls really look anime. What’s this about?’” An energy reader explained that Hayes is a "blue-type person," which suggests she's sensitive, spiritual, calming, and a thinker. "You have a lot of ideas and you're a very creative person," the lady told Hayes, who's never had her tarot or fortune read, let alone received a chakra evaluation with an audience. The reader also divined that the photo's ebullient hues indicate that Hayes will experience "power, fame, success, leadership, and achievement." Most importantly, she explained that Jeanette "is not a daydreamer" or someone who fetishizes the trappings of success without a willingness to get her hands dirty in order to attain it. "You're looking for a bright future, and you want to achieve your goals by working towards them." Gimmick or not, her aura breakdown felt on-point.

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