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Selected Commissions and Collections
South Lake Hospital; Site-specific Commission, Clermont, FL
First Green Bank; Site-specific Commission(s) Lake County, FL
Mount Dora Public Art Collection, Mount Dora, FL
Montessori at Roseborough; Site-specific Commission, Mount Dora, FL
Equine Portrait Bust; Residential Commission, DeLand, FL
Rube Lab, FL; designed Rube Station Solar Car Charging Station, Eustis, FL
Julia's Arts; Site-specific business landmark sculpture, Pine Island, FL
PAM & City of Eustis; 14' stainless steel sculpture, Eustis, FL
City of Eustis Public Art Collection, FL (multiple pieces)
City of Mount Dora, FL
Westin Diplomat, Hollywood, FL
PAM (Public Arts and Music) Eustis, FL
Lake County Public Art Collection, Lake County, FL
Nieman Marcus; Corporate Gifting, Orlando, FL
St Anthony's Catholic Church, Orlando, FL
Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL
Ice House Theater, Mt Dora, FL
Bay Street Theatre, Eustis, Fl
Dr Jack Cassel, Mount Dora, FL
Dr Clifford Shooker, Mount Dora, FL
Harlow Middleton, Esq., Eustis, FL
Ken Mazik, Mt Dora, FL
Vanderwied Family, Isleworth, FL
Judson Green, Cypress Point, FL
Pam Filatowski, Lake Mary, FL
Scott Alles, Larry Nicastro, Heathrow, FL
Orlando Magic LTD., Orlando, FL
Richard DeVoss Corp., Grand Rapids, MI
Grant Recipient
2009 Professional Development Grant Recipient, United Arts of Central Florida
Selected Exhibitions and Installations
2011
Off the Beaten Path Studio Tour, Liberty, TN
2011-2012 DeLand Sculpture Walk, a Public Spaces Group Exhibition, DeLand, FL
2010-2011 DeLand Sculpture Walk, a Public Spaces Group Exhibition, DeLand, FL
2009
Millenia Fine Art Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Orlando, FL
Equus Invitational, Group Exhibition, Florida Museum of Art, Deland, FL
2009-2010 Annual Public Sculpture Exhibition, Eustis, FL
2008
Equus Invitational, Group Exhibition 2008/09, Florida Museum of Art, Deland, FL
Arts in Autumn, Group Exhibition (2008/09), Florida Museum of Art, DeLand, FL
Florida Regional Art in Focus, group exhibition, Lake Eustis Institute, Eustis, FL
Riverwalk Gallery of Sculpture, solo exhibition, Bradenton, FL
2007
Q Gallery, Orlando FL
"co-creation" exhibition, Mount Dora Center for the Arts, Mount Dora, FL
2006
Tamarak Gallery, group exhibition, Naples, FL
Art Collaborations, private gallery, Eustis, FL
2005
Seldom Seen Gallery, Los Olas, FL
Raiford Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2004 - 1992
Philadelphia Buyers Market, Juried trade show, Philadelphia, PA
"Time Now" Group exhibition, Nicholayson Museum of Art, Casper, WY
"art in the round" solo show, Lake county courthouse, Tavares, FL
Solo show, Lake Eustis Museum of Art, Eustis, FL
"Modern Masters" HGTV feature
Commissioned to sculpt McCulloughs Alley Arch, City of Eustis, FL
"Human Topography" Group exhibition, Reality Room Gallery, Washington, DC
"Off the Wall" Solo show, The Blue Room, Orlando, FL
"Lake County Showcase" Group exhibition, Lake Eustis Museum of Art, Eustis, FL
"Form and Function" Solo Show, Lake Sumter Community College, Leesburg, FL
"Ritual Vessels, Primitive Structures" Mount Dora Center for the Arts, Mount Dora, FL
"Florida Artist of the month" Solo show, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
"It's About Time" Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT
"Clockworks" Group exhibition, Gallery I/O, New Orleans, LA
Selected Articles, Publications and News
Hays' Solar Station design, city logo & public art, UP FRONT Lake & Sumter Style, July 2009
Doug Hays, Studio Interview, Lakefront TV, Dec. 2008
Meet the Artist, LSCC-TV, Nov. 2008
Perspectives | Doug Hays, Orlando Home & Leisure August 2008
Hays & Heim All Over Exhibit, Lake/Orlando Sentinel March 2007
Art Activist Doug Hays, Orlando Leisure Magazine August, 2006
Bending Reality, Lake Magazine Dec. 2006
Nerves of Steel, Lake and Sumter Style Magazine Dec. 2006
Modern Masters, HGTV national television show Fall 2001
Metal Craft Book, Lark Books, 2000, Contributor, isbn# 1-55790-170-0
The Ultimate Clock Book, Lark Books, 2000, Contributor, isbn# 1-55790-166-2
Education
1992 University of Central Florida, B.S., Elementary Education