Selected Commissions & Collections

Westin Diplomat, Hollywood, FL
Orlando Magic LTD., Orlando, FL
Ruth's Chris Steak House, West Palm Beach, FL
Public Arts and Music, Eustis, FL
City of Eustis, FL
City of Mount Dora, FL
Mount Dora Center for the Arts, Mount Dora, 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
Wegman’s Food Market, Rochester, NY
Judy Thompson, Deland, FL
Scott Alles & Laurent Nicastro, Heathrow-Orlando, FL
Dr Jack Cassel, Mount Dora, FL
Dr Clifford Shooker, Mount Dora, FL
Ken Mazik, Mt Dora, FL
Judson Green, Cypress Point, FL
Pam Filatowski, Lake Mary, FL
Dan Perrine, Coleman, GA
Harlow Middleton, Esq., Eustis, FL
Richard DeVoss Corp., Grand Rapids, MI
Vanderwied Family, Isleworth, FL

 

Selected Exhibitions & Installations

2009
Equus Invitational, group exhibition, Flordia Museum of Art, Deland, FL
Professional Development Grant Recipient, United Arts of Central Florida
Commissioned to design Rube Station, solar electric car charging station by Rube Lab

2008
Arts in Autumn, group exhibition, Florida Museum of Art, DeLand, FL
Equus, group exhibition, 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
Heron sculpture, site-specific commission, City of Eustis, FL
Bike Racks, commission, City of Mount Dora, FL
Abstract Sculpture Bike Rack, Mount Dora Center for the Arts, Mount Dora, FL
Abstract Wall Sculpture, site-specific commission, Ruth’s Chris Steak House, FL
Co-Creation, Mount Dora Center for the Arts, Mount Dora, FL

2006
Fossil Fish sculpture, commission, Westin Diplomat, Hollywood, FL
Tamarak Gallery, group exhibition, Naples, FL
Art Collaborations, private gallery, 113 N Bay St, Eustis, FL

2005
Anhinga sculpture, purchased by Eustis Public Arts & Music for City of Eustis, FL
Seldom Seen Gallery, Los Olas, FL
Raiford Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2004
Buyers Market of American Craft, juried trade show, Philadelphia, PA
"4 part Harmony" sculpture, site-specific commission, City of Eustis, FL

 

1992 - 2003 Selected Highlights
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
Lake Eustis Museum of Art, solo show, Eustis, FL
Featured on Modern Masters, HGTV national television show
Commissioned to sculpt the McCullough’s Alley Arch, city of Eustis, FL
Human Topography, group exhibition, Reality Room Gallery, Washington, DC
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, Orlando Museum of Art Gift Shop, Orlando, FL
It’s About Time, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT
Clockworks, Group exhibition, Gallery I/O, New Orleans, LA

 

Selected Bibliography
Lakefront TV • Doug Hays Studio Interview, Dec. 2008
LSCC-TV “Meet the Artist” interview, Nov. 2008
Orlando Home & Leisure, “Perspectives • Doug Hays”, August, 2008
Orlando Leisure Magazine, Art Activist, August, 2006
Lake Magazine, Bending Reality, Dec. 2006
Lake and Sumter Style Magazine, Nerves of Steel, Dec. 2006
Modern Masters, HGTV national television show, broadcast Fall of 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 Graduate, University of Central Florida, B. S., Elementary Education