NICKIE HAYDEN

Nickie Hayden

Hayden has been a practicing artist for over 30 years. She was a director in the Black Church Print Studio and Graphic Print Studio Dublin. She was also on the steering committee of two major exhibitions, ‘Revelations’ in the National Gallery, and ‘Artist Proof’ in the Chester Beatty Library. Her work is in many collections such as, OPW, National Gallery of Ireland, and many more. Hayden’s materials are intrinsic to her practice. She works in oil and acrylic painting, sculpture, mixed media and installation. Some of her work has been highly interactive. For example, in the past she has involved the general public and various international and Irish poets with her work.

Hayden has worked with community and literacy groups, such as the SAOL Project and Career Paths for Adult Dyslexics, in various exhibitions. Hayden’s most recent exhibition was the ‘Ulysses Haiku Project’ in The James Joyce Centre. She invited a number of poets including Theo Dorgan, Paula Meehan, Patricia Ross, Rachel Hegarty and Stephen Fry to write Ulysses related Haiku. Hayden’s goal is to make art inclusive. She believes that art reaches the parts of us that are most sensitive- It can allow deep connections with the inner self and with those that we share the artistic exploration with.

As part of the Ulysses Haiku Project at the James Joyce Centre Dublin (2019-2020), Hayden invited Master Printmaker Robert Russell to create screenprints incorporating the poet’s Haiku. She created a Haiku wheel which became an interactive installation. The general public were encouraged to write Haiku which were later placed on the wheel. Inclusivity is an important part of Hayden’s practice. Hayden started collecting Haiku for the ‘Drawing on Joyce’ 2018 Bloomsday exhibition in the Olivier Cornet Gallery. She felt taking the smallest form of poetry and setting it against one of the loftiest books by James Joyce would be an intriguing exercise, which she hoped would blossom into something bigger. 

Hayden joined the Olivier Cornet Gallery's AGA group in 2019 and she had a solo exhibition there in November 2020. The show, titled Sanctuary, was inspired by the words of poet Peter Money. 

Solo exhibitions
2020

Sanctuary, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin.
2018

‘Settling the Past’, The Lab Gallery, Dublin.
2003

Dalkey Arts, Co. Dublin.
1996

Original Print Gallery
1989

One-person exhibition, National Concert Hall, Dublin.
‘Tent of blue’, Langley House Art Gallery, Howth.
Recent Group Exhibitions
2021 
'On Paper', a winter group art show co-curated with Jackie Ryan.

2020
'Resurfacing', end of Summer group show, 6-28 August 2020
'The Morphing Feminine', Bloomsday group show, 16 June - 30 July 2020
2019

‘Ulysses Haiku Project’, The James Joyce Centre Dublin. ‘Drawing on Don Quixote', group show curated by Olivier Cornet and first presented at National Opera House (Oct 2019, Opera Festival Wexford), then at VUE Contemporary Art Fair (Nov 2019, RHA Dublin), and at the Olivier Cornet Gallery (Jan to Mar 2020).
2018

Drawing on Joyce’, The Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin.
2017

RHA Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
2013

Selected works from The Ark, Dublin
2012

Annual Exhibition, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin.
‘A Beautiful Man’, Kenny Gallery Galway and Printmakers Gallery Dublin.
2011

‘A Beautiful Man’, Talbot Gallery
2010

Royal Ulster Academy open submission exhibition.
Graphic Studio Dublin 50th Anniversary, Farmleigh.
‘Gold’ Graphic Studio Gallery.
‘Yeats and the Golden Age of Print, Sligo Art Gallery.
2009

‘Scape’, Graphic Studio, Dublin.
2008

‘Mandscape’ The Ark.
‘Revelations’ The National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin.

Awards
2018: The Arts and Disability Ireland and ‘Fire Station Artists’ Studios Mentoring Programme’
2017:The Arts and Disability Ireland ‘Arts and Disability Connect Award’ 

Residences
2019:  Tyrone Guthrie Centre 

Collections
Work in many private collections here in Ireland and abroad.

Permanent collections:
The National Gallery of Ireland, Department of Foreign Affairs, National Irish Bank, Allied Irish Banks, Office of Public Works, Halford and Hutchinson Films, Informix Software, Intel Ireland Ltd, Mespil Hotel, The Rochestown Lodge, Tara Investment Ltd, Lorcan Lyons Associates, Citibank, Enterprise Trade, Cantrell and Crowley Architects, Robinson-O’Keefe-Devane Architects, St. Mary’s College Rathmines, Enterprise Ireland (Dublin, Zurich, Stokholm, Boston and Dusseldorf), The Ark. 

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