William Hays

William H. Hays was born and raised in Virginia (US) and attend VPI & SU completing a degree in geography. After graduating, he moved to Alaska and later completed a degree in sculpture at the University of Alaska. In 1987 he moved to Brattleboro, Vermont where he lived for 32 years. In 2021 William moved to Turners Falls, Massachusetts.

By 2007, William H. Hays had been a sculptor, a performance artist, an installation artist, a painter in watercolor and a painter in oils. His insatiable curiosity led him to explore new and more challenging ideas in every painting. In 2007 he began exploring printmaking with linocuts and intaglio drypoint etchings. It took five years of struggle to learn the complexities of the process and make the vocabulary of reduction printing his own. But the hook had been set and over time, William Hays became a printmaker and his unique voice rang loud and clear.

Since becoming a full time printmaker, Hays' work has been seen across the US in galleries and juried competitions. His prints have received numerous awards and continue to gain recognition across the country. His work is now included in the permanent collections of the Boston Athenaeum, Syracuse University Galleries and the State of Vermont.

BA Geography, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and SU 1978
BFA Sculpture, University of Alaska 1986

2018 Ink, Press, Repeat: National Juried Printmaking and Book Art Exhibition William Paterson University Galleries, Wayne, NJ
38th National Print Exhibition Artlink Contemporary Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN
New Hope Art League 2018 Juried Art Show The Conservatory, Doylestown, PA
2018 National Juried Exhibition Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY
Texas National Competition & Exhibition SFA Art Galleries, Nacogdoches, TX
Open Call NXNE 2018 BMAC, Brattleboro, VT
31st Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA

2017 At The Walker, National Juried Exhibition (Best In Show) Walker Art Collection, Garnett, KS
League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, Living With Craft (Gorst Print Award) Sunapee, NH
Ink For Alaska (First Place) Washington D.C., Traveling exhibit throughout the U.S.
Grosse Pointe Artists Association 11th Annual Our Rivers, Our Lakes Exhibition (First Place) Grosse Pointe, MI
Marking Time, 70th Anniversary of The Boston Printmakers Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cotuit MA
5th Annual International Juried Print Exhibition Remarque/New Grounds Print Workshop, Albuquerque, NM
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