BIOGRAPHY
1943 Born San Francisco, California
1966 B.A. San Diego State University, San Diego, California
1966-1969 Graduate School University of California at Los Angeles
1972 M.F.A. University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

HONORS
1977 Young Talent Award, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
1981 Japan-United States Creative Arts Fellowship
1983 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
1991 Awards in the Visual Arts 10 Grant
1993 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
1996 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant

ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2006 Mandarin Gallery, Los Angeles, California "ABSENCE/PRESENCE"
2005 Mandarin Gallery, Los Angeles, California "MONSTER OF MONOCHROME"
Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, California "NEW WORK"
Modernism, San Francisco, California "MONOCHROME PAINTINGS"
2004 Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Sante Fe, New Mexico "MONOCHROME PAINTINGS"
Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, California "NEW WORK"
2003 Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA "GREY/NEUTRAL/SMOKE"
2001 Chac-mool, Los Angeles, California "RECENT WORK"
2000 Modernism, San Francisco, California "THE ITALIAN PAINTINGS"
Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, California "RECENT PAINTINGS"
1998 Sala Diaz, San Antonio, Texas "CHROMACHORDS"
Modernism, San Francisco, California "PAINTINGS 1993-1998"
Chac-mool, Los Angeles, California "NOTHING'S PERFECT"
New Image Art, Los Angeles, California "NOW AND THEN"
1995 Modernism, San Francisco, California "THE MOROCCAN PAINTINGS"
1993 Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA "FIRE PAINTINGS"
Modernism, San Francisco, California "PAINTINGS 1975-1993"
Genovesse Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts "RED MAPS"
1992 Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA "RED MAPS"
1990 Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA "PURE/ODD"
1989 M-13 Gallery, New York, New York "PAINTINGS 1977-1989"
Modernism, San Francisco, California "ABSOLUTES"
1988 Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA "ICONS"
1987 Modernism, San Francisco, California "NEW PAINTINGS"
Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA "SPARTANS/ATHENIANS"
1986 Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles, California "SPARTANS/ATHENIANS"
1984 Modernism, San Francisco, California "PAINTINGS 1975-1983"
1983 Riko Mizuno Gallery, Los Angeles, California "THE POKER PAINTINGS"
1980 Modernism, San Francisco, California "AUTOMATIC PAINTINGS"
Riko Mizuno Gallery, Los Angeles, California "AUTOMATIC PAINTINGS"
1979 Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, New York "AUTOMATIC PAINTINGS"
1977 Claire Copley Gallery, Los Angeles, California "AUTOMATIC PAINTINGS"
1976 Morgan Thomas Gallery, Santa Monica, CA "AUTOMATIC PAINTINGS"

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
Cleveland Museum of Fine Art, Cleveland, Ohio
Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, New York
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California
Minneapolis Institute of the Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, California
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California
Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, California
University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, California
Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami Beach, Florida
Anderson School of Business, University of California, Los Angeles, California

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2005 "TRIPLE PLAY: RICHARD ALLEN MORRIS, JAMES HAYWARD, ED MOSES", R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA
"PARALLEL VISIONS: JAMES HAYWARD & DORIT CYPUS", Mandarin, Los Angeles
2004 "100 ARTISTS SEE GOD", Institute for Contemporary Art, London, England
"100 ARTISTS SEE GOD", Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, California
"100 ARTISTS SEE GOD", Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, California
"CAHIERS DART", 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Modernism, San Francisco, California
"THE GRASS IS GREENER", Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Sante Fe, New Mexico
2003 "ARTIST'S GIFTS", Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
"DRUNKEN MASTERS", Gallery C, Hermosa Beach, California
"PHAT 'N SASSY", Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Sante Fe, New Mexico
"NOT THE USUAL SUSPECTS", Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, California
"EXTREME PAINT", Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
2002 "FIVE TIMES FOUR", Modernism, San Francisco, California
"FOUR FROM L.A.", Galeerie Daniel Buchholz, Koln, Germany
"TRADE SHOW", Chapman University, Orange, California
"ABSTRACT PAINTING", Modernism, San Francisco, California
"GILBERT-ROLFE/HAYWARD/MOSES", Richard Tellis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2001 "COLLECTORS SELECT", Mariah Koogler McNay Museum, San Antonio, Texas
"FOUR LOS ANGELES PAINTERS", Hemp Farm Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2000 "MONOCHROME", Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Sante Fe, New Mexico
1999 "DEJA JADIS", Modernism, San Francisco, California
"THEMES OUT OF SCHOOL", Creative Artists Agency, Los Angeles, California
"UNDER 500/INTIMATE ABSTRACT PAINTING", Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles
"LIFE IS ELSEWHERE", No Limit Events, Milan, Italy
"MATERIAL ISSUES", San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California
1998 "AFTER McLAUGHLIN", Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, California
"FUCK YOU: WE PAINT", New Image Art, Los Angeles, California
1997 "NITTY GRITTY", Newspace, Los Angeles, California
"ABSTRACTION IN LOS ANGELES", New Image Art, Los Angeles, California
1996 "IMAGES OF AN ERA", Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
"RED", Newspace, Los Angeles, California
"WHITE", M-13 Gallery, New York, New York
"PLANE/STRUCTURES", Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art, Las Vegas, Nevada (curated by David Pagel/catalogue) travels from
1995 Pittsburg Center for the Arts, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania travels from
Ezra & Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Center for the Arts, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn
travels from University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, Texas travels from The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. travels from
1994 "PLANE/STRUCTURES", Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles, California (catalogue funded by The Fellows of Contemporary Art)
"IN PLAIN SIGHT: ABSTRACT PAINTING IN LOS ANGELES", Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, Texas (curated by Frances Colpitt/catalogue) travels to University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, Texas
"MAPPING", University of Texas at San Antonio Art Gallery, San Antonio, Texas travels
Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, California travels Nevada Institute for contemporary Art, Las Vegas, Nevada (curated by Frances Colpitt/catalogue)
1993 "TANGIBLE ABSTRACTION: JAMES HAYWARD & ROBERT THIELE", M-13 Gallery, New York, New York
"LET'S GET PHYSICAL", Blum-Helman Gallery, New York, New York
"ARTIFICIAL PARADISE", Burnett Miller Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1992 "PHYSICAL ABSTRACTION TWO", Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
1991 "THE LICK OF THE EYE", Shoshona Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, California
"AWARDS IN THE VISUAL ARTS 10", Hirshhorn Museum, Washington D.C. travels to Albuquerque Museum of Art, Albuquerque, New Mexico travels to The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio (catalogue)
"ABSTRACT PAINTING IN CALIFORNIA", Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, California
"PHYSICAL ABSTRACTION", Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California
"ABSTRACT PAINTING", Modernism, San Francisco, California
1990 "ABSOLUTE CONTEMPLATION", Newspace, Los Angeles, California
"ABSTRACT PAINTING", Stark Gallery, New York, New York
1989 "ABSTRACT OPTIONS", University Art Museum, University of California at Santa Barbara (curated by Frances Colpitt & Phyllis Plous/catalogue) travels to Block Art Gallery,
Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill. travels to the De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, Californnia
"CURRENT ABSTRACT PAINTING", Marc Richards Gallery, Los Angeles, California
"DIVERSE ABSTRACTIONS", M-13 Gallery, New York, New York
"PAINTING: BETWEEN AWARENESS AND DESIRE", Cyrus Gallery, New York, New York (curated by Saul Ostrow)
"SIMPLE IN APPEARENCES", Marc Richards Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1988 "NOW COLOR: JAMES HAYWARD & PHIL SIMS", Genovese Gallery, Boston, MASS
"OUT OF ORDER", Anne Plumb Gallery, New York, New York
"WORKS ON PAPER", Modernism, San Francisco, California
"PROFOUND VISIONS", Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California
"PRIMARY ABSTRACTION; LOS ANGELES", Modernism, San Francisco, California
"THE GOLD SHOW", Genovese Gallery, Boston, MASS
"ABSTRACT PAINTINGS", Modernism, San Francisco, California
"PAINTINGS", M-13 Gallery, New York, New York
"AFFINITIES: BERLANT/HAYWARD/MOSES/PRICE", April Sgro-Riddle Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1987 "PAINT/FILM", Bess Cutler Gallery, New York, New York
"CONTEMPORARY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PAINTING", Taipai Fine Arts Museum, Taipai, Republic of China (catalogue) travels to Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, California
1985 "SUNSHINE & SHADOW: RECENT PAINTING IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA", Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California (catalogue)
"RECENT PAINTING & SCULPTURE", Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, California
"THE 50TH ANNEVERSARY SHOW", San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San
Francisco, California
"CALIFORNIA DRAWING", Modernism, San Francisco, California
1983 "YOUNG TALENT AWARDS 1963-1983", Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
"BLACK ON BLACK", Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
1982 "CHANGING TRENDS: CONTENT & STYLE", Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, California (catalogue) travels to Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
"CONTEMPORARY LOS ANGELES PAINTERS", Nagoya City Museum, Nagoya,
Japan travels to Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA (catalogue)
"JAMES HAYWARD/JOHN REGISTER", Modernism, San Francisco, California
1979 "JAMES HAYWARD/PETER LODATO/JOHN McLAUGHLIN", Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
"ART OF THE 20TH CENTURY", Modernism, San Francisco, California
1977 "LESS IS MORE", Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, New York (catalogue)
"NEW CALIFORNIA PAINTING: JAMES HAYWARD & JOHN MILLER", Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, New York
1976 "NEW ABSTRACT PAINTING IN LOS ANGELES: COLE/HAYWARD/MILLER/OMAR",
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California (catalogue)
1975 "JAMES HAYWARD & JOHN MILLER", College of Creative Studies Art Gallery, University of California, Santa Barbara, California

PUBLICATIONS
Pagel, David. THEMES OUT OF SCHOOL, catalogue funded by the Creative Artists Agency, Los Angeles, California 1999
Hicky, Dave & Pagel, David & Scanlan, Joe. PLANE/STRUCTURES, catalogue funded by the Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California 1994
Colpitt, Frances. MAPPING, catalogue funded by the University of Texas at San Antonio 1994
Colpitt, Frances. IN PLAIN SIGHT: ABSTRACT PAINTING IN LOS ANGELES, catalogue funded by Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, Texas 1994
Hixson, Kathryn. AWARDS IN THE VISUAL ARTS 10, catalogue funded by the National Endowment for the Arts 1991
Plous, Phylis & Colpitt, Frances. ABSTRACT OPTIONS, catalogue funded by the National Endowment for the Arts 1989
Baker, Kenneth. MINIMALISM: ART OF CIRCUMSTANCE, Abberville Press, New York, N.Y. 1988
Alacuaz, Marie & Lu, Victoria. CONTEMPORARY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ART, catalogue funded by the Taipai Fine Arts Museum, Taipai, Republic of China 1987

TEACHING
2004 Art Center, Pasadena, California Graduate Art Programs (since 1994)
1999 University of California, Los Angeles (winter quarter)
1997 University of Texas, San Antonio (guest artist/fall semister)
1992-1995 University of California, Los Angeles
1987 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California (guest artist/spring quarter)
1985 College of Creative Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
1983 University of California, Berkeley (guest artist)
1980 Minneapolis College of Art & Design, Minneapolis, Minnesota (guest artist)
1979 California State University, Bakersfield (guest artist)
1976-1978 College of Creative Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

UPCOMING
2005 "WILLIAM BECKLEY & JAMES HAYWARD", DORFMAN PROJECTS, New York, NY
"JAMES HAYWARD", Cue Foundation, New York, NY (opens October 20)

 
 
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