Jacob's Ladder

HAYS is a Tennessee-based artist whose work explores the material vocabulary of painting filtered through visual habits of the American South. She has exhibited her work at galleries and museums across the United States including Corcoran Gallery of Art, Brooks Museum of Art, Cooper Union, and Boston Center for the Arts. Her work can be found in collections including Birmingham Museum of Art, The J. Crew Group, and the Tennessee State Museum. She is a recipient of several awards including from NYFA/Rauschenberg Foundation, Foundation for Contemporary Art, Sustainable Arts Foundation, Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation, and Hopper Prize. Originally from Arkansas, Hays holds a BFA from The University of Tennessee and an MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Art.