shannan lee hayes                           

Education

2006-Present       M.F.A.                  Studio Art                   Stony Brook University
2005                 B.F.A.                  Studio Art                   Loyola University New Orleans
                       (summa cum laude, 3.977 overall GPA, 4.0 major GPA)
2005                 Art Criticism and Writing                           School of Visual Arts, M.F.A. program
2005                 Electronic Multimedia                               School of Visual Arts, Continuing Education

Exhibitions 
* indicates international exhibition,  ** indicates solo exhibition

2007                 The Seed Project Auction and Exhibition, Rare Gallery, New York, NY
                       Eco-Vision, The Parish Art Museum, Southampton, NY
**                    Fresh Featured Artist, Toast Coffee House, Port Jefferson, NY
                       Smocks, Layers and Liars, Lawrence Alloway Gallery, Stony Brook University, NY
*                     Metavision, Folon Museum, Brussels, Belgium
                       Fresh Art Long Island presents ‘Sidewalk Chalking’ (performance), Ronkonkoma, NY
                       Fresh Art Long Island multi-media group exhibition, Ronkonkoma, NY
                       Visual Aid presents Get Out of Jail Free, SF LGBT Center Gallery, San Francisco, CA
                       ‘Untitled (markings),’ ongoing performance featured in Reinterpretations, The Wang Center, Stony Brook University, NY
                       Play it as it Lays, Melville Library Gallery, Stony Brook University, NY
                       The Seed Project, Art World Digest, exhibition in print. Brooklyn, NY
                       College Art Association M.F.A. group exhibition, Hunter College Gallery, New York, NY
2006                 unAmbiguous, Art World Digest, exhibition in print. Brooklyn, NY (distributed and sold in the New York metro area.)
2005                 New Genres, Sight Site Gallery, New Orleans, LA
                       ISC International Sculpture Center Emerging Artists Exhibition (juried), New Orleans, LA
**                    The Scully Show (solo exhibition), Danna Center Gallery, New Orleans, LA
                       B.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Dibold Gallery, Loyola University New Orleans
2004                 Electronic Multimedia Extravaganza, Roussel Hall, New Orleans, LA
**                    Join the Revolution solo exhibition, Danna Center Gallery, New Orleans, LA
      

Grants and Awards
2007                Graduate Student Organization Event Funding, lecture series “The Business of Art, an Introduction,” with speaker Steven Rosenberg.
2005                Richard Frank Grant, Loyola University New Orleans
                      Academic Achievement Award, Loyola University New Orleans
                      Nominated for ISC International Sculpture Center 2005 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award
2004                Scully Grant, Loyola University New Orleans
                      Overture for the Cultural Season Endowment, LA
2003                Spato-Leblanc Endowment, Loyola University New Orleans
2002                Psi Chi - National Psychology Honor Society

Professional Experience

TBA                 Invited as a Guest Lecturer/Critic during the 2007-08 academic year, Loyola University New Orleans
2007                Instructor of Record, Foundations: Idea and Form, Stony Brook University, NY
                      Guest Critic, Advanced Photography, Stony Brook University, NY
2006                Teaching Assistant, Foundations: Idea and Form, Stony Brook University, NY
                      Administrative Assistant to Admissions, Ross School, East Hampton, NY
2005                Director’s Assistant and Coordinator of Special Projects, Zone: Chelsea, Center for the Arts, New York, NY