Dave Hardy

Dave Hardy creates his works using glass panels and discarded pieces of inexpensive, dried-out furniture foam.

Biography of Dave Hardy

Dave Hardy was born in 1969. He earned a BA from Brown University (1992) and an MFA from the Yale School of Art (2004). Additionally, he attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2004.

In 2019, he was chosen as the inaugural Fellow in the RAIR Fellowship Residency program, supported by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.

Hardy's honors and grants include awards from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation (2018), the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (2018), the New York Foundation for the Arts (2017 and 2011), and Socrates Sculpture Park (2005).

He has taught at institutions such as New York University, Sarah Lawrence College, and Parsons School of Design, and he served as resident faculty at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2018.

Dave Hardy has exhibited his works extensively. His notable solo exhibitions include "Neck Pillow" at Galerie Christophe Gaillard in Paris (2017), "Dave Hardy, Dave Hardy" at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville (2017), "New Work" at Skibum MacArthur in Los Angeles (2017), "Definitions of Plain" at Galerie Jeanroch Dard in Brussels (2016), and many more.

Additionally, Hardy's works have been featured in numerous group exhibitions at various galleries and museums worldwide, including Galerie Christophe Gaillard in Paris, Studio la Città in Verona, Regina Rex in New York City, the Queens Museum in New York City, Michael Jon Gallery in Miami, Bortolami in New York, and Polvo Gallery in Chicago, among other esteemed venues.

Currently, the artist resides in Brooklyn, New York, where he continues to create.