Biography

London, England 1972, Mark Edward Hayden was born to Brian and Jane Hayden, the youngest of four siblings. January 1984, moved to Sarasota, Florida.

He received Bachelors Degree from the University of South Florida, School of Art and Art History. Concentrated in photography, included film, videography and digital and analog sound.

After spending a year working for EHA Direct / Eleventh Hour Advertising an advertising agency in Sydney, Australia, he returned to the United States and currently lives & works primarily out of Minneapolis, while maintaining working relationships in Tampa, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Sydney, Australia and London, England. 

His work is focused in digital photography and print imagery and using sound with moving images created for mass distribution or site specific.

His work has been featured online by NYLON guys® blog and in "MASHUP" access + ENGAGE 5.2 curated by Jake Nassif.

Exhibitions / Performance History

2011: VD11

Art for Valentine's Day, Biennial Show. Curated by Shannon Joy Potter, print, audio/video and website work for the promotion of the show at Cult Status Gallery* in Minneapolis, MN.
* Best Art Gallery in The Twin Cities, City Pages

2006: Calling Forth Certain Experiences

Curated by Jamal Currie. A professor of Time-Based Media at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (MIAD). Work exploring the concept of time-based media through video, animation, soundscapes and other interactive pieces.

2003: Coming sooN
A one night exhibition of photographic large format inkjet prints with Minneapolis based photographer Molly Mady.

1995: Tampa Bay Photo Survey

Tampa Museum of Art. Group show sponsored by Merrick Gallery & SunTrust.

1994: The Adult Supercenter

University of South Florida Center Gallery. Solo Exhibition of multi-media work including sound, video and print pieces.

1993: False Face Mask

University of South Florida, Teaching Gallery. Curated by Virginia Beth Shields.

press / media coverage

NYLON guys®

January 14th, 2009 P Is For Pill PopsThe Klonopin Tee, the official t-shirt of the NYLON offices. At least according to Nick Denton and Peaches G.

"MASHUP"

access + ENGAGE 5.2 curated by Jake Nassif.