Madeleine Hay is a multidisciplinary, Catholic artist with an affinity for the colorful, mystical and whimsical. Born & raised on a sandy, windswept island far out to sea, she later received her BFA in Apparel Design from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). She worked in the prestigious fashion houses of Alexander McQueen in London and Ralph Lauren in New York City. She has also worked in the interior design and home goods industries gaining experience from award-winning firms such as Kathleen Hay Designs. Madeleine now lives among the blue grass meadows finding divine inspiration in the endless beauty all around and creating work that she hopes inspires grace in others.
What are we without God, what is life without art and what is this world without wonder?
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), BFA Apparel design with honors
AWaRDS & ACHIEVEMENT
Artists Enrichment Grant, Kentucky Foundation for Women (2020)
Robert Perrin Award for Watercolorist of the Year, Artists Association of Nantucket (2019)
Robert C. McDougall Award for Promising New Artist, Artists Association of Nantucket (2018)
Artists Association of Nantucket, Admission acceptance (2017)
National Arts Club, New York City, Admission acceptance (2015)
Exhibitions
Summer Group Exhibitions, Artists Association of Nantucket, 2021
Group Exhibit (If As a Dream Series), Graficas Gallery 2018
Solo Show (Floral Blots Series), Artists Association of Nantucket 2018
Summer Group Exhibitions, Artists Association of Nantucket 2018
Group Exhibit with a spotlight (Fading Island Series), Graficas Gallery 2017
Summer Group Exhibitions, Artists Association of Nantucket, 2017
PRESS
November 2017 – Feature in Mahon About Town
You are the light of the world
Matthew 5:14