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  • “

    Paula has managed to penetrate what might seem to be pretty stiff boundaries between design and sculpture as well as between nature and culture,” comments Temkin.

    ”
    —"Paula Hayes: Growing Power"
    Hilarie M. Sheets
    ARTnews, March 25, 2013
  • “credited with stimulating the recent revival of terrariums”
    —"Paula Hayes"
    Matthew Nichols
    Art in America, October 11, 2012
  • “

    ​Hayes is a loving mother of living form and a sculptor of the first magnitude....

    ”
    —"Among the Living"
    Jerry Saltz
    New York Magazine, April 30, 2012
  • “…these are in a constant struggle between objects that straddle the line between the animate and the inanimate.”
    —"Petite Forests"
    Mala Bajaj
    Home Review Magazine of India, February 20, 2012
  • “The caretaking required stresses Hayes’ belief in the need for a more interrelated relationship between people and the environment”
    —"Paula Hayes at Lever House"
    Katie Mendelson
    Garden Design Magazine, January 18, 2012
  • “…The saltwater aquarium and tropical plants of Land Mind at Lever House, New York.”
    —"Absolutely Breathtaking"
    Meghan Edwards
    Interior Design, January 1, 2012
  • “…she creates delicate terrariums that make the viewer feel as though they are the universe…”
    —"Engaged Devotion and Care: The Terrariums of Paula Hayes"
    Amanda McCuaig
    Art Threat, November 1, 2011
  • “…Paula Hayes’s recent installation of cast acrylic and hand-blown glass containers filled with tropical plants at the Museum of Modern Art…”
    —"Earthly Delights: The Slug and Squirrel Terrariums"
    Madison Shimoda
    The New York Times Magazine, February 28, 2011
  • “…these pieces are focused, dynamic and always impressive in their formal rigor…”
    —"MOMA At Its Very Best"
    Charlie Finch
    artnet, November 21, 2010
  • “Her handmade tableware is sculptural and tactile…”
    —"For The Table, Biomorphic Shapes"
    Penelope Green
    The New York Times, May 12, 2010
  • “It feels like a ‘traditional wild garden,’ says Boesky, that keeps the city at arm’s length.”
    —"Hiding From the High Line"
    Wendy Goodman
    New York Magazine, August 3, 2009
  • “…rubber planters filled with Hypericum and snapdragons…”
    —"The Artist’s Eye"
    Meghan Edwards
    Interior Design Magazine, August 1, 2009
  • “Her latest terrariums are bigger than before and especially satisfying as sculpture.”
    —"Art in Review: Paula Hayes"
    Roberta Smith
    The New York Times, July 3, 2009
  • “Garden designer Paula Hayes stirred interest in Manhattan fine-art circles with her duodenum-like glass vessels ”
    —"Terrarium Tales"
    Joanna Fortnam
    Garden Design Magazine, July 1, 2009
  • “There was a sense that the garden…was nonetheless a place of tremendous abundance…”
    —"Love Alters the Landscape"
    Penelope Green
    The New York Times, June 10, 2009
  • “…famous for her blown-glass terrariums…”
    —"Green Anchors"
    Melissa Feldman
    The New York Times Magazine, May 2, 2008
  • “New York art critics and collectors have taken to her work, creating buzz that has traveled…”
    —"The Terrarium is Back, Revived for a New Generation"
    Bettijane Levine
    The Los Angeles Times, January 24, 2008
  • “These works become like devotional objects…”
    —"Ephemeral Art, Eternal Maintenance"
    Christopher Mason
    The New York Times, November 10, 2007
  • “Whether spanning acres or encased in amorphous glass ecospheres, Paula Hayes's singular landscapes blur the boundary between art and nature—and redefine the relationship between art and beholder”
    —"Terra Ephemera"
    Amber Bravo
    Dwell, September 11, 2007
  • “…Hayes has a keen eye for the passionate moment when art…pushes through with all its might and begins to bud.”
    —"The Eye of the Beheld"
    David Colman
    The New York Times, August 26, 2007
  • “…The sinuous glass containers are hand-blown and… They're growing on us... ”
    —"Blown Away"
    Michael Reynolds
    Wallpaper, September 1, 2006
  • “The only works that stand on their own as exciting objects…are by Paula Hayes.”
    —"Nurturing Modernism With Spades, Water and Black Flowers"
    Ken Johnson
    The New York Times, July 29, 2005
  • “…it does something no ordinary pot achieves: It expands to accomodate root growth…”
    —"A Potted History of Gardening"
    Adrian Higgins
    The Washington Post, June 2, 2005
  • “…she is committed to elaborating and strengthening the relationship between nature and civilized society.”
    —"Paula Hayes at Salon 94"
    Jonathan Goodman
    Art in America, May 1, 2004
  • “

    These works become like devotional objects…

    ”
    —"Ephemeral Art, Eternal Maintenance"
    Christopher Mason
    The New York Times
  • “The only works that stand on their own as exciting objects…are by Paula Hayes.”
    —"Nurturing Modernism With Spades, Water and Black Flowers"
    Ken Johnson
    The New York Times
  • “Her latest terrariums are bigger than before and especially satisfying as sculpture.”
    —"Art in Review: Paula Hayes"
    Roberta Smith
    The New York Times
  • “…famous for her blown-glass terrariums…”
    —"Green Anchors"
    Melissa Feldman
    The New York Times Magazine
  • “…rubber planters filled with Hypericum and snapdragons…”
    —"The Artist’s Eye"
    Meghan Edwards
    Interior Design Magazine
  • “It feels like a ‘traditional wild garden,’ says Boesky, that keeps the city at arm’s length.”
    —"Hiding From the High Line"
    Wendy Goodman
    New York Magazine
  • “…she creates delicate terrariums that make the viewer feel as though they are the universe…”
    —"Engaged Devotion and Care: The Terrariums of Paula Hayes"
    Amanda McCuaig
    Art Threat
  • “…these are in a constant struggle between objects that straddle the line between the animate and the inanimate.”
    —"Petite Forests"
    Mala Bajaj
    Home Review Magazine of India
  • “…The saltwater aquarium and tropical plants of Land Mind at Lever House, New York.”
    —"Absolutely Breathtaking"
    Meghan Edwards
    Interior Design
  • “

    ​Hayes is a loving mother of living form and a sculptor of the first magnitude....

    ”
    —"Among the Living"
    Jerry Saltz
    New York Magazine
  • “…it does something no ordinary pot achieves: It expands to accomodate root growth…”
    —"A Potted History of Gardening"
    Adrian Higgins
    The Washington Post
  • “…The sinuous glass containers are hand-blown and… They're growing on us... ”
    —"Blown Away"
    Michael Reynolds
    Wallpaper
  • “…Hayes has a keen eye for the passionate moment when art…pushes through with all its might and begins to bud.”
    —"The Eye of the Beheld"
    David Colman
    The New York Times
  • “…Paula Hayes’s recent installation of cast acrylic and hand-blown glass containers filled with tropical plants at the Museum of Modern Art…”
    —"Earthly Delights: The Slug and Squirrel Terrariums"
    Madison Shimoda
    The New York Times Magazine
  • “”
    —"Paula Hayes “Forest”"
    Ken Johnson
    The New York Times
  • “Her handmade tableware is sculptural and tactile…”
    —"For The Table, Biomorphic Shapes"
    Penelope Green
    The New York Times
  • “There was a sense that the garden…was nonetheless a place of tremendous abundance…”
    —"Love Alters the Landscape"
    Penelope Green
    The New York Times
  • “New York art critics and collectors have taken to her work, creating buzz that has traveled…”
    —"The Terrarium is Back, Revived for a New Generation"
    Bettijane Levine
    The Los Angeles Times
  • “Garden designer Paula Hayes stirred interest in Manhattan fine-art circles with her duodenum-like glass vessels ”
    —"Terrarium Tales"
    Joanna Fortnam
    Garden Design Magazine
  • “…these pieces are focused, dynamic and always impressive in their formal rigor…”
    —"MOMA At Its Very Best"
    Charlie Finch
    artnet
  • “…she is committed to elaborating and strengthening the relationship between nature and civilized society.”
    —"Paula Hayes at Salon 94"
    Jonathan Goodman
    Art in America
  • “credited with stimulating the recent revival of terrariums”
    —"Paula Hayes"
    Matthew Nichols
    Art in America
  • “

    Paula has managed to penetrate what might seem to be pretty stiff boundaries between design and sculpture as well as between nature and culture,” comments Temkin.

    ”
    —"Paula Hayes: Growing Power"
    Hilarie M. Sheets
    ARTnews
  • “The caretaking required stresses Hayes’ belief in the need for a more interrelated relationship between people and the environment”
    —"Paula Hayes at Lever House"
    Katie Mendelson
    Garden Design Magazine
  • “”
    —"Paula Hayes’s Art Terrariums at MoMA"
    Claire Lui
    Garden Design Magazine
  • “”
    —"House and Garden: Paula Hayes Brings the Tropics to Midtown"
    Andrew Russeth and Sarah Douglas
    The New York Observer
  • “Whether spanning acres or encased in amorphous glass ecospheres, Paula Hayes's singular landscapes blur the boundary between art and nature—and redefine the relationship between art and beholder”
    —"Terra Ephemera"
    Amber Bravo
    Dwell
  • “”
    —"Inside Art: Adding Green Space to MoMA with Tropical Terrariums"
    Carol Vogel
    The New York Times

Paula Hayes

By appointment only:
151 1st Avenue #144

New York, NY 10003

  • Phone: 718-855-7733
  • Fax: 718-855-7766
  • [email protected]
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