Jaime Hayon

Place: Madrid

Born: 1974

Biography:

Jaime Hayon is a Spanish artist and designer born in Madrid in 1974. He is known for his designs, interiors, urban installations, sculptures, and paintings. His visual language plays with shapes, colors, and recurring motifs. His work has been displayed in museums, galleries, and fairs in Europe, America, the Middle East, and Asia. Hayon has received several awards, including the national design award in Spain. He trained at the European Institute of Design in Madrid and then specialized in industrial design at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (ENSAD) in Paris. He then joined Fabrica, a research center of the Benetton group in Italy, where he headed the design department for four years. Hayon has worked with European design companies like Baccarat, Fritz Hansen, Cassina, BD Barcelona, Magis, Bisazza, Lladró, &Tradition, and Witmann. He has also executed interior designs for hotels, restaurants, museums, and retail establishments. Hayon has created installation and exhibitions in various locations, including the Swarovski Carousel, the Stone Age Folk installation, and the Trafalgar square in London. Hayon’s works are part of the collections of numerous museums, including the Groninger Museum in Holland, the Museo del Disseny in Barcelona, the MAD in New York, the Design Museum in Holon, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, the Milan Triennale, the North Carolina Museum of Art, the Textile Museum in Holland, and The Milwaukee Museum of Art. He has been a visiting lecturer at various institutions, including the École cantonale d'art de Lausanne (ÉCAL) in Lausanne, the Domaine de Boisbuchet in Lessac, the Lodz Design Festival in Poland, the National Design Center in Singapore, and the Design Indaba in Cape Town.