Dan Hays

Dan Hays is a 2D Pathway Tutor and Associate Lecturer at the BA Fine Art program, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London. Primarily a landscape painter, he explores intersections between traditional painting techniques and digital media, interrogating the tactile vs. digital image cultures.

• Education:
  • BFA from Goldsmiths College (1990)
  • PhD from Kingston University (2012), including exhibition 'Screen as Landscape'

His research spans the history of landscape painting (Romanticism to Post-Impressionism), digital-to-tactile image translation, and contemporary art practices. He has exhibited internationally since 1990, including solo shows like 'The Walk to the Paradise Garden' (2017) and group exhibitions at Camden Arts Centre and Turner Contemporary.

Hays has delivered over 30 artist talks and contributed to publications such as The Journal of Contemporary Painting and The Moving Image Review & Art Journal. His practice combines painting, printmaking, and digital 3D modeling to question the mediating role of digital screens in contemporary visual culture.