1930 Born in Valrico, Florida
1953-1958 Attended Florida State University
1959 Moved to New York City
1962-64 Performed with Judson Dance Theater and in concert
1964 Assistant stage manager during Merce Cunningham world tour early 1970's Moved to Bisbee, Arizona

Personal Exhibitions

2012 Galerie Nelson-Freeman, Paris, FR

2010 Alex Hay, The Art Show: ADAA at the Park Avenue Armory, New York, US

2007 Alex Hay: New Paintings, Peter Freeman, Inc., New York, US

2002 Alex Hay: Work from the 60s, Peter Freeman, Inc., New York, US

1971 Recorded and performed activities since 1962, New York Cultural Center (in association with Fairleigh Dickinson University), New York, US

1969 Kornblee Gallery, New York, US

1968 Kornblee Gallery, New York, US

1967 Kornblee Gallery, New York, US

Group Exhibitions

2011 Danser sa vie, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, FR
Nie Wieder Störungsfrei!, Ludwig Forum für International Kunst, Aachen, DE
Camblo de Paradigma, Coleccion Serralves Anos 60-70, Musac, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon, Leon, PT

2010 Made in Tucson/Born in Tucson/Livein Tucson Part1, Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson, MOCA, Tucson, US
Collection/Porto : Museu Serralves, Domaine de Kerghéhennec, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Bignan, FR
Collecting Biennials Whitney, Museum of American Art, New York, US

2009 Museu Serralves, Porto, PT, (permanent collection)

2006 9 Evenings Reconsidered: Art, Theatre, and Engineering, 1966, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge,  US
Nothing and Everything, Peter Freeman, Inc. New York, US, Exhibition travelled: Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, US

2005 Amy Granat, Alex Hay, Chuck Nanney, Peter Young, Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire, BE, Exhibition travelled: Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire, Paris, FR,
The Painted World , P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, US

2004 Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, US

1998 Pop Abstraction, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, US

1992 Davis Gallery, Tucson, Arizona, US

1977 Pop Plus: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, US

1975 Selections from the Permanent Collection: Sculpture from the 60s, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, US

1972 Selections from the Permanent Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, US

1971 Selections from the Permanent Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, US
American Artists, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, SE

1970 Five Years Acquisitions by the Friends, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, US

1969 One Month, Seth Siegelaub, New York, US (Alex Hay’s contribution was for 13 March)
Recent Acquisitions, 15 May 1968 - 18 April 1969, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, US

1968 Program I, Rolf Ricke Gallery, Cologne, DE
Made with Paper, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, US
Pop Art, Hayward Gallery, London, GB

1964 Richard Artschwager, Christo, Alex Hay, Robert Watts, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, US

Dance/Performance Pieces

1994 Christmas Cantata, Bisbee, Arizona, US
1993 Bird, Bisbee, Arizona, US
1985 Christmas Cantata, Bisbee, Arizona, US
1975 Christmas Cantata, Bisbee, Arizona
1971 Performance Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, US
1970 Ear-Shot Argument, 14th Street YMCA, New York, US
1969 Breakfast, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, US
1969 Ann Grinstein, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, US
1966 Grassfield “9 Evenings,” 25th Street Armory, New York
1966 Topsoil, Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, US
1965 Gonzales, Goddard College, Goddard, Vermont, US
1964 Rio Grande, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, SE; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, US
1964 Leadville, TV Stage Studio, New York, US
1963 Colorado Plateau, Judson Dance Theater, New York, US
1962 Prairie, Judson Dance Theater, New York; “Once Festival,” Ann Arbor, Michigan, US

Public Collections

The Art Institute of Chicago, US
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, SE
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, US
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, US
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, US
Museu Serralves, Porto, PT
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, US
Dallas Museum of Art, US