RESUME / CV
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2012 | Circumnavigating the Globe, National Gallery of the Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands |
| 2011 | Bendel Hydes, Genty Fine Art, Tonbridge, Kent, England, UK |
| 2010 | Circumnavigating the Globe, Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, NY, USA |
| 2007 | Luminous Travels, Galerie de la Tour, Vouvant, France A Geography of Space, Estel Gallery, Nashville, TN, USA |
| 2004 | Starpath, installation at Barkers Beach, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands |
| 2003 | Soundings: Selected Works 1989-2001, National Gallery of the Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands Climate of Sight, Collaborative Concepts, Beacon, NY, United States |
| 2002 | Bendel Hydes/Tony Martin, Studio 18 Gallery, New York, NY, United States |
| 2000 | Fathoms, Grand Old House, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands |
| 1997 | Source, Cayman Fine Art, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands Paintings, San Lorenzo Fine Art, New York, NY, United States |
| 1996 | Soundings in Fathoms, 23rd International Biennial de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| 1995 | Bendel Hydes, Gallery Juno, New York, NY, United States Homage to Cayos Miskitos, Cayman National Cultural Foundation, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands |
| 1991 | Bendel Hydes, Clark University, Worcester, MA, United States |
| 1990 | Bendel Hydes: Offshore, Bettal Gallery, New York, NY, United States |
| 1986 | New Paintings, Commonwealth Institute, London, England New Paintings, Cayman National Theatre, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands |
| 1981 | New Works, McField Square Galleries, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands |
| 1979 | Elements in a Free Space, Government Legislative Assembly, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands |
| 1974 | Bendel Hydes, Royal Palms Hotel, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 Speak to Me,,
National Gallery of the Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman.
Exquisite Porch, Morean Arts Centre, St. Petersburg, FL
| 2014 | 20/21 International Art Fair, Genty Fine Art, Royal College of Art, London, England, UK Metamorphosis, National Gallery of the Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman. |
2013 | 20/21 International Art Fair, Genty Fine Art, Royal College of Art, London England, UK Cambridge Art Fair, Genty Fine Art, Guild Hall, Cambridge, England, UK Chelsea Art Fair, Genty Fine Art, London, England, UK |
| 2012 | Art Cheshire, Genty Fine Art, Knutsford, Cheshire, England, UK Still Spot, Skylight Gallery, New York, NY, USA |
| 2011 | Big Art Auction, National Gallery of the Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands Nurture Art Juried Benefit, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY, United States A la Folie, Genty Fine Art, Tonbridge, Kent, England, UK |
| 2010 | Nature Calls, Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts, Long Branch, NJ, USA Latatara: An Exercise in Visual Poetry, Estonian House, New York, NY, USA |
| 2007 | Summer Salon, Leo Kuelbs Collection, Brooklyn, NY, USA |
| 2006 | Gallery Artists, Saunders Fine Art, London, England, UK Inaugural Exhibition, Estel Gallery, Nashville, TN, USA Au Courant, National Gallery of the Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands Drawing the Line Against Domestic Violence: Gala Benefit Auction, Helen Mills Event Space and Theater, New York, NY, USA Surface, Brenda Taylor Gallery, New York, NY, USA |
| 2005 | Winter Solstice IV: Shifts in Contemporary Art, The Arts Exchange Gallery, White Plains, NY, United States Winter Show, Studio 18 Gallery, New York, NY, United States Point of View, Alpan Gallery, Huntington, NY, United States From Here to Infinity, White Box Gallery, New York, NY, United States |
| 2004 | In Polytechnicolor, Michael Steinberg Fine Art, New York, NY, United States Degrees of Abstraction, Alpan Gallery, Huntington, NY, United States |
| 2003 | Caribbean & Latin Fine Art, Caribbean Tourism Organization, New York, NY, United States Art Miami, Kensington-Lott Fine Art, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands |
| 2002 | 9/11 Refuge Exhibition, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM, United States |
| 2002-01 | Between Lines: Caribbean & International Traveling Exhibition, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Museum of Curacao, Willemstat, Curacao; Exhibition Hall, Conseil Regional General, Martinique; Museum of Art, Paramaribo, Suriname; Art Museum of Haiti, Port-au-Prince, Haiti; ACP House, Brussels, Belgium |
| 2001 | 2nd Biennial Art Auction, Gale Gates et al, Brooklyn, NY, United States Summer Group Show, Axel Raben Gallery, New York, NY, United States Group Show, Kensington-Lott Fine Art, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands Angels’ Night Auction, Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles, CA, United States |
| 2000 | Substance, Neoimages, New York, NY, United States |
| 1999 | Private Mythologies, Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY, United State Size Matters, Gale Gates et al, Brooklyn, NY, United States Morir Soñando, 76 Varick, New York, NY, United States |
| 1998 | 30th International Festival of Painting, Museum of Cagnes-sur-Mer, Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Absolut Secret, McKee Gallery, New York, NY, United States |
| 1997 | Not in New York, Krasdale Gallery, White Plains, NY, United States |
| 1996 | Driven to Abstraction: The Power of Color and Form, Paramount Center for the Arts, Peekskill, NY, United States Summer Show, Gallery Juno, New York, NY, United States |
| 1995-98 | Caribbean Visions: Contemporary Painting and Sculpture; North American Traveling Exhibition, Center for Fine Arts, Miami, FL; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA; Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, CT; African American Museum, Dallas, TX; Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury, VT; Center for African American History and Culture, Smithsonian, DC; Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL; Latin American Art Museum, Long Beach, CA |
| 1995 | Small, Gallery Juno, New York, NY, United States Caribbean Festival of the Arts: Carifiesta VI, Trinidad |
| 1995-96 | Carib Art, International Traveling Exhibition, International Trade Center, Curacao, Netherland Antilles; Centro Caiquetio, Aruba, Netherland Antilles; Harquail Cultural Center, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands; Bermuda National Gallery, Hamilton, Bermuda; UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France |
| 1994 | Summer Solstice, Sound Shore Gallery, Stamford, CT, United States Spellbound, Blondies Contemporary Art, New York, NY, United States |
| 1993 | 500 Years After: Caribbean and Central American Painting, Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC, United States |
| 1991 | Emerging Artists, Kenkeleba Gallery, New York, NY, United States First National Juried Exhibition, Cornerstone Gallery of Fine Art, Falls Village, CT, United States The South of the World: The Other Contemporary Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Marsala, Italy; Museum of Contemporary Art, Palermo, Italy |
| 1990 | 22nd National Painting Exhibition; Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, PA |
| 1989 | Group Show, Straus Gallery, New York, NY, United States |
| 1998 | Bendel Hydes/Elisa Decker, Galleria Principal, Altos de Chavon, Dominican Republic |
| 1986 | Caribbean Art/African Currents, Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, New York, NY, United States |
| 1985 | Hudson Valley ‘85, Mid-Hudson Arts and Sciences Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, United States 36th Art of the Northeast United States, Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan, CT, United States Caribbean Art/African Currents, Goddard-Riverside Center, New York, NY, United States Inaugural Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, New York, NY, United States Two Person Show; Gallerie Taub, Philadelphia, PA, United States |
| 1984-85 | Art Against Apartheid, Touring Exhibition, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY; Hunter College, New York, NY; Paul Robeson Cultural Center, Pennsylvania State University, PA |
| 1984 | National Painting Exhibition, Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock, NY, United States The Thirteen Collection Auction, Sotheby Park Bernet, New York, NY, United States Group Show, Jamaica Arts Center, Queens, NY, United States Interplay ‘84, Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY, United States |
| 1983 | Newcastle Salutes New York: UK Exhibition, Newcastle Polytechnic, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England; Arcade Gallery, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England |
| 1982 | XXI International Drawing Exhibition, Joan Miro Foundation, Barcelona, Spain |
| 1981 | Cleveland Fifth International Drawing Biennale: United Kingdom Touring Exhibitions, Billingham Art Gallery, Middlesbrough, England; Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, Durham, England; Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England; House of Commons, London, England Trends 4, Cayman Gallery, New York, NY, United States Caribbean Festival of the Arts: Carifiesta, Bridgetown, Barbados |
| 1980 | Bendel Hydes & Pat Byles, CIBC Bank and Trust Company, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands |
AWARDS
| 2009 | Gold Medal Award for Creativity, Cayman National Cultural Foundation, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands |
| 2002 | Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, NY, United States |
| 2001 | Artist-in-Residence, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM, United States |
| 1996 | Award of Excellence, Cayman National Cultural Foundation, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands |
| 1996 | XXIII Bienal de Sao Paulo, Brazil, Government Exhibition Grant, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands |
| 1992 | Artist-in-Residence, Harquail Cultural Center, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands |
| 1988 | Artist-in-Residence, Altos de Chavon, Dominican Republic |
| 1987 | Scholarship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, United States |
| 1986 | Government Exhibition Grant, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands |
| 1986 | British Airways, Exhibition Sponsorship |
| 1985 | Dr. Maury Leibovitz Art Award, New York, NY, United States |
| 1985 | Exhibition Grant, Artists Space, New York, NY, United States |
EDUCATION
| 1976 | Clark University, Worcester, MA, USA |
| 1972-74 | Canterbury College of Art, Kent, England |
| 1971-72 | Liverpool College of Art, Liverpool, England |
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
National Gallery of the Cayman Islands
UBS (Cayman Islands) Ltd.
Deutsche Morgan Grenfell (Cayman) Ltd.
Galeria de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Cayman National Bank, Cayman Islands
HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Government of the Cayman Islands
Cayman National Cultural Foundation
Cayman Islands National Museum
RESIDENCIES
| 2009 | Nes Artists Residency, Skagastrond, Iceland |
| 2006 | Village du Peintres, Vouvant, France |
| 1997 | Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, United States |
| 1992 | Harquail Cultural Center, Cayman Islands |
| 1988 | Altos de Chavon, Dominican Republic |
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