“As an artist, I pay attention to how people move through the world—what surrounds them, what affects them, and how they physically engage with their environment. Printmaking becomes my way of holding onto time. It resists speed. It asks for presence, it’s a slow process that takes time to achieve results. The repetition, pressure, and layering involved in printmaking mirror the way memory and experience accumulate over time. Through that process, I try to create work that invites others to pause and look more closely.”
Bev Hayes is a visual artist working in the media of Art, Photography & Printmaking. Gaining a BA in Fine Art at the University of the West of England, then a working career for art galleries, centers for education, and photographic studios in England. Now based and working as a freelance artist in Gothenburg, Sweden, she is a member of two collective printmaking workspaces in the west of Sweden. A member of Hot Bed Press in Salford, and The Bluecoat Print Studio, Liverpool, where she used to be printmaking tutor. Her work is in regional art collections, Gothenburg, Örebro, Västmanland and Mölndals Konst Föreningen.
Publishing regulary online and through social media platforms. Hayes collaborates with galleries and local or International artists. View more of her works at Galleri Grafik I Väst, Gothenburg. Hayes’ teaches and delivers workshops in the technique of Photopolymer Gravure at Konstnärernas Kollektivverkstad and in UK. She has been a print workshop manager since 2022 and is Chair on the board at Grafik I Väst Gallery.
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