4:00 p.m.
University of Oregon Visiting Artist Lecture Series
Presented by the Department of Art and Center for Art Research
Tyler Hays is an American artist, born and raised in northeastern Oregon. He received his BFA in painting at the university of Oregon in 1994. Throughout his life, he has worked creatively and professionally in a wide array of mediums—from painting, food, music, and furniture, to ceramics, metalwork, fashion, and architecture—with a through-line focus on material science and engineering. He often says the true unifying subject of his work is finding the lines between things. “The harder you look, the more similar everything becomes, and the more difficult it is to know where to stop.” Much of the art, for Hays, is the alchemy of finding these connections.
Tyler hays grew up with a strong desire to make everything in his universe from scratch. This foundational impulse started very young— sewing and cooking, taking apart his toys—and followed him to art school, where he mixed his own paints and made his paint brushes from scratch with hand-pounded silver ferrules. His interests and fluencies are surprisingly expansive yet always centered around the same soup-to-nuts compulsion and fetish-level research into the deconstruction of objects down to their elements. While painting continues to be his primary and most consistent medium, Hays has become best known as the creative force behind the enigmatic company BDDW, which has maintained galleries in New York, London, and Los Angeles. BDDW continues to be the exclusive retailer and auction house of his furniture, art, and objects. Tyler lives and works between Philadelphia, New York, and Oregon.
This lecture is made possible by the Davis Family Endowed Fund in Art.
5:30–8:00 p.m.
Mohr Career Services and the UO Sports Product Management Program invite you to join one of our most popular events of the year. BizCareers in Outdoor, Apparel, and Sustainability features companies and opportunities in the outdoor, apparel, and sustainability industry. This two-part event begins with an alumni panel discussion followed by a networking opportunity to meet company representatives for career exploration.
Event Schedule
OPTIONAL: Networking Prep Session (4:15–5:15 p.m., Chiles 125) Alumni Panel (5:30–6:30 p.m., Lillis 182) - Learn about career paths and what skills and experience you can gain now to become a competitive applicant. Networking Mixer (6:30–8:00 p.m., Lillis Atrium) - Enjoy refreshments while expanding your network of employer connections and learning about immediate opportunities for internships and full-time jobs. Hors d'oeuvres and other refreshments will be provided.Alumni Panel
Evan Horne, Senior Leader, Supply Chain, Nike, Inc. Sonia Nelson, Digital Trading Analytics, adidas Bridget Bills, Advanced Analytics, Brooks Running Alexander Winslow, Regional Procurement Program Specialist, Vestas