Satch Hoyt

c) 2004 Chris Baker

Transparent Goal, 2005 Soccer balls, plexiglas, stainless steel, soundscape, & audio elements 7’ x 9’ x 4”, overall dimensions variable For this installation, a plexiglas goal post frames a group of soccer balls set into the ground. Embedded under the soccer balls is a motion activated soundscape relating to issues of racism in European football.

Born 1957
Lives and works in New York, NY and internationally

Solo exhibitions include: Star Worshippers, Ileana Bouboulis Gallery, Paris, France (1997) and Satch Hoyt, Galerie de l’Autre Cote de la Rue, Brussels, Belgium (1997).

Selected group exhibitions include: The Endless Line, Beijing, China (2006); Living for the City, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY (2005); Propeller, Steve Turner Gallery, Los Angeles (2005); Tate Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, U.K. (2004); Exposition de Sculptures, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris, France (2004); Open House: Working in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY (2004); Brown v. Board of Education, Gallery 138, New York, NY (2004); Black President: The Art and Legacy of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY (2003), traveling: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA (April-July, 2004) and Barbican Art Gallery, London, U.K. (September-October, 2004); The Squared Circle: Boxing in Contemporary Art, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (2003); Re-Do China, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York, NY (2003); A Moment’s Notice, Inman Gallery, Houston (2002); ArtNew York, Kunsträume auf Zeit, Linz, Austria (2002); Body Power/Power Play, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany (2002); Where the Boys Are, Clementine Gallery, New York, NY (2002); Scope Art Fair, Franklin Sirmans, New York, NY (2002); Boxer, Kunsthalle Tirol, Hall, Austria (2001); Encounters, Monterrey, Mexico (2001); All Access, Crosspathculture, New York, NY (2001); SportCult, apexart, New York, NY (2001); Art of Latin America and the Caribbean, UNESCO, Paris, France (1999); Artistes Jamaicans, DDB, Paris, France (1998); Feria Internacional del Arte, Contempora Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela (1998); Opera Gallery, Singapore (1996); and Off Biennial, Venice, Italy (1996).

Awards and Residencies include: New York State Council on the Arts Grant (2002), Art Omi International, International Artists’ Colony (2002) and CCP Foundation, Marrakech, Morocco (1998).