"Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time." Thomas Merton
Jeff Hackney Design
As a child, I was ever curious about art and design, both man-made and in nature. To my way of thinking, everything in the world no matter how complex is always made up of simple structures. Part of what defines art for me was always the challenge of simplicity in design as well as construction. Building art simply, I used few and the most basic tools, which allowed me to form a connection and listen to, the materials I worked with. Art became a conversation.
The conversation continues...
Jeff Hackney Design features sculptures in steel, concrete, wood, and bronze created from 2007-2019. A few selections of these sculptures are shown on the Art page. Photography is representative of the Pacific Northwest 2021-current.
Jeff's works have been collected in private and public collections across the United States, Brazil, and have been purchased for the permanent art collections of municipalities, and private public partnerships including: the Arts and Science Council and Charlotte-Mecklinburg County, NC; the Sandy Springs Conservancy and the city of Sandy Springs, Ga; the city of Wilmington, NC; the city of Burlington, NC; the city of Mebane, NC; Alamance County, NC; and King University in Bristol, Tennessee. His works reside in private collections from Seattle, WA to Chicago Il, Atlanta, Ga to Danville Va, Naples , FLA to Durham, NC, Myrtle Beach, SC to Chapel Hill, NC, Burlington, NC to Charleston, SC, Asheville, NC to Grundy, WVA, Lafayette, La to Boone, NC.nalist or took
PUBLIC ART ACQUISITIONS, JURIED EXHIBITIONS - COMPETITIONS
Knightdale investors, LLC “Henry Knight’s Vision” Knightdale, NC, installed November 2016. Awarded Knightdale’s 2016 Community Appearance award.
Alamance County Arts Council, City of Burlington, NC, 6th Biennial Sculpture Show: “Willow Walk” 2016 Purchase Award for "Flight"
NC Botanical Gardens, “Sculpture in the Garden Invitational” Chapel Hill, NC, 2015; People’s Choice award for “Aaralyn and Sasha”
Alamance County Arts Council, City of Burlington, NC, 6th Biennial Sculpture Show: “Willow Walk” 2014 Purchase Award for "Ziggy"
King University permanent collection, Bristol Tennessee “Dogwood - Cornus Florida” installed 2014
City of Wilmington, Pedestrian Art Selected Artist and Purchase Award for "Light Before Time" 2013
NC Botanical Gardens, “Sculpture in the Garden Invitational,” Chapel Hill, NC, 2014, 2013, 2012
Alamance County Arts Council, City of Burlington, NC, 6th Biennial Sculpture Show: “Willow Walk” 2012 Purchase Award for "Chasing the Wind"
Playable Art Park, Sandy Springs, Ga, Commissioned Artist, 2012, “The Big Imagine” chosen as one of seven commissions from a field of 125 international artists. Installed 2014.
NC Botanical Gardens, “Sculpture in the Garden Invitational,” Chapel Hill, NC, 2011
“Art in the Garden” Invitational, Pinehurst, NC, 2011, Second Place
Alamance County Arts Council, City of Burlington, NC, 6th Biennial Sculpture Show: “Willow Walk” 2010 Purchase Award for "Light Before Time"
Moses Cone Regional Cancer Center, Roof Garden Sculpture National Call to Artists, Design Finalist
Optix Eye Care, Erwin Road, Durham, NC. “OP” Commissioned and installed 2010
Scrapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. Selected Artist, 2010
Caldwell Arts Council and Tri-state Sculptors, “25th Anniversary Sculpture Celebrations”, Lenoir, NC; Norma Suddreth Award, 2010 "Chasing the Wind"
Alamance County Arts Council, City of Burlington, NC, 5th Biennial Sculpture Show
“Willow Walk” 2010 Purchase Award for Strangely Familiar
Public Art Chattanooga “4th Biennial Sculpture Show,“ Chattanooga, TN.
2010-2011 Selected Artist for “Need Bigger Hammer”
Arts and Science Council-Charlotte-Mecklenburg, Public Art Project -Rozzelles Ferry Streetscape Project, Charlotte, NC. Commissioned Artist. "Reflections of Community"
Discovery Place, Charlotte, NC. 2009, Call to Artists, Design finalist
Caldwell Arts Council and Tri-State Sculptors, “Sculpture Celebrations” Lenoir, NC, First Place, 2008: "Need Bigger Hammer"
Optix Eye Care, Durham, NC. “Spectacle” Commissioned and installed 2008
NC Botanical Gardens, “Sculpture in the Garden” 2007 Chapel Hill, NC, “Remember” Best in Show
Wake County Hospice “Gateway Sculpture Project,” Raleigh, NC, Design finalist, 2007
H.S. Brown and Associates, Sullivan’s Island, SC. Commissioned and installed 2007
Press
Jennifer Preston | Crafting community — start with art"
"Aeronautica" by Wave Assembly; "Leaving" (two tall figures) by Jeff Hackney
"Wilmington International Airport and The Arts Council of Wilmington and New Hanover County Select Public Art
"The Wacqueline Stern Show Episode #91"
"Welding Wonder Into Sculpture"
https://ncbg.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/963/2019/05/Fall_2017_Conservation_Gardener.pdf
"Knightdale Station Awarded Community Appearance Award"
"Kids Are Freaking Out Over This Atlanta Area Park!"
"Chasing the Wind" at New Leaf Circle
"Sculpture Blooms Along City Streets" Star News, Wilmington
"Public Art Chattanooga Announces Selected Pieces For 4th Biennial Sculpture Exhibition