Satch Hoyt was born in London in 1957 and currently lives and works in Berlin. Hoyt's solo exhibitions include Rhythm and Rhyme, Galerie Steinek, Vienna (2008); For Love of Sugar, St. Paul's Cathedral, London (2007); Satch Hoyt, Galerie Lucette Herzog, Paris (2007); and Game, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris (2006).
Group exhibitions include Rockstone and Bootheel-Contemporary West Indian Art, Real Art Ways, Hartford (2009); Beijing Biennale, National Art Museum of China (2008); Black Light White Noise, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston (2007); Equatorial Rhythms, Stenersen Museum, Oslo (2007); Infinite Island: Contemporary Caribbean Art, Brooklyn Museum (2007); The Beautiful Game: Contemporary Art and Fútbol, BICA and Roebling Hall, New York (2006); Living for the City, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York (2005); Propeller, Steve Turner Gallery, Los Angeles (2005); Tate Liverpool Biennial, Tate Gallery, Liverpool (2004); Open House: Working in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum (2004); The Squared Circle: Boxing in Contemporary Art, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (2004); Black President: the Art and Legacy of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York (2003); and Body Power/Power Play, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany (2002).
Hoyt has recorded music with Grace Jones and Louise Bourgeois and is a member of Greg Tate's band, Burnt Sugar; he is recording a solo album, Griots and CyberCrooks.
Photo of Satch Hoyt by Dr. J Caldwell
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Burnt Sugar Nasher Residency Photos Satch Hoyt and Louise Bourgeois Satch Hoyt at Franklin Humanities Institute
Satch Hoyt, "Celestial Vessel," 2009. RCA Victor Red Seal 45rpm vinyl records, steel, magnets, oil paint, audio components, soundscape 203 x 37 x 18 inches. Commissioned by the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. Photo by Peter Paul Geoffrion.
Satch Hoyt, "Celestial Vessel," 2009. RCA Victor Red Seal 45rpm vinyl records, steel, magnets, oil paint, audio components, soundscape 203 x 37 x 18 inches. Commissioned by the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. Photo by Peter Paul Geoffrion.
Satch Hoyt created "Celestial Vessel," a 16-foot canoe made mostly of RCA Victor Red Seal 45rpm vinyl records, during his artist residency supported by Duke's Provost for the Arts in 2009. The work was commissioned for "The Record" by the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. Photo by Dr. J Caldwell.
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