Ray Haydon

Universal IV, 2026 — a sculpture in carbon fibre and walnut timber veneer

Upcoming exhibition — Sanderson Contemporary, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Twenty One

11 November – 6 December 2026

The show marks Ray Haydon’s twenty-one years with the gallery — sculpture that draws line through space, in wood, steel, bronze and carbon fibre.

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Recent work

Flex IX (2026), carbon fibre, marine grade pleather, sculpture by Ray HaydonTravel X (2026), corten steel, sculpture by Ray HaydonSentinel (2026), cast steel, sculpture by Ray HaydonUniversal IV (2026), carbon fibre, walnut timber veneer, sculpture by Ray HaydonTravelling IV (2025), corten steel, stone base, sculpture by Ray HaydonSpring (2025), carbon fibre, marine grade pleather, sculpture by Ray HaydonSpring II (2025), carbon fibre, marine grade pleather, sculpture by Ray HaydonFlex II (2025), carbon fibre, marine grade black pleather, sculpture by Ray HaydonFlex I (2025), carbon fibre, marine grade black pleather, sculpture by Ray HaydonVoyage IV (2024), iron oxide on carbon fibre, sculpture by Ray HaydonGesture XVI (2024), carbon fibre, resin, oak veneer, sculpture by Ray HaydonFluid XV (2024), carbon fibre, resin, walnut veneer, sculpture by Ray HaydonCurrent VIII (2024), bronze on stone, sculpture by Ray HaydonEndurance III (2024), cast steel on stone, sculpture by Ray HaydonDrift (2024), american white oak, sculpture by Ray HaydonEvolution XII (2024), carbon fibre, resin, walnut veneer, sculpture by Ray HaydonTwist VIII (2024), oak, sculpture by Ray HaydonVerve (2023), carbon fibre, walnut, sculpture by Ray HaydonEndurance (2023), cast steel and wood base, sculpture by Ray HaydonTravel VII (2023), corten steel on stone, sculpture by Ray HaydonUniversal III (2023), carbon fibre, american white oak, sculpture by Ray HaydonTravel VI (2023), corten steel, sculpture by Ray HaydonEndurance II (2023), cast steel and stone base, sculpture by Ray HaydonTwist IV (2023), carbon fibre, resin, walnut veneer, sculpture by Ray HaydonTwist III (2023), walnut, sculpture by Ray HaydonTwist II (2023), american white oak, sculpture by Ray HaydonTwist I (2023), walnut, sculpture by Ray HaydonAccord II (2023), walnut, stainless steel base, sculpture by Ray HaydonAccord I (2023), american white oak, stainless steel base, sculpture by Ray HaydonFluid XV (2023), carbon fibre, resin, walnut veneer, sculpture by Ray HaydonFluid 1.52 (2023), stainless steel, sculpture by Ray HaydonEvolution XI (2023), carbon fibre, resin, oak veneer, sculpture by Ray HaydonEvolution IX (2023), carbon fibre, resin, walnut veneer, sculpture by Ray Haydon

Ray Haydon

“Imagine a ribbon thrown in the air, the way it loops and curves — that’s the effect I’m trying to achieve.”

b. 1950, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Represented by Sanderson Contemporary, Auckland

Ray is a sculptor with one enduring preoccupation: the movement of line through space. In bronze, corten and stainless steel, wood and carbon fibre, he makes forms of improbable fluidity — ribbons frozen mid-air, coils that seem to shrug off their own weight, kinetic works that turn to the wind’s whim. Each piece is a celebration of its material, and of the invisible engineering that lets the impossible stand still.

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Ray Haydon at home at Sandspit, arms folded, with the bush and the sea behind him, 2024

Recent exhibitions

All exhibitions
Green pleather ribbon sculpture by Ray Haydon, from Seventy Five (2025)2025Seventy Five11 November – 7 December 2025 Evolution XII (2024), Carbon fibre, resin, walnut veneer, sculpture by Ray Haydon, from Evolve (2024)2024Evolve11 November – 8 December 2024 Accord I (2023), American white oak, stainless steel base, sculpture by Ray Haydon, from Endurance (2023)2023Endurance24 October – 26 November 2023
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