Ray Haydon

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

Upcoming exhibition

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.

Sanderson Contemporary, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Opening Thursday 12 November, 5.30–7pm

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Ray Haydon at the bench in his workshop, with a polished stainless steel sculpture in front of him

Ray Haydon

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

Ray Haydon was born in Auckland in 1950 and came to sculpture after forty years as a jeweller, silversmith and craftsman. His first exhibition, in March 2006, sold out in its first week. He has shown with Sanderson Contemporary almost every year since, and more than 650 of his sculptures are held in private collections in New Zealand and overseas.

He lives and works at Sandspit, north of Auckland, where he and his wife Sarah have built a sculpture garden around the house and workshop. Some of the works are kinetic. They turn to the wind, never to a motor.

Biography
Re-orient, a polished stainless steel sculpture by Ray Haydon, standing in the garden at Sandspit
Re-orient
Just Imagine, a corten steel sculpture by Ray Haydon, standing on the lawn in the garden at Sandspit
Just Imagine
Sentinel, a tall cast steel sculpture by Ray Haydon, among the trees at Sandspit
Sentinel
Travel VI, a corten steel sculpture by Ray Haydon, on a timber base in the garden at Sandspit
Travel VI

Twenty One

11 November – 6 December 2026

Ray Haydon’s work is available through Sanderson Contemporary, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.

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