Ed Haddaway
Ed Haddaway, is an interdisplinary artist, whose primary focus has been in sculpture. As a sculptor living and working in New Mexico, near the Rio Grande, Haddaway has been an integral part of the visual imagery in and around Albuquerque for decades. He has work in public art collections around the state and country. His local installations are located at Tingley Beach, the Albuquerque Museum and the New Mexico Museum of Art. Haddaway’s most recent public art installments are located in Lafayette and Lakewood, Colorado.
As a young boy, Haddaway became interested in making things. An avowed introvert who has had a profound hearing impairment since birth, he retreated into three obsessions: art, introspection, and exploring his dreams. This coalesced into his subject matter for small and large sculptures, both for private and public display. Haddaway’s work is an invitation to others to experience and recollect their own childhood dreams and playful imagination
Was Your Dream and My Volcano Ed Haddaway painted steel 24 x 13 x 16 in Price: $4,900
Underwater Dreaming Ed Haddaway painted aluminum 25 x 16 x 8 in Price: $2,800
The Flight of the Lost Book Animal (Maquette) Ed Haddaway Painted Steel 9 x 30 x 12 in Price: $3,800
The Critic (A Convention on the Plain of Leisure) Ed Haddaway painted steel 120 x 48 x 24 in Price: $8,000
Friend of the Bright Red Ball (Maquette) Ed Haddaway painted steel 14.5 x 13 x 9 in
Hail Mary Ed Haddaway painted aluminum 30 x 28 x 8 in
Early Try at Stonehenge Boating Ed Haddaway painted steel 24 x 14 x 8 in Price: $4,500
Brain Food Ed Haddaway painted steel 32 x 26 x 13 in Price: $8,000
Artist Statement
“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.” ~Picasso
As I have been “making things” from a very young age, I have taken this quote seriously and devoted my
life in pursuit of this objective.
As a child, I had a lot of imagination and started "making things" at a very young age, and I dreamed a
lot. I still do. An avowed introvert who has had a profound hearing impairment since birth, I retreated
into three obsessions: art, introspection, and exploring my dreams. This coalesced into my subject
matter for small and large sculptures, both for private and public display, as I invite others to experience
a reminiscence of their own childhood dreams and playful imagination.
At the University of New Mexico, I earned a BFA with an emphasis on sculpture. Since that time, I have
been fortunate to have a career as an artist. Early in my career, I decided that I wanted to be a public
sculptor. I had grown more accustomed to working at a monumental scale and realized the importance
of an audience for my work. I have continued to make large-scale works and have a number of public
works around the country.
My work has always included figures and symbols that touch on the universality of dreams and
childhood memories. This is often my inspiration—to share in the stories that come from dreams that
seem illusive, fanciful, whimsical, ominous, and symbolic, but are universal in feeling. Through the
medium of painted steel sculpture, my dreams, stories, and imagination move through the work. I hope
that others will find connection with these expressions of joy and mystery, being familiar in the shared
sense of this almost knowing.
I continue to make sculptures with public exhibits in mind. I believe in the transformative power of
public art, and I aim to create sculptures that engage viewers on both aesthetic and emotional levels,
inspiring a sense of wonder, provoking introspection, and igniting imagination.