Sharon Hayes (born 1970) is an artist who investigates the formation of the individual or collective in relation to politics, history, and speech through artistic and research-based performance, installation, and video works. Recent exhibitions include: Andrea Geyer | Sharon Hayes, Göteborgs Konsthall, Gothenburg, 2010 and Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen, 2009; and The Future is Unthinkable, Objectif Exhibitions, Antwerp, 2009. Hayes lives and works in New York.