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Grant David Hayunga, is an American painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...

 and musician
Musician
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 of Frisian
Frisians
The Frisians are a Germanic ethnic group native to the coastal parts of the Netherlands and Germany. They are concentrated in the Dutch provinces of Friesland and Groningen and, in Germany, East Frisia and North Frisia, that was a part of Denmark until 1864. They inhabit an area known as Frisia...

 origin.

Early life and family

Grant is the son of Del Hayunga, a businessman, and Jean Meyer Hayunga, a public health nurse and home maker. His brother, Blake Hayunga, is a real estate manager/developer in San Francisco, and sister of Maya Hayunga.

Hayunga’s parents moved to Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...

 in 1970 to embark on their careers and soon moved to New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...

, then Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

, where Hayunga attended St. Paul Academy. The family moved to Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky
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 in the mid-1980s, where he attended Ballard High School and first assembled his band, Goshen
Goshen (band)
Goshen is the ongoing musical project of artist/musician Grant Hayunga. Founded in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1994. The band is currently signed to Frogville Records.-History and discography:...

. Since the first lineup, Goshen has had a revolving cast, with the exception of the current band including Hayunga, Elizabeth DeCicco
Elizabeth DeCicco
Elizabeth DeCicco is an American actress, most known for her role as Dana Coleman on In Plain Sight. DeCicco has also worked on several films such as The 40-Year-Old Virgin, The Aviator and Click....

, Jim Palmer on drums and Jason Reed on bass.

Early career

Hayunga attended the Rhode Island School of Design
Rhode Island School of Design
Rhode Island School of Design is a fine arts and design college located in Providence, Rhode Island. It was founded in 1877. Located at the base of College Hill, the RISD campus is contiguous with the Brown University campus. The two institutions share social, academic, and community resources and...

 (RISD) on a merit scholarship in Providence, Rhode Island
Providence, Rhode Island
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. Selling paintings before he graduated, he moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico
Santa Fe, New Mexico
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, where he joined Linda Durham Contemporary Art. His first solo show with Linda Durham was in 1993. His next solo show was at Gallery De Praktijk in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
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, entitled "The Red Peyote Papers".

By 2006 Hayunga was working on his sixth album, Lioness, with the Palmer brothers in Santa Fe. The cover features Hayunga's piece "Lioness" from The Red Peyote Series.

Mid career

Hayunga's 2008 solo show with Linda Durham Contemporary Art was entitled Tree Skeletons. This was an evolution of his earlier series, Ojo de la Tierra, and his final show with the gallery. After two decades, Hayunga moved on from Linda Durham Contemporary Art to LAUNCHPROJECTS with Cyndi Conn and Ben Lincoln.

After the release of Lioness, Hayunga embarked on a new project that was to be released in 2009, The Como Sessions: Volume 1. The new album was produced by James "Jimbo" Mathus of the Squirrel Nut Zippers
Squirrel Nut Zippers
The Squirrel Nut Zippers are a band formed in 1993 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina by James "Jimbo" Mathus , Katharine Whalen , Chris Phillips on drums, Don Raleigh on bass and sideman Ken Mosher....

, Buddy Guy
Buddy Guy
George "Buddy" Guy is an American blues and jazz guitarist and singer. He is a critically acclaimed artist who has established himself as a pioneer of the Chicago blues sound, and has served as an influence to some of the most notable musicians of his generation...

 and Knockdown South. It was recorded at Delta Recording Service in Como, Mississippi
Como, Mississippi
Como is a town in Panola County, Mississippi, United States which borders the Mississippi Delta. The population was 1,310 as of the 2000 census. Wayne Drash, a CNN.com senior producer, described Como as "a hard-hit rural community" in a 2007 article.-History:...

 on November 11, 2008. With the exception of Elizabeth DeCicco
Elizabeth DeCicco
Elizabeth DeCicco is an American actress, most known for her role as Dana Coleman on In Plain Sight. DeCicco has also worked on several films such as The 40-Year-Old Virgin, The Aviator and Click....

 on vocals, Hayunga used musicians from The Hill Country including Jimbo Mathus
Jimbo Mathus
Jimbo MathusBirthname: James H. Mathis, Jr.Born: August 1967 Birthplace: Oxford, MSGenres: American musicOccupations: Entertainer, singer, instrumentalist, songwriter, tankerman...

 (guitar, piano, Wurlitzer organ, mandolin, drums, percussion and vocals), Corey Jenkins (drums), Justin Showah (engineer and bass) of Afrissippi and Chad Smith (Wurlitzer organ).

In 2000, Grant met actress/singer/model Elizabeth DeCicco
Elizabeth DeCicco
Elizabeth DeCicco is an American actress, most known for her role as Dana Coleman on In Plain Sight. DeCicco has also worked on several films such as The 40-Year-Old Virgin, The Aviator and Click....

 when they were both at a taping of Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...

 with friend Val Kilmer
Val Kilmer
Val Edward Kilmer is an American actor. Originally a stage actor, Kilmer became popular in the mid-1980s after a string of appearances in comedy films, starting with Top Secret! , then the cult classic Real Genius , as well as blockbuster action films, including a supporting role in Top Gun and a...

 hosting and U2
U2
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 as musical guest. Their relationship began in 2006, six years after they had met. By 2008, they were performing together in Goshen
Goshen (band)
Goshen is the ongoing musical project of artist/musician Grant Hayunga. Founded in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1994. The band is currently signed to Frogville Records.-History and discography:...

. They currently reside in Santa Fe.

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