Bill Hay has been making and exhibiting his artwork ever since completing a Diploma of Fine Art at RMIT in 1976. His work can be found in many major public collections, including The ANG Canberra, The National Gallery of Victoria, The Queensland, New South Wales and South Australian Art Galleries, The State Library of Victoria, The Art Centre – Gold Coast, Parliament House – Canberra, University of Technology - Sydney and The City of Melbourne.

"In this work, I am playing with arabesque shapes, which might be words, thought bubbles or clouds emanating from the invisible people in the empty chairs. For years when travelling, I have made drawings of the various chairs in hotel rooms or B&Bs, and they have slowly made their way into my work."