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Sara Hughes (artist)

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Sara Hughes
Born1971 (age 52–53)
NationalityNew Zealander
EducationElam School of Fine Arts

Sara Hughes (born 1971) is a Canadian-born New Zealand artist.

Background

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Hughes was born in 1971 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[1][2] She graduated in 2001 from the Elam School of Fine Arts with a Masters of Fine Arts.[3]

Career

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Hughes is a painter and installation artist.[3]

Hughes is represented in Auckland by Gow Langsford Gallery[4] and in Melbourne by Sutton Gallery.[3]

Work by Hughes are included in some of public collections including the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki,[2] Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa,[5] and the National Gallery of Australia.[6]

In 2023 she was commissioned to create art works called Colour Quartet to be sold to raise funds for the restoration of Kāhui St David's a music centre in Khyber Pass Rd, Auckland.[7]

Residencies

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Awards

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References

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  1. ^ "Sara Hughes". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Sara Hughes". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  3. ^ a b c "Artist Profile - Sara Hughes". Sutton Gallery. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Sara Hughes". Gow Langsford Gallery. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Sara Hughs, Collections Online". Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  6. ^ "NGA collection Sara Hughes". National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Saving St David's: Transforming a church into a centre for music". RNZ. 30 November 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  8. ^ a b "Sara Hughes awarded Berlin Visual Art Residency". Scoop News. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  9. ^ 20 years of Artists-In-Residence McColl Center
  10. ^ "2005: Sara Hughes". Wallace Arts Trust. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  11. ^ "The Frances Hodgkins Fellowship". University of Otago. Retrieved 4 December 2017.

Further reading

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Artist files for Sara Hughes are held at:

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