Sara Hughes (born 1971) is a Canadian-born New Zealand artist.
Background Hughes was born in 1971 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She graduated in 2001 from the Elam School of Fine Arts with a Masters of Fine Arts.
Career Hughes is a painter and installation artist.
Hughes is represented in Auckland by Gow Langsford Gallery and in Melbourne by Sutton Gallery.
Work by Hughes are included in some of public collections including the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, and the National Gallery of Australia.
A 2015 work, Transit Cloud, created in collaboration with Gregor Kregar and Davor Popadich (artist) was installed in the alleyway between McCrae Way and Totara Avenue, New Lynn as part of the New Lynn transformation project. The sculpture is part of the Auckland City Art Collection. It attracted public controversy after critics said it looked like a giant penis.
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.
Residencies 2008/09 Creative New Zealand Berlin Visual Artists Residency 2008 Artist-in-Residence at the McColl Center for Art + Innovation in Charlotte, NC20 years of Artists-In-Residence McColl Center
Awards 2005 Wallace Arts Trust paramount award 2005 Norsewear Art Award 2003 Frances Hodgkins Fellowship
References
Further reading Artist files for Sara Hughes are held at: Angela Morton Collection, Takapuna Library Te Aka Matua Research Library, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Fine Arts Library, Te Herenga Toi The University of Auckland Libraries and Learning Services E. H. McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hākena Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu
External links Official website