Amy_Hughes_(artist)

Amy Hughes (artist)

Amy Hughes (artist)

British painter

Amy Hughes (born 1992), also known as Amy V. Hughes,[1][2] is a British-born New York City-based contemporary painter.[3] She is best known for the portrait painting of her late grandfather and for her feminist take on the relationships between body and mind.[4][3]

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As of 2018, she teaches painting at the New York Academy of Art, a private graduate art school, and works out of her studio in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.[5]

Hughes has been recognised for her efforts towards advancing the status of women artists and promoting equality.[6]

Early life and education

Hughes was born in Leicester and was raised in Cheshire, United Kingdom and Moscow, Russia.[6] At a young age her artistic abilities were identified and nurtured by her professors.[7] At the age of sixteen, Hughes won the Cransley School Award for Art.[1][4]

Hughes studied at Sir John Deane's College, followed by Liverpool Hope University where she earned a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Art.[1] At her graduate show in 2013, she was awarded the “Purchase Prize Award” and her painting [Untitled, 2012] was purchased by the Liverpool Women's Hospital for their permanent collection. The painting currently hangs in the hospital’s main atrium.[8][1]

In 2014, Hughes completed an artist residency at Sir John Deane’s College, where a painting of hers remains in private collection.[1] Later that year she relocated to New York City to earn a Master of Fine Arts from the New York Academy of Art. Hughes graduated from the academy in 2016, her studies supported by awards including a New York Academy of Art Merit Scholarship and HRH Prince of Wales Award.[8]

Exhibitions

Hughes' work has been exhibited in many solo and group shows internationally.[1] Notably, her work has been exhibited at Paul Anavian Gallery at the Manhattan Arts & Antiques Center,[9] and the International Portrait Biennial at Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art.[5] She has exhibited and sold work twice at Sotheby’s "Take Home a Nude" art auction, alongside pieces by Eric Fischl, Yoko Ono, Kiki Smith, and Judy Chicago.[1][10]

In 2016, Hughes created a painting for the Westminster Kennel Club which was exhibited at the Annual Dog Show at Madison Square Gardens and printed on the show tickets.[7]

As of 2018, she has a drawing in the collection of fashion designer Misha Nonoo.[1]

Awards

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References

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    "CV". amyvhughes.com. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
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    "A M Y H U G H E S | Artist (@amyvhughes.artist) • Instagram photos and videos". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
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    "Aesthetica Magazine - Figurative Exploration". Aesthetica Magazine. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
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    Bristow, Ned (22 June 2019). "Kingsmead artist making waves in USA with latest showcase turning heads". Northwich Guardian. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
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    New York Academy of Art. "Amy Hughes – New York Academy of Art". Retrieved 30 November 2019.
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    Philips, Renee (10 July 2019). "Amy Hughes". Manhattan Arts. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
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    "Artist profile - Amy Hughes". Cheshire Life. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
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    "Liverpool Hope University, ALUMNA MAKES NAME FOR HERSELF IN NEW YORK ART WORLD". www.hope.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
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    "MAAC on the Map - Mortal Coil". Manhattan Art and Antiques Center. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  10. [10]
    "Take Home a Nude 2018 Press Deck" (PDF). Retrieved 30 November 2019.
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