Sara Hughes (artist)

Sara Hughes
Born	1971 (age 53–54) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Nationality	New Zealander
Education	Elam School of Fine Arts

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

Background

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

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

• 2008/09 Creative New Zealand Berlin Visual Artists Residency[8]
• 2008 Artist-in-Residence at the McColl Center for Art + Innovation in Charlotte, NC[9]

Awards

• 2005 Wallace Arts Trust paramount award[10]
• 2005 Norsewear Art Award[8]
• 2003 Frances Hodgkins Fellowship[11]

References

1. "Sara Hughes". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
2. "Sara Hughes". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
3. "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. "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

Artist files for Sara Hughes are held at:

• Angela Morton Collection, Takapuna Library [1]
• Te Aka Matua Research Library, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa [2]
• Fine Arts Library, Te Herenga Toi The University of Auckland Libraries and Learning Services [3]
• E. H. McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki [4]
• Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hākena [5]
• Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu [6]

External links

• Official website