Sara Hughes (artist) explained

Sara Hughes
Birth Place:	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Nationality:	New Zealander
Training:	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.

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.

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,^[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
• 2003 Frances Hodgkins Fellowship^[11]

Further reading

Artist files for Sara Hughes are held at:

• Angela Morton Collection, Takapuna Library http://findnzartists.org.nz/artists/artist-file/11/
• Te Aka Matua Research Library, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa http://findnzartists.org.nz/artists/artist-file/4/
• Fine Arts Library, Te Herenga Toi The University of Auckland Libraries and Learning Services http://findnzartists.org.nz/artists/artist-file/6/
• E. H. McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki http://findnzartists.org.nz/artists/artist-file/1/
• Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hākena http://findnzartists.org.nz/artists/artist-file/3/
• Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu http://findnzartists.org.nz/artists/artist-file/2/

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sara Hughes. findnzartists.org.nz. en. 4 December 2017.
2. News: Sara Hughes. Auckland Art Gallery. 4 December 2017. en.
3. Web site: Artist Profile - Sara Hughes. Sutton Gallery. 4 December 2017.
4. Web site: Sara Hughes. Gow Langsford Gallery. en. 4 December 2017.
5. Web site: Sara Hughs, Collections Online. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. en. 4 December 2017.
6. Web site: NGA collection Sara Hughes. National Gallery of Australia. 4 December 2017.
7. Web site: 2023-11-30 . Saving St David's: Transforming a church into a centre for music . 2024-06-09 . RNZ . en-nz.
8. Web site: Sara Hughes awarded Berlin Visual Art Residency . 4 December 2017 . Scoop News.
9. https://mccollcenter.org/artists-in-residence/ 20 years of Artists-In-Residence
10. News: 2005: Sara Hughes. Wallace Arts Trust. 4 December 2017. en-US.
11. Web site: The Frances Hodgkins Fellowship. University of Otago. en-nz. 4 December 2017.