Amy Hughes (artist)

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]

Amy Hughes
Hughes studio portrait, 2016
Born1992
Leicester, Leicestershire, UK
Education
Known forConceptual art, contemporary art, painting, realism
AwardsPrince of Wales Foundation
Websiteamyvhughes.com

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
YearAwardCategoryResult
2019Feminist Art Residency, Florence, Italy2020 Artist ResidencySelected
2019Manhattan Arts International: "HerStory"Nancy Reyner: Special Recognition AwardWon
2019Manhattan Arts International: "HerStory"Woman Artist Advocate Achievement [Monetary] AwardWon
2019Manhattan Arts International: "HerStory"Featured Artist Award: Discipline: PaintingWon
2019International Biennial Portrait CompetitionPeople's Choice AwardNominated
2018First Prize: "Up Close" Competition and Exhibition, ArtrepreneurDiscipline: PaintingWon
2017National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society InternationalDiscipline: Oil PaintingSelected
2017Westminster Kennel Club Painting CompetitionSelected FinalistsSelected
2015HRH Prince of Wales AwardScholarshipWon
2014New York Academy of ArtMerit ScholarshipWon
2013Liverpool Women's HospitalPurchase PrizeWon
2008Cransley School Outstanding StudentFine ArtWon

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