Bio + CV
Kate Hughes is a multidisciplinary artist working in print, textile and photo media living and working on Gadigal land (Sydney, Australia). Her work is delicate, feminine and technically refined. It explores the ties between identity and place enticing the viewer with detail, texture and intimacy. Her artistic practice is informed by her current work in cultural materials conservation and her history working in adult media. She completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts Printmaking at the Victorian College of the Arts and a Master of Cultural Materials Conservation from the University of Melbourne. After completing her undergraduate she worked in adult media, leaving her with a lasting passion for sex worker rights and an appreciation of the body as a medium for self-expression. In 2011 she moved to Sydney where she has been working to preserve the cultural history of New South Wales while developing her artistic practice. Her work has been featured in numerous exhibitions and prizes in Melbourne and across Australia.
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Education
2010 Master of Cultural Material Conservation, The University of Melbourne.
2006 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Printmaking), Victorian College of the Arts.
Solo Exhibitions
2019
‘Terra Femme’ - Airspace Projects
‘Kate Hughes’ - Port Jackson Press
2011
‘Shutter’ a video installation – Brunswick St Gallery
2010
‘Zoetrope’ – Mailbox 141
‘Some Little Success’ – Brunswick Street Gallery
‘Delicate Territories’ – Baillieu Library
‘Suburban Horizons’ – HTC Artspace
Group Exhibitions
2019
Wonderland - Gaffa Gallery
2018
Summer Salon - Port Jackson Press
2015
FECK:ART 2015 - Space 28 Gale st, Brunswick East
2010
Banned Books in Australia – Leigh Scott Gallery, Baillieu Library
2006
Graduate Show – VCA Printmaking Department Gallery
Proud 2006 – VCA Margaret Lawrence Gallery VCA
Autumn Print Department Show – VCA Student Gallery
2005
Proud 2005 – VCA Margaret Lawrence Gallery
Spring Print Department Show – VCA Student Gallery
Autumn Print Department Show – VCA Student Gallery
2004
‘Fragmented’ – VCA Student Gallery
Awards
2019
Finalist - Glover Prize, The John Glover Society
2018
Finalist - Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Cambelltown Arts Center
Finalist - Heysen Landscape Art Prize, Hahndorf Academy
Finalist - Pro Hart Outback Art Prize, Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery
2011
Finalist - Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Center
Finalist - Fremantle Arts Center Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre
Finalist - Silk Cut Award, Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Finalist - Burnie Print Prize, Burnie Regional Art Gallery
Finalist - Acquisitive Artists’ Book Award, Next Art Gallery, Southern Cross University
2010
Awarded - 1st Prize Small Works 10, Brunswick Street Gallery
Finalist - Silk Cut Award, Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Awarded - Framer's Prize Williamstown Festival Contemporary Art Prize
2009
Finalist - Williamstown Festival Contemporary Art Prize
2006
Awarded - Galloway Lawson Acquisitive Prize, VCA Graduate Exhibition
Awarded - National Gallery Women’s Association Undergraduate Encouragement Award, VCA Graduate Exhibition
Bibliography
Moore, Nicole 2010, ‘Articulate Contraband’ in Banned Books in Australia: A Baillieu Library Exhibition, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne.
Collections
University of Melbourne Baillieu Library Special Collections
Galloway Lawson Collection
Collection of the Victorian College of the Arts Council
Australian Print Workshop Archive
Private collections in Australia, the United Kingdom and the U.S.A