Dean Hughes
Head
college of art
The University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Biography
Dean Hughes work doesn’t begin with materials but with objects that are perfunctory and overlooked. His work has involved embroidering London bus seats (1996), sewing the shape of dropped thread into paper (1996), refilling puddles on days when it hadn’t rained (2001, 2011), reorganizing lined A4 paper (2013). He has exhibited work in exhibitions such as British Art Show 5 organized by the Hayward Gallery in 2000 and most recently he was included in Newspeak-British Art Now at the Saatchi Gallery, London (2011). He has held solo exhibitions at Laure Genillard Gallery London (1996, 2000), Gian Carla Zanutti, Milan (1998), Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco (2001, 2003), Dicksmith Gallery, London (2008) and he is represented by Maria Stenfors Gallery, London. His work was included in Phaidon’s Vitamin D: New Perspectives in Drawing (2005).
Research Interest
Art
