Shara Hughes (born 1981) is an American painter.

Biography

Hughes was born in 1981 in Atlanta, Georgia. She attended the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and went on to study at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. She lives and works in Brooklyn.

Exhibitions and collections

In 2017 an entire room Hughes' work was in the 2017 Whitney Biennial. Her work is included in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Georgia as well as the Denver Art Museum, and the

Smithsonian American Art Museum The Smithsonian American Art Museum (commonly known as SAAM, and formerly the National Museum of American Art) is a museum in Washington, D.C., part of the Smithsonian Institution. Together with its branch museum, the Renwick Gallery, SAAM holds o ...

. Hughes had a solo exhibit at Switzerland’s Kunstmuseum Luzern in the fall of 2022.

References

External links

images of Hughes' paintings
on ArtNet
video: Shara Hughes Interview: Changing the Way We See
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