Selected Works
Never Try Never Fail, 2015
Antique embroidery with cotton silk cross stitch on linen
Statues & Ornaments, 2017
Cotton cross-stitch on linen
Installation view
Buchmann Box, 2021
Animal Vegetable, 2018
Cotton cross-stitch on linen
Turn Turn Turn, 2016
Cotton cross-stitch on linen
Airmail, 2018
Cotton cross-stitch on dyed linen
Crooked Airmail, 2018
Cotton cross-stitch on dyed linen
Installation view
Buchmann Box, 2021
Installation view
Buchmann Box, 2021
Rust never sleeps, 2013
Installation view
Buchmann Box
Rust never sleeps (detail), 2013
Glasfaser, Textilien, Eisenpulver / fibreglass, fabrics, iron powder
Gallery Exhibitions
Des Hughes
born 1970 Birmingham, lives and works in Herefordshire.
Education
2000-2002 | MA Fine Art Goldsmiths's College, London |
1990-1994 | BA (Hons) Fine Art (Sculpture) Bath College of Art |
Solo Exhibitions
2021
Buchmann Box, Berlin
2018
Chart Art Fair, Copenhagen, Denmark
2017
Martin Asbaek Gallery, Denmark
2016
Bruce Haines Mayfair, London
2014
The Henry Moore Foundation, Perry Green, UK
2013
Ancient & Modern, London
Buchmann Box, Buchmann Galerie, Berlin
2012
Manchester Art Gallery, UK
2011
76 Chatsworth Rd, London
2010
Frieze Art Fair
Small Collections, Nottingham Contemporary
2008
Michael Benevento, Los Angeles
2007
Ancient & Modern, London
2005
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
2004
The Showroom, London
2002
Kate MacGarry, London
1999
Virgin Megastore, London
1998
Tablet Gallery, London
1997
Habitat, King's Rd, London
Southhampton City Art Gallery
Group Exhibitions
2020
L‘Effet Domino/Manifesta 13, Le 109 – Pôle de Cultures Contemporaines, Nice, France
2019
MATERIAL:Textile, MATERIAL:Textile, Messums Wiltshire, Salisbury
2018
Saatchi Gallery, London, Black Mirror, Art as Social Satire
Good Grief, Charlie Brown!, Somerset House, London
A Place on the Table, Plas Glyn-y-Weddw, Wales
Malevolent Eldritch Shrieking, Paul Morrison Studio, Sheffield
2017
Fifteen, Kate MacGarry, London
2016
Zeichnung, Buchmann Galerie
Royal Academy Summer Show, Royal Academy Summer Show, London
Clare Woods and Des Hughes: The Sleepers, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, UK
2014
The Brask Collection , Munkeruphus, Dronningmølle
2011
Dystopia, CAPC - Musée d'art contemporain, Bordeaux
Modern British Sculpture, Gimpel Fils, London
2010
The Crystal World: to J.G. Ballard, Buchmann Galerie
Selected Collections
Arts Council Collection, UK
The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, UK
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, UK
Saatchi Collection, London, UK
The David Roberts Foundation, UK