Andy Hughes (b.1966)

Born: Castleford, Yorkshire

Studied: Royal College of Art, London, University of Wales, Cardiff

Moved to Cornwall: 1993& Awards:

Invited Artist | Gyre X | Anchorage Museum, Alaska 2012/13
Shortlisted Reserve Artist, British Antarctic Survey (Arts Council England Fellowship) 2008
Arts Council England Funding Grant 2006
National Lottery and Millennium Commission Award 2000
Bournemouth International Arts Festival | Artist Commission 1998
Southern Arts Major Award 1998
South West Arts 1997
Prince's Trust Travel Grant 1995
Winner of Eastern Arts Young Artist Award 1994
St Ives International Festival of Light Project 1995
Winner of ELLE Magazine Talent Award 1991
Winner of Sunday Times Magazine Photography Award 1991

Solo Shows:

2013
'Photographic Works', Belgrave St Ives

2011
San Sebastian Surf Film Festival Artist, Donostia, Spain

2010
Mariners Museum, National Maritime Museum, USA

2008
Surf Gallery, Laguna Beach, California

2007
Goldenshot, London

2006
The Core Gallery, The Eden Project, Cornwall

Selected Exhibitions:

2014'Gyre: The Plastic Ocean', Anchorage Museum, Alaska, then touring

2013
Yuletide: Modern & Contemporary Art & Design, Belgrave, St Ives
Summer Exhibition, Belgrave St Ives
'RAW Blue', Create Centre, Bristol20115th International Marine Debris Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii
The Nature of Waste: An Art Meets Science Symposium.
Digital exhibition, presentation of artists working with global
ocean plastic pollution. Visualization Wall, Petit Science
Center at Georgia State University, Atlanta2010Mariners Museum, National Maritime Museum, USA2008The New Landscape, Royal Cornwall Museum
The Happening, Cornwall, Tokyo, London, New York
Royal West of England, Bristol
Crane Kalman, Brighton2007Second Nature, Vitreous Fine Art, Cornwall
Postcard from St Ives, Belgrave Gallery
London-Photo 2007, Old Billingsgate. London
Art Now Cornwall, Tate Gallery, St Ives
The St Ives School 1997 - 2007, University College Cardiff2006'Danger Global Warming' Blacksmoke & Greenpeace, invited selected artist
2004/5Oxbow Longboard Art Project, various galleries across the UK
(invited artists included Damien Hirst, Jamie Hewlett (Gorillaz), Banksy,
Aphex Twin, David Carson )
:

Cornwall County Council Collection of Modern Art
Arts Council Wales
Mariners Museum, Virginia, USA
Private collections in USA and UKBooks:

Dominant Wave Theory
ISBN 1-86154-284- /
Full colour 290 mm x 300 mm
Booth Clibborn Editions, London, England
Abrams Books, New York

I Jack Russell
A Photographer and a Dog's Eye View
ISBN: 978-1-86154-321-9
Booth Clibborn Editions, London, England

Selected Publications & Media:

Gyre: The Plastic Ocean by Julie Decker (Editor), Booth-Clibborn Editions 2014
CABI international organization that improves lives
by solving problems in agriculture and the environment
[http://cabiblog.typepad.com/hand_picked/2013/01/its-a-dogs-life.html] 2013
Live Tweetcast with John Bradshaw #catvsdog 2013
Western Morning News, Arts Section 2012
Landscape Magazine, DEFRA 2011
BBC Brazil
Discarded Studies / WordPress
Guardian Environment
Material World - Blog
Featured Artist for Nokia/Virgin Airways In-Flight Media 2008
RPS Contemporary Group Magazine Feature Sumer 2007
Saatchi Gallery's online magazine review
Royal Photographic Society, Contemporary Group Magazine 2007
Imaginginfo.com 2007
Orion Magazine May/June 2007
SEED Magazine (USA) Book Review, Polymers Are Forever
AG International Journal of Photography 2007
Art Now Cornwall, Tate Publishing ISBN 9781854377517
Everyday Trash 6.02.07 (everyday trash/wordpress)
Cornwall Today 02.07
Inside Cornwall: Issue 157 January 2007
Royal Photographic Society, Journal, 01.07
The St Ives School 1997 - 2007 - UWIC ISBN: 0955477808
Independent London Photographers Magazine, 12.06
Western Morning News, Magazine, 11.06
Eden Magazine No. 24
Canadian National Post, Arts & Life, 24.07.06
BBC Blast 1.09.06
Surfers Path Magazine (USA & Europe)
Channel 4 Short Film The Nations Favorite BuildingsPhotography International
The Big Issue
Selected artist /RPS - 1998 Year of Photography & Electronic Imaging
BBC World Service - Young Artists in Cornwall
Gulf News, UAE
Published work in ID Japan, Sunday Times Magazine
Big Magazine New York
British Journal of Photography
BBC Radio 4 Kaleidoscope Interview
BBC Radio 4 The Afternoon Shift