Sara Hughes (artist)

Sara Hughes (born 1971) is a Canadian-born New Zealand artist.

Background
Hughes was born in 1971 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She graduated in 2001 from the Elam School of Fine Arts with a Masters of Fine Arts.

Career
Hughes is a painter and installation artist.

Hughes is represented in Auckland by Gow Langsford Gallery and in Melbourne by Sutton Gallery.

Work by Hughes are included in some of public collections including the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, and the National Gallery of Australia.

In 2023 she was commissioned to create art works called Colour Quartet to be sold to raise funds for the restoration of Kāhui St Davids a music centre in Khyber Pass Rd, Auckland.

Residencies

 * 2008/09 Creative New Zealand Berlin Visual Artists Residency
 * 2008 Artist-in-Residence at the McColl Center for Art + Innovation in Charlotte, NC

Awards

 * 2005 Wallace Arts Trust paramount award
 * 2005 Norsewear Art Award
 * 2003 Frances Hodgkins Fellowship