Sara Hughes | |
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Born | 1971 (age 52–53) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Nationality | New Zealander |
Education | Elam School of Fine Arts |
Sara Hughes (born 1971) is a Canadian-born New Zealand artist.
Hughes was born in 1971 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. [1] [2] She graduated in 2001 from the Elam School of Fine Arts with a Masters of Fine Arts. [3]
Hughes is a painter and installation artist. [3]
Hughes is represented in Auckland by Gow Langsford Gallery [4] and in Melbourne by Sutton Gallery. [3]
Work by Hughes are included in some of public collections including the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, [2] Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, [5] and the National Gallery of Australia. [6]
In 2023 she was commissioned to create art works called Colour Quartet to be sold to raise funds for the restoration of Kāhui St David's a music centre in Khyber Pass Rd, Auckland. [7]
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