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Shara Hughes

Shara Hughes is an artist who lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

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Shara Hughes

Shara Hughes (b. 1981, Atlanta, GA) earned a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and later attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Recent solo exhibitions include The Arts Club, London, England; Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland; the Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI; Gallery Met at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, NY; and the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA; among many others.

In May 2018, Hughes completed Carving Out Fresh Options, a large-scale mural in Boston, MA commissioned by the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy in partnership with the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum. Hughes has participated in numerous group exhibitions, at venues such as MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA and the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA. The artist was also included in the 2017 Whitney Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY. 

Hughes’ work belongs to many prominent museum collections including the Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX; the Denver Museum of Art, Denver, CO; the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA; the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL; the Jorge M. Perez Collection, Miami, FL; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA; the M Woods Museum, Beijing, China; the Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ; the Rachofsky Collection, Dallas, TX; the Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO; the Si Shang Art Museum, Beijing, China; the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.; and the Whitney Museum of Art, New York, NY; among others. Hughes lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

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J.A. Feng
Maine Autumn
2020, Oil on linen
29 × 35 1/2 in
73.7 × 90.2 cm.
Courtesy of 12.26

Olivia Parks
Beep Beep, 2019,
Oil on canvas,
9 4/5 × 11 4/5 in
25 × 30 cm
Courtesy of Canepaneri C+N

Jane Dickson
AUTO ZONE, 2007,
Oil stick on astroturf,
26 × 42 in, 66 × 106.7 cm.
Courtesy of STEMS Gallery.

Sara Anstis
Blueberries
2020, Pastel on paper,
18 7/10 × 14 2/5 in, 47.5 × 36.5 cm.
Courtesy of Fabian Lang Gallery.

Nathan Dilworth
Untitled
2019, Oil on linen,
30 × 25 × 1 in, 76.2 × 63.5 × 2.5 cm.
Courtesy of Launch F18

Jessie Makinson
Shadow licker
2020, Pencil on paper,
15 × 11 in, 38 × 28 cm.
Courtesy of Fabian Lang Gallery

Shane Walsh
Untitled, 2019
Oil and acrylic on canvas
37 × 27 in, 94 × 68.6 cm.
Courtesy of Asya Geisberg Gallery

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