Shock, 2006
Barry W. Hughes (born Dublin, Ireland) received his BA in Fine Art Media from the National College of Art & Design, Ireland in 2005. His practice centres on photography and video which has been exhibited consistently throughout Ireland and internationally, including USA, UK, Germany, Australia, the Philippines, Japan and China. To coincide with a solo exhibition Engage – three works on the IRA decommissioning of 2005, in Shanghai, China in 2009, Hughes also published a book by the same name with 411Galleries who he has consistently shown with in China for several years. Recent exhibitions include Party Animal at Sugar, Brooklyn, New York, USA; An Éire of the Senses at the Irish Pavilion of the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai and MART’s An Instructional European tour. His work has been published in many international photography and art magazines both in print and online. Hughes has been nominated for several awards including the AIB Photography Prize, 2006, and has been previously supported by the Arts Council of Ireland, Culture Ireland, Visual Artists Ireland, Consulate of Ireland in Shanghai as well as representing Ireland at the Asia-Europe Foundation’s international Art Camp in Japan, 2004. In 2009 Hughes founded Ireland’s first online, international photography magazine SuperMassiveBlackHole which he continues to edit. Recent commissions include album artwork for artists on the Mr.Jones/Bodytonic music label.
Hughes chooses everyday objects and situations to explore ideas such as incidence, coincidence and accident, motivated by a desire to understand the tension between the intentional and unintentional gesture. Many of his works are based on the reinterpretation of social, scientific or psychological histories and models which ultimately pertain to his overall practice.
Curriculum Vitae
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Contact
Phone: + 353 86 367 8540
Email: bahs3000@gmail.com
Engage - three works on the IRA decommissioning of 2005 by Barry W. Hughes/Bahs. Published by 411 Galleries. See here
