Allan Hughes
The Northern Charter [studio 11], 5th floor, 39 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 6QE
info[at]allanhughes.com
Education
2006-2010 University of Ulster, Belfast (PhD supervised by Profs. Willie Doherty & Kerstin Mey)
2003-05 University of Ulster, Belfast (Master in Fine Art)
1996-99 University of Ulster, Belfast (BA Hons in Fine Art)
Solo Exhibitions
2012
Enemy Blue, Belfast Exposed, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Regressions, Belltable Art Centre, Limerick, Ireland
2010
Lightbox commission. Context Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland
2009
Nagraphobia, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Nagraphobia (in process), The Process Room, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
2007
Read My Lips, Old Museum Arts Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2004
If I Told You, I’d Have To Kill You, Context Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland
Group Exhibitions
2012
Pallas Periodical Review II, Pallas Projects, Dublin, Ireland
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid, Palais De Tokyo, Paris, France
Lights, Camera, Action!, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
SCOPE New York 2012, New York U.S.A.
Interplanetary Revolution, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2011
After The Fall, Tulca Festival of Visual Art, Galway, Ireland
Mirror Machine, Bluewall gallery, Cavan, Ireland
Memory Awake, Storey Gallery, Lancaster, England
Welcome To The Neighbourhood, Askeaton Contemporary Arts, Limerick, Ireland
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid, Filmoteca Espanola, Madrid, Spain
Explum International 2011, Murcia, Spain
Expecting The Images: Rencontres Internationales, Beirut Art Center, Beirut, Lebannon
SCOPE ART, New York, U.S.A.
2010
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
M-Machine, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, Northern ireland
Art Rebels 1996-2010, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, Northern Ireland
SCOPE at GT Project Space, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Salon 2010, Matt Roberts Arts, London, England
SCOPE ART, New York, U.S.A.
The View From..., KYU Art Centre, Kao Yuan University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2009
ISEA 2009, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Different Dimensions, Living Perm Project, Maxim Gorky Perm State Library, Perm, Russia
2008
Different Dimensions, Metenkov Photographic Museum, Ekaterinburgh, Russia
Camouflash, Mediations Biennale, Poznan, Poland
Camouflash, Unoactu, Dresden, Germany
Different Dimensions, Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Novosibirsk, Russia
A Few Sequential Intimacies, Context Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland
Don’t You Want Me… G126, Galway, Ireland
2007
Northern Bound, La Sala Rosa, Montreal, Canada
Revolving Ambiguity, Grove Gallery, Downpatrick, Northern Ireland
A Dark Noise, London Art Fair, London, England
A Few Things You Might have Missed, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2006
Globalisation & Identity, Youkobo Art Space, Tokyo, Japan
Bring The Noise, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, Northern Ireland
A Dark Noise, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Through Our Eyes, Painting Centre, New York, U.S.A.
Vidifesti Valencia, off-site project, Valencia, Spain
02890, Limerick Print Gallery, Limerick, Ireland
Travel Agents, online exhibit + Catalyst Arts, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2005
Diverse Means...(screenings) I.F.S.C., Dublin, Ireland
Costarring, CD w/ Darren McClure for Cherry Records, Nagano, Japan
VAIA '05, IV int. video art show, Valencia, Spain
02890, Bankly House Gallery, Manchester, England
No topless bathing… La Sala Naranja, Valencia, Spain
Vi-Sonic, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
MFA exhibition, Belfast Exposed Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Subliminal festival, Beursschouwburg, Brussels, Belgium
2004
Thinking of Ideas, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2001>2004, MP3 CD, edition of 100 for “Thinking of Ideas” exhibition
Soundworks, UCC, Cork, Ireland
2003
Blue Watch, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Belfast Songs, remix for Factotum CD/book publication, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2002
Mexico Loves You, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Parallels, unique audio CD for collection of Ivalo Library, Finland
Appropriation, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Strictly Personnel, The Engine Room Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2001
From Ritual to Romance, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Cambio Constante II, site-specific project, Zaragoza, Spain
EV+A Open Exhibition 2001, Limerick City Art Gallery, Limerick, Ireland
2000
Couch Tatties, The Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Stardust, Context Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland
Claremorris Open Exhibition, Claremorris, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Perpetuate, The Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
1999
Emily Loved Him, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Public Collections:
University of Ulster
Explum International
Arts Council of Northern Ireland
Awards & Residencies
2010
ACNI Major Individual Artists Award
Context Gallery Lightbox Commission
2009
Irish Museum of Modern Art - Artists Residency Program
ACNI self arranged residency award
2008
ACNI Individual Artists Award
ACNI Travel Award
2006
ACNI Individual Artists Award
Shortlisted for the Paul Hamlyn Bursary
2005
ACNI Individual Artists Award
Queen’s Street Studios Digital Media Residency
2004
PVA MediaLab residency
2003
ACNI Individual Artists Award
2002
Two month Network North Residency Program, Ivalo, Finland
ACNI Travel Award
2001
ACNI Individual Artists Award
Shortlisted for Temple Bar Neon Commission
1999
Flaxart Studios Graduate Residency Program
Voluntary and Professional Associations
2007 - present Board Member of Digital Arts Studios (DAS)
2001 - present Board member of Factotum
2005 - 2007 Board member of Queen’s Street Studios
2000 - 2003 Committee member of Flaxart Studios
1999 - 2001 Committee member of Catalyst Arts
1998 - 2005 Installation technician for Ormeau Baths Gallery
Reviews & Publications
Long, Declan, “Limerick, Ireland: Declan Long on Allan Hughes” Artforum. Vol. 50, No. 10 (Summer 2012): p 329
Dunne, Aidan, “Once upon a time in the West”, Irish Times, Nov.11 2011.
Hogan, Ruth, “Welcome To The Neighbourhood” paper visual art journal 27th September 2011: n. pag. Web.
Connolly, Brian. "Project Profile: Art Rebels 2010." The Visual Artists News Sheet Sept/Oct 2010: 19.
A View from Napoleon's Nose. Ed. Li Jun-Xin and Brian Kennedy. Taiwan: Kao Yuan University, 2010.
Kennedy, Brian. "Project Profile: From Napoleon’s Nose." The Visual Artists News Sheet May/June 2010: 18.
ISEA2009 15th International Symposium on Electronic Art. Ed. Kerstin Mey, Grainne Loughran, and Cherie Driver. Belfast: Interface, University of Ulster, 2009.
Sverakova, Slavka. "Review: Belfast 3-13 September 2007, Slavka Sverakova, various Locations Belfast, September 2007." Circa. 122 (2007): pp. 86-89.
"Vox Pop: Does Music Influence Your Practice?" Circa. 115 (2006): pp. 32-41.
Sverakova, Slavka. "A Dark Noise." a-n Magazine. 89 (2006): 9.
Ward, Patrick. "Review: 02890, Bankley House Gallery, Manchester, September 2005." Circa. 114 (2005): pp. 90-91.
University of Ulster Masters of Fine Art: Twenty-Five Years. Belfast: Ormeau Baths Gallery, 2005.
Wilson, Alistair, and Lerm-Hayes, Mia. mfa2005. University of Ulster, 2005.
Lekha, Om. "Review: Belfast: "Thinking of Ideas" at Golden Thread Gallery." Circa. 111 (2005): pp. 74-75.
Dochartaigh, Ciarán Ó. "Review: Derry: Allan Hughes at Context." Circa. 107 (2004): p. 97.
Driver, Chérie. "Review: Belfast: Blue Watch." Circa. 107 (2004): p. 73.
O'Kane, Marianne. "See." Circa. 104 (2003): pp. 24-29.
Jones, Ruth. "See." Circa. 106 (2003): pp. 19-23.
Ruane, Medb. Sunday Times May 5th 2002, sec. Culture Ireland: 16.
O'Shea, Suzanne. "Review: Belfast: Appropriation at the Ormeau Baths Gallery." Circa. 100 (2002): pp. 82-83.
EV+A 2001 Expanded. Ed. Paul M. O'Reilly. Cork, Ireland: Gandon Editions, 2001.
Jewesbury, Daniel. "Places in Mind, Couch Tatties, no Trustpassing." Art Monthly. 242 (2001): pp. 45-48.
Chan, Suzanna. "Review: Belfast." Circa. 91 (2000): pp. 44-45.