Represented by - The Photographers' Gallery, London
- The Nailya Alexander Gallery, New York
Work available - Gana Art Gallery, Seoul
- School Gallery, Paris
Biography
Nicholas Hughes (born Britain 1963) is a UK based photographer who works mainly using imagery of the British coastline, Switzerland and Germany.
He has pursued a career as a photographic artist since obtaining a first class Bachelor of Arts degree in 1998 followed by a Master’s Degree from the London College of printing in 2002.
His work examines the space between the world that people inhabit and that which nature still claims as its own and in this intermediary space he seeks to explore the essence of the human spirit and its relationship with nature. His work is held in photographic collections world-wide.
Exhibitions and Publications
Transience - Galerie Huit.
Penang, Malaysia, Jan 2012
Arles, France July - Sept 2011
Something That I’ll Never Really See, Contemporary Photography from the V&A -
Salur Jung Museum, Hyderabad, April - May 2011
National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, March - April 2011
The National Gallery of Modern Art, Bangalore in association with the British Council, January – February 2011
Bhau Dhaji Lad Museum, Mumbai Nov 2010 – Jan 2011,
AIPAD NYC, Photography Show, Park Avenue Armory, with Nailya Alexander Gallery, New York, March 2011.
Masters of Photography, Falmouth Art Gallery, Feb - April 2011
Contemplating Landscape - Solo Exhibition at the Nailya Alexander Gallery, New York, Sept – Oct 2010.
F/Stop - 4th International Festival of Photography - In Seclusion (Invited Artist), Leipzig, Sept – Oct 2010.
Collectors’ Favorites - Duncan Miller Gallery in conjunction with the Photographic Arts Council of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, August 2010.
A History Of Photography - The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, April 2009 - May 2010.
AIPAD, NYC Photography Show, Park Avenue Armory, with Nailya Alexander Gallery, New York, March 2010.
London Art Fair, Jan 2010
'Field', Featured Artist at the Photographers’ Gallery, (London) Solo show. Nov 2009 – Jan 2010
Lyon Biennale, France (With the School Gallery) September 2009
White Else? At the School Gallery, Paris, May 12 - July 12, 2009.
AIPAD, NYC Photography Show, Park Avenue Armory, with Nailya Alexander Gallery, New York, March 2009.
British Landscape Photography - The Photographers' Gallery at Liberty (London), Feb - March 2009.
'In Darkness Visible Verse I' at Photo LA - with the Nailya Alexander Gallery, Los Angeles, January 2009.
Now and New - International group show at Gana Art Gallery, Busan, South Korea August 2008.
'The Visual Path' at the Nailya Alexander Gallery - New York, June - August 2008.
‘In Darkness Visible Verse I’ and ‘Edge Verse II’ at AIPAD – New York with the Nailya Alexander Gallery, April 2008.
‘In Darkness Visible Verse I and II’, The Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno, North Wales, Jan – Feb 2008
‘In Darkness Visible Verse I’, Paris Photo, Le Carrousel Du Louvre, with the Photographers' Gallery, Nov 2007.
‘In Darkness Visible Verses I & II’, Featured Artist at the Photographers’ Gallery, London (Solo) Sept – Nov 2007.
‘Lightworks’, Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin, Curated by Eilis Lavelle, April - 2007
‘Passages of Time – Light, Form and Reflection’, 'Edge' (Solo) Houston Fotofest, USA, March –April 2006 Curated by Wendy Waitriss
‘Edge Verse II’, The Photographers Gallery, London, Dec 2005 – Feb 2006
Paris Photo, Le Carrousel Du Louvre, Paris, Nov 2005
‘Landscape Views & Visions’, the 5th International Photo Festival, Gana Art Centre, Seoul, Korea Sept 2005
Summer Show, Photographers Gallery Print Room, London Aug 2004
Jerwood Commission / Wapping project - London, Leeds Design Museum, the Jerwood Space, London. (2003 -2004)
‘Souvenir’, Transition, London Nov 2003
‘Immaterial’ Gallery 1885 London (Solo) London Oct 2003
Association of Photographers, Open London Aug 2003
Fresh Art, London July 2003
‘Sense and Sensibility’ Transition London May 2003
‘Attentive’ Lounge London May2003
‘Take’ Back Hill Gallery London Nov 2002
‘Interim’ Mirror Gallery London Feb 2002
‘Platform for art’ (London Underground) (Solo) Sept-Oct 2001
‘Secondary Visions’-Karoo Gallery, London (solo) Sept-Oct 2001
‘Tower Block Rock’- Conningsby Gallery, London 2000
‘View From The City’-Royal Mint, London 2000
‘Celestial Visitations’-Gallery 1885, London (solo) 2000
‘Into The Light’- SE1 Gallery, London 1999
Suzanne Ruggles Gallery, London 1998
‘Earthworks’- Chelsea Rooftop Gallery, London 1998
Rebecca Hossock Gallery, Degree Show, London 1998
Student Portrait photographer awards (winner) N.E.C. Birmingham 1998
Counter Image group show, Manchester 1997.
Publications (Selected)
20 (Brave New Vision), Book publication by Cite Group, Taiwan, Authors Nagasaki Shaw and Summer Hung for distribution in Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, and Hong Kong (Sept 2011)
Galerie Huit, Arles, Transience (Book Catalogue), Forthcoming 2011
Darizine (Issue 001), Tokyo, August 2011
‘Holy Wood’, In Defence of the Tree, book publication by Cantz in association with the Berlin Biennale. Feb 2011.
The New Yorker, Review of New York exhibition, Oct 2010.
Im Verborgenen (In the Hidden) F/Stop Catalogue, Oct 2010.
Die Nacht, Feature and Interview with Franziska Spindler, Oct 2010.
Exit #38 Silent Landscapes, Editorial by Rosa Olivares, Paradise was here Nearby, May 2010
The Post-Postmodernism Issue (Adbusters), Text by Sarah Nardi, March 2010
Ag Photographic – Feb 2010, text by Nicholas Hughes.
Sunday Times Style Magazine, Dec 2009
The British Library (Sound Archive) - Recording of talk given at the Photographers' Gallery, Nov 2009.
Dpi Magazine, Taiwan, November 2009 (Feature and Interview) Download PDF
Photography for a Greener Planet - Review by Andrea Bakacs, Sept 2009
Liv Raison 2009 Open Landscapes, Closed Rooms
Next level (Symbolism) – March 2008 ‘In Darkness Visible Verse I’ with an essay by Laura Noble
Lens Culture – Nov 2007, feature ‘In Darkness Visible’ - text by Jim Casper/Nicholas Hughes
Royal photographic Society – Nov 2007
Ag photographic – Nov 2007
Interface Artist News – Oct 2007 ‘In Darkness Visible’ – Exhibition Review by Anna Hales
Hotshoe International – August/Sept 2007 with an essay by Bill Kouwenhoven ‘The Luminous Darkness of Nicholas Hughes.’
‘Lightworks’ reviewed by Anna Hales for Artist’s News – April 2007
Next Level May 2006 with an essay by David Low ‘Of Old Time and of New Eternity.’
Crude Metaphors/Hotshoe May 2006 with an essay by Angus Carlyle ‘Our Memories of Snow.’
Baroque – Garageland – May 2006
The Earth/Artists Responding to Violence – Houston Fotofest – March 2006 with an essay by the author ‘Edge.’
Hotshoe International - Feb 2006, Exhibition review by Melissa De Witt
Great 63 (The Photographers’ Gallery) - Dec 2005
Landscape Views and Visions (Gana Art Centre, Seoul) - Oct 2005
If - Next Level - May 2005 published with text by Pierre Miller ‘Echo.’
British Journal of Photography - Nov 2003
Tank - Sept 2003
Attentive – May 2003
Sunday Times - Oct 2002
British Journal of photography - Oct 2001 Review of ‘Secondary Visions’ by Sean Louth
Photo Art International - Sept 2000
Focus - Dec1999
Photographic Arts - Sept 1999
Creative Forum - Sept 1999
The Photographer - June 1999
Ministry of Culture - April 1999