Born 1981 in Atlanta, GA
Lives and works in Atlanta, GA
EDUCATION
2011 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
2004 BFA Rhode Island School of Design
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014
MoCA GA, Atlanta, GA
2013
Shara Hughes: Don't Tell Anyone But..., Atlanta Contemporary Arts Center, Atlanta, GA
2012
See Me Seeing Me, American Contemporary, New York, NY
The Lighthouse Works Exhibit, Shara Hughes and Maya Hayuk, Fishers Island, NY
We Use These Things, P-R-I-M-E-T-I-M-E, Brooklyn, NY
2011
Drawings, Metroquadro, Rivoli, Italy
2010
Show Me, Because You Can't See, Museum 52, London
(Untitled), Metroquadro, Rivoli, Italy
2009
If You're A Mess, I'm A Mess, Galerie Mikael Anderson, Berlin
Shara Hughes, Metroquadro, Rivoli
2008
I'll Just Have to Work With This, Galerie Mikael Anderson, Copenhagen
Thank You For Hosting, Museum 52, London
2007
All, Most, Mine, Parts Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Everything, Always, Rivington Arms, New York
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012
Habeus Corpus, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
One Giant Leap: Work from the Saatchi Gallery, Hyatt Regency The Churchill, London, UK
Why Paint Now?, curated by Keren Tauches, Kiang Gallery, Atlanta, GA
I know This but You Seem Different, Marc Jancou Contemporary, New York, NY
Print Edition with 20 x 200
2011
Crushed Candy, David Costillo Gallery, Miami, FL
Wild Beasts, Champion Contemporary, Austin, TX
The Big Show, Silas Mardar Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
2010
With Walls, Museum 52, New York, NY
Ox-Bow Centennial Show: The Contemporary at Ox-Bow featuring: Mike Andrews, Jonah
Groenboer, Shara Hughes, Anna Mayer, Aspen Mays, Carmen Price, Elizabeth Rupprecht, Melanie
Schiff, Andrew Winship, Nate Wolf, and more!, Chicago, IL
Diamonds in the Crows Nest, Ben Grasso, Shara Hughes, Emily Noelle Lambert, Eddie Martinez, Ryan Schneider, Matt Stone, Trish Tillman, Parlour no. 14, curated by Samuel Adams, Roots and Culture Gallery, New York, NY
2009
Works On Paper, Museum 52, London, UK
Boom, TLC Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2008
Demoltition Milk, TS1 Gallery, Beijing, China
Project Space, Museum 52, London, UK
Inside Out, Galerie Mikael Anderson, Berlin
All Cut Up, Roebling Hall, New York, NY
Living In A Box, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Berlin, Germany
2007
Accessories, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Berlin, Germany
Up as if Down, Cuchifritos, New York, NY
2006
Cabin Fever, Rivington Arms, New York, NY
Labyrinthitis, Rivington Arms, New York, NY
Paint in the Pods, The Sun Dial, Atlanta, GA
2005
Thick Lens, The Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Introduction [05], Featuring works by Shara Hughes and Holly Irwin, Gardner Gallery, Atlanta, GA
My Perspective, OSP Gallery, Boston, MA
Transmundane, Live Worms Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Spring Group Show, Gardner Gallery, Atlanta, GA
RISD Represented, Trudy Labell Fine Art, Naples, Italy
2004
Faculty Show, The Lovett School, Atlanta, GA
New Art 04, Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA
Emerging Artists, The Phoenix Gallery, Burlington, VT
Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
This is Now, Carr Haus Gallery, Providence, RI
Neon Nation, Blacklight Show, Red Door Gallery, Providence, RI
Under Pressure, Benson Hall Gallery, Providence, RI
Emerging Artists, The Clown Gallery, Portland, ME
Open Studio, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2003
Full House, Red Door Gallery, Providence
You Just Don't Know My Parents, Works by Shara Hughes, Molly
Yergens, and Liz Maher, Tap Room Gallery, Providence, RI
Works By Katie Hammond, and Shara Hughes, Ox-Bow, Saugatuck, MI
Staff Show, Ox-Bow, Saugatuck, MI
Stencational, Ox-Bow, Saugatuck, MI
2001
Woods Gerry Triennial, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
1998
Young Artists Group Show, American Intercontinental University, Atlanta, GA
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2012
The Lighthouse Works, artist residency, Fishers Island, NY
2011
Scarheagan Residency Award
2009
UNESCO grant at the Instituto Rural de Arte Hoz del Jucar, Albeciete, Spain, May-June
2008
Residency with Galerie Mikael Anderson, Vejby Strand, Denmark, 1 July-9 August
2007
Joan Mitchell Fellowship to attend Vermont Studio Center
2005
Scholarship to attend Anderson Ranch artist residency, Snowmass, CO
Vermont Studio Center artist and writers residency, Fellowship Award, Johnson, VT
2004
Florence Leif Painters Award, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2003
Residency, Ox-Bow Fellowship recipient, Saugatuck, MI
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2013
McClure, Faith. Review: Stepping inside Shara Hughes bold imaginary personal realm, at the Contemporary, artsatl.com, May 15
D. Romero, Karla. Shara Hughes, Humanize Magazine, Issue 20, pp. 48-59
2012
Fee, Brian. Into the Wild: Shara Hughes at American Contemporary, New American Paintings, October 24
2010
Feaster, Felicia. House of Blues,The Atlantan Magazine, p. 38, March/April 2010
2008
Sandra, Rehme. Time Out, Shara Hughes, p. 58, February 20
2005
New American Paintings, vol. 58,cover artist