HUGHES

Born in Leicestershire, UK, Amy Hughes spent her years growing up between Cheshire, UK and Moscow, Russia. In 2013 she received a degree in BA Hons Fine Art from Liverpool Hope University, UK. At her undergraduate show, she was awarded the 'purchase prize' by the Liverpool Women's Hospital, where a painting can be found in private collection. In 2016, Hughes graduated with an MFA from the New York Academy of Art (MFA 2016)... Hughes has continued to exhibit her work internationally in numerous solo and group shows, working as an Artist in Residence; both in the UK and New York, and as an instructor of painting at the New York Academy of Art. Most notably, Hughes has sold work at Sotheby's Auction House (NY), exhibited in the International Biennale Portrait Competition at Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art and most recently in a solo exhibition at the International Art Museum of America, San Francisco. Her work has been featured in several publications, including W Magazine, Southwest..