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Philip Hughes

Philip Hughes - Manchu Picchu, Peru, 1976
1976. Machu Picchu, Peru
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Philip Hughes - Tapestry for Boots Plc. HQ, 1994
1994. HQ of Boots plc.

Philip Hughes - Patterns in the Landscape Book
1998. ‘Patterns in the Landscape’.
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Thames & Hudson
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Philip Hughes Retrospective at Chateau La Nerthe, France
Museum and Art Gallery, Inverness, Scotland. 1990


Philip Hughes Retrospective at Chateau La Nerthe, France
Francis Kyle Gallery, London. 1992

Philip Hughes Exhibition Jump of the Manta Ray at Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra
1995. Retrospective Exhibition: L'Ambassade d'Australie, Paris

Philip Hughes - Exhibition at Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Monterrey, Mexico, 1997 Philip Hughes - Exhibition at Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Monterrey, Mexico, 1997
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Monterrey, Mexico, 1997

Philip Hughes Exhibition at The Tate St IvesPhilip Hughes Exhibition at the Tate St Ives
Tate St Ives, 2000

Philip Hughes Exhibition Jump of the Manta Ray at Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra
Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra, Australia, 2002

Philip Hughes Exhibition Jump of the Manta Ray at Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra
Galerie Pascal Lainé, Ménerbes, France, 2007
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Philip Hughes Exhibition Jump of the Manta Ray at Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra
Maison de la Truffe et du Vin, Ménerbes, France, 2007
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Philip Hughes Retrospective at Chateau La Nerthe, France
Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra,
Australia 2008
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Philip Hughes Retrospective at Chateau La Nerthe, France
Sherman Galleries, Australia, 2002
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Philip Hughes Retrospective at Chateau La Nerthe, France
Château La Nerthe, France, 2004
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Philip Hughes Retrospective at Chateau La Nerthe, France
Pintura Britanica Contemporanea, Museo Municipal, Madrid. 1983

 

 

 

 

 


Philip Hughes Retrospective at Chateau La Nerthe, France
Francis Kyle Gallery, London 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

Philip Hughes Retrospective at Chateau La Nerthe, France
Detail of drawing in the British Museum Collection

 
BIOGRAPHY
1936

Born London, UK

1957

Honours Degree, Cambridge University, UK

1957—1961 Engineer with Shell International Petroleum Company
1961—1969 Computer consultant with Scicon Limited
1969—1991 1969—1991 Co-founder of Logica plc, Managing Director 1969—1972, Chairman 1972—1991
1975—1976 Spent a year travelling and painting in Andean countries of South America and in Provence in South France
1987—1992 Member of the Council of the Royal College of Art
1990—1996 Member of Board of Design Museum, London
1993 Mural commission for Quaglino’s Restaurant, London
1994 Commission for wall rugs for the headquarters of Boots plc, made by Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh, UK
1996—2003 Trustee of the National Gallery, London (1996—2000 Chairman of Board of Trustees)
1997 Lithograph illustrations for Carmen Boullosa’s epic poem The Elysian Garden: limited edition produced on site at Taller Magenta, Monterrey, Mexico
1998 Patterns in the Landscape: The Notebooks of Philip Hughes with foreward by Glen Murcutt, published by Thames & Hudson
2001—2002 Visiting Artist to Antarctica with the British Antarctic Survey
2002 Illustrated the artist’s book Jump of the Manta Ray, a long poem by Carmen Boullosa, translated by Psiche Hughes, and published by the Old School Press, UK
2003-2007 Numerous visits to the north of Scotland, the Hebridies and Orkney working towards exhibitions in Scotland, England and Australia.
2008 Worked at various stone circles in England including Castlerigg and Swinside in the Lake District, Arbor Low in the Peak District amd Stonehenge.
   
 
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
1976

Parkway Focus, London

1977

Angela Flowers Gallery, London

1979 Gallerie Cance Manguin, Luberon, France
1979 Francis Kyle Gallery, London
1982 Francis Kyle Gallery, London
1984 Francis Kyle Gallery, London
1985 Gallery Cance Manguin, Luberon, France
1987 Francis Kyle Gallery, London
1989 Francis Kyle Gallery, London
1990 Retrospective Exhibition:
Museum and Art Gallery, Inverness, Scotland
1992 Francis Kyle Gallery, London
1993 La Tour des Cardinaux, L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue,
France
1994 Francis Kyle Gallery, London
1995 Retrospective Exhibition: L'Ambassade
d'Australie, Paris
1997 Francis Kyle Gallery, London
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, MARCO,
Monterrey, Mexico
1998 Lesley Craze Gallery, London
Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico
Retrospective Exhibition: Drill Hall Gallery,
Canbera, Australia
1999 Retrospective Exhibition: Volvo Gallery, Sydney,
Australia
Retrospective Exhibition: The George Adams
Gallery, Victoria Arms Centre, Melbourne,
Australia
2000 Francis Kyle Gallery, London
Artotèque, Luberon, Vaucluse, France
The Tate Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall, UK
2001 The Victoria and Albert Museum, London
2001 University of Lecce: Memmo Gallery, Lecce, Italy
2002 Musée du Chântillonais, Châtillon-sur-Seine,
France
2002 Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra, Australia
2003

Francis Kyle Gallery, London
View Antarctica exhibition

2004 Star Gallery, Lewes, Sussex, UK
View Manta Ray Exhibition
2005 Watermill Gallery, Aberfeldy, Scotland
View Jura : Assynt : Rannoch Exhibition
2005 Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, Australia
View Pilbara & Bundanon Exhibition
2007 Francis Kyle Gallery, London
View Scotland Exhibition

2007 Galerie Pascal Lainé, Ménerbes, France
View Abstract : Retrospective Exhibition
2007 Maison de la Truffe et du Vin, Ménerbes, France
View Luberon 1977-2007 Exhibition
2008 Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra, Australia
View Mountains of the Mind Exhibition
2008 Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney, Australia
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2008 Charleston, Sussex, UK
View Stone Circles Exhibition
2008 Pier Arts Centre, Orkney, Scotland
View Stone Circles Exhibition
 
TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
1972 The Monks Gallery, Sussex, UK
(together with Beryl Bainbridge)
1992 Lesley Craze Gallery, London
(together with Francis Bendixon)
2002 Sherman Galleries, Sydney, Australia
(together with Philip Wolfhagen)
2003 Churchill College, Cambridge, UK
(together with Keith Grant)
2004 Château La Nerthe, Châteauneuf-du-Pape, France
(together with Antoine Poncet)
 
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1969

Aldeburgh Festival, UK

1970-1976

Artists for Vietnam, London

1974 Angela Flowers Gallery, London
1976 Thumb Gallery, London
1981

La Roche Gallery, London
Acme Gallery, London

1982 Seven Dials Gallery, London
L'Hotel de Ville, Bonnieux, France
1983 Pintura Britanica Contemporanea, Museo Municipal, Madrid
Angela Flowers Gallery, London
1985 Royal Festival Hall, London
1986 Museum and Art Gallery, Swindon, UK
1988 Francis Kyle Gallery, London
Mount House Gallery, Marlborough,UK
Camden Arts Centre, London
The London Group, Royal College of Art, London
1991

Francis Kyle Gallery, London
Sotheby's, London
Eddie Glastra Gallery, Sydney, Australia

1992 Beardsmore Gallery, London
Galerie Jaquester, Paris
Art-Asia Conference, Hong Kong
1993 Francis Kyle Gallery, London
Art '93, Contemporary Art Fair, London
Lesley Craze Gallery, London
1994 Francis Kyle Gallery, London
Royal Society of Arts, London
Lesley Craze Gallery, London
1995 Francis Kyle Gallery, London
John Jones Gallery, London
1997 Sotheby's, London
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
1999 'Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney, Australia
The Prince of Wales's Institute of Architecture, London
2000 Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney, Australia
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
2001 'Trentside' at Djanogly Art Gallery, Nottingham, UK
2003 Francis Kyle Gallery, London
2004 Lesley Craze Gallery, London
2005 Francis Kyle Gallery, London
2006 Francis Kyle Gallery, London
2007 Nature In Art Museum and Art Gallery, Gloucester, UK
2007 Nature In Art Museum and Art Gallery, Gloucester, UK
 
COLLECTIONS

The British Library, London, UK
The British Museum, London, UK
The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
The UK Government Collection
The City Library, New York, USA
The Library of Congress, Washington DC, USA
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
The University of Iowa, USA
Musée du Châtillonais, Châtillon-sur-Seine, France
The National Gallery, Canberra, Australia

Numerous Corporate and Private Collections in the UK, France, the Netherlands, USA, Australia