Sara Hughes

b. 1971, Canada. Lives in Aotearoa New Zealand

Sara Hughes is an artist whose work radiates dynamism; as can be seen in her intimate paintings, immersive installations, and large-scale public projects. Using a range of materials her practice melds conceptual ideas with a complex use of colour and composition. Her recent paintings explore time and light, and how our days are defined by these cyclical rhythms. She articulates this through a recreation of her own experiences of changing light, working in layers of colour over her canvases to bring forth an evocation of light from certain moments in time.

Commission for the New Zealand International Convention Centre (detail of the western side of the building), Auckland ceramic enamel on glass, 2019. Photography by Tobias Kraus