Born 1970 in Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Lives and works in London and Herefordshire.
EDUCATION
2000 – 2002 MA Fine Art Goldsmith’s College, London
1990 – 1994 BA (Hons) Fine Art (Sculpture) Bath College of Art
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
Work is a Four Letter Word, Bo Lee and Workman, Bruton, United Kingdom
2021
Des Hughes/Anna & Bernhard Blume, Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2018
Chart Art Fair, Copenhagen, Denmark
2017
Keeper of Heads, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2016
XXX, Bruce Haines Mayfair, London, United Kingdom
2015
Stretch Out and Wait, Hepworth Wakefield, United Kingdom
The Visitors, Pubic Art Project for Wellington, New Zealand
2013
Buchmann Box, Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Ancient & Modern, London, United Kingdom
2012
Everything’s Inevitable, Manchester Art Gallery, United Kingdom
2011
Thems Please, (Curated by Measure) 76 Chatsworth Rd, London, United Kingdom
2010
Endless Endless, ‘Frame’ solo presentation, Frieze Art Fair, London, United Kingdom
Small Collections, Nottingham Contemporary, United Kingdom
2008
Des Hughes and Richard Hughes, Michael Benevento, Los Angeles, United States
2007
Ancient & Modern, London, United Kingdom
2005
Boneless, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
2004
The Screaming Abdabs, The Showroom, London, United Kingdom
2002
Unconvincing Sausages, Kate MacGarry, London, United Kingdom
1999
Being Boring, Virgin Megastore, London, United Kingdom
1998
Wishing on a star, Tablet Gallery, London, United
1997
I wouldn’t normally do this kind of thing, Habitat, King’s Rd, London, United Kingdom
We hate it when our friends become successful, Southampton City Art Gallery, United Kingdom
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2023
Ways of Seeing, Bo Lee and Workman, Bruton, United Kingdom
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Market Art Fair 2023 – Martin Asbæk Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2022
Flock, Bo Lee and Workman, Bruton, United Kingdom
2021
At Home, Laure Genillard Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2020
L’effet Domino, Le 109, Nice, France
2019
MATERIAL:Textile, Messums Wiltshire, Salisbury, United Kingdom
4 Bed Detached Home of Metal, The New Art Gallery Walsall, United Kingdom
2018
The Most Real Thing: Contemporary Textiles and Sculpture, New Art Centre, Salisbury, United Kingdom
Good Grief, Charlie Brown! Somerset House, London, United Kingdom
Black Mirror, Art as Social Satire, Saatchi Gallery, London, United Kingdom
A Place on the Table, Plas Glyn-y-Weddw, Wales, United Kingdom
Malevolent Eldritch Shrieking , Paul Morrison Studio, Sheffield, United Kingdom
2017
Fifteen, Kate MacGarry, London, United Kingdom
2016
The Sleepers, (Two Person Show), Pallant House Gallery, United Kingdom
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Royal Academy Summer Show, London, United Kingdom
Buffet D’Art, Berlin, London, Hestercombe House, United Kingdom
2015
Happy Valleys, Galerie Simpson, United Kingdom
2014
Body and Void, Henry Moore Foundation, Perry Green
2012
‘a thing is a thing is a thing’, The Minories Galleries, Colchester
2011
Sculpture Garden, frieze Art Fair, London, United Kingdom
Dystopia, CAPC centre d’art contemporain de Bordeaux, France
Sometimes I wish I could just disappear’, David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
House of Beasts’ (MeadowArts commision) , Attingham Park, Shropshire, United Kingdom
Backbone: A Selection of Modern British Sculptors, New Art Centre, Roche Court, Salisbury, United Kingdom
Modern British Sculpture, Gimpel Fils, London, United Kingdom
2010
Never The Same River (Possible Futures, Probable Pasts), Camden Arts Centre, London, United Kingdom
BigMinis, Fetishes of Crisis, CAPC centre d’art contemporarin de Bordeaux, France
Newspeak, British Art Now Part II, Saatchi Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Bart Wells Boutique, London, cur. Luke Gottelier & Francis Upritchard, United Kingdom
Undone: making and un-making in Contemporary Sculpture, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, United Kingdom
Rive Gauche, Rive Droite, various venues, cur. Marc Jancou, Paris, France
The Nature of Things, Two Jonnys Projects, London, United Kingdom
2009
Beating the Bounds, Art Now, Tate Britain, United Kingdom
Fallen Out of Space, Jan Mol Collection, London, United Kingdom
Continuity, Gimpel Fils, London, United Kingdom
Friends & Family, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, United States
2008
Weißes Lächeln, Croy Neilson, Berlin, Germany
2007
Strange Events Permit Themselves the Luxury of Occurring, Camden Arts Centre, London, United Kingdom
Strange Weight, Martos Gallery, New York, United States
2006
Among the Ash Heaps and Millionaires, Ancient & Modern, London, United Kingdom
2005
Still Life With, Kate MacGarry, London, United Kingdom
Art Out of Place, Castle Museum, Norwich, United Kingdom
The Wonderful Fund Collection, Le Musée de Marrekech, Marocco
2004
Wider Than The Sky, Commercial Street, London, United Kingdom
Mementoes & Other Curiosities, Farmiloes, London, United Kingdom
Death of Romance, Ganton Street, London, United Kingdom
Bart Wells Institute, Hamish McKay, Wellington, New Zealand
2003
The Unhomely, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, United Kingdom
18%, Geoffrey Charles Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Twilight, Gimpel Fils, London, United Kingdom
2002
The Way To Happiness, VTO, London, United Kingdom
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Arts Council Collection, United Kingdom
The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
Saatchi Collection, London, United Kingdom
The David Roberts Foundation, United Kingdom
