Gemma Hughes Artist – Artist and sculpture

Moon in a Box 2019 Glansevern Hall Gardens

Moon in a Box 2016 Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, ‘Art in The Garden’

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‘Ultramarine’ (2016) 30 x 18 x 11 was in the M

‘Ultramarine’ (2016) 30 x 18 x 11 was in the March exhibition.
Slate ,plaster, daylight and ultramarine paint that you can’t see from this viewpoint. The ‘figure’ is unpainted white plaster.
#notquiteroyalblue #madonna #contemporarysculpture #slowart #lightandshadow

I think it will be too cloudy and rainy to see the

I think it will be too cloudy and rainy to see the lunar, or 'super blood moon' here.

Another shot of my steel box moon, with temporary red daylight.... . See My Story.
#fulllunareclipse #moonart #threedrawncircles #ofdifferentsizes

It’s a full lunar eclipse in about 5 hours time!

It’s a full lunar eclipse in about 5 hours time! So here is my “Silver Moon” 21 x21 x21
mild steel, daylight, car paint

This is a recent version of the 8ft cubed wooden shelter ‘Moon in a Box’ (2016) which was exhibited at the Sir Harold Hillier Arboretum in Romsey and then Glansevern Gardens.

#moon #lunarbeauty #mooninabox #naturaldaylight #steelsculpture

Potato Print. 25 x7x7 Plaster, lime putty, goat h

Potato Print. 25 x7x7 Plaster, lime putty, goat hair, daylight, acrylic paint. The violet colour seen is the result of re-reflected daylight.

This new piece was made for the exhibition street-level window. The cafe next door, which always displays foodstuff in its window, is hoping to extend into this building….so I cast these locally grown potatoes.
#newwork #colourandsurface #formandcolour #humblepotato #artforwindows

From the March Pop Up: Curious Sensory Object 110x

From the March Pop Up:
Curious Sensory Object 110x93x50
Cherry wood,plywood, re-reflected daylight, retort clamp and boss.

When the daylight fades so does the colour and the ply ‘pectines’ revert to their natural pale wood colour.
This piece was inspired by the chemosensory feelers of scorpions.

#woodsculpture #naturalforms #scienceandart

This was the fourth window area in the Pop Up exhi

This was the fourth window area in the Pop Up exhibition - south facing. The little room had been full of shelving (some hiding a massive lagged pipe - next pic) which I removed. And I built a curved corner wall to conceal the lagged pipe!
#monsterpipe #daylight #curvedwall #lightandshadow

The north window upstairs had no sill. The second

The north window upstairs had no sill. The second image shows a digital doodle i made in response to the many plinths that sat heavy on the floor.
#historichouse #sculpture #popupexhibition

Pop Up exhibition : north facing front window onto

Pop Up exhibition : north facing front window onto Broad Street, Montgomery. It was very cold with the door open all day! Three days was enough😂.
Visitors were great. Thank you to all of you who popped in 😊.
#contemporaryartworkforsale #onlydaylight

Here are some pics of the Pop Up exhibition in Mon

Here are some pics of the Pop Up exhibition in Montgomery in March ….
starting with some general shots of the spaces including some ‘before’ pics.
It’s taken a while to sort images and figure out how to share the experience. I’ll be posting pics of individual pieces during the week.

#popupexhibition #soloexhibition #daylight #colourandlight #artandarchitecture

Tarmac and lime plaster. Lighting by @random_segm

Tarmac and lime plaster.
Lighting by @random_segment during a fun afternoon.

#lighting #contemporarysculpture

Here's another taken using the same method. No co

Here's another taken using the same method. No coloured lights were used, and the coloured spike is unpainted wood.

#lighting #contemporarysculpture #sculptureandcolour #scienceandart

As I approach my Pop Up which will be solely lit b

As I approach my Pop Up which will be solely lit by the natural light from windows, I am reflecting on images taken using very controlled electric lighting in Andy McKeown's amazing studio @random_segment.
We ended up bouncing the light off the wall behind. Note the shadows in front of the piece.
#lighting #contemporarysculpture #blackandwhite

Time and a place for candle-light. Thinking of you

Time and a place for candle-light. Thinking of you, Ukraine 🙏🇺🇦

POP UP EXHIBITION! I'm taking advantage of this p

POP UP EXHIBITION!
I'm taking advantage of this property on Broad Street,Montgomery, being empty and awaiting development.
10TH - 12TH March, 10- 5pm. Come and say hi.
I use daylight to create these glows.
So all the electric lights will be OFF!
Materials include laths, lime plaster, lead and wood.

#sculpture # newsculpture #colourandsculpture #daylight #abstractsculpture #popup #artandscience #periodhouse #slowart #curious

The structure of the theatre is inspiring me here

The structure of the theatre is inspiring me here in a closed box piece. It's very heavy for its size!
Slate, lead and daylight.

#workinprogress #lightandform #theatre #contemporarysculpture #colourandsculpture #daylightartworks

Here is the tarmac piece caught collapsing in the

Here is the tarmac piece caught collapsing in the heat!
This was a re-mould of 'Unravelling Time - Still Life with Lemon' which did its first collapse at the start of the Climate Change exhibition at @midwalesartscentre back in April.

#climatechanges #heat #contemporarysculpture #stuffmatters

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Education

Wimbledon, London
BA (Hons) Fine Art (Painting) 1990-1993

Commissions and Awards

2011/12 Gazebo Project Hope House Children’s Hospice, Oswestry
Collaboration with the staff and children

2010 Chance to Create Mentor Award, Arts Council of Wales

1999 National Dance Theatre, Edinburgh.
A collaboration with Malcolm Fraser Architects, Co-ordinated by P.A.C.E (Public Art Commissions Edinburgh)

Selected Exhibitions

2019 Glansevern Hall Gardens

2016 Art in the Garden, Sir Harold Hillier Gardens

2015 Inspired by Wales, Mid Wales Arts Centre

2013 Oerley Hall II, Oswestry

2010 Flight, Mid Wales Arts Centre (solo)

2009 Form and Movement, Mid Wales Arts Centre

2007 Moreton Hall, Oswestry

1998 The Haven Studio, Dorset Art Week

1998 Studio64@Young Gallery, Salisbury Library Galleries

1997 The Orchard Gallery

1996 Gemma Hughes The Haven Studio (solo)

1997 Sherborne Contemporary Art Supermarket

1996 Gemma Hughes 50 Holland Park, London (solo)

1997 Bryanston Arts Centre

1996 Guggleton Farm Arts Project

1994 Light Fields, Connaught Street, London (solo)

1994 Greenbelt Arts Festival,

1994 Alexandra Palace