BIO
Kristy Hughes (b. Waxahachie, TX) is a sculptor and painter based in New Haven, CT. Her work celebrates joy and the reclamation of agency—her practice circles around personal narratives of belonging and care, influenced by her Hispanic and Indigenous lineage. Hughes has received support through Fellowships at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA, and the Vermont Studio Center. She is a recent nominee for the Joan Mitchell Fellowship and a current Studio Fellow at NXTHVN in New Haven, CT, for the 2024-2025 cycle.
Hughes holds an MFA in Printmaking from Indiana University and an MA and BA in Studio Art from Eastern Illinois University. She has been artist-in-residence at The Studios at MASS MoCA, ChaNorth Artist Residency, Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences, and Liquitex Residency at Residency Unlimited. Recent exhibitions include The Sculpture Center in Cleveland, OH; Soft Times Gallery in San Francisco, CA; Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY; and exhibitions at universities in Vermont, North and South Carolina, and Indiana. Her work has been featured in Shenandoah, I Like Your Work, Maake Magazine, and New American Paintings. She will be artist in residence at The Golden Foundation, forthcoming in July 2025.
Hughes served as the Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency Coordinator from 2021-2024. She has taught at the University of Vermont, Indiana University, and Valdosta State University, working with undergraduate and graduate students in foundations, sculpture, and painting.
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EDUCATION
2015 MFA, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2011 MA, Eastern Illinois University, Studio Art, Charleston, IL
2009 BA, Eastern Illinois University, Studio Art, Charleston, IL
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2025 The Golden Foundation Residency, New Berlin, NY (forthcoming)
2024-25 Fellowship, NXTHVN, New Haven, CT
2024 Nominee, Joan Mitchell Fellowship
2024 Vermont Studio Center Residency and Full Fellowship Award, Johnson, VT
2024 Honorable Mention, Michael Aurbach Fellowship for Excellence in Visual Art, CAA
2023 Small Grant Research Award, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
2022-23 Fellowship, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
2022 ChaNorth Artist Residency, Pine Planes, NY
2021 Travel Grant, Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2020 Turner Center for the Arts Residency and Public Art Commission, Valdosta, GA
2019 Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences Residency, Rabun Gap, GA
2019 Turner Center for the Arts Merit Award, Spring into Art, Valdosta, GA
2018 Turner Center for the Arts Merit Award, Spring into Art, Valdosta, GA
2017 Residency Unlimited, Liquitex Research Residency, Brooklyn, NY
2016 The Studios at MASS MoCA Residency, Assets for Artists, North Adams, MA
2016 Revent Artist Project Grant, Indiana Recycling Coalition, Indianapolis, IN
2016 Welcome Race Fans Public Art Project and Grant, Arts Council of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
2016 National Society of Arts and Letters Merit Award, Visual Arts Competition & Exhibition of Emerging Artists, Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN
2015 Stutz Artist Residency and Studio, Indianapolis, IN
2015 Vermont Studio Center Residency and Full Fellowship Award, Johnson, VT
2014 Future Faculty Teaching Fellowship, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2012 Indiana State University Permanent Art Collection Purchase Award, Terre Haute, IN
2012 3rd Place-notBIG International Juried Exhibition, Lexington, KY
2010 Rick and Candy Shagley Purchase Award, 66th Wabash Valley Juried Exhibition, Terre Haute, IN,
2010 Artist Grant, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Into Your Sunlit Hope, The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH
2023 Ghosts and All, Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2022 The In Art Gallery, Master Series, Against the Odds, virtual
2019 Cactus Tongued, Turner Center for the Arts, Valdosta, GA
2018 Piece by Part, Plough Gallery, Tifton, GA
2016 Seeing is Forgetting, Gallery 924, Indianapolis, IN
2016 Controlled Entropy, Raymond James Stutz Art Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2015 Seeing Is, Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN
2014 This Rain, Howard L. Schrott Center for the Arts, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN
2014 For Once, Then, Something, Grunwald Gallery of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
TWO-PERSON* & GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Speak Nearby, Colburn Gallery, The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT* (with Nicolei Buendia Gupit)
2024 FLORA, The Phoenix Gallery, Waterbury Village, VT
2023 Time and Beauty, ChaNorth Artist Residency Alumni Show, curated by Peter Fulop, Chashama, NY, NY
2023 Fine Arts Work Center Fellows Exhibition, Provincetown Art Museum, Provincetown, MA
2022 Crimson Tide, Soft Times Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2022 Collective Agency, Ross Gallery, Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC* (with Alexandra Giannell)
2022 Beyond the Body: the Landscape of Interconnection, The Jeanne Rauch Gallery, Gaston College, Dallas, NC* (with Alexandra Giannell)
2022 Summer Exhibition, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY, curated by Eve Biddle, Bowie Zunino, Jeff Barnett-Winsby, and Will Hutnick
2021 Latinx Showcase, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2021 Shaping Change: Conversations in Agency, Body, and Voice, Cecelia Coker Bell Gallery, Coker University, Hartsville, SC* (with Alexandra Giannell)
2021 Stories, Isadore & Dunn, Brooklyn, NY
2021 Alumni Virtual Art Show, Grunwald Gallery of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2021 Faculty Exhibition, Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design, Grunwald Gallery of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2021 Heatwave, dōdōmu gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2021 Take it or Leave it, Collar Works, Troy NY
2021 Remote Residue, Athica, Athens, GA, curated by Doppler Projects
2021 The Secret Lives of Color, Brandt-Roberts Galleries, Columbus, OH
2021 Tuesday Night, TNT Collective
2021 Resisting the Hard Edge. Brandt- Roberts Galleries, Columbus, OH, curated by Michelle Brandt and Marla Roddy
2021 New Year, New Art, Brandt-Roberts Galleries, Columbus, OH
2020 Holding In Between, Etherredge Art Center, The University of South Carolina-Aiken* (with Sean Hurley)
2020 Respite, Brandt-Roberts Galleries, Columbus, OH
2020 If You Like This You’ll Love That, Collar Works, Troy, NY
2020 Maybe Our Wasted Past, NOISE Project, Bloomington, IN, Curated by Raphael Cornford, Bill Bass, Mary Clair Pappas, and Natasha Heines
2019 Permutations, Brant-Roberts Galleries, Columbus, OH, curated by Michelle Brandt, Marla Roddy
2019 Faculty Exhibition, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA
2018 Go West: Mid America Print Council, “Our Indiana: MFA Selections”, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, Curated by Ellen Price
2018 Georgia Artists: A Juried Exhibition, Abernathy Arts Center, Sandy Springs, GA
2018 Piecemeal, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN, Curated by Kyle Herrington
2018 Intense Colors, 10th West Gallery, Indianapolis, IN, Curated by Susan Brewer and Tony Quintana
2018 The DRAWPROJECT, Turner Center for the Arts, Valdosta, GA
2017 Appearances, Plough Gallery, Tifton, GA* (with Sean Hurley)
2017 See in Space, Union St. Gallery, Indiana University, Kokomo, Curated by Zachary Carlisle Davidson
2017 Switchboard Projects, Springhill Suites, Bloomington, IN, Curated by Marla Roddy and Lance Pruitt
2017 Five-Foot Show, Gallery 360, Invitational Exhibition, Minneapolis, MN
2017 Primary Colours, Athenaeum Foundation, Indianapolis, IN
2016 Follow Your Heart, Harrison Center for the Arts, Indianapolis, IN* (with Neil Cain)
2016 Indiana People, Places, and Things, Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery, Invitational Exhibition, Fort Wayne, IN
2016 Topias: Contemporary Landscapes, Nancy Fyfe Cardozier Gallery, The University of Texas of the Permian Basin, Odessa, Texas, Curated by Jake Weigel
2015 Pop-up Event, Bloomington, IN, curated by Jeremy Sweet
2015 Fusion, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA, juried by Olivia Ongpin
2015 Structurally Speaking, Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY
2015 71st Annual Wabash Valley Juried Exhibition, Terre Haute, IN, juried by Heather Ahtone
2015 Arts Fest, Howard L. Schrott Center for the Arts, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN
2015 The Indianapolis Transfer, Howard L. Schrott Center for the Arts, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN
2014 Women Artists/Entrepreneurs, The Arts Council of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
2014 Tiny III, Gallery 924, Indianapolis, IN
2014 The Abstract Show III, Brickton Art Center, Park Ridge, IL
2014 SYNCOPATED: Off-Beat & En Pointe, Blueline Gallery, Bloomington, IN
2014 Under Pressure, Gallery Group, Bloomington, IN
2014 Visual Arts Competition & Exhibition of Emerging Artists, National Society of Arts and Letters, Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN
2013 Tiny II, Gallery 924, Indianapolis, IN
2013 MFA Exhibition, Grunwald Gallery of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2013 Open Space, Fuller Gallery, Bloomington, IN
2013 4x6/6x4 Postcard Exhibit, The Art Gallery at Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction
2013 Visual Arts Competition & Exhibition of Emerging Artists, National Society of Arts and Letters, Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN
2013 Undivided, Fuller Gallery, Bloomington, IN
2012 Printwork 2012, Artist Image Resource, Pittsburg, PA
2012 Tiny, Gallery 924, Indianapolis, IN
2012 Samenwerken, collaboration with Maggie Crowley, Grunwald Gallery of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington, curated by Jeremy Sweet
2012 Student International Print Show, El Minia University, El Minia, Egypt
2012 68th Annual Wabash Valley Juried Exhibition, Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN
2012 Visual Arts Competition & Exhibition of Emerging Artists, National Society of Arts and Letters, Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN
2012 33rd Annual Paper in Particular, National Exhibition, Columbia Collage, Columbia, MO
2012 notBIG, International Juried Exhibition, Mary Reznor Gallery, Lexington, KY
2012 MFA Exhibition, Grunwald Gallery of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2012 For We Are Where We Are Not, The 410 Project, Mankato, MN, juried by Eric Waterkotte
2012 Formations, International Juried Online Exhibition, Maryland Federation of Art
2011 Seven x 11: Art for Art, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
2011 32nd Annual Paper in Particular, National Exhibition, Columbia Collage, Columbia, MO
2011 Winter Print Exhibition, Thrive Wellness Center, Bloomington, IN
2011 MA Graduate Art Exhibition, Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
2010 Lakeland College Foundation Art Heritage Show, Lakeland College, Mattoon, IL
2010 Either/ Or, National Juried Exhibition, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL
2010 66th Annual Wabash Valley Juried Exhibition, Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN
2009 What’s Next, National Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
2009 22nd Annual Northern National Art Competition, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI
2009 64th Annual Wabash Valley Juried Exhibition, Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN
2008 22nd Parkside National Small Print Exhibition, University of Wisconsin - Parkside, Kenosha, WI
BIBLIOGRAPHY & PUBLICATIONS
2024 Shenandoah Volume 73, Number 2, Spring Issue, In Conversation: A Poet Asks a Sculptor, Featured Artist: Kristy Hughes, by Sarah Audsley
2024 Seven Days Vermont’s Independent Voice At the Phoenix Gallery, the Group Show “Flora” Is Like Field of Wildflowers, by Pamela Polston
2024 I Like Your Work, Spring Art Catalogue, curated by Sally Morgan Lehman
2023 Maake Magazine, Issue 15, curated by Assembly Room
2023 Shankpainter 62, Spring 2023, Provincetown, MA
2023 Provincetown Independant, Sculptures That Demand to be Seen, by Sophie Mann-Shafir
2021 Artsin Square Magazine, Issue 1
2021 New American Paintings, No. 148, South Issue, curated by Emily Stamey
2021 Inclusive Teaching Resources (Visual materials and transformative pedagogies), Indiana University Bloomington Libraries, https://guides.libraries.indiana.edu/Transformative_Pedagogy
2020 Vast Magazine, Issue No. 1
2019 Friend of the Artist, Volume 10, curated by Tim Ralston, Diana Cerezino, Michael, Dewberry, Thomas Flynn, and Ty Bishop
2019 Execute Magazine, Artist Feature- Kristy Hughes
2019 Cut Me Up Magazine, Issue 02, curated by Andrea Burgay and John Whitlock
2018 Burnaway, Studio Visit: Visiting Collagist Kristy Hughes in Valdosta, by Shelby Evans
2017 Execute Magazine, Kristy Hughes: Chaos and Control
2017 Burnaway, Feature: Contemporary Art Finds a Home in Rural Georgia at Plough Gallery
2017 The Gathered Gallery, Art Bullet
2017 Create! Magazine, Issue 3
2016 Command Zine, Artist Spotlight: Kristy Hughes, by Sul-Jee Scully
2016 Mist Gallery Blog, Interview with Kristy Hughes
2016 Marquardt, Jennifer, Hard Surfaces Are Good For the Body, ThrewLine Books, Book Cover
2016 NUVO Review Kristy Hughes’ Seeing Is Forgetting by Dan Grossman
2016 LEAP! Review, by Bekah Pollard
2015 Driftless Magazine, Midwest Adventuring, Issue 4, pp 97-100
2015 Paint Pulse Magazine, Issue 3
LECTURES, PANELS & WORKSHOPS
2024 Visiting Artist Lecture, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2024 Visiting Artist Lecture, California State University, Stanislaus, CA
2024 Visiting Artist Lecture, Wellesley College, MA
2024 Visiting Artist Lecture, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
2023 Collage Workshop, The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH
2023 Monotype and Collage Workshop, Provincetown School, The Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
2023 Visiting Artist Lecture, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
2022 Visiting Artist Lecture, Metropolitan State University of Denver, CO
2022 Conference Presentation, Transformative Pedagogy: A Catalyst for Change, with Libba Willcox & Jackie Fleming, Southeastern College Art Conference (SECAC), Baltimore, MD
2022 Visiting Artist Lecture, Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC
2022 Visiting Critic, ChaNorth Artist Residency, Pine Planes, NY
2022 Visiting Artist Lecture, Beyond the Body, The Jeanne Rauch Gallery, Gaston College, Dallas , NC
2021 Visiting Artist Lecture, Iona College, New Rochelle, NY
2021 Conference Presentation, Emergent Strategies in the Art Room: Transforming our Curricula and Pedagogies to Teach for Change, with Libba Wilcox & Jackie Fleming, The Art Education Association of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN
2021 Visiting Artist Lecture, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT
2021 Visiting Artist Lecture, Shaping Change, Cecelia Coker Bell Gallery, Coker University, Hartsville, SC
2021 Artist Talk, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2021 Visiting Artist Lecture with TNT Collective, Iona College, New Rochelle, NY
2020 Visiting Artist Lecture, Metropolitan State University of Denver, CO
2019 Gallery Talk, Turner Center for the Arts, Valdosta, GA
2019 Visiting Artist Lecture, Women in the Visual Arts, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA
2018 Visiting Artist Demonstration, Artists on the Porch, Plough Gallery, Tifton, GA
2018 Gallery Talk, Plough Gallery, Tifton, GA
2018 Visiting Artist Lecture, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA
2017 Panel Discussion with Daniel Mantilla, facilitated by Thomas Micchelli and Jennifer Samet, Residency Unlimited, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Visiting Artist Lecture, College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY
2016 Visiting Artist Lecture, Stutz Business and Arts Center, Indianapolis, IN
2016 Visiting Artist Lecture, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN
2015 Gallery Talk, Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN
COLLECTIONS
Mid American Print Council
El Minia University, El Minia, Egypt
Rubin & Levin P.C. Indianapolis, IN
Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN
Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
Indiana University Printmaking Archive, Bloomington, IN
Swope Museum of Art, Terre Haute, IN
TEACHING & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2024-25 Mentor, NXTHVN Apprenticeship Program, New Haven, CT
2024 Juror, Diane Gabriel Visual Artists Award, Burlington City Arts, Burlington, VT
2023-24 Lecturer, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
2023 Juror, The Vermont Studio Center, Vermont Week
2023 Review Panelist, Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency, Family Week
2023 Juror, The In Art Gallery, 4th Annual Open Call Exhibition
2021-24 Residency Coordinator, The Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency by Collar Works, Granville and Troy, NY
2020-22 Visiting Assistant Professor, Creative Core, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2018-20 Adjunct Professor, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA
2016 Assistant Professor of Art and Art History (Part-time) DePauw University, Greencastle, IN
2015-16 Future Faculty Teaching Fellow, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN