George Hughes
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Lives: Buffalo, NY. Accra, Ghana.
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Education:
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH. U.S.A.
2001 Master of Fine Arts, Painting, (Drawing Minor)
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana.
1992 Master of Arts, Art Education.
1990 Postgraduate Diploma, Art Education.
1989 Bachelor of Arts, Painting, (Drawing Minor)
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Solo Exhibitions:
2010 Urban Overtures, Artists Alliance Gallery, Accra, Ghana
2010 Layers, Skoto Gallery, NY, NY.
2009 George Afedzi-Hughes, Atrium im Bockreiterzentrum, Herzogenrath, Germany
2009 Signs & Symbols Collision, The Central University of Nationalities, Beijing, China.
2009 On Guns, Redcoats and Everything Else, Influx Contemporary Gallery, Lisbon,
Portugal.
2007 What you perceive is what you conceive II performance art, Queens University,
Belfast, North Ireland.
2006 What you perceive is what you conceive performance art, streets of Toronto,
Scotia Bank, Nuit Blanche, Toronto, Canada.
2006 Culture, Identity and Beyond, performance art, �a synthesis of painting, Humboldt
University, Berlin, Germany.
2006 Retrospective Mabee Gerrer Museum of Art, Shawnee, OK, U.S.A.
2005 Metaphysics Carter Arts Center Gallery, Kansas City, MO, U.S.A.
2005 Chronic Dreams Park-Art Gallery, NY, NY, U.S.A.
2005 Skin and Essence Living Arts of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, U.S.A.
2004 Quartz Mountain, Lone Wolf, OK, U.S.A.
2003 Cosmopolitan Artists Alliance Gallery, Accra, Ghana.
2002 Symbols and Metaphors, Mainsite Gallery, Norman, OK, U.S.A.
2001 Lineage, Living Stone Gallery, The Hague, The Netherlands.
2000 Von Ghana nach Amerika, Galerie Xenios, Frankfurt, Germany.
1999 20 North Gallery, Toledo, OH, U.S.A.
1998 Artist Alliance Gallery Accra, Ghana.
1998 Angelwood Gallery Grand Rapids, OH, U.S.A.
1997 Paintings by George Hughes University of Toledo, OH, U.S.A.
1992 George Hughes Queen Mary�s Center, London, England.
1992 Paintings by George Hughes African Center, London, England
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Group Exhibitions:
2010 In & Out of Africa, Henn Art, Galleries Maastricht, The Netherlands.
2010 Africa 2.0: Is there a Contemporary African Art? Influx Contemporary Gallery,
Lisbon, Portugal.
2009 Africa Now: African Contemporary Art, Bonhams, London, England.
2009 It�s Never Too Late To Become a Man, Coningsby Gallery, London, England
2009 Joburg Art Fair, Sandton Convention Center, Johannesburg, South Africa.
2009 Figure and Form: Explorations of Humanity, Michael Rockefeller Arts Center,
SUNY at Fredonia, Fredonia, NY.
2008 Monsters of Nature & Design II, (collaborative) Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo,
NY.
2008 The St. James�s Auction, Rosebury, La Galleria Pall Mall, London, England.
2008 Race Symbiosis, (collaborated) intervened Nuit Blanche, Toronto, Canada.
2008 Dialog, Artco Galerie, Herzogenrath, Germany.
2008 Sumphusis, Black Box Theater, SUNY at Buffalo, NY, USA.
2007 Art Fair 21 Cologne Gladbacher Wall 5, Cologne, Germany.
2007 Make Art, Not War Gallery 128, NYC, NY, USA.
2007 In and Out of Africa Museum for Art and Ethnography, Schwaz, Austria.
2007 Le Festival Visual Arts Exhibition Theater for the New City, NYC, NY, USA.
2006 Social Predation Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY, USA.
2006 DiagneChanel/George Hughes Artco Gallery, Herzogenrath, Germany.
2006 New Paintings Mainsite Mainsite Contemporary Gallery, Norman, OK, USA.
2005 Real Compared to what? Gallery 128, NY, NY, U.S.A.
2005 Leading Lights Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Bowling Green, U.S.A.
2005 Extremes Institute of New Media, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
2005 Multiple Oneness Park Art Gallery, NYC, NY, U.S.A.
2005 529, Mainsite Gallery, Norman, OK, U.S.A.
2004 Art, Fred Jones Museum of Art, Norman, OK, U.S.A.
2004 Transition, Artists Alliance Gallery, Accra, Ghana.
2004 Transition, LO/FTF, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2004 Field of Vision: New York, Lab Gallery, NY, NY, U.S.A.
2004 Under The Influence, Eleanor Kirkpatrick Gallery, OKC, OK, U.S.A.
2003 Mutation, Quartz Mountain, Lone Wolf, OK, U.S.A.
2003 Simply Sublime, Eleanor Kirkpatrick Gallery, O.K.C, OK, U.S.A.
2003 Biting the Apple, IAO Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK, U.S.A.
2002 Third National Juried Competition, Loveladies, NJ, U.S.A.
2002 Shades of Blues, Eleanor Kirkpatrick Gallery, OKC, OK, U.S.A.
2001 The Old Theatre, The Hague, The Netherlands.
2001 Gemeente Museum, The Hague, The Netherlands.
2001 Menschenbilder Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit, Eschborn,
Germany.
2001 U vraagt ..Wij draaien?!?, Artoteek Zuidoost, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2000 The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH, U.S.A.
2000 Museum voor Zuid, Goes, The Netherlands
1999 Galerie Xenios, Frankfurt, Germany.
1999 Cirkel Galerie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
1998 Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Bowling Green, OH, U.S.A.
1998 Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH, U.S.A.
1998 Maison Descartes, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
1996 The Toledo Museum of Art,Toledo, OH, U.S.A.
1996 Aboriginal Abstract Paintings Filli Gallery, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
1996 Roots of Diversity Art Show, Toledo, OH, U.S.A.
1995 The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH, U.S.A.
1994 Spectrum Gallery, Toledo, OH, U.S.A.
1993 Dynamic Structure and Form Gagliardi Gallery, Chelsea, England.
1993 Commonwealth Museum, Bristol, England.
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Bibliography:
The Pitch by Rebecca Bravenman (12/9/2005)
Tulsa World by James D. Watts Jr. (5/5/2005)
Pop by Charles Martin. (7/1/2005)
The Norman Transcript (11/28/2005)
Norman Transcript by Josh McBee Pg E7, (11/28/2004)
Norman Living magazine by Susan Owen Atkinson. (8/2004)
OU Arts magazine. (2003 in review)
Galleries magazine. (Fall Edition 2002).
The Oklahoman Daily by Christopher Krug, Pg. 11, (9/10/02)
The Daily Oklahoman by John Brandenburg. (9/20/02)
Norman Living magazine by Tom Toperzer. (9/02)
Pop byTom Torperzer, Pg.6 (9/6/2002)
African Arts magazine. (Volume XXXIV. Number 1) 2001.
Documentary film by Doran Ross, Fowler Museum, (2001).
Museum Paper by Franz Kaiser, Pg. 2, (9/29/01).
Documentary film by Dawn Burgraff and Cassie Seimet (2001).
Espectaculos magazine, (10/31/01).
Programma magazine by Nico Belo. (11/01).
Entwicklungs � Politik magazine, (D 30687 D) 11/12/01.
Abbildung Katalog by Katarina Deloglu. (6/29/01).
Frankfurter Ruudschau by Jorg Kuropatwa. (7/10/2001).
Exposicion Binacional by Felix Avarez. (2001).
Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (2000).
New American Paintings juried exhibition (8/98)
The Weekend Statesman by Nii Laryea Korley. Pg. 10, (8/21/98).
On The Road: Art Cars by Jackie Nathan (10/9/98).
New Music And Art Festival Open Forum at Toledo Museum with
John Williams (composer) and David Best (artist). Pg 1&4.
Toledo City Paper by Jennifer Shirk. (6/96).
The Collegian by Andrew G. Rower, Pg. 3, (2/6/97).
Toledo City Paper by Andrea Wortham, Pg 12, (2/6/97).
The Blade by Sally Vallongo, Pg. 2, (2/9/97).
The Blade by Sally Vallongo. Pg. 2(2/2/96).
Dynamic Structure & Form by Gagliardi Gallery. (1993).
West Africa magazine Pg. 1233, (7/20/92).
BBC Interview by James Sasse. (7/1992).
BBC Interview by Network Africa (7/1992).
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Awards and Honors:
2002 Outstanding Faculty member, Student�s Choice (OU School of Art).
1998 Featured in �New American Paintings�, Mid-western edition Vol. 17.
1996 First Place Award, The Toledo Museum of Art, OH, U.S.A.
1996 Best of Show, Roots of Diversity, Toledo, OH, U.S.A.
1995 Grumbacher Award for Excellence in Painting, Toledo, OH, U.S.A.
1994 Award of Distinction, Spectrum Gallery, Toledo, OH, U.S.A.
1989 First Class Honors, Bachelor of Arts, U.S.T. College of Art, Ghana.
1989 Mobil Award for Best Overall Student, Mobil Oil Company, Ghana.
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Related Experience:
2007 Visiting Artist, Queens University, School of History and Anthropology, Belfast,
Northern Ireland.
2006 Visiting Artist, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.
2005 Visiting Assistant Professor, Bowling Green State University, OH. U.S.A.
2004 Visiting Artist and Instructor, Quartz Mountain, Lone Wolf, OK. U.S.A.
2003 Visiting Artist and Instructor, Quartz Mountain, Lone Wolf, OK. U.S.A.
2002 Wrote review on Visual Art of Ghana for Africa Server (Netherlands)
2002 Visiting Artist, Quartz Mountain, Lone Wolf, OK, U.S.A.
2000 Juror, �Open Summer Show� Spectrum Gallery, Toledo, OH, U.S.A.
2000 Visiting Artist, Elmhurst Elementary School, Toledo, OH, U.S.A.
1999 Juror, �Black Swamp Arts Festival,� Bowling Green, OH, U.S.A.
1999 Juror, �Multicultural Undergraduate Art Contest�, Bowling Green, OH, U.S.A.
1999 Visiting Artist, Athena Art Society, Toledo, OH, U.S.A.
1998 Visiting Artist, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, U.S.A.
1997 Juror, �Focus �97 Art Exhibition,� Toledo, OH, U.S.A.
1996 Juror, �Annual Congressional Exhibition,� Toledo, OH, U.S.A.
1996 Visiting Artist, Riverside Elementary School, Toledo, OH, U.S.A.
1995 Collaborated in painting mural at Warren School, Toledo, OH, U.S.A.
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