| 1958 |
Born in Glasgow |
| 1976-80 |
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee, D.A. (Painting)
Two men at a table
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| 1978 |
Duncan of Drumfork Travelling Scholarship |
| 1979 |
SED Major Travelling Scholarship |
| 1980 |
Ian Eadie Major Purchase Prize |
| 1980 |
Greenshields Award |
| 1986 |
Scottish Arts Council Award |
| 1988 |
Artist in Residence, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art |
| 1991 |
Artist in Residence, Royal Edinburgh Hospital |
| 1993 |
Guthrie Award, Royal Scottish Academy |
| 1994 |
Visiting artist in Residence, Lublin, Poland |
| 1994 |
Invited artist producing artwork for Peter Gabriel's 'Us' album. Produced cover art work for single Steam |
| 1995 |
Invited artist producing artwork for Wet Wet Wet's 'Picture This' Album |
| 1996 |
Commissioned portrait for The Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh |
| 1999 |
Organised and curated Exhibition and Auction for Kosovo relief Fund (included artists Peter Howson, Ken Currie, Peter Gabriel, Ian Hughes and John Bellany), raised
over £17000 for aid, Nick Nairn's Restaurant, Charing Cross, Glasgow
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| 1999 |
Scotland's Art, Edinburgh City Art Centre |
| 2000 |
Expressions; Scottish Art 1976-1989, McManus Galleries, Dundee |
| 2000 |
Times Literary Supplement calendar |
| 2001 |
Visiting artist in Residence, Starachechezk, Russia |
| 2002 |
Visiting artist in residence, Rostov-on-the-Don, Russia |
| 2002 |
Completed portrait commission of Nick Nairn for Scottish National Portrait Gallery |
Selected One-Man Exhibitions
| 1985 |
The Anatomy Lesson, 369 Gallery, Edinburgh |
| 1986 |
The Ship of Fools, RAAB Gallery, London |
| 1986 |
The Human Touch, Fischer Fine art London: Curated by Mary Rose Beaumont |
| 1987 |
New Works, Scottish Gallery of Modern Art |
| 1988 |
New Works, RAAB Galerie, Berlin |
| 1991 |
Jewish portraits, Musee Nadwislanski, Poland |
| 1994 |
The Drowned and the Saved, RAAB Gallery London and Berlin
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| 1994 |
Selected Portraits, Corr Contemporary Art, London |
| 1995 |
The 'Peoples Choice', Derry Museum, Northern Ireland and tour. (Associated TV documentary). |
| 1995 |
The Passion of Christ, Musee D'Art Contemporain, Dunkirk, France and world tour |
| 1997 |
And Quiet Flows the Don, Rostov-on-the-Don, Russia |
| 1997 |
Useless Mouths; images from the Holocaust, Corr Contemporary Art, London |
| 1998 |
Portraits of the Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know, Corr Contemporary Art, London |
| 1999 |
If This be a Man, Musee Nadwislanski, Poland |
| 2002 |
Smoke, Candles and Mirrors: Russian Portraits, Rostov-on-the-Don, Russia |
| 2003 |
The Colour of the Stain, Galeria D'Art Sebastia Jane, Barcelona |
| 2005 |
The Apostles: Testaments Betrayed, Phoenix 369 Gallery, Edinburgh |
| 2005 |
Songs cut short: Kmpik Art Gallery, Lublin, Poland |
| 2006 |
The World’s History is the World’s Judgement: Polskich artystow,Kazimeirez-Dolny,
Poland and Taganrog Art Gallery, Russia |
| 2007 |
Mengele’s Ghosts: M-Gallery, Rostov-on-the-Don, Russia, Plastykow Gallery,
Poland and Novocherkassk Gallery of Fine Arts, Russia |
| 2008 |
Buried Journals – Silenced Voices: Sztuka, Pienkno Inie Tylko, Poland and
Taganrog Art Gallery, Russia |
| 2009 |
The Long Journey Back: Miko Art Gallery, Lublin, Poland and Rostov-on-the-Don
Museum of Fine Arts, Russia and Galeria Zwaazku, Poland |
| 2010 |
Relocation to the East and other Artworks: Polskich artystow, Kazimieriez-Donly,
Poland and Rostov-on-the-Don Museum of Fine Arts, Russia |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 1986 |
Artists at Work, Edinburgh Festival Official Exhibition |
| 1986 |
Scottish Painting, Perth Museum and Art Gallery |
| 1986 |
International Contemporary Art Fair, London |
| 1986 |
Inverclyde Biennial, MacLean Art Gallery & Museum, Greenock |
| 1987 |
The Vigorous Imagination, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art & tour |
| 1987 |
Festival Folio, Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop |
| 1987 |
Obsessions, RAAB Gallery, London |
| 1988 |
Continuing The Tradition, 20th Century Scottish Art, 369 Gallery, Edinburgh and Warwick Arts Centre, London |
| 1988 |
Open Exhibition, The Fruitmarket Gallery Edinburgh |
| 1988 |
The Lion Rampant, Artspace Galleries, San Francisco |
| 1989 |
Citac, Pasquelle Lucas Galerie, Valencia & tour |
| 1989 |
Turning the Century; The New Scottish Painting, a survey of contemporary Scottish Art, RAAB Galleries, London, Berlin and Gian Ferrari Arte Contempoanea, Milan |
| 1990 |
Glasgow's Great British Art Exhibition, Art Gallery and Museum, Kelvingrove, Glasgow |
| 1990 |
Scottish Painting, The Sylvia Stevenson Collection, Warwick Arts trust, London |
| 1990 |
Painting the Forth Bridge, 369 Gallery, Edinburgh |
| 1990 |
The Cityscape and the Landscape, RAAB Boukamel Gallery, London |
| 1991 |
Rimbaud - The Poet in Print, Plymouth Arts Centre |
| 1991 |
Metropolis, RAAB Boukamel Gallery, London and Berlin |
| 1991 |
The Passion of Christ, Musee D'Art Contemporain, Dunkirk and Rome |
| 1991 |
Scottish Art since 1900, Scottish Gallery of Modern Art and Barbican Centre, London |
| 1992 |
Metamorphosis, RAAB Boukamel Gallery, London |
| 1992 |
Decade Show, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, City Museum and art Galleries, Dundee |
| 1992 |
Four European Artists, Fetting, Chia, Hughes and Haditki, RAAB Galerie, Berlin |
| 1993 |
European Faces, Pasquelle Lucas Gallery, Spain |
| 1993 |
Europa a La Recercha D'Una Identitat, Barcelona, Spain |
| 1993 |
Explora: Peter Gabriel's Secret World |
| 1993 |
Scottish Painters, Flowers East, London |
| 1994 |
US: Peter Gabriel Art Works Tour, London Business Centre, Landmark Tower, Yokohama, Japan |
| 1995 |
Quinta Biennial D'Art sacra, San Gabriel, Italy |
| 1995 |
'Picture This', Wet Wet Wet inaugural Exhibition, Glasgow City Chambers and World Tour |
| 1995 |
The Borrowed image: Contemporary Art and Appropriation. City Arts Centre, Edinburgh, Sunderland Museum, Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Wales and Derry Museum, Northern Ireland. (included TV documentary). |
| 1995 |
Artists in Residence, City Arts Centre, Edinburgh and tour |
| 1998 |
London Art Fair, Business Design Centre |
| 1998 |
Ghost Portraits, Rheinhallen Der Koln Museum |
| 1999 |
We are making a new century, Musee Nadwislanski, Poland |
| 1999 |
Internal Affairs: Beatrixziekenhuis, Gorinxchem |
| 1999 |
The Vigorous Imagination; Ten Years On, The Scottish Gallery |
| 2001 |
Voices from beyond the Pale, Rostov-on-the-Don, Russia |
| 2002 |
The Jewry of Poland, Musee Nadwislanski, Poland |
| 2004 |
Symbols: M-Gallery, Rostov-on-the-Don, Russia |
| 2006 |
A History of European Painting: Galeria Zwaaska, Poland |
| 2008 |
Voices: Plastykow Gallery, Poland |
| 2009 |
New European Art, M-Gallery, Rostov-on-the-Don, Russia |
| 2010 |
Light Is Only Precious During Dark Intervals: Galeria, Poland |
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"Throughout his career Ian Hughes has bravely tackled the difficult issue of mental instability
in a most impressive way both in his pictures and as a psychiatric nurse, never deviating from his
cause; never painting for the market place; never sensationalising his subject."
Clare Henry, Glasgow Herald
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