Statement / Bio
Like many of her works, From the Classic Apple references specific experiences, as they are relative and dependent on context, but also have the potential to become something transformed. Considering the idea of negotiation both in terms of material and metaphor, Hughes confronts the false dichotomies of transience/permanence, chaos/control, and certainty/guesswork, through her pieced-together collaged paintings. Her works are made using materials that have had previous existences and that are informed by surrounding circumstances.
2017 RU alum Kristy Hughes is an American visual artist based in Valdosta, Georgia where she teaches at Valdosta State University. Hughes has shown across the US, and her work is in the following permanent collections: Mid American Print Council, Rubin & Levin P.C. Indianapolis, El Minia University, El Minia, Egypt, Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Indiana University Printmaking Archive, Bloomington, Swope Museum of Art, Terre Haute. She has had solo exhibitions at Gallery 924 in Indianapolis, Butler University, and Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center, (Bloomington, IN). Recent two-person and group shows include: Plough Gallery, (Tifton, GA), Indiana University (Kokomo), Gallery 360 (Minneapolis), Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery (Fort Wayne, IN), and The University of Texas of the Permian Basin, (Odessa, Texas) She has attended residencies at The Studios at MASS MoCA, Stutz Artists Association, and the Vermont Studio Center.
Artist website:www.kristyhughes.com