Born in Wellington, 1986 | Currently lives and works in Naarm/Melbourne
Lucy Beattie Hughes is an Art Curator and Artist. She has a proven track record of professional project management and curatorial direction across complex exhibition productions and international art fair presentations. Always looking to generate original design concepts, Beattie Hughes continually challenges herself and the viewer to look at art and design with fresh eyes. Recent career highlights include the creation of a permanent gallery space for The Royal Children’s Hospital and the curation of the 2023 exhibition program at Manningham Art Gallery.
Her creative practice engages with the intersections of photography, form, material, abstraction and space. Experimenting with printing photographic imagery of natural environments onto silk and wallpaper, she develops these prints into site specific artworks. Her current research interests explore the purpose of art in today's society, its social impact and the role art can play for our health and wellbeing in lived environments. Her work has been exhibited in galleries across New Zealand and Australia and is held in private collections.
Education
Master of Fine Arts, Elam School of Fine Arts The University of Auckland
Bachelor of Design (Photography), Massey University School of Design, Wellington
Awards
Elam School of Fine Arts Postgraduate Photography Award
Glaistor Ennor Graduate Award for Emerging Artists
Massey University School of Design Scholarship
Exhibitions & Residencies
Airspace Projects, Sydney
Room to Create Residency, Melbourne
Making Space Residency, Melbourne
Blindside B-Side, Melbourne, Melbourne
Counihan Gallery Summer Show, Melbourne
30 Upstairs: Group Exhibition, Wellington, New Zealand
Oedipus Rex Gallery: Five Originals [Exploded] Five Parts, Auckland, New Zealand
Auckland Festival of Photography, New Zealand
Field Essays: Pop Up Show, Auckland, New Zealand
Gup - Guide to Unique Photography: Online Exhibition, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Divided by Water: Oedipus Rex Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
MFA Exhibition: Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland, New Zealand
Lomo World: ProjectSpace B431, Auckland, New Zealand
Curatorial and Professional Roles
LBH Studio
Manningham Council
The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne
THIS IS NO FANTASY + dianne tanzer gallery, Melbourne
{Suite} Gallery, Wellington
Street Style
WGSN, Hong Kong | London