Current Art Gallery Exhibits

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Anne Hughes

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September 29 - October 31, 2025

• Hughes’s Statement
  This exhibition brings together works featuring the recurring house/arrow form, a symbol of our precious home in the universe, inner peace, and the possibilities of directions ahead.
  
  Each creative journey is an adventure in facing the unexpected. I often return to themes of nature, the cosmos, science, and the vastness of what we know—and what we do not. Color, form, and space evolve through abstracted, layered imagery, opening emotional and intellectual responses. With careful thought and observation, I experience shifts in perception that guide me toward new directions, tapping into the wonders and complexities of existence.
  
  I consider the relationships among these elements and their effects on our perception and experience. Ecosystems abound: for every action, a reaction. Consequences may not be equal, but they are inevitable. What future effects follow from our choices today? Through composition and space, I suggest further layers of connection, ambiguity, and what remains unseen. Even as energy spills beyond the edges, the work vibrates across time—fixed yet fluid—leaving room for poetic interpretation. For me, the act of creating is a meditation where magic happens.
• About Anne Hughes
  Anne Hughes has exhibited widely across the United States and Canada, with solo shows at ZIA Gallery and Epiphany Center for the Arts in Chicago, Galerie de la Ville and McClure Gallery in Québec, Prairie Gallery in Alberta, Homer Watson House and Gallery in Ontario, and other venues. She recently curated Immense Journeys: Art, Nature, Science and Beyond at UIMA Chicago, featuring works by Melissa Jay Craig, Lisa A. Frank, and herself, and has also presented work at Art Now and AQUA, Art Miami/Basel satellite exhibitions.
  
  Her honors include the William B. Bruce Fine Arts European Travel Scholarship from the Canadian-Scandinavian Foundation, a Sheila Hugh MacKay Foundation grant, and fellowships at the Anderson Center, Millay Colony, Ucross Foundation, Ragdale, and Villa Montalvo. Hughes’ work is held in public and private collections in Canada, Switzerland, and the United States. She earned her BFA from Concordia University, Montréal; MA from Eastern Illinois University; and MFA from Bowling Green State University, Ohio. For more information about Hughes, visit her website and her Instagram page.

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