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Daniel Hughes has held solo exhibitions across Canada, the United States, and London, UK. Hughes completed his MFA at New York Academy of Art in 1995 after graduating from OCAD University, which included a year studying in Florence, Italy.
Hughes was born in 1968 and lives in his birthplace of Kingston, Ontario where he is currently an Adjunct Professor at Queen’s University. Hughes is also a sessional instructor in Rome, Italy with The Rome Workshops.
The artist is the recipient of numerous awards and has also received several Canada Council grants. Hughes received the Elizabeth Greenshields Award for Figurative Art in 1991 and 1995. He was part of a group exhibition at The National Portrait Gallery in London in 2005 and was shortlisted for the British Portrait Prize in 2012. Hughes was also shortlisted for the Canadian Portrait Prize in 2015 and received Honourable mention at the Kingston Portrait Prize in 2017.
His participation in numerous public galleries include The Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, The Baker Museum in Naples, Florida, The National Portrait Gallery of London, UK, and The National Portrait Gallery of Edinburgh. Teaching positions have included OCAD University, Queen’s University, The Toronto School of Art and The Avenue Road Art School.
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