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Philip Hughes
| exhibition 2008 |

1936 Born London , UK
1957 Honours Degree, Cambridge University , UK
1957-61 Engineer with Shell International Petroleum Company
1961-69 Computer Consultant with Scicon Limited
1969-91 Co-Founder of Logica plc, Managing Director 1969-72, Chairman 1972-91
1975-76 Spent year travelling and painting in Andean countries of South America and in Provence in South France
1981 Extensive trek in Western Himalayas to visit Kingdom of Zanskar
Visit to Uluru and Olgas in Australia
1982 Visit to pre-Columbian sites in Mexico , particularly Palenque and Monte Alban
1984 Took part in protest in Southwest Tasmania against proposed damming of
Franklin River and flooding of virgin temperate rainforest
Paintings exhibited in London to give further publicity to cause
Lecture to Royal Society of Arts on 'High Technology and the Arts'
1987-92 Member of the Council of the Royal College of Art
1987 Walked the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu in Peru
Paintings exhibited 1987
1988 Walked in Flinders Ranges , South Australia
Paintings exhibited in 1989
1990-96 Member of Board of Design Museum , London
1993 Mural commission for the new Quaglino's Restaurant, London
1994 Visit to Southwest Iceland
Royal Society lecture on 'Technology and Art'
1995 Extensive visit to the north of Western Australia - Kimberley and the Bungle Bungles
1996-2000 Chairman, Board of Trustees of the National Gallery, London
1997 Lithograph illustrations for Carmen Boullosa's epic poem The Elysian
Garden : limited edition produced on site at Taller Magenta, Monterrey , Mexico
Project exhibited at the Museo Rufino Tamayo in Monterrey and the Victorian and Albert Museum , London
1998 Patterns in the Landscape: The Notebooks of Philip Hughes with forward
by Glenn Murcutt, published by Thames & Hudson
1999 Followed the ancient tin route from Cornwall through France to South
Italy for a project for the Tate Gallery, St Ives and Musée du Châtillonais, Châtillon-sur-Seine
2000-02 Trustee of The National Gallery, London
2001 Visited the Tom Price Mine at Pilbara , Western Australia
Works subsequently shown at the Rex Irwin Galley 2005
2001-02 Official Visiting Artist to Antarctica with the British Antarctic Survey.
Works subsequently exhibited in Sydney , Cambridge (UK) and London
2002 Illustrated the artist's book 'Jump of the Manta Ray', a long poem by
Carmen Boullosa, translated by Psiche Hughes, and published by the Old School Press , UK.
Project exhibited at the Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra , Australia . Book purchased by National Collections in UK and USA
2004 Extended winter visit to the highlands of Scotland for subsequent exhibition in Aberfeldy
Stayed and worked at Arthur Boyd's property in Bundanon NSW
Works subsequently shown at the Rex Irwin Galley 2005

COLLECTIONS
The British Library, London
The British Museum , London
The Victoria and Albert Museum , London
The UK Government Collection
National Gallery of Australia , Canberra
The City Library, New York
The Museum of Fine Arts , Houston , USA
Numerous Corporate and Private Collections in the UK , France , the Netherlands , USA and Australia .

ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
1976 Parkway Focus, London
1977 Angela Flowers Gallery, London
1979, 85 Galerie Cance Manguin, Luberon , France
1979, 82, 84, 87, 89, 92, 94, 97, 2000, 03 Frances Kyle Gallery, London
1990 Retrospective Exhibition: Museum and Art Gallery , Inverness , Scotland
1993 La Tour des Cardinaux, L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France
1995 Retrospective Exhibition: L'Ambassade d'Australie, Paris
1997 Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, MARCO, Monterrey , Mexico
1998 Lesley Craze Gallery, London
Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City , Mexico
Retrospective Exhibition: Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra , Australia
1999 Retrospective Exhibition: Volvo Gallery, Sydney , Australia
Retrospective Exhibition: The George Adams Gallery, Victorian
Arts Centre, Melbourne , Australia
2000 Artothèque, Luberon, Vaucluse , France
The Tate Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall , UK
2001 The Victoria and Albert Museum , London
University of Lecce , Memmo Gallery, Lecce , Italy
2002 Musée du Châtillonais, Châtillon-sur-Seine , France
Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra , Australia
2004 Star Gallery, Lewes , Sussex , UK
2005 Watermill Gallery , Aberfeldy , Scotland
Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1969 Aldeburgh Festival , UK
1970-76 Artists for Vietnam , London
1974, 83 Angela Flowers Galley, London
1976 Thumb Gallery, London
1981 La Roche Gallery, London
Acme Gallery, London
1982 Seven Dials Gallery, London
L'Hotel de Ville, Bonnieux , France
1983 Pintura Britanica Contemporanea, Museo Municipal , Madrid
1985 Royal Festival Hall, London
1986 Museum and Art Gallery , Swindon , UK
1988, 91, 93, 94, 95, 2003, 05 Francis Kyle Gallery, London
1988 Mount House Gallery, Marlborough , UK
Camden Arts Centre, London
The London Group, Royal College of Art , London
1991 Sotheby's, London
Eddie Glastra Gallery, Sydney , Australia
1992 Beardsmore Gallery, London
Galerie Jaquester, Paris
Art-Asia Convention, Hong Kong
1993 Art '93, Contemporary Art Fair, London
1993, 94, 2004 Lesley Craze Gallery, London
1994 Royal Society of Arts, London
1995 John Jones Gallery, London
1997 Sotheby's, London
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
1999, 2000 Important Works on Paper , Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Australia
The Prince of Wales's Institute of Architecture , London
2000 The Museum of Fine Arts , Houston , USA
2001 'Trentside' at Djanogly Art Gallery , Nottingham , UK

TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
1972 The Monks Gallery, Sussex, UK (together with Beryl Bainbridge)
1992 Lesley Craze Gallery, London (jewellery exhibition together with Francis Bendixson)
2002 Sherman Galleries , Sydney , Australia (with Philip Wolfhagen)
2003 Churchill College , Cambridge , UK (with Keith Grant)
2004 Château la Nerthe, Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Vaucluse , France (with Antoine Poncet)