Amy Hughes

Amy Hughes (born 1992), also known as Amy V. Hughes, is a British-born New York City-based contemporary painter. She is best known for the portrait painting of her late grandfather and for her feminist take on the relationships between body and mind.

Hughes has been recognised for her efforts towards advancing the status of women artists and promoting equality. At a young age her artistic abilities were identified and nurtured by her professors. At the age of sixteen, Hughes won the Cransley School Award for Art. and the International Portrait Biennial at Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art.

In 2016, Hughes created a painting for the Westminster Kennel Club which was exhibited at the Annual Dog Show at Madison Square Gardens and printed on the show tickets.

, she has had a drawing in the collection of fashion designer Misha Nonoo.

Awards

Year Award Category Result 2019 Feminist Art Residency, Florence, Italy 2020 Artist Residency 2019 Manhattan Arts International: "HerStory" Nancy Reyner: Special Recognition Award 2019 Manhattan Arts International: "HerStory" Woman Artist Advocate Achievement [Monetary] Award 2019 Manhattan Arts International: "HerStory" Featured Artist Award: Discipline: Painting 2019 International Biennial Portrait Competition People's Choice Award 2018 First Prize: "Up Close" Competition and Exhibition, Artrepreneur Discipline: Painting 2017 National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society International Discipline: Oil Painting 2017 Westminster Kennel Club Painting Competition Selected Finalists 2015 HRH Prince of Wales Award Scholarship 2014 New York Academy of Art Merit Scholarship 2013 Liverpool Women's Hospital Purchase Prize 2008 Cransley School Outstanding Student Fine Art