Hughes Dubois

Hughes Dubois (born 1957) is a photographer specialized in the photography of artworks.

His "photographic gaze", in the words of Danièle Gillemon, produced by a combination of staging and lighting of objects, has influenced the form of photography in many museums, institutions, art galleries and private collections.

Parallel to his career in artwork photography, Dubois has developed his own artistic practice, with works appearing in galleries and art books. Over his career spanning 40 years, his ongoing goal has been to demonstrate the great sensitivity of both tribal and classical arts.

Biography Dubois was born in Tournai, Belgium and took up photography at the age of twelve, taking photographs of landscapes and strangers in the street. He began his artistic training at the Écoles Supérieures des Arts Saint-Luc (Mons, Belgium) then embarked on architectural studies at the École Saint-Luc (Brussels, Belgium), before switching to study photography in Ath (Belgium).

In 1977, Dubois started his professional career as an advertising photographer at the Studio Asselberghs (Belgium). In 1978, he developed a passion for photographing art after seeing his first Hemba statuette.

Photography of artworks In 1982, he set off on a voyage across the Americas with Émile Deletaille to produce several publications on pre-Columbian arts. In 1984, he met Michel Leveau, founder of the Musée Dapper in Paris, for whom he has produced thirty plus publications on African tribal arts.

Exhibitions Since 1982, Dubois’ work has been shown in personal and group exhibitions.

Personal exhibitions

1981: Voyage - Maison culturelle de la Tour Burbant, Ath, Belgium 1982: Ath, ses gens, son cortège - Maison culturelle de la Tour Burbant, Ath, Belgium 1986: Ouverture sur les arts africains - Musée Dapper, Paris 2004: Le sensible & La force - AfricaMuseum - Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale de Tervuren, Belgium 2006: Evelyne Lepage Gallery, Belgium 2008: Biennale des antiquaires, Paris, Galerie 54, France 2008: Biennale des antiquaires, Paris - Galerie Bernard Dulon, France 2010: Collection Durand-Dessert - Monnaie de Paris, France 2013: Formes & Façons – Musée de Bagne, Verbier, Switzerland 2013: Monvoisin Dam, Switzerland 2015: Hughes Dubois: 35 year career in photography - Parcours des Mondes, Paris 2022: Hughes Dubois, sculpteur d’ombres et de lumières – Galerie Origines – Rencontres internationales de la photographie, Arles, France

Exhibitions of Caroline & Hughes Dubois

2018: Borobudur Joyau de l'art bouddhique, Baur Museum, Geneva, Switzerland 2018: Borobudur Under The Full Moon, Cedart Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland 2018: Borobudur Under The Full Moon, Musée départemental d'art religieux de Sées, France 2018: Borobudur Under The Full Moon, Mairie du 1er arrondissement de Paris(1st district town hall), France 2018: Borobudur Under The Full Moon, Ubud Writers & Readers Festival, Indonesia 2019: Bouddha La légende dorée, Guimet Museum, France

Major group exhibitions

1997: État de sièges - Galerie Voutât, Geneva, Suisse 2006: Galerie Forêt Verte - Paris 2014: Primitivisme dans la photographie - Galerie Valois, Paris 2018: Wormholes 1, Galerie Laure Roynette, Paris 2018: Wormholes 2, La Ruche, Paris

Collections Dubois' photographs have joined public and private collections all over the world.

AfricaMuseum - Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale de Tervuren (Belgium) Al-Mansouria Foundation (Saudi Arabia) Art Institute Of Chicago (USA) Baur Foundation (Switzerland) Musée BELvue (Belgium) Beyeler Foundation (Switzerland) Dapper Foundation (France) King Baudouin Foundation (Belgium) Hergé Foundation (Belgium) Le Louvre (France) Musée des Arts décoratifs (France) Museum Of Islamic Art (Qatar) Guimet Museum (France) Novartis (Switzerland) Musée du Quai Branly - Jacques Chirac (France)

Publications

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