Will Hughes
Will Hughes is a multidisciplinary artist based in Teesside. Their work is conceptually driven by their lived experiences as a queer, non binary person in the UK, mixing pop culture references with material language to construct moments. They wish to seduce the viewer through often using repetitive mechanical movement, glossy/shiny surfaces and the lens of glamour as a means of storytelling. Glamour is a spell which is cast, a blur, it is transformative and seductive, 'You can be too boring, but you can never be too seductive.' Donatella tells us.
They are interested in how the recreation of form through casting, layering and bejewelling impacts on an objects cultural capital, this is extended through the artists desire to produce multiples. Contexts, social and material histories are weaved, used and sometimes abused. Reflecting on the past but always looking forward. Cold glamour and context repositions these objects and this is the intersection where Will is most interested.
They are a Nominated Recipient of the Henry Moore Foundation Artist Award (2022). As well as being an alumni of the Yorkshire sculpture Network (2022). Their most recent solo exhibition was La La La, La La La La La, La La La, La La La La La (2023). At Abingdon Studios Project Space in Blackpool.