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Gary Hume RA at Jerwood Gallery, Hastings
Gary Hume RA discusses his exhibition ‘Flashback’ at Jerwood Gallery, Hastings in 2012.
Gary Hume graduated from Goldsmith’s College, London in 1988. His first group exhibitions were held that year at Karsten Schubert Ltd, London and in Freeze: Part II, at Surrey Docks, London.
Following his first solo show at Karsten Schubert Ltd, London (1989) he rapidly established an international reputation, exhibiting in numerous significant group exhibitions throughout the 1990s. He was shortlisted for the Turner Prize in 1996 and was winner of the Jerwood Painting Prize in 1997.
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Born: 1962 in Pembury, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Nationality: British
Elected RA: 24 May 2001
Honorary officer: Eranda Professor of Drawing 2004 - 2006
Gender: Male
Preferred media: Painting, Sculpture, and Printmaking
Works by Gary Hume in the RA Collection
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Selected CV
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Recent solo exhibitions
2024 Sprüth Magers, London
2023 Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
2020 Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle
2019 New Art Centre, Salisbury
Barakat Contemporary, Seoul
2018 Sprüth Magers, Berlin
2016 Aspen Art Centre
2013 Tate Britain, London
2012 Aberdeen Art Gallery
Jerwood Gallery
Wolverhampton Art Gallery
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Selected collections
Art Institute of Chicago, USA
Arts Council of Great Britain
Astrup Fearnley Moderne Kunst, Olso, Norway
Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht
British Council
DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg
Saatchi Collection, London
Tate Gallery, London
Paine Webber Art Collection, New York
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