My practice investigates a place that is forever changing and the remain. Through exploring the everyday and documenting my surroundings I feel that there is more to say beneath the surface. No matter how subtle things may appear or how temporary, we now live in heightened times that reveal. I want my response to be a place of reflection, a place that I capture and a place that discovers. There is something to locate in these moments that leave.
My practice investigates a place that is forever changing and the remain. Through exploring the everyday and documenting my surroundings I feel that there is more to say beneath the surface. No matter how subtle things may appear or how temporary, we now live in heightened times that reveal. I want my response to be a place of reflection, a place that I capture and a place that discovers. There is something to locate in these moments that leave.
We carry a piece of time everywhere
Elisha Hughes
Qualifications
BA(Hons) Fine Art: Studio, Site & Context, Swansea College of Art - First Class, 2017-2020
Selected Exhibitions
Another Year, Another, Elysium, Swansea, 2021
Young Welsh Artists, MOMA, Machynlleth, 2021
[Co-curator] RESTART, Swansea College of Art, 2020
[Co-curator] https://www.restartfineart.co.uk, online, 2020
Everyday Violence & Repose Degree Show, online, 2020
Glynn Vivian Swansea Open, 2019
What a World, Swansea College of Art, 2019
Subtitles Please, Swansea College of Art, 2018
Glynn Vivian Swansea Open, 2018
The White Room, Swansea Grand Theatre, 2017
The White Room, Swansea Grand Theatre, 2016
Projects
> Digital/website experience working on Fine Art degree website Swansea.art, 2021
> Project leader for community workshops, Blaen-y-Maes, 2021-2022
> Workshop leader, series of art workshops, Inspire Training Swansea, 2021
> Collaborative art workshops, Dylan Thomas School, 2021
> Workshop leader, art workshop at Grand Theatre, 2021
> Assisted higher education workshops in Ysgol Gymraeg Ystalyfera Bro Dur, 2021
> Workshop leader, commissioned by Pobl for regeneration in Blaen-y-Maes area to create art signs working with Blaen-y-Maes Primary, 2021
> Workshop leader, art workshop, YMCA young careers, Swansea, 2021
> Let’s Bimble About, self-initiative creating a 5-week outdoor creative learning project for local community, Blaen-y-Maes, 2021
> Delivered workshops to young carer groups, Swansea College of Art, 2021
> Collaborative art workshop working with Dylan Thomas year 7 - 11, 2021
> Workshop leader, sculpture art workshop to year 8, Dylan Thomas School, 2021
> Collaborative project, co-created and delivered weekly art workshops via Microsoft Teams to upskill Teaching Assistants in primary schools; Terrace Road, Townhill, Awel Y More, Central Port Tablot, Clase Primary, Coedffracn, St Joseph's, Ysgol Maes Y Coed, 2021
> Workshop leader, portraiture workshop to year 7 and 8, Cefn Saeson Comprehensive, 2021
> Workshop leader, Portfolio Development project, Swansea College of Art, 2021
> Workshop leader, painting workshops at Blaen-y-Maes Drop in Centre, 2021
> Workshop leader, collage workshop, Inspire Training Swansea, 2021
> Project curator, Every One, fundraising and donating art supplies across Swansea, 2021
> Workshop leader, Art and Photography workshops, Gowerton Sixth Form, via Microsoft Teams, 2021
> Created digital workshop resources as part of AHEH Craft Hub and Swansea College of Art, 2021
> Awarded photography commission with Pobl in Penderi, 2021
> Project leader, Explore Penderri, community engagement project working in Blaen-y-Maes funded by Natural Resource Wales, 2021
> Created art learning packs for Year 7, 8 and 9 Pupils at Ysgol Harri Tudor, 2021
> Awarded a Fellowship at Swansea College of Art, through Artist Benevolent Fund and Fine Art at Swansea, 2020 - 21
> Workshop leader, Saturday Art School, Swansea College of Art, 2019 - 2021
> Youth leader for the Go Girls project in collaboration with PLAN International, working with disadvantaged young females, 2020 - 2021
> Workshop leader, drawing workshop, Dylan Thomas, 2020
> Co-curated RESTART, Internship in collaboration with Pixie Fear, Fine Art Swansea and Swansea College of Art, 2020
> Co-edited for Everyday Violence & Repose Degree Show newspaper, 2020
> Digital experience showcasing Fine Art Swansea College of Art on Instagram, 2020 - 2021
> Safe House Project collaboration with Pixie Fear and Fine Art at Swansea, 2020
> Selected for a 4-day Arts in Action space installation project, Townhill Primary, 2020
> Alacrity Foundation workshop, 2020
> Workshop leader, art workshops at Gowerton Comprehensive, Year 7, 9, 12, 13, 2020
> Mentored year 5 and 6 pupils at Reaching Wider Events, South Wales, 2018 - 2020
> Selected for Arts & Humanities Enterprise Hub pilot, Madrid, 2019
> Workshop leader, art workshop, Blaen-y-Maes Drop in Centre, 2019
> Selected for 5-day Arts in Action, site specifity project, Bishop Gore, 2019
Publications/Online
Artist Benevolent Fund, website, www.artistsbenevolentfund.org.uk/2020/21-fellows 2020
Arts & Humanities Enterprise Hubs, article, www.artshumanitieshub.eu/stories/aheh-alumni-secures-graduate-fellowship-award 2020
Featured in Summer Gazette, Glynn Vivian, 2020
Featured in University of Wales Trinity St David, press release, 2020 www.uwtsd.ac.uk/news/press-releases/press-2020/uwtsd-fine-art-graduates-create-virtual-welcome-hub-for-new-students.html
Work featured in Art Highlights of the Week Online, Axisweb, 2020
Everyday Violence & Repose newspaper, 2020
Work Featured and Interviewed in the Western Mail, 2020
Awards
Fellowship from Artist Benevolent Fund and Swansea College of Art , 2020 - 2021
Shortlisted for Josef Herman Foundation Graduate Award, 2020
Fine Art Scholarship Swansea College of Art, 2019
Fine Art Scholarship Swansea College of Art, 2018
Best Result Photography A Level, Gowerton Comprehensive, 2017
Fine Art Scholarship Swansea College of Art, 2017
Achievements
Secured £15,000 for community project to work with disadvantaged communities, 2021
Secured £5,000 for community project to create/deliver Bimble About, 2021
Representative
Blaen-y-Maes Drop in Centre, community not-for-profit, 2011 - present
Outreach Art Tutor at University of Wales Trinity St David, 2019 - present
Student/Graduate Ambassador at the University of Wales Trinity St David, 2018 - current
International Student Ambassador at University of Wales Trinity St David, 2019 - 2021
