/// CLIENTS
New York Times /
United States Mint / American Greetings
/ Paint & Draw Magazine (UK) / Strand Magazine
/ Toronto Blue Jays (Jays Care Foundation) /
Case Western Reserve University /
Ohio Magazine
/ Cleveland Magazine
/ Scene Magazine /
University of Dayton, etc.
/// EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science + Master of Fine Arts
Kent State University (KSU)
School of Visual Communication Design
Graduated Summa Cum Laude
Major: Visual Communication Design
Concentration: Illustration
/// CONTINUING EDUCATION
_IMC Illustration Master Class 2019
(Amherst College, MA)
_Illustration Academy
2017 (Kansas City)
_IMC (Illustration Master Class) 2013
(Amherst College, MA)
_Illustration Academy
2004 (Virginia Commonwealth University, VA)
_Illustration Academy
2003 (Virginia Commonwealth University, VA)
/// EXPERIENCE
_Primary Hughes Illustration (2003–present):
Freelance illustration and fine art business.
_Professor of Illustration (August 2021–present):
Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI
_Associate Professor of Illustration (2016–2021):
Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI
_Assistant Professor of Illustration (2011–2016):
Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI
_Adjunct Instructor (2005–2011): KSU School of Visual Communication Design
_Graduate Assistantship (2003–2005):
KSU School of Visual Communication Design
_Art Department Internship (2002):
The Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, OH
/// MEMBERSHIP
Signature Member, Portrait Society of America
The Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles (SILA)
/// PUBLICATION HONORS
Society of Illustrators New York (SOI)
46 / 49
Society of Illustrators Los Angeles (SILA) 43 / 44 / 46 / 49 / 51 / 52 / 55
/ 56 / 58 / 59 / 60 / 61 / 62
Creative Quarterly: The Journal of Art & Design, Winner (Print) Issues 22 / 32 / 45
/ 53 / 61 / 62 / 63 / 73 / 74
Creative Quarterly: The Journal of Art & Design, Runner-Up (Online) Issues 23 / 46 / 61 / 62 / 65 / 71 / 72
Infected by Art Volumes: 2 / 3 / 5 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12
ImagineFX, issue #169
Creative Quarterly 100 Best 2013
Creative Quarterly 100 Best 2021
Professional Artist Magazine, April/May 2017
Illustration NOW! 5, TASCHEN Books 2014
The New Nude, Poets and Artists Magazine, Issue 97
50 Great Figurative Artworks of 2017, Poets and Artists Magazine
100 Great Drawings of 2016, Poets and Artists Magazine
American Illustration 26 / 27 / 40 / 41 / 43 (chosen for website exhibition)
3x3 Magazine 2003 + 2004 Student Competitions
3x3 Magazine Annual Show No. 15 (Honorable Mention), No. 19
CMYK Magazine (issues # 23 / 24 / 25 / 27 / 49 / 50
Strokes of Genius 7
AcrylicWorks: The Best of Acrylic Painting 2014
AcrylicWorks 8
AcrylicWorks 10
Torso: Streetwear T-Shirt Graphics Exposed (by Daniel Eckler) 2010
/// PUBLICATIONS
Paint & Draw Magazine (UK)
PoetsArtists Magazine #108
My Neighbor Hayao: Art Inspired by the Films of Miyazaki, 2020
Starting Your Career as an Illustrator (by Michael Fleishman), 2017
Black & White: Volume Four (Out of Step Books), 2017
Drawing Inspiration (by Michael Fleishman), 2010
How to Grow as an Illustrator (by Michael Fleishman), 2007
/// GALLERY AWARDS
2024 - Bronze Award, Illustration West 62, Society of Illustrators LA
2023 - 2nd Place (Professional Level), 2023 Fresh Coast Plein Air, Marquette, MI
2022 - 2nd Place (Professional Level), 2022 Fresh Coast Plein Air, Marquette, MI
2022 - Outstanding Acrylic, BoldBrush (January 2022), FASO
2021 - Honorable Mention—Gallery, AcrylicWorks 8, Northlight Books
2021 - 2nd Place (Professional Level), 2021 Fresh Coast Plein Air, Marquette, MI
2021 - Honorable Mention—Great: Reflections on the Great Lakes, Crooked Tree Art Center
2021 - Outstanding Acrylic, BoldBrush (January 2021), FASO
2020 - 10th Place—Out of the Box, Member's Show, Portrait Society of America
2020 - Honorable Mention, Every Color Has a Story, Flagler County Art League
2020 - Honorable Mention, Illustration West 58, Society of Illustrators LA
2019 - Juror's Award, 12th Annual North of the 45th, Marquette, MI
2019 - 1st Place, Muddy Colors Illustration Master Class Scholarship
2019 - Honorable Mention, Muddy Colors Rising Star
2018 - Best in Show, 2018 Fresh Coast Plein Air, Marquette, MI
2018 - Great American Artworks Award, Great Lakes Pastel Society, Holland Area Arts Council, MI
2018 - Bronze Award, Illustration West 56, Society of Illustrators LA
2017 - People's Choice, 2017 Fresh Coast Plein Air, Marquette, MI
2016 - Best in Show, Phillustration 8, Philadelphia Sketch Club
2016 - First Place, Acrylic, 59th Stockton Art League Juried Exhibition
2015 - First Place, Art of Illustration, St. Louis Artists' Guild
2014 - Artists Network Award
, Northern Exposure XXI
2014 - Silver Award, Illustration West 52, Society of Illustrators LA
2013 - Purchase Award, Northern Exposure XX
2013 - Media Award (Daily Mining Gazette, Houghton)
, Northern Exposure XX
2013 - Media Award (Munising News),
Northern Exposure XX
2013 - Honorable Mention, Michigan Drawing & Print-Making Exhibition
2013 - Silver Medal, 3rd NAMOS Commitment to Excellence in Art and Sport
2013 - Fourth Place, 31st Michigan Fine Arts Competition
2012 - First Place in 2-Dimensional art, 2012 Great Lakes Showcase
2012 - Honorable Mention: No Big Heads, 27th National Self-Portrait Exhibit
2012 - Phillip B. Meggs (Excellence in Design), Richmond Illus. Club
2011 - 3rd Place, CMYK Magazine issue # 49 Juror: Chris Buzelli
2006 - Second Place, Professional Website, West Virginia Flash Festival
2006 - 3 Merit awards, 3x3 Illustration Annual No. 2
2005 - Silver, Portfolios.com Annual Competition
2005 - Bronze, Portfolios.com Annual Competition
/// SOLO SHOWS
2023
• Re-Emergent, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA, September 9–October 5
2020
• Emergent, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA, July 11–August 1
/// GROUP SHOWS
2024
• Contemporary Figuration, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
• Illustration West 62nd Annual Exhibition, The Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles (SILA)
2023
• 33rd Annual Miniature Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
• 2023 Richeson75 Figure/Portrait
• Illustration West 61st Annual Exhibition, The Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles (SILA)
• Allied Artists of America 110th Annual Online Exhibition
• Artifact [BOLD], Sechrest Art Gallery, High Point University, NC
• Contours of Nature: An Exhibition of Landscape Art, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
• 16th Annual North of the 45th, Marquette, MI
2022
• Acrylic International Biennial Exhibition, Kenosha Public Museum, Kenosha, WI
• Mighty, Invitational International, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• Artist of the Day: Summer Tour, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA, July 2, 2022
• The Portrait Show X, Invitational International, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 100 Trees, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• BoldBrush Painting Competition (June 2022)
• Culture of Cult 10: Omega, Ore Dock Brewing Company, Marquette, MI
• Illustration West 60th Annual Exhibition, The Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles (SILA)
• BoldBrush Painting Competition (January 2022)
2021
• The Golden Age of Illustration, Invitational International, Haven Gallery, Northport, NY
• 31st Annual Miniature Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
• The Portrait Show IX, Invitational International, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 12th Annual Drawing Discourse, University of North Carolina Asheville
• The Art of Art, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• Contemporary Figuration, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
• Illustration West 59th Annual Exhibition, The Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles (SILA)
• Plein Airpril, Gallery Nucleus, Alhambra, CA
• International Biennial Portrait Competition 2021, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art
• Into Nature, White Bear Center for the Arts, White Bear Lake, MN
• Great: Reflections on the Great Lakes, Crooked Tree Art Center, Petoskey, MI
• NMU School of Art and Design Faculty Biennial, Member Exhibition, DeVos Art Museum, Marquette, MI
• BoldBrush Painting Competition (January 2021)
2020
• 16th Annual Members Only Competition, Portrait Society of America, 10th place "Outside the Box"
• Full Circle, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 30th Annual Miniature Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
• 5x5 Project VIII, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
• Miyazaki/NY, Spoke Art Gallery
• New Growth, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• Artist of the Day, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA, April 3, 2020
• Illustration West 58th Annual Exhibition, SILA, International Juried, LAAFA Gallery, Van Nuys, CA
2019
• Gallery 1988 x MLB, Gallery 1988, Los Angeles, CA
• Post-it Show 15, Invitational International, Giant Robot (GR2), Los Angeles, CA
• Michigan Made: Holiday Art Exhibition, Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, MI
• Salut! 4: A Coaster Art Exhibition, Gallery Nucleus, Portland, OR
• Culture of Cult 9: Bump in the Night, Ore Dock Brewing Company, Marquette, MI
• 12th Annual North of the 45th, Marquette, MI
• Games as Art / Art as Games: Un hommage artistique aux icônes du jeu vidéo, French Paper Gallery, Paris, France
• Curio, Light Grey Art Lab, Minneapolis, MN
• Tasteful Nudes, Light Grey Art Lab, Minneapolis, MN
• Selfish: Portrait Invitational VII, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• Winter is Here: an art show in tribute to “Game of Thrones,” Spoke Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• A Contemporary Drawing Exhibition, The Downtown Gallery, Indiana University, Kokomo, IN
• NMU School of Art and Design Faculty Biennial, Member Exhibition, DeVos Art Museum, Marquette, MI
• Child's Play, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO
2018
• Post-it Show 14, Invitational International, Giant Robot (GR2), Los Angeles, CA
• Crazy 4 Cult 12, Gallery 1988, Los Angeles, CA
• Small Art for a Big Cause, Light Grey Art Lab, Minneapolis, MN
• Culture of Cult 8: Kingdom Come, Ore Dock Brewing Company, Marquette, MI
• Miyazaki in LA, Spoke Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• ICON 10 Gallery Show, Red Bull House of Art, Detroit, MI
• Nerd Out!, Helikon Gallery, Denver, CO
• 2nd Annual Fresh Coast Plein Air Exhibition, Marquette, MI
• Baby Mama, Invitational International, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• Michigan Water Color Society 71st Annual Exhibition, Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI
• Great Lakes Pastel Society, Holland Area Arts Council, Holland, MI
• Mermay, Invitational International, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• Culture of Cult 7: One U.P., Ore Dock Brewing Company, Marquette, MI
• 30 Years Later, Invitational, Gallery 1988, Los Angeles, CA
• Arboretum, Invitational, Light Grey Art Lab, Minneapolis, MN
• Illustration West 56th Annual Exhibition, SILA, International Juried, Pop Secret Gallery, Eagle Rock, CA
2017
• Excelsior! An Art Celebration of Stan Lee's 75+ Years in Comics, Hero Complex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• Post-it Show 13, Invitational International, Giant Robot (GR2), Los Angeles, CA
• Preserved!, State Juried Residency Exhibition, Harris Building, Grand Rapids, MI
• Phillustration 9, Regional Exhibition, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
• Culture of Cult 6: Get Lost, Ore Dock Brewing Company, Marquette, MI,
• 9th Annual Figurative Drawing & Painting Competition, Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna Univ., Selinsgrove, PA
• 56th Annual Greater Michigan Art Exhibition, Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI
• Bad Dads VIII: Tribute to the films of Wes Anderson, Invitational International, Spoke Art Gallery, Portland, OR
• Flower Child, Invitational International, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• Sketch, International Juried, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
• In Dreams: Tribute to David Lynch, Invitational International, Spoke Art Gallery, New York, NY
• Lover's Eye, Invitational International, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• NMU School of Art and Design Faculty Biennial, Member Exhibition, DeVos Art Museum, Marquette, MI
• Philadelphia Sketch Club 2016 Winners' Exhibition, Invitational, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
• Illustration West 55th Annual Exhibition, SILA, International Juried, Pop Secret Gallery, Eagle Rock, CA
2016
• Wanderlust4, Invitational International, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• Post-it Show 12, Invitational International, Giant Robot (GR2), Los Angeles, CA
• Phillustration 8, Regional Exhibition, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
• Northern Exposure XXIII, William Bonifas Fine Arts Center, Regional Exhibition
• Bad Dads VII: Tribute to the films of Wes Anderson, Invitational International, Spoke Art Gallery, New York, NY
• The 2016 Williams Prize in Drawing for Emerging Artists, Silpe Gallery, Hartford Art School, West Hartford, CT
• 34th Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham Bloomfield Arts Center, Birmingham, MI
• CICA Museum’s International Exhibition on Digital Culture, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (CICA), Gyeonggi-do Province, South Korea
• Portraits of Friends, Invitational International, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• Lord of the Thrones, Invitational, Spoke Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Curator: Ken Harman & Jessica Ross
• Huldufólk, Invitational, Light Grey Art Lab, Minneapolis, MN
• 59th Stockton Art League Juried Exhibition, The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA, Juror: Brian Blood
• The RoboShow, Invitational, Light Grey Art Lab, Minneapolis, MN
• A Curious Reality, National Juried, Union Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
• Inhabitants: Creatures of Imagined World, National Juried, Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, TN
2015
• Wanderlust3, Invitational International, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• Northern Exposure XXII, Regional Exhibition, William Bonifas Fine Arts Center, Escanaba, MI, Juror: Justin Kellner
• The Art of Force - Culture of Cult Art Series, Invitational, Ore Dock Brewing Company, Marquette, MI
• Still Lifes: Perceptions of Inanimate Objects, National Juried, Evelyn E Jorgenson Gallery, Moberly, MO
• Bad Dads VI - Wes Anderson Tribute, Invitational, Spoke Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Curator: Ken Harman
• Art of Illustration, Juried National, St. Louis Artists' Guild, Clayton, MO, Juror: Jon Cournoyer (St. Louis Art Museum)
• 4th Annual Portrait Exhibition: Superhero, Invitational International, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• North of the 45th, 8th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition, DeVos Art Museum, Marquette, MI
• The Color of Strangeness: Caro & Jeunet, Invitational International, Spoke Art, San Francisco, CA, Curator: Ken Harman
• Idiot Box 2, Invitational International, Gallery 1988 (WEST), Los Angeles, CA, Curators: Jensen Karp and Katie Cromwell
• Marvel’s “Avengers: Age of Ultron” Art Showcase Presented by Hero Complex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• Showcase 100, International Exhibition, Framers Gallery, London, UK
• Great Lakes Art Showcase, Regional Juried Exhibition, Rozsa Center, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI
• NMU School of Art and Design Faculty Biennial, Member Exhibition, DeVos Art Museum, Marquette, MI
2014
• From the Toy Box, Invitational, Ltd. Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
• Bad Dads V - Wes Anderson Tribute, Invitational, Spoke Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Curator: Ken Harman
• Northern Exposure XXI, Regional Exhibition, William Bonifas Fine Arts Center, Escanaba, MI, Juror: Anne Corlett
• I am the Law / A Life of Crime, Invitational, Hero Complex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Curator: Adam Smasher
• Fantasy in the City, Invitational, Ltd. Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
• Quentin vs. Coen, Invitational, Spoke Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Curator: Ken Harman
• Art Renewal Center 2013/2014 International Salon, Finalist
• On Beauty, Invitational International, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• Spirit of Michigan, Juried, Art For Charlie, Eli and Edythe Broad Museum, Lansing, MI
• UNIVERSE: The Art of Existence, Invitational, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• George R.R. Martin Presents: Winter is Coming, Invitational, Ltd. Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
• Tales Told, International Juried, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
• Nostalgia, Invitational, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• Illustration West 52nd Annual Exhibition, SILA, International Juried, Center Stage Gallery, Burbank, CA
• Great Lakes Art Showcase, Regional Juried Exhibition, Rozsa Center, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI
2013
• Crazy 4 Cult 7: Back in New York, Invitational, Gallery 1988, 355A Bowery, New York, NY
• Bad Dads IV - Wes Anderson Tribute, Invitational, Spoke Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Curator: Ken Harman
• National Oil & Acrylic Painters’ Society Second International ON-LINE Open Exhibition, Juror: Douglas Wiltraut.
• Put a Bird on It, Invitational, Distinction Gallery, Escondido, CA, Curator: Aaron Jasinski
• Northern Exposure XX, Regional Exhibition, William Bonifas Fine Arts Center, Escanaba, MI, Juror: Richard Kooyman
• Michigan Drawing & Print-Making Exhibition, 3rd Annual State Exhibition, LowellArts!, Lowell, MI
• 3rd Annual Commitment to Excellence in Art and Sport: A Fine Art Competition, The National Art Museum of Sport
• 31st Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Regional Juried Exhibition Birmingham Bloomfield Arts Center, Birmingham, MI,
• North of the 45th Parallel, 6th Annual Upper Midwest Juried Art Exhibition, DeVos Art Museum, Marquette, MI
• The Curve Ball, Invitational, Jays Care Foundation Fundraiser Charity Bat Auction, Rogers Centre, Toronto, ON
• Rolemodels: The Battle For Vyk'Tornaahl, Invitational, Light Grey Art Lab, Minneapolis, MN
• Scorcese: An Art Show Tribute, Invitational, Bold Hype Gallery, New York, NY, Curator: Ken Harman (Spoke Art Gallery)
• Season Opener 2, Invitational Bat Exhibition, Steamwhistle Brewery, Toronto, ON, Curator: Dave Murray
• Illustration West 51st Annual Exhibition, SILA, International Exhibition, Nucleus Gallery, Alhambra, CA
• Great Lakes Art Showcase, Regional Juried Exhibition, Rozsa Center, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI
• NMU School of Art and Design Faculty Biennial, Member Exhibition, DeVos Art Museum, Marquette, MI
• Message in a Bottle, Invitational, Light Grey Art Lab, Minneapolis, MN
• Drawing from Perception VII, Robert and Elaine Stein Galleries, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
• 12x12 Exhibition, Todd Art Gallery, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
2012
• No Big Heads, 27th Annual National Self-Portrait Exhibition, University of Alaska-Anchorage Student Union Gallery
• Northern Exposure XIX, Regional, William Bonifas Fine Arts Center, Escanaba, MI
• Great Lakes Small Works, 3rd Annual Regional, Riverside Arts Center, Ypsilanti, MI
• Ka-Pow! Comic Art & Storyboarding, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO
• AMERICA!, Work • Detroit at University of Michigan, Detroit, MI
• Richmond Illustrators Club 5th annual show, Ghostprint Gallery, Richmond, VA
• North of the 45th Parallel, 5th Annual Upper Midwest Juried Art Exhibition, DeVos Art Museum, Marquette, MI
• Great Lakes Art Showcase, Regional Juried Exhibition, Rozsa Center, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI
• Mirror Images, Kreft Gallery at Concordia University, Ann Arbor MI
• The Art of Baseball: 15th Annual Exhibition, George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011
• 2nd Annual Commitment to Excellence in Art and Sport: A Fine Art Competition, The National Art Museum of Sport
• 3rd Annual Figurative Drawing & Painting Competition, Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna Univ., Selinsgrove, PA
• 27th Annual Juried Exhibit, National Collage Society
• The Cheaper Show No. 10, Vancouver, BC
• Richmond Illustrators Club 4th annual show, Ghostprint Gallery, Richmond, VA
• The Art of Baseball, George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• Student Annual Exhibition, School of Art Gallery, Kent State, OH
• Illustration West 49th Exhibition, SILA, Nucleus Gallery, Alhambra, CA