caitlin hughes
qualifications & background

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qualifications

Postgraduate
2002 - University of Sydney
Master of Teaching in Secondary Visual Arts
University of Sydney Award for Excellence in Visual Arts Education 

Undergraduate
2000 - National Art School
Bachelor of Fine Arts -  Sculpture Major

1997 - National Art School
Ad Dip of Fine Arts - Sculpt Major, Drawing Minor

Exhibitions & awards
(selected)

2018 Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize, Finalist
         South Australian Museum

2018 Sculpture at Scenic World, Finalist,
         Scenic World, Blue Mountains, NSW

2018 Sculpture Otherwise
         Blue Mountains City Art Gallery

2018 Transitions, Contemporary Mosaic Exhibition
         Helen Bodycomb, Pamela Irving, Kate Butler,
         Rachel Bremner, Craft ACT, Canberra

2017 MAANZ National Exhibition, Finalist
         Long Gallery Hobart
         Third Prize Wall hanging

2017 'Mosaic Arts International' Finalist
          Janice Charach Gallery
          Detroit, Michigan USA
          27th April - 15th June 2017

2017 'If These Walls Could Speak'
         Blue Mountains Artists Network
         Woodford Academy, NSW

2017 'The Elements'
         Blue Mountains Botanical Gardens

​2016 The Stories we Tell - GoMC, 
          Chicago Mosaics School, USA

2016 Mosaic Arts International - Finalist 
         Women’s Museum of California, USA

2016 Sydney Royal Easter Show
         First Prize and Standard of Excellence 
         Wall Hanging Mosaics

2015 MAANZ National Exhibition
         First Place - Wall Hanging Mosaic
         107 Projects Gallery Redfern
                     
2015 MAANZ Fireworks 30:30,
         Highly Commended         
         107 Projects Gallery Redfern

2015 10/10@X, X Gallery Bungendore NSW
         By invitation.

2014  Surface Play, MAANZ NSW Exhibition,
          gaffa Gallery Sydney

2014 FracturedScapes, X Gallery Bungendore
         with Kate Butler and Kelly Wild

2013 Illuminate MAANZ National Exhibition
         Bundoora Homestead VIC - Finalist

2013 TAFTA - Design on The Edge 3D 

2013 Sydney Royal Easter Show, 
          First Prize 3D Mosaic
          Standard of Excellence Ribbon
          Second Prize 2D Mosaic.

2012 Seductive Smalti
         MAANZ VIC Exhibition 
         Bundoora Homestead, VIC  

2011 Art from the Heart, MAANZ
        Tap Gallery Sydney, NSW

teaching background (selected)

2010 - 2017 - Director Hughes Studio

2017 - ContextArt
Mosaic Workshop Facilitator

2015 - Sturt Summer School - Facilitator 
Mosaics - Fundamentals and Beyond - 6 days

2015 - Penrith Regional Gallery 
Modernist Mosaic Weekend 

2012 - 2014 Powerhouse Discovery Centre, Workshop Facilitator - children's workshops, smalti course, sculptural mosaic course.

2008 - 2012 Blue Mountains Grammar School
Visual Arts Teacher. Co-HOD 2010-2012, 
Art Camps, Exhibitions, Extension Art, HSC

2003-2007 Tara Anglican School for Girls (TARA)
Teacher of Visual Arts and Visual Design, Head of Waugh House (05-07), Productions, Sets, Art Camps, OS Tour, Exhibitions, Life Drawing, HSC

2002-2003 Museum of Contemporary Art
Museum Educator. 2002 Biennale, Patricia Piccinini, Primavera, Jones and Starling, Arte Povera, Hossein Valamanesh.

Professional growth

2017 Koko Mosaico, Ravenna, Italy
          The Ravenna Technique.
2017 Scoula Mosaicisti del Friuli, Spilimbergo, Italy,
         Workshop with Carolina Zanelli
2017 Mosaic Tour of Northern Italy,
         Facilitated by Helen Bodycomb
2016 Shard Logic
          with Kelley Knickerbocker MASS
2016 Critique Class, SAMA San Diego USA
          Karen Ami, Sue Gianotti and Andryea Natkin, 
2016 Colour, Value and Andamento
         Sue Giannotti, SAMA San Diego USA
2016 Ancient Techniques to Contemporary Art
          Rachel Bremner, STURT SUMMER SCHOOL
2015 Critique Class
         Colour in Mosaic
         Pattern and Visual Complexity in Mosaic 
         with Emma Biggs
2014 Texture and Light Workshop
         with Marian Shapiro
2013 Day of the Dead Workshop
          Guerilla Mosaicing  
          Carrie Reichardt & Linda Griffiths -MAANZ
2012 Wheel Throwing
          Printing on Clay
          Building Clay Torsos
          at Blackwattle Pottery
2012 3D Substrates Workshop
         with Marian Shapiro 
2010 AIS Visual Arts Conference
          Up Close and Personal Biennale.MCA
2009 Rich Tasks in the Secondary Classroom
          Dr Jill Forster AIS
2009 Drawing from Nature with tutor
          Sharon Muir
          5 day workshop 
2004 Painting the Still Life with Kim Spooner          
​          5 day workshop NAS