Gary Hume’s minimally figurative pictures are rendered in an exhilarating array of unexpected hues and clever textures. 

One of London’s most compelling artists, Hume graduated from Goldsmith’s College and rose to prominence in the early 1990’s.  Along with Damien Hirst, he was included in the infamous “Sensation” show at the Royal Academy in 1997 featuring Young British Artist’s from the Saatchi Collection.  Since that time, he has represented Great Britain at both the Sao Paulo and Venice Biennales and was nominated for The Tate Modern’s prestigious Turner Prize. 

His creative process begins with a familiar image “a photo of a popular celebrity, flowers, whatever strikes his fancy” and without really distorting the picture he alters the image in such a way that the subject seems to vibrate in and out of our consciousness.  The colorful, pop culture, dancing silhouette IPOD commercials are directly inspired by Hume’s work and comparisons are often made to Andy Warhol’s iconographic portraits.  Hume’s pop iconography, however, is lifeless but never dull, reflective, and synthetic - realism disguised in high gloss designer chic. 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010

                              Bird in a fish tank - Sprüth Magers Berlin, Berlin

                              Gary Hume - New Work - New Art Centre, Salisbury (England)

2009

                              Gary Hume - Yardwork - Matthew Marks Gallery - 522 West 22th Street, New York City, NY

2008

                              Gary Hume - Door Paintings - Modern Art Oxford, Oxford (England)

                              Baby Birds and Things That Are Left Behind - Galleria Lorcan O'Neill, Rome

2007

                              Gary Hume: American Tan - White Cube - Hoxton Square, London (England)

2006

                              Gary Hume - Cave Paintings - White Cube - Hoxton Square, London (England)

2005

                              Gary Hume - Carnival - Matthew Marks Gallery - 523 West 24th Street, New York City, NY

2004

                              Gary Hume - Karneval - kestnergesellschaft, Hannover

                              Graphics of a star of modern Britishpainting of Gary Hume from a collection of gallery - Gertsev Gallery - Moscow, Moscow

                              Gary Hume - The Bird had a Yellow Beak - Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz

2003

                              Gary Hume: New Paintings and Sculpture - Matthew Marks Gallery - 521 West 21th Street, New York City, NY

                              Gary Hume - Irish Museum of Modern Art - IMMA, Dublin

2002

                              Gary Hume - White Cube - Hoxton Square, London (England)

2001

                              Gary Hume - New Paintings - Matthew Marks Gallery - 522 West 22th Street, New York City, NY

2000

                              Update #2: Gary Hume - Elizabeth Peyton - Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg

1998

                              Gary Hume - Small Paintings - Matthew Marks Gallery - 523 West 24th Street, New York City, NY

1997

                              Gary Hume - Matthew Marks Gallery - 522 West 22th Street, New York City, NY

1996

                              Gary Hume - Recente schilderijen - Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht

1995

                              Gary Hume - New Paintings - White Cube - Hoxton Square, London (England)

1994

                              Gary Hume: New Paintings - - Matthew Marks Gallery - 1018 Madison Avenue, New York City, NY (closed, 1997)

1992

                              Gary Hume: New Paintings - - Matthew Marks Gallery - 1018 Madison Avenue, New York City, NY (closed, 1997)

1991

                              Gary Hume - Gallery Karsten Schubert, London (England)

1989

                              Gary Hume - Gallery Karsten Schubert, London (England)

  Group shows   96

2011

                              Collection Platform 1: Circulation - PinchukArtCentre, Kiev

2010

                              Contemporary Eye: Crossovers - Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, West Sussex (England)

                              Young British Art - Johyun Gallery - Busan, Busan

                              Cream - Kiasma - Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki

                              Kupferstichkabinett: Between Thought and Action - White Cube - Hoxton Square, London (England)

                              RA RA - Falmouth Art Gallery, Falmouth, Cornwall (England)

                              Art (Magenta) - Galerie Haas & Fuchs - Berlin, Berlin

                              East Wing Nine presents EXHIBITIONISM: The Art of Display - Courtauld Institute of Art, London (England)

                              Banners of Persuasion - Demons, Yarns & Tales: Tapestries by Contemporary Artists - James Cohan Gallery - New York, New York City, NY

2009

                              Recent British Drawings - , New York City, NY

                              In Between the Lines - Trinity Contemporary, London (England)

                              FLOWER POWER - Craa Centro di ricerca arte attuale Villa Giulia, Verbania

                              UNDERWATER - Western Bridge, Seattle, WA

                              15_Jahre Sammlung Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg - Gegen den Strich - Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg

                              Drawing 2009 Biennal Fundraiser - The Drawing Room, London (England)

2008

                              Pretty Ugly - Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York City, NY

                              Now and Forever, Part II - Matthew Marks Gallery - 522 West 22th Street, New York City, NY

                              Won't Grow Up - Cheim & Read, New York City, NY

                              For the Spirit - From the UBS Art Collection - Mori Art Museum, Tokyo

2007

                              Melting ice - BOZAR - Palais des Beaux-Arts / Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels

                              Gifts from the Alex Katz Foundation - Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME

                              Other Men's Flowers - Venetia Kapernekas Gallery, New York City, NY

                              Envisioning Change - Nobel Peace Center, Oslo

                              Paper: Featuring traditional and innovative uses of the medium - Fisher Landau Center For Art, New York City, NY

                              ART Futures - Bloomberg Space, London (England)

2006

                              Damien Hirst & His Contemporaries - Andipa Gallery, London (England)

                              DEFINING THE CONTEMPORARY - Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (England)

                              Cape Farewell. Art and Climate Change - Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (England)

                              Supernova - Galéria Jana Koniarka, Trnava

                              Figures in the Field - Figurative Sculpture and Abstract Painting from Chicago C - Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA), Chicago, IL

2005

                              Twas The Night Before - James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM

                              Supernova - Contemporary Art Center Vilnius (CAC), Vilnius

                              Supernova - Tallinna Kunstihoone / Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn

                              Translations - Creative Copying and Originality - Thomas Dane Gallery, London (England)

                              Generation X - Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg

2004

                              Printers Inc. - Recent British Prints - Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester (England)

                              Art Moscow - Gertsev Gallery - Moscow, Moscow

                              Nouvelles Collections - Kunsthaus CentrePasquArt - Centre d'Art, Biel/Bienne

                              Edge of the Real - Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (England)

                              Neue Editionen - Edition Schellmann, Munich

2003

                              Group show - Galleria Lorcan O'Neill, Rome

                              "Game over" - Andreas Grimm - München, Munich

                              New Abstract Painting - Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen

                              50th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale / Biennale di Venezia - La Biennale di Venezia, Venice

                              Independence - SLG South London Gallery, London (England)

                              Painting Pictures: Malerei und Medien im digitalen Zeitalter - Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg

2002

                              Artaid - Bloomberg Space, London (England)

                              Whisper - Sammelausstellung zum elfjährigen Jubiläum - - Galerie Aurel Scheibler - Cologne, Cologne (closed, 2005)

                              Painting on the Move - 2. Es gibt kein letztes Bild - Malerei nach 1968 - Museum für Gegenwartskunst - Emanuel Hoffmann-Stiftung, Basel

                              Remix: Contermporary art & pop - Tate Liverpool, Liverpool (England)

2001

                              Tenth Anniversary Exhibition - 100 Drawings and Photographs - Matthew Marks Gallery - 523 West 24th Street, New York City, NY

                              Spy - - Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers, Cologne (closed)

                              Liquid Properties - Cheim & Read, New York City, NY

                              10 years - Galerie Carlier | Gebauer, Berlin

                              Happiness - Galeria Presença - Porto, Porto

                              Public Offerings - The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, CA

2000

                              Multiple Choice - Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, Singapore

                              Seven Print Projects from The Paragon Press - Gimpel Fils, London (England)

                              Veronica's Revenge - Contemporary Perspectives on Photography - Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney - MCA, Sydney, NSW

                              Out There - An Exhibition of Contemporary British Art - White Cube - Hoxton Square, London (England)

                              Sincerely Yours - Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo

1999

                              '45-'99 - Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (England)

                              Sensation: Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection - Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York City, NY

                              Examining Pictures - Exhibition of 56 artists links generations of painters - Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA), Chicago, IL

                              48th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale / Biennale di Venezia - La Biennale di Venezia, Venice

                              Common People - Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin

                              Dimensions Variable - Contemporary British Art - Contemporary Art Center Vilnius (CAC), Vilnius

                              Thinking Aloud - Camden Arts Centre, London (England)

1998

                              Gesammelte Werke 1; Zeitgenössische Kunst seit 1968 - Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg

                              Sensation: Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection - Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin

                              REAL/LIFE New British Art - Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima

                              Painting - Now and Forever, Part I - Matthew Marks Gallery - 522 West 22th Street, New York City, NY

                              The Sound of One Hand - Apexart, New York City, NY

1997

                              Sensation: Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection - Royal Academy of Arts, London (England)

                              SITE Santa Fe\'s Second International Biennial - TRUCE: Echoes of Art in an Age of Endless Conclusions - SITE Santa Fe Biennial, Santa Fe, NM

A Ilha Do Tesouro/Treasure Island - Centro de Arte Moderna - CAM - Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon 

1996

                              23° Bienal de São Paulo - Bienal de Sao Paulo, São Paulo

                              Brilliant! New Art from London - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX

1995

                              Brilliant! New Art from London - Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN

                              Wild Walls - Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam

                              Summer Group Exhibition - Matthew Marks Gallery - 522 West 22th Street, New York City, NY

                              Minky Manky - SLG South London Gallery, London (England)

                              From Here - Gallery Karsten Schubert, London (England)

1994

                              Karaoke - Portikus, Frankfurt/Main

                              Not Self-Portrait - Gallery Karsten Schubert, London (England)

1993

Wonderful Life - Lisson Gallery, London (England) 

                              The Rome Project - David Winton Bell Gallery, Providence, RI

                              NEW VOICES: Jeunes Artistes Britanniques - MNHA Musée national d'histoire et d'art Luxembourg, Luxembourg

1992

                              Summer Group Show - Gallery Karsten Schubert, London (England)

                              Nayland Blake, Richmond Burton, Peter Cain, and Gary Hume - - Matthew Marks Gallery - 1018 Madison Avenue, New York City, NY (closed, 1997)

                              Fifth Anniversary Exhibition - Gallery Karsten Schubert, London (England)

1991

                              Act-Up Benefit Exhibition - Paula Cooper Gallery, New York City, NY

                              Drawings - Gallery Karsten Schubert, London (England)

1990

                              A Painting Show - Gallery Karsten Schubert, London (England)

1988

                              Ian Davenport, Gary Hume, Michael Landy - Gallery Karsten Schubert, London (England)

                              Freeze - - Freeze London Docklands, London (England) (closed, 1988)

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS  7   

Germany

               Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg

Netherlands

               Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht

Norway

               Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo

Portugal

               Berardo Museum - Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art, Lisbon

United Kingdom

               Royal Academy of Arts, London (England)

               Tate Britain, London (England)

USA

               MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY