Jane Hughes (b.1984, Co. Meath) lives and works between Ireland and Finland. Previously, she spent over a decade in Berlin. Her practice is centered on painting but also extends to drawing, sculpture, and installation. Her work is focused on exploring remnants of the past, personal and social histories, and shifting landscapes through the language of paint.
Since 2005, she has exhibited internationally, first participating in a group exhibition as an art student at Villa de Bank in Enschede, The Netherlands. Her most recent solo exhibition, We Gulp Dark Moons, was held at Galleria Napa, Rovaniemi, Finland (2024).
Selected solo exhibitions include; These Fragments I Have Shored Against My Ruins at TM•Gallery, Helsinki, Finland (2023); Architecture of Emotions at Custom House Studios & Gallery, Westport, Ireland (2018); Gods & Demons of the Forest at the Embassy of Ireland, Berlin, Germany (2015); and Detroit Stockholm, Sweden (2014).
Selected group exhibitions include; Odyssey, Turku Kunsthalle, Finland (2025); Beyond the Curtain at VISUAL Contemporary Art Centre, Carlow, Ireland (2024); BOOKED, Muu, Helsinki, Finland (2024); Surveyor Exhibition, Solstice Arts Centre, Ireland (2017); neither here nor there, Galway Arts Centre, Ireland (2014); and Grimmuseum, Berlin (2013).
She has been awarded several artist residencies, including the Tyrone Guthrie Centre (Meath County Council, Ireland, 2022)and a five-month residency at Stundars Museum (Arts Council of Ostrobothnia, Finland, 2015), among others.
Hughes earned an MA in Environmental Art from Aalto University, Helsinki (2012), including a year at the MA program in Art in Context at University of the Arts (UDK), Berlin (2010–2011). She previously completed a BA in Fine Art Painting at the National College of Art & Design, Dublin (2006).
Her work is held in public collections, including the Irish State Collection (Department of Foreign Affairs), the Finnish National Gallery, the Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS), and the National Irish Visual Arts Library (NIVAL).