George Hughes (also known as Afedzi Hues) was born and raised in Ghana. He grew up in four major cities in Ghana: Accra, Sekondi-Takoradi, Kumasi, and Cape Coast. His late father George O. Hughes (Kofi Akyen) worked as a Journalist for The Ghanaian Times and later as a Public Relations officer for the Sekondi Takoradi City Council. His mother Cecilia Hughes(Esi Eyama) at that time worked as a petty-trader in house wares. During his formative years as an artist, his mother introduced him to the late Sofo Ola, a Nigerian priest who encouraged the young artist to practice austerity.

George studied painting at The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, College of Art from 1985 � 1991 where he earned a BA in Art specializing in Painting and Drawing and also an MA in Art Education. He also earned an MFA in Painting from Bowling Green State University 2001.

From 1991 to 1993 while living in London, George washed dishes by day and painted at dawn. He moved to the United States in 1994 after a major solo exhibition of his London works were exhibited in Accra, Ghana at The Artists Alliance Gallery.

Since moving to The United States, George has continued to make art and exhibit alongside teaching art at several tertiary institutions. He has taught art at The University of Toledo (1997-2001), Bowling Green State University (1999-2000) and The University of Oklahoma (2001-2006). He is now a Visual Studies professor at The State University of New York at Buffalo.

George�s work involves painting, assemblage, and performance art. Recent works deal with social predation in relation to the paradox of life, decadence and the comedy of man�s futility to conquer nature.

Tribal art, historical events, cultural dynamics and personal experiences have been of great influence on current work. He is inspired by the drama revealed in human activity and the confrontation between humanity and the environment. The mystical qualities of traditional African art and ritual have informed his work. He also samples from Western culture by setting his experiences against his African heritage.

George�s work has been shown extensively at the following places: Mabee Gerer Museum, Shawnee, OK; Livingston Gallery, The Hague; Galerie Xenios, Frankfurt am Main; Artooteek Zuidoost, Amsterdam; Museum voor Zuid, Goes; Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH; Gemeente Museum, The Hague; The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngston; Schlot Jazz Club, Berlin; Artists Alliance Gallery, Ghana; The Loom Gallery, Ghana, and several other locations.

George is represented in Germany, Luxemburg, Austria, and Switzerland by Artco based in Herzogenrath, Germany. In Ghana he is represented by Artists Alliance Gallery.

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Awards and prizes:
2005 Award of Graphic of savings bank Nordhausen in 4th. Nordh�user award of Ilseraut-Glock-Grabe-fondation, Nordh�usen, Germany

Membership of Organization:
2007 Member of “Bund Bildender K�nstler Leipzig e.V. (BBKL)” affiliated to the “Bundesverband Bildender K�nstlerinnen und K�nstler (BBK)”

1998 Member of “Union of Bulgarian artist” affiliated to the international association of art IAA/Unesco

Postgraduated studys:
2004-2005 Postgraduated study at the university of Burg Giebichenstein for art and design, Halle/Saale, Germany.
Course �painting/graphic arts�, specialization �grafic arts� (Prof. Frank Ruddigkeit)

1999-2004 Postgraduated study at the university of Burg Giebichenstein for art and design, Halle/Saale, Germany.
Field �painting/graphic arts�, specialization �textile� (Prof. Ulrich Reimkasten)

Academy:
1992-1997 National academy of arts �N. Pavlovitch�, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Field �textile� (Doz. Balev). Obtained degree �magister of arts and painter with pedagogical certificate�

Schools:
1987-1992 Professional high school for applied arts, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Field �artistic handling of clothes and fabric�. Obtained qualification degree �painter and textile designer�

PARTICIPATION IN GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION):

2008 “Gedrucktes”, in the project gallery “Vorortost” des Bundes Bildender K�nstler
in Leipzig.

2007 art colony � Bitola, plenar �painting�, Bitola, R. Macedonia; Symposium for Lithography in Leipzig, Germany.

2005 Graphic in 1th Merkunst exhibition “Junge Kunst” (young arts) in drawing room of garden palaces, Merseburg, Germany; Graphic in 5th Liege International Biennal of Entching, Musee d�rt moderne et d�rt contemporain de la Ville de Liege, Belgium; Graphic in 4th Nordhaeuser Ilseraut-Glock-Grabe for graphic, Meyenburg Museum Nordhausen, Germany; Graphic in the grand exhibitions of art Halle/Saale, Germany

2003 Graphic in 3th Nordhaeuser Ilseraut-Glock-Grabe for graphic, Meyenburg Museum Nordhausen, Germany

2002 Graphic in the international Senefelder-Stiftung� Klingspormuseum, Offenbach am Main, Germany

2000 �painting� in the university for applied sciences, Harz; Wernigerode, Germany; Exhibition �Rundgang� in the Wittekindbad, Halle/Saale, Germany; �Art of foreign studying of the castle Giebichenstein� University for art and Design, Halle/Saale, Magdeburg, Germany

1998 National exhibition �Picture and small plastics� � Gallery �Schipka 6�, Sofia, Bulgaria; Painting �The human rights�- development program of the organization of the united nations � Gallery �Schipka 6�, Sofia, Bulgaria

1997 �New names� � gallery �Schipka 6�, Sofia, Bulgaria; National exhibition �spring salon� � gallery �Schipka 6�, Sofia, Bulgaria; Painting � 13. International Bienale of humor and the satire in the arts, Gabrovo, Bulgaria

1996 �Bulgarian motives� � Bulgarian cultural center, Vienna, Austria; �International Biennale of the painting� � Gallery �Schipka 6�, Sofia, Bulgaria

1995 National exhibition � Section 13 �Hollywood Stars� � Gallery
�Schipka 6�, Sofia, Bulgaria; National exhibition �Autumn salon� � Gallery �Schipka 6�, Sofia, Bulgaria

1994 National exhibition � Section 13 �The wall of crying� � Gallery
�Schipka 6�, Sofia, Bulgaria

PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION):
2004 “song of humans body”, nude drawing in the building of students company Halle/Saale, Germany; “Temperament”, drawing in india ink and painting, in the students company Dessau, Germany.

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