2004
British artist Gary Hume paints distinctively flat, electrically hued canvases that collectors and viewers easily discern as his work. With strong elements of Pop art, intertwined with abstract and Surrealist elements, he depicts familiar objects and people, often in distorted poses or bearing exaggerated characteristics.
Hume practices focused experimentation. He fully immerses himself into a set of ideas and techniques, creating numerous variations on a theme. After he's satisfied that he's gone as far as with a topic, he moves on to new motifs and materials. In all his work, he invites viewers to contemplate themselves as they ponder a piece.
Born in Tenterden, England, Hume attended Homewood School, a secondary school that specializes in media and visual arts on top of a standard public education and, in 1988, graduated from Goldsmiths College in London.
In the 1990s, he joined the Young British Artists (YBA), a disparate group of creators including Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin, that mostly came out of Goldsmiths, with a mission to propagate the “Cool Britannia” cultural movement.
In his early career, Hume received acclaim for a series of door life-size paintings (and, later, rugs) depicting hospital doors. He soon pivoted to painting animals on aluminum sheets, and followed his fancy into a number of other disparate projects. In 2005, he reprised the door theme with the twist of anthropomorphizing these otherwise still-life subjects and setting them up in pairs to represent lovers.
Hume has shown in numerous exhibitions over the course of his career. Including shows in museums and galleries in Italy, Germany, Austria and Oxford. He was nominated for Britain's Turner Prize in 1996 and won the British Jerwood Prize in 1997. He's since gone on to present at many more exhibitions and win various awards, including his election to the level of Royal Academician in 2001.
Hume currently lives and works between London and New York State, where he continues to explore new projects and produce new and exciting art.
On 1stDibs, find a selection of Gary Hume paintings, sculptures and mixed-media art.
Pinks
By Gary Hume
Located in New York, NY
Gary Hume Pinks 2002 Silkscreen 17 3/8 x 14 inches; 44 x 36 cm Edition of 45 Signed, titled, dated and numbered in graphite (lower recto) Frame available upon request Available fr...
Screen
Falling Bear
By Gary Hume
Located in New York, NY
Gary Hume Falling Bear 1995 Silkscreen 32 3/4 x 26 inches; 83 x 66 cm Edition of 25 Signed, dated, and numbered in graphite (lower recto) Frame available upon request Available fro...
Screen
Adult
By Gary Hume
Located in New York, NY
Screenprint Edition of 36 Signed and titled in graphite (lower recto) Frame available upon request Available from Matthew Marks Gallery, New York and Los Angeles
Screen
Michael
By Gary Hume
Located in New York, NY
Gary Hume Michael 2002 Screenprint 60 1/8 x 30 inches; 153 x 76 cm Edition of 80 Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in graphite (lower recto) Frame available upon request Gary Hume...
Screen
Bird with Pink Beak
By Gary Hume
Located in New York, NY
Gary Hume Bird with Pink Beak 2009 Five-color screenprint on Somerset Satin White paper 17 3/8 x 14 7/8 inches; 44 x 38 cm Edition of 45 Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in graphi...
Screen
Pink Nicola, Nicola as an Orchid, Brown, Brown, Silver and Brown
By Gary Hume
Located in New York, NY
Gary Hume Pink Nicola, Nicola as an Orchid, Brown, Brown, Silver and Brown 2005 Set of three screenprints on silver leaf "Pink Nicola": 49 1/4 x 38 1/8 inches; 125 x 97 cm "Nicola as...
Silver
Young Turk
By Gary Hume
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Hume, Gary Title: Young Turk Series: A Series of Linocuts Date: 2012 Medium: Linocut Unframed Dimensions: 52.6875" x 36.375" Framed Dimensions: 60.50" x 44" Si...
Linocut
A New Leaf, Modern Screen Print by Shigeo Okumura
By Shigeo Okumura
Located in Long Island City, NY
Shigeo Okumura, Japanese (1937 - 1993) - A New Leaf, Medium: Screenprint on Arches, signed, numbered and titled in pencil, Edition: AP, Image Size: 20 x 24.5 inches, Size: 25 x 29 in...
Screen
Gray Interior, Rare Hand Signed Screen Print, Edition 8/50, Framed
By Alex Katz
Located in Aventura, FL
Eleven color screen print on Beckett paper. Hand signed by Alex Katz lower left. Hand numbered 8/50 lower left. Sheet size: 19.6 x 24.6 inches. Image size: 17 x 22 inches. Frame...
Paper, Screen
Untitled by Jonas Wood
By Jonas Wood
Located in Morton Grove, IL
screenprint Signed and numbered in pencil by the artist edition of 50 Beautifully framed! provenance: The Nevica Project Jonas Wood (American, b. 1977) is a Los Angeles based-artist. His paintings are most notable for their reconsideration of the golden era of 20th century American painting, drawing fine comparisons to artists such as Edward Hopper. Linda Yablonsky from the New York Times Style Magazine has said that, “Wood has one foot in Modernist cool and the other in vibrant Pop Art.” He paints what is around him in daily life, from basketball players to living rooms, and tries to preserve the beauty he sees in these subjects and share it with the viewer. Jonas Wood was born in 1977 in Boston, Massachusetts. He graduated in 1999 from Hobart and William Smith Colleges, New York, and received his M.F.A. in 2002 from the University of Washington, Seattle. Murals and solo exhibitions include “Primitives: Chris Caccamise and Jonas Wood,” Cereal Art...
Screen
Untitled
By Bruce McLean
Located in London, GB
Ink, card and painted collage on paper Edition of 10 101.6 x 80 cms (40 x 31 1/2 ins)
Paint, Paper, Ink
Gary Hume, Misery - Signed Collage, British Contemporary Art, Abstraction
By Gary Hume
Located in Hamburg, DE
Gary Hume (English, born 1962) Misery, 2012 Medium: Collage made of silver paper and acrylic paint on hand made paper Dimensions: 49.8 x 32 cm Edition of 25: Hand-signed, numbered an...
Acrylic, Handmade Paper
