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.
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
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
$2,500
H 13.5 in W 17 in
Ai Weiwei - Cats (Red), original silkscreen, hand signed 116/150, Chinese Framed
By Ai Weiwei
Located in New York, NY
Ai Weiwei Cats (Red), 2022 Screen print on Saunders Waterford 300gsm paper Hand signed, dated, and numbered 87/150 by Ai Weiwei on the front 13 1/2 × 17 inches Unframed This print wa...
Pencil, Screen
Donald Baechler Two Fishes 1999 (Donald Baechler prints)
By Donald Baechler
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Donald Baechler, Two Fishes, 1999: A fun, whimsical, and highly decorative signed limited edition Baechler piece that works well in any setting. Medium: Soft-ground etching and aq...
Etching, Aquatint, Lithograph, Screen
$5,295
H 35 in W 33 in
LeRoy Neiman Serigraph, Contemporary Style, Signed, 2005, Family Portrait
By LeRoy Neiman
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: LeRoy Neiman Title: Family Portrait Medium: Serigraph Year: 2005 Edition: 337/575 Frame Size: 35" x 33" Sheet Size: 32 1/4" x 30" Image Size: 25" x 24" Signed: Hand signed in...
Screen
Shepard Fairey - Rise from the Ashes (Black)
By Shepard Fairey
Located in London, GB
Screenprint in two colours with ash from Iraqi Kurdistan on paper Signed by the artist and numbered on verso 106.5 x 74 cm Edition of 89 published by Migrate Art Shepard Fairey ...
Screen
Man's Best Friend Full Set, Contemporary, Framed, 2010s, 35x22 in
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
KAWS, born 1974 in New Jersey, is a multi- faceted New York based artist. KAWS began his career as a graffiti artist in Jersey City, taking to the streets at night and painting over ...
Screen
$1,200
H 19.75 in W 29.5 in
Large Post Soviet Non Conformist Russian Israeli Angel Lithograph Print
By Michail Grobman
Located in Surfside, FL
Silkscreen Serigraph print hand signed, numbered. Michail Grobman (Russian: Михаил Гробман, Hebrew: מיכאיל גרובמן, born 1939) is an artist and a poet working in Israel and Russia....
Lithograph, Screen
$3,295
H 32.88 in W 36.88 in
LeRoy Neiman Expressive Paris Screenprint, 1994, Signed, Champs-Elysees
By LeRoy Neiman
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: LeRoy Neiman Title: July 14th (on Champs-Élysées) Portfolio: The Paris Suite Medium: Screenprint Year: 1994 Edition: 185/250 Frame Size: 32 7/8" x 36 7/8" Sheet Size: 22 1/2"...
Screen
$2,900
H 33.47 in W 33.47 in
Chromaticorns II, Print, 80x80 cm, Mexican Surrealist Unicorns, 2020
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Chromaticorns II, by Pedro Friedeberg - Print - 80 x 80 cm / 33.46 x 33.46 in - Mexican Surrealist Unicorns, c. 2020 Pedro Friedeberg is an artist and designer from Mexico of Ital...
Silver, Gold Leaf
$800
H 12 in W 12 in
"Nobility" 180/300 Signed Color Serigraph of Abstract Horse and Woman with Lute
By Tiefeng Jiang
Located in Austin, TX
Serigraph on paper Page Size: 12 x 12 in. Gold Leaf Frame Size: 21 x 21 in. Hand Signed, bottom right in black marker Hand Numbered, bottom left in black marker "180/300" This strik...
Archival Paper, Screen
$5,000
H 26.5 in W 20.75 in
Pettibone's Andy Warhol Cow Wallpaper, pencil signed famed appropriation print
By Richard Pettibone
Located in New York, NY
Richard Pettibone Andy Warhol Cow Wallpaper Silkscreen on paper 26 1/2 × 20 3/4 inches Hand Signed and dated in graphite on the front Unframed More about R...
Screen
$2,400
H 36.5 in W 48 in
Big Post Minimalist Pattern and Decoration Abstract Lithograph Robert Zakanitch
By Robert Zakanitch
Located in Surfside, FL
Robert Rahway Zakanitch (American b. 1935), Les Delices de Fragonard 1988 Hand signed and numbered from edition of 45 Dimensions: 36.5 X 48 This vibrant work features floral patter...
Lithograph, Screen
$1,200
H 19.75 in W 29.5 in
Large Post Soviet Non Conformist Russian Israeli Animal Beast Lithograph Print
By Michail Grobman
Located in Surfside, FL
Silkscreen Serigraph print hand signed, numbered. Michail Grobman (Russian: Михаил Гробман, Hebrew: מיכאיל גרובמן, born 1939) is an artist and a poet working in Israel and Russia....
Lithograph, 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
Paradise Four
By Gary Hume
Located in New York, NY
2012, linocut, 50 3/8 x 36 3/4 inches, edition of 56, signed, titled and dated by the artist on the front, numbered on the reverse
Linocut
Paradise Five
By Gary Hume
Located in New York, NY
2012, linocut, 50 3/8 x 36 5/8 inches, edition of 56
Linocut
Paradise Four
By Gary Hume
Located in New York, NY
2012, linocut, 50 3/8 x 36 3/4 inches, edition of 56
Linocut