Artist using a range of materials, as in his commission for The Showroom in 2003: The Screaming Abdabs. For that, Hughes continued his process of reconfiguring everyday surroundings and common objects. A series of human-scale figures, made from cardboard tubes, were the means of displaying medium- and smaller-scale works by the artist. Hughes was born in Birmingham, graduating from Bath College of Art, 1989–92, gaining his master’s from Goldsmiths’ College, 2000–2. Later group shows included The Way to Happiness, VTO, 2002, and Twilight, Gimpel Fils, 2003. In 2004, Hughes had a solo show at Whitechapel Project Space. He lived and worked in London.