Hugh Van Schaick (b. 1992) is an artist living and working on Gadigal and Wangal land, Australia. His practice, centred in painting and drawing, focuses on abstracted human bodies to examine ideas around grief, loss, care, and the multitude of tensions we hold within us. These cropped figurative forms, in varying degrees of ambiguity, invite slowing down; allowing space to question what is being seen and to observe in new ways. They ask us to connect intimately with ourselves and reconsider our relationship with each other - to offer care and to hold some weight for another.

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Solo Exhibitions
2026 - Upcoming exhibition (May), China Heights Gallery, Sydney

2022 - Bodies of us, China Heights Gallery, Sydney
2019 - Cicada, Scratch Art Space, Sydney
2017 - Introducing Hugh Van Schaick, Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre, Sydney

Group Exhibitions
2025 - Works On Paper, China Heights Gallery, Sydney
2021 - Hugh Van Schaick & Zephyr Larkin, China Heights Gallery, Sydney
2020 - Bushfire Silent Auction, China Heights Gallery, Sydney
2019 - Works On Paper, China Heights Gallery, Sydney
2019 - 1919, Galerie pompom, Sydney
2017 - Untitled, Traffic Jam Galleries, Sydney
2016 - The Other Art Fair, COMMUNE, Sydney
2016 - RAW: Reveal, Manning Bar, Sydney
2015 - Belle ArtStart, Alexandria, Sydney

Awards and Prizes
2019 - The Hornsby Art Prize, Sydney - Finalist
2019 - The Hawkesbury Art Prize, Sydney - Finalist
2018 - The Hornsby Art Prize, Sydney - Finalist
2017 - Myself Prize, Fortitude Valley, QLD - Finalist
2017 - The Hornsby Art Prize, Sydney - Finalist
2017 - The Shirl National Youth Portrait Prize, Bega Valley Regional Gallery - Finalist
2016 - The Hornsby Art Prize, Sydney - Winner of Emerging Artist and People’s Choice Awards

Residencies

2024 - Newbridge Print Studio, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
2023 - Butoh in Nature with Vangeline with Intercultural Roots, North Yorkshire, UK

Education
2018 - Graduate Diploma of Fine Arts, The National Art School
2013 - Bachelor of Fine Arts, UNSW College of Fine Art

For all enquiries, please contact me on hughvanschaick@gmail.com