Pixels to pixels, thrust to thrust, Callum Leo Hughes explores desires and the malleability of images. Drawing from on and offline subcultures, image archives and queer concerns, his works focuses on atypical printing methods and self-publishing. He works with a combination of his own photography and found material to create images, installations, collages, photographic objects and publications.
EMAIL: callum.leo.hughes@gmail.com
INSTAGRAM: @callumleohughes
PHONE: +49 15171040955
EDUCATION
2013 - Camberwell College of Arts, BA Photography.
2010 - University College Falmouth, Foundation Diploma in Art & Design.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 - BOYCOW, Ivallan's Second-Hand & Exceptional Books, Berlin, Germany
2021- COVID-COLLAGES, Croatia Culture Hub (Part of qFEST), Split, Croatia
2019 - ebabes / eboys, Bebe Space, DOK, Ghent, Belgium
GROUP EXHIBITIONS / FAIRS / SCREENINGS
2026 - Miss Read 2026, Silent Green, Berlin, Germany
2026 - I Never Read, Art Book Fair, Basel, Switzerand
2026 - Paris Ass Book Fair 2026, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
2026 - Peach Fuzz Grand Opening, Peach Fuzz, Berlin, Germany
2026 - Jeux de mains, jeux de vilains, Cafe Gentil, Berlin, Germany
2025 - FUCK THE INTERNET, Glogauair, Berlin, Germany
2025 - Brussels Ass Book Fair, KANAL-Centre Pompidou, Brussels, Belgium
2025 - Queerzinefest Bxl, Les Grands Carmes, Brussels, Belgium
2025 - Miss Read 2025, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
2025 - Fanzineist Vienna Art Book & Zine Fair, Semperdepot, Vienna, Austria
2024 - Bound Art Book Fair, The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, UK
2024 - Shshshshift, Barred, Berlin, Germany
2024 - NY Queer Zine Fair, The Center New York, USA
2024 - ANON TRAUMA DUMP, Gelegenheiten, Berlin, Germany
2024 - Paris Ass Book Fair 2023, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
2023 - ASP8: Artist Self-Publishers’ Fair, Conway Hall, London, UK
2023 - NY Queer Zine Fair, The Center New York, USA
2023 - Miss Read 2023, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
2023 - Callum Leo Hughes x Carla Palette, MOLT, Berlin, Germany
2023 - Paris Ass Book Fair 2023, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
2023 - Tom of Finland Art & Culture Festival 2023 - GlobalSexual, The Knast, Berlin, Germany
2023 - BOYS! BOYS! BOYS, Working Dog Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2022 - Info on Books, KINDL, Berlin, Germany
2022 - ASP7: Artist Self-Publishers’ Fair, Conway Hall, London, UK
2022 - Paris Ass Book Fair 2022, Lafayette Anticipations, Paris, France
2022 - Feeding the Queer Archive, Romantso (Part of The Queer Archive Festival #3), Athens, Greece
2022 - Miss Read 2022, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
2022- Primal Matter, The Knast, Berlin, Germany
2022- HOMOSURREALISM, Pride-Art Ateliers, Berlin, Germany
2021 - SexChem, Studio8, Berlin, Germany
2021 - FETISH, The Ballery, Berlin, Germany
2021 - Soft Core, LANGE NACHT DER BILDER, Berlin, Germany
2021 - Qweer Summer Exhibition, Alte Münze, Berlin, Germany
2021 - Pop Up Art Exhibition 2, The Ballery, Berlin, Germany
2021 - Reconstruct 3.0, Pride-Art Ateliers, Berlin, Germany
2021 - Primal Matter, Pride-Art Ateliers, Berlin, Germany
2020 - Queer Xmas Exhibition, Alte Münze, Berlin, Germany
2020 - Love My Way #2, Villa Noailles, Hyères, France
2020 - ASP6: Artist Self-Publishers’ Fair, Online
2020 - Unbound, Pride-Art Ateliers, Berlin, Germany
2020 - LOVE IN THE TIME OF COVID-19, Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA), Adelaide, Australia
2020 - Reconstruct, Pride-Art Ateliers, Berlin, Germany
2020 - LOVE IN THE TIME OF COVID 19, GAGPROJECTS, Online
2019 - Smut Club Film Festival 2019, Paper Mountain, Perth, Australia
2019 - ASP5: Artist Self-Publishers’ Fair, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
2019 - The Internet Yami-Ichi @Bologna, Clusterduck Stand, DAS, Bologna, Italy
2019 - Paris Internationale, Paris Ass Bookstore, Paris, France
2019 - Pop Up Exhibition 2, The Ballery, Berlin, Germany
2019 - Friends with Books: Art Book Fair Berlin 2019, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin Germany
2019 - Superhost, Like a little disaster, Polignano a Mare, Italy
2019 - QUEERNESS, Projektraum 145, Berlin, Germany
2019 - SORT PRINT FAIR, SET, London, UK
2019 - Paris Ass Book Fair 2019, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
2018 - Athens Biennale 2018: ANTI, TTT Building, Athens, Greece
2018 - Lobster Cult, ReTramp Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2018 - Femme, VFD, London, UK
2017 - Kunst Film Fest #3, Part I: Found Footage, Centrum, Berlin, Germany
2017 - Field of Dreams / BYOB, Field of Dreams, Oslo, Norway
2017 - YO! SISSY Marketplace, Festsaal Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
2017 - ASP3: Artist Self-Publishers’ Fair, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
2017 - IPF Photo Prize 2017, House of Vans, London, UK
2016 - Squashing Vibes, Peckham Pelican, London, UK
2016 - Factually Real Illusions, Cookhouse Gallery, Chelsea College of Art, London, UK
2014 - Enterprise, DIG, London, UK
2014 - Over and Out, Imperial Works, London, UK
2013 - Camberwell College of Arts BA show, London, UK
2013 - From Here On: Post-Photography In The Age Of The Internet and The Mobile Telephone,
Arts Santa Mònica, Barcelona, Spain
2012 - Winter of Love, 22-27 The Oval, London, UK
2012 - RAVIOLI (Part of Do Over: Re-Creating A Canon of Social Art), The Peal District, Portland, USA
2012 - d’ARTY SOUTH, The Flying Dutchman, London, UK
2012 - BA.SE, Shoreditch Town Hall Basement, London, UK
2011- Our floor is better than your floor, part of Archive live Friday Late at the V&A, London, UK
2011 - … We’re Just Some Artists, Asked to Fill a Space, 272 Gallery, London, UK
2010 - INVASION, LCC container, London, UK
2009 - Under canvas, Truro Piazza, Truro, UK
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Art Gallery of South Australia – AGSA, Adelaide, Australia
MoMA Library, New York, USA
National Museum of Australia, Canberra, Australia
QueerMuzeum Warszawa, Poland
Welcome Collection, London, UK
TALKS
2026 - Zine event, Ivallan's Second-Hand & Exceptional Books, Berlin, Germany
2021 - TPF TALKS Queer Representation, The Photography Foundation, Online.
PRIZES
2023 – BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! Photography Competition – Runner UpPRESS
2026 - KALTBLUT, Dracula Spielplatz2025 - Pineapple Magazine, BOYCOW
2024 - DAZED, 6 things to see at this year’s Bound Art Book Fair
2024, KALTBLUT, Kavla #3: Slaughterhouse: A Queer Perspective on the Precipice of Existence
2023 - Jock.life, Callum Leo Hughes, the photographer who prints his models everywhere
2023 - Attitude Magazine, 16 gloriously gay photos of beautiful male bodies from the new BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! exhibit
2022 - Pineapple Magazine, SINA
2021 - Pornceptual, If You’re Not Wearing Gloves You’re Not Doing Drag
2020 - KALTBLUT, The new localized constraints of Berlin
2019 - Pineapple Magazine, RÖLL
2019 - Balaclava.Q, CALLUM LEO HUGHES ON FORMING NEW NARRATIVES
2018 - The Guardian, DIY call centres and puppet shows help Athens Biennale fight the power
2018 - Tohu Magazine, The Need for a New Revolution
2018 - Art Unlimited, Athens after crisis and an opposing biennial: 'ANTI'
2018 - Monopol, Everywhere you look, there are only fragmented narratives
2018 - Phile Magazine Issue No.3, PHILE / PHOBE
2017 - The Art Newspaper Greece, Four new British artists we unveiled this year, No. 235, p.26,
2014 - People of Print, DIG
2013 - Creative Review, Talent spotters: Camberwell Degree Show 2013