Gary Hume came to international prominence after graduating from Goldsmiths College where he was a member of the Young British Artists group.
He participated in the 1988 exhibition Freeze, organised by Damien Hirst, that marked the emergence of this new art movement, including contemporaries such as Tracey Emin, Agnus Fairhurst, and Mat Collishaw. In 1996, Gary Hume was nominated for the Turner Prize, and three years later he represented Great Britain at the Venice Biennale in 1999.
Hume’s later works continue his interest in everyday objects and materials, as he continues to employ household gloss paint on aluminium panels to explore a simplified palette and themes of everyday life and popular culture
Today Hume’s work is held in numerous prominent public and private collections, including the Tate in London, Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Art Institute of Chicago amongst many others.