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Born and educated in Merseyside, England, artist Aidan Hughes' influences include
the woodcuts of Frans Masereel and Lynd Ward, the comic art of Jack Kirby, the
propaganda posters of the Russian Constructivists and Italy's Dynamo Futurista
and the paintings of John Martin. He founded é publications with Malcolm
Bennett in 1979, producing literature and performing in the UK and Europe until
the late 80's. After relocating to Europe and then the US, Hughes finally
returned to the UK where he continues to paint and work as a commercial
illustrator.



EXHIBITIONS
BRUTE! Art from the Pulps. Covent Garden, London 1986.

'Git!' Relief murals w/ Gordon McHarg. The Vault, London 1990.

New Paintings show, Soho Gallery, London 1992.

Exhibition. Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, London 1993.

New Art show. H-Gun Studios, Chicago 1993.

Artist-in-residence, Zombie. Seattle 1995.

'Berserk!' One-man show, Seattle 1997.

'Apocalypse Noir' one-man show, C-Pop, Detroit 1999.

Art Tube 01. Group show w/ Damien Hirst, Yoko Ono, Gavin Turk, Gordon McHarg, Jamie Reid etc. 2001.

'Propaganda' w/ Shepard Fairey and Winston Smith, Balmy Gallery. San Francisco 2002.


TV/FILM
'Love Me Gangster' short film for Channel 4's Alter Image strand 1986.

'Brute's Adventures of Sizzler!' Series for Network 7 1987.

'Outside the Warehouse' video for Sham 69 1987.

Dagmar Kreuze promo, Alter Image 1987.

'Rocky'. Animated ident for MTV 1988.

'Drug Against War'. Animated promo for KMFDM 1993.

'ZPC: No Flesh Shall Be Spared'. Animations for PC game (w/ Behemoth) 1997.

'Son of a Gun'. Animated promo for KMFDM 1997.

'Flaming Head'. Animated ident for Locomotion TV 1998.

Publications
'Fix Comics' 1979
'Battle Poet' w/ Bennett 1981.

'Rage!' Comic 1981.

'The Claim' w/ Bennett 1983.

'The Beast of Cszjethe' serial w/ Bennett, The Magazine 1984.

BRUTE! # 1-7 w/ Bennett 1984-87.

BRUTE! paperback. Sphere Books 1986.

'Daft About Lager' w/ Rohan Daft and Bennett 1989.

Lectures
Cartoon College, London 1986.
Washington State University 1997.