Every Ocean Hughes
Every Ocean Hughes (formerly known as Emily Roysdon) is a transdisciplinary artist and writer.
Solo shows include Whitney Museum of American Art (2023), Studio Voltaire, London (2022), Moderna Museet, Stockholm (2022), Secession, Vienna (2015), and PARTICIPANT INC. New York (2015). She has received commissions for new work from Tate Modern, London (2012, 2017), Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2014), and The Kitchen, New York (2010). Group exhibitions include Museum of Modern Art, New York (2014, 2023), Hammer Museum and Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2021), Future Generation Art Prize at the 55th Venice Biennale (2013), the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (2010), and the Whitney Biennial (2010).
Collaboration has been a central part of her practice including as editor and co-founder of the queer feminist journal and artist collective LTTR, lyric writing for several bands and costume design. She's curated several exhibitions and screening series at Tate Modern (London), Grand Arts (Kansas City), X Initiative (New York), AiR Gallery (Brooklyn), and Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions.
Hughes also works as a coach for artists, creative producers, and those that love them—West Street Coaching.