pat is an illustrator & toy designer

based in brooklyn, ny 

Pat Hughes is a digital artist & designer from New Jersey. He enjoys intricately folding zines, Pantone color books, and drawing birds. 

He graduated with a Bachelor's in studio art (and biology) from Boston College in 2014 with departmental honors. He continued on to earn a Master's degree in illustration from the University of Edinburgh, College of Art in Scotland. 

He's currently the director of art & design at Squishable - a toy manufacturer based in SoHo, NYC. 

[Galleries/Shops]

  • Desert Island, Brooklyn

  • Vinyl Fantasy, Brooklyn

  • The Red Door Gallery, Edinburgh

[Exhibitions]

  • Comic Arts Brooklyn 2019

  • Comic Arts Brooklyn 2018

  • Waters of Leith, Waters of Leith Visitors Centre (2015)

  • R16, Warburton Gallery Edinburgh (2015)

  • Master's Degree Show, Edinburgh College of Art (2015)

  • Washed Up, Edinburgh College of Art (2014)

  • Bookmarks Fair, Edinburgh (2014)

pat's work has been featured in:  

[Publications]

  • Castle Jackal: Issue 3 (2023)

  • When You Think of Home, featured print (2019)

  • Wonderbook, Jeff Vandermeer, pg. 176 (2018)

  • EatSleepDraw, illustration blog (2016)

  • Impulse, culture and lifestyle magazine based in Edinburgh (2015)

  • Yellerzine, arts zine based in Edinburgh (2014-2015)

  • Nomad, student magazine at the ECA (2014)

  • The Heights, independently run student newspaper of Boston College (2012-2014)

  • The Laughing Medusa, literary/arts magazine of Boston College (2013)