After obtaining her Bachelors Of Arts degree in 1996 at the University of Pretoria, Hugo has become a full time artist.
She has exhibited her work widely in South Africa as well as abroad.
Artworks have been bought by corporate collectors like Standard Chartered Bank, London, UJ, Northcliff Eye Centre, Vulisango Holdings, CCMA, Ukwazi Mining Industry Consultants, UNISA, William Humphreys Art Gallery, Pretoria Art Museum, The National Museum of China as well as private collectors around the world.
She has been a finalist for for the BP Portrait Awards, London, and for most of the major art competitions in South Africa.
She has earned a top 10 position at the
Eukurhuleni Fine Arts Awards and a top 5 position at the Sanlam Portrait
Awards.
She was the festival artist for Absa KKNK in 2011 and in 2012 she received the
Bettie Cilliers-Barnard Award for painting.
She took part in the following
residencies:
2013 Cité International des Arts, Paris
2016 Sachaqa Centro de Arte, San Roque de Cumbaza, Peru
2018 SAFFCA, Entabeni farm, Knysna
2024 Admirals Residence, Muizenberg
2025 SAFFCA, Lion Sands Game Reserve, Sabi Sands
