Bryce Hudson is a widely exhibited and published contemporary artist living in the United States. The bulk of his work deals with social issues surrounding ideas of race, beauty, gender identity politics and stereotypes in contemporary society. The tools in his arsenal; bold color, pattern, composition, symbolism and digital manipulation of pre-existing imagery. Hudson's esthetic is inspired by historical art movements; modernism, post-modernism, minimalism, pop, neo-plasticism — yet the work itself is inspired by life in contemporary society.

Hudson works across media. Contemporary abstract geometric paintings — wherein he explores identity and race through use of color and composition. Digitally manipulated imagery from muscle magazines and beauties in advertising to explore society’s issues of beauty. To create the Kentucky Gentleman Series he hired an entire theater staff to transform him into serious or comical versions of every race he's ever been mistaken for — then he photographed himself. He also experiments with pattern and color in methods that present similar issues in either a reductive or visually redundant fashion. Now, Hudson begins work on a series of cast glass sculptures and returns to his primary love of painting.

"Experimentation and evolution are essential to the development of all contemporary artists... If I had to reduce why I am an artist down to its essence it would be that my worth is based on the ability to grow and change with my surroundings, to inspire transformation and spark dialogue and thought in others, to always be mindful of what surrounds me (abstract or concrete) and to always formulate, reinterpret and reissue information into my own unique voice." Bryce Hudson 2011



EXHIBITIONS

2011
East African Art Biennale, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, Africa
East African Art Biennale, Nairobi, Kenya
East African Art Biennale, Kampala, Uganda
East African Art Biennale, Kigali, Rwanda
East African Art Biennale, Bujumbura, Burundi

2011
Art Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
Summer Heat, Land of Tomorrow Gallery, United States
LoCal Designs, Pattern and Color in Contemporary Art, Zephyr Gallery, United States
Presentation, The Green Building Gallery, Louisville, United States

2010
Embracing Ambiguities, California State University, Fullerton, United States

2009
Solo Exhibition Green Building Gallery, United States

2008
City Myths Luminary Arts Center, St. Louis, United States
Artist-in-Residence NY Arts International, Beijing, China

2007
Solo Exhibition Green Building Gallery, United States
Finding Family 21c Museum, Louisville, United States

2006
Navigation, Gallery 253, Atlanta, United States
Navigation, Gallery Nulu, Louisville, United States
Mason Muir Fine Art, Atlanta, United States
Invitational Aaaron Galleries, Chicago, United States
Invitational Art Chicago, Chicago, United States
Invitational Art Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
New Acquisitions Henry Schein INC., Melville, United States
HEXONA: IdentitySwap, The Adorno Studio, Louisville, United States


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008
Group Exhibition, The Kentucky Museum of Art and Design, United States

2005
Group Exhibition Exhibitions 2d, Marfa, United States
The Water Tower Annual The Water Tower Art Museum, Louisville, United States
Minimalism Swanson Reed Contemporary Louisville, United States

2004
The Water Tower Annual The Water Tower Art Museum, Louisville, United States

2003
Invitational Swanson Reed Contemporary, Louisville, United States
Invitational Exhibition 2D, Marfa, United States
Invitational The Kentucky State University, Frankfort, United States

2002
Invitational Swanson Reed Contemporary, Louisville, United States

2001
NEXT The Watertower Museum of Art, Louisville, United States

2000
Invitational Soloman Fine Art, Seattle, United States
About Skin Swanson Reed Contemporary, Louisville, United States

1999
Inequitable Conditions Gallery of Fine Arts , Lexington, United States
Beyond The Walls The Speed Art Museum, Louisville, United States

1997
Group Exhibit Gallerie Nicolae, Columbus, United States


AWARDS

1997 Full Academic Scholarship, Kent State University, Kent, United States
2002 Speaker, Digital Media in Contemporary Art- Kentucky State University, Frankfort, United States
2000 New Artists Award, Water Tower Art Museum, Louisville, United States
2004 Academic Scholarship, Scholarship America, St. Peter, United States
2005 Kentucky Arts Council Grant, United States