Henry Hudson (artist)

The Contemporary Artist’s Progress: The Rise and Fall of Young Sen, Plate 6, 2013

Henry Hudson (born 1982, Bath) is a British artist. He lives and works in London.^[1] His series was presented in Sotheby's, each plasticine painting was sold for £65,000 according to the New York Times .

Biography

Hudson grew up in Yorkshire and attended Ampleforth College. He graduated from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in 2005 after taking a foundation degree at Chelsea College of Art and Design.^[1] His father is sculptor, Richard Hudson.^[2]

Artwork

Hudson makes paintings, sculpture, etchings and performance based work. For the past seven years, his medium of choice has been plasticine.^[3]

Hudson was described by Richard Dorment, art critic of The Daily Telegraph, as an "astonishing young painter".^[4] Notable collectors of his work include Marc Quinn, Robert Hiscox, Jay Jopling, Mario Testino, Tim Jeffries, and Mark Hix.^[5]

Hudson has had numerous solo and group shows in London, Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore, Paris, New York, Miami and Milan at venues including TJ Boulting (formerly Trolley Gallery), Sir John Soane's Museum, 20 Hoxton Square, F2 Gallery, Christie's, 33 Portland Place, Fine Art Society and as part of the Hiscox Collection.^[3]

Currently

In April 2015, Sotheby's published a feature on Henry Hudson in coordination with his show at Sotheby's S|2 Gallery titled, Henry Hudson: The Contemporary Artist's Progress - The Rise and Fall of Young Sen."^[6] In an essay about Hudson Nimrod Kamer described him as a 'champagne fascist'.

Hudson currently lives and works in London.

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