Lyrical Abstractionist - Gary Hudson

exhibition history and selected biography

 

Gary Hudson, Artist-Painter
Born, 1936, Auburn, New York
Master of Fine Arts, Yale School of Art and Architecture, 1966

 

Christie Hudson, widow of Gary, explains in detail the way Gary Hudson was able to stretch canvases and paint even as a paraplegic.

Posted by Gary Hudson on Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Solo Exhibitions

Living Color: Gary Hudson in the 1970s, September 2016 - January 2017

The Fire House Gallery, Louisville, GA, December - January 2013

Town 220, Madison Georgia - 2012

Madison Morgan Cultural Center, Madison Georgia - 2010

Brenau University Galleries, Gainesville, GA, June - September, 2002

Donskoj Gallery, Kingston, NY, June, 2000

Donskoj Gallery, Kingston, NY, 1989

Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY, December, 1976

Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego (San Diego Museum of Art), San Diego, CA, December, 1972

Reese Palley Gallery, Soho, New York, NY, December, 1972

Reese Palley Gallery, Soho, New York, NY, December, 1970

The Art Center in La Jolla (Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego), La Jolla, CA, June, 1969

Elmira College, Elmira, NY, 1958

 

Group Exhibitions

Augusta State University, Mary S Byrd Gallery - 2017

TEN X, Madison Morgan Cultural Center, Madison, Georgia - 2013

Abundance of Color: Celebrating Six Artists, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 2009

American Art Pavilion, Worlds Fair, Knoxville, TN, 1991

Ten Years of Acquisition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, 1982

Creative Artists Fellowship Recipients, Rockefeller Plaza Museum, Albany, NY, 1981

34th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1975

Monumental Paintings of the 60s, Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego (San Diego Museum of Art), San Diego, CA, 1974

Four Painters; Berthot, Hudson, Whitten, Quaytman, Poindexter Gallery, New York, NY, 1973

Inaugural Exhibition of Paintings, Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, NC, 1973

Out of Sight, Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego (San Diego Museum of Art), San Diego,CA,1972

K.K.M Kohler Kunstmart '71, Cologne Art Fair, Cologne, Germany, 1971

Four Man Exhibition, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, 1971

Reese Palley Gallery, Soho, New York City, NY, 1971

Recent Acquisitions, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, 1971

Spray, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA, 1971

Beaux Arts 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Columbus, OH, 1971

The Structure of Color, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, 1971

Lyrical Abstraction, Philadelphia Civic Center Museum, Philadelphia, PA; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ;
and The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, September 1970 - May, 1971

Recent Acquisitions, Whitney Museum of American Art, June, 1970

Annual Southern California Exhibition, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA, 1970

Lyrical Abstraction, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum Ridgefield, CT, 1970

American Painting 1970, Indianapolis Museum, Indianapolis, IN; Wichita Museum, Wichita, KS; and Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1970

The New Lyricism, Westchester Art Society, Westchester, New York, 1970

Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1970

Southwestern College Faculty Exhibition, Southwestern College, San Diego, CA, 1969

State of New York Invitational Exhibition, Rochester Museum of Art, Rochester, NY, 1969

Annual Exhibiton, Contemporary American Painting, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, 1969

Hartford Athenaeum Museum, Hartford, CT, 1966

Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, 1965

The Art Center, Carmel, CA, 1961

Gallerie D'Aix, Aix-en-Provence, France, 1959

 

Catalogs

Passionate Abstractions: Work by Gary Hudson, Brenau University Galleries, Gainesville, Georgia, 2002

34th Biennial of Contemporary American Painting, by Roy Slade, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1975

Exhibit of Paintings by Gary Hudson, Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego (San Diego Museum of Art), San Diego, CA, 1972-73

Out of Sight, Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego (San Diego Museum of Art), San Diego, CA, 1972

K.K.M. Kohler Kunstmart 71, Cologne, Germany, 1971

Lyrical Abstraction, The Larry Aldrich Foundation, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, 1971

Spray, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA, 1971

Beaux Arts 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Columbus, OH, 1971

The Structure of Color, by Marcia Tucker, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, 1971

Painting and Sculpture Today, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, 1970 Annual Exhibition,

Contemporary American Painting, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, 1969-70

Biennial 1969, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

 

Articles

Arts Magazine Georgia Museum of Art “Living Color. Gary Hudson in the 1970s” Athens Georgia, Review 2009 Holbrooks Trunk

Lake Oconee Magazine - 2010

“Enduring Legacy”, Morgan County Citizen - 2009

Brennau University Passionate Abstractions Gary Hudson 2002 Jean Westmacott and William Eiland Georgia Museum of Art

Kingston Times, Inspired by Steiglitz, by Mary Cassai, May, 2000

Arts Magazine, "Revisionism", by Frank Bowling, February, 1972

Art News, Review of One Man Shoe Man, by Laurie Andersoon,Reese Palley Gallery, Soho; New York, NY, January, 1972

Artforum, Review of One Man Show, by Liz Borden, Reese Palley Gallery, Soho; New York, NY, January, 1972

The New York Times, "Through the Window and Into the Woods , by Peter Schjeldahl, December, 1971

The New York Post, "Art and the Artist," by Emily Genauer, June, 1971 Craft Horizons, "The Structure of Color," by Herb Aach, May, 1971

Craft Horizons, "The Structure of Color," by Herb Aach, May, 1971

Arts Magazine, "Color Abstractionism," by Willis Domingo, JanuaJanuary, 1971

Art News, Review of One Man Show, Reese Palley Gallery, Soho, New York, January, 1971

Artforum, Review of One Man Show, by Kasha Linville, Reese Palley Gallery, Soho, New York, NY, January, 1971

Art in America, "From Master to Modular", by Grace Glueck, December, 1970

Newsweek Magazine, "The New Color Painters," by Douglas Davis, May, 1970