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