Robert Hudson — Selected Work

Recent show Robert Hudson: Selected Work 1968–71 The Luckman Gallery, Los Angeles

Robert Hudson has lived and worked in California for nearly 60 years. Born in 1938, he grew up along the Columbia River in Richland, WA. Hudson earned both a BFA (1961) and an MFA (1963) from the San Francisco Art Institute, CA. He received the Lee Krasner Award in recognition of a lifetime of artistic achievement in 2014. This site is a collection of selected work that will be updated as his digital archive expands. CONTACTPUBLIC COLLECTIONSAddison Gallery of American Art, Andover
Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo
Atlantic Richfield, Los Angeles
Berkeley Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley
Art Institute of Chicago
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento
de Young Museum, San Francisco
di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa
Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington
Honolulu Museum of Art
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Oakland Museum of California
Palm Springs Art Museum
Philadelphia Museum of Art
San Francisco Arts Commission
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis
SOLO EXHIBITIONS2017
– Between The Lines: Sculpture and Paintings on Paper. Bivins Gallery, Dallas2016
– Robert Hudson: New Work. South Willard, Los Angeles2015
– Recent Sculpture and Drawings. Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco
– Robert Hudson New Works. South Willard, Los Angeles2013
– Legends of the Bay Area: Robert Hudson. Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato
– Robert Hudson: Sculpture. Perimeter Gallery, Chicago2012
– Robert Hudson: Recent Sculpture. Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland2011
– Robert Hudson. Sanchez Gallery Pacifica2010
– Robert Hudson: Sculpture and Drawings. Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco
– Robert Hudson: Sculpture. Perimeter Gallery, Chicago2008
– Robert Hudson: Sculpture. Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica2007
– Robert Hudson: Found Objects. Perimeter Gallery, Chicago2005
– Robert Hudson: New Work. Perimeter Gallery, Chicago
– Robert Hudson: The Sonoma County Years, 1977–2005. Sonoma County Museum, Santa Rosa2004
– Robert Hudson: Sculpture/Constructions. b sakata garo, Sacramento2003
– Robert Hudson: Ceramics. Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica2001
– Robert Hudson: Ceramics. Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica
– Robert Hudson: Works on Paper. Robert Mondavi Gallery, Oakville2000
– Robert Hudson: Ceramics. Drawings, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York
– Robert Hudson: Ceramics. Sculpture, Drawings, b sakata garo, Sacramento1999
– Robert Hudson: Ceramic Sculpture, Drawings. Robischon Gallery, Denver
– Robert Hudson: Ceramics. Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica
– Collaborations, William Allan, William Wiley, Robert Hudson. b sakata garo, Fine Art, Sacramento1998
– Robert Hudson: Ceramics. Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York1996
– Robert Hudson: Drawings and Sculpture. Morgan Gallery, Kansas City1995
– Works On Paper. Struve Gallery, Chicago1991
– Robert Hudson: Sculpture and Works on Paper. John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco1989
– Robert Hudson: New Sculpture. Frumkin/Adams Gallery, New York1987
– Robert Hudson: Sculpture. Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, Santa Monica1986
– Robert Hudson: Unique Polychrome Bronzes. Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York1985
– Robert Hudson: A Survey. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; The Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami; Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach1984
– Robert Hudson: Paintings and Works on Paper. Richard Eugene Fuller Art Gallery, Beaver College, Glenside1983
– The Bob Hudson Show. Morgan Gallery, Shawnee Mission1982
– Robert Hudson. Fuller Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco
– Robert Hudson: Sculpture and Drawings. Richard L. Nelson Gallery, UC Davis, Davis1981
– Robert Hudson: New Polychrome Sculpture. Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York1979
– Robert Hudson. Hansen Fuller Gallery, San Francisco
– Robert Hudson: Paintings, Constructions, and Drawings. South Campus Art Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami1978
– Robert Hudson: New Paintings and Drawings. Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York1977
– Robert Hudson. Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York
– Robert Hudson. Hansen Fuller Gallery, San Francisco
– Robert Hudson. Portland Center For The Visual Arts, Portland
– Two California Artists; Robert Hudson and Roy De Forest Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
– Robert Hudson. Moore College of Art Gallery, Philadelphia1976
– Robert Hudson. Allan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago1975
– Robert Hudson: Paintings and Sculptures. Hansen Fuller Gallery, San Francisco1974
– Robert Hudson/Richard Shaw: Work in Porcelain. San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco
– Robert Hudson: Paintings. Hansen Fuller Gallery, San Francisco
– Robert Hudson/Richard Shaw: Work in Porcelain. EG Gallery, Kansas City1972
– Robert Hudson: Recent Sculpture. Allan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago1971
– Robert Hudson: New Sculpture. Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York
– The Star Show. University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley1970
– Robert Hudson. Michael Walls Gallery, San Francisco1967
– Robert Hudson: Recent Sculpture. Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles1965
– Robert Hudson Sculpture: 1965 Nealie Sullivan Award Exhibition. Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco
– Robert Hudson: First New York Exhibition. Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York1964
– Robert Hudson. Lanyon Gallery, Palo Alto1962
– Robert Hudson. Bolles Gallery, San Francisco1961
– Sculpture and Drawings by Robert Hudson. Batman Gallery, San Francisco
– Sculpture by Robert Hudson. Richmond Art Center, Richmond
GROUP EXHIBITIONS2018
– 3 Friends: Hudson, Stuppin, Shaw, Art Museum of Sonoma County, Santa Rosa
Kinder Gentler Nation, Karma, New York2016
– Eyebeam, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco
– Imagery Art for Wine Collection: An Art and Wine Partnership. Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara
– The Butterfly Effect: Art in the 1970’s, California. Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto
– Reclaimed: Elevating The Art of Reuse San Francisco. Art Education Project, Minnesota Street, San Francisco2015
– The Ceramic Presence in Modern Art. Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven
– What Nerve! Alternative Figures in American Art 1960 to the Present. Matthew Marks Gallery, New York2014
– What Nerve! Alternative Figures in American Art, 1960 to the Present. RISD Museum, Providence2013
– Small is Beautiful. Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica
– Curator’s Choice: Bay Area. Art Ascent, San Francisco2012
– The Intersection of Art And Music. Sonoma State University Gallery, Rohnert Park
– Robert Hudson and Cornelia Schulz: In Conversation. Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco
– California Dreamin’: Thirty Years of Collecting. Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs
– 20@20: Twenty Artists at Twenty Years. Paradise Ridge Winery Sculpture Garden, Santa Rosa 2009
– Robert Hudson & Richard Shaw. American University, Washington, DC
– Group Show. Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco
– Sculpture. Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica
– Robert Hudson & Richard Shaw: Ceramic Sculpture. San Jose State University, San Jose2008
– Sculpture. Perimeter Gallery, Chicago2006
– Recent Acquisitions. di Rosa Preserve: Art & Nature, Napa2005
– Spectrum, Sculpture, Sonoma. Paradise Ridge Winery, Santa Rosa
– Teapots. Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica
– Robert Hudson John di Marchi, Michael Cooper. Santa Rosa Junior College Museum, Santa Rosa2004
– 25th Anniversary Exhibition. Sonoma State University Art Gallery, Rohnert Park
– Crown Point Press: Prints. Crown Point Press, San Francisco2003
– The Other Side. b sakata garo, Sacramento
– Color, Form & Figure. John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco2002
– Hudson, De Forest, Holland. John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco2001
– Hudson/Shaw Ceramics. Byron Cohen Gallery, Kansas City
– Collection of the Artist: Manuel Neri. Benicia2000
– Celebrating Modern Art–The Anderson Collection. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
– Looking Toward the Future. SFMOMA Rental Gallery, San Francisco
– Robert Hudson and Richard Shaw–New Ceramic Sculpture. Hand Workshop, Richmond
– Santa Barbara's 150th Birthday Celebration. Downtown, Santa Barbara
– Made In California: Art, Image and Identity. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
– Generations II. b sakata garo, Sacramento1999
– Collaborations: William Allan, Robert Hudson, William Wiley. Museum of Art, Washington State University, Pullman; Scottsdale Museum of Art, Scottsdale
– Teamworks–Robert Hudson and Richard Shaw. Yerba Buena Center For The Arts, San Francisco
– The Art of Craft. MH de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco
– By Design: Art and Wine—The Benziger Series. Imagery Estate Winery and Art Gallery, Glen Ellen
– Collaborations, William Allan William Wiley, Robert Hudson. b sakata garo, Sacramento
– Hudson, Wiley, Shaw—Collaborative Works. Sonoma State University, Cotati1998
– Robert Hudson and Richard Shaw. Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover; Massachusetts Institute of Art, Boston
– Collaborations William Allan, Robert Hudson, William Wiley. Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs; The Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami
– A Theater of Art lll. Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale1997
– Hudson, Wiley, Shaw–Collaborative Works. Hayward State University, Hayward
– Thirty Five Years at Crown Point Press. Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco1996
– Illustrious History 1871–Present. San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco1995
– Advice and Dissent collaborative Work: William Allan, Robert Hudson, William T. Wiley Palm. Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs
– California in the 60s—Funk Revisited. Allan Frumpkin Gallery, New York1994
– Selections from Rene di Rosa Collections. Oakland Museum, Oakland
– Advice and Dissent Collaborative Work: William Allan, Robert Hudson, William T. Wiley. John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
– Imagery Series Collection. Rockford College, Rockford
– Academy of Art College. Sculpture Exhibition, San Francisco1993
– Contemporary Crafts and the Saxe Collection. Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo; St. Louis Art Museum; Newport Harbor Art Museum; National Museum of American Art, Washington DC1992
– Robert Hudson: New Sculpture. Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, Santa Monica1991
– Selections from the Rene and Veronica di Rosa Collection. Redding Museum of Art and History
– American Abstraction at the Addison. Addison Gallery of American Art; Phillips Academy; Andover
– Collection of Pacific Enterprises. Corporate Offices, Los Angeles
– Robert Hudson: Sculpture, William T. Wiley Painting. Rose Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham1988
– Spectrum: New Developments in Three Dimensions. Frumkin/Adams Gallery, New York1985
– Fortissimo: Thirty Years from the Richard Brown Baker Collection of Contemporary Art. Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence; San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego; Portland Museum of Art, Portland1984
– Return of the Narrative. Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs
– California Sculpture Show. Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles; CAPC Musee dArt Contemporain de Bordeaux, France; Stadiche Kunsthalle, Mannheim, West Germany; Yourshire Sculpture Par, West Bretton, England; Sonja Henies og Niels Onstads Stiftelser, Hovidkodden, Norway (organized by the California/International Arts Foundation as part of the 1984 Olympic Arts Festival)1982
– A Private Vision: Contemporary Art from the Graham Gund Collection. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
– The West as Art: Changing Perception of Western Art in California Collections. Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs
– 100 Years of California Sculpture. The Oakland Museum, Oakland1980
– Directions. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC1979
– The First Western States Biennial Exhibition. Denver Art Museum, Denver; National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle (organized by the Western States Arts foundation with assistance from the Denver Art Museum)1976
– Painting and Sculpture in California: The Modern Era. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA; National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC1975
– 34th Biennial of Contemporary American Painting. The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
– The Condition of Sculpture Hayward Gallery. London (Arts Council of Great Britain)1971
– San Francisco Art Institute Centennial Exhibition. M.H. de Young memorial Museum, San Francisco
– The Nicholas Wilder Collection: Portrait of an Art Dealer. Fine Arts Gallery, University of Nevada, Las Vegas1970
– Annual Exhibition: Contemporary American Sculpture. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York1969
– 14 Sculptors: The Industrial Edge. Walker Art Center and Daytons Department Store, Minneapolis1968
– The West Coast Now: Current Work from the Western Seaboard. Portland Art Museum, Portland; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle; M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco; Los Angles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles
– Annual Exhibition: Contemporary American Sculpture. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY1967
– Funk. University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, CA
– American Sculpture of the Sixties. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia1966
– The Slant Step Show. Berkeley Gallery, San Francisco
– Annual Exhibition 1966: Contemporary Sculpture and Prints. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York1965
– Young America 1965: Thirty American Artists under Thirty-Five. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
– Young American Sculpture–East to West. American Express Pavilion, World’s Fair, New York1964
– The Eighty-Third Annual Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Institute. San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco
– Annual Exhibition 1964: Contemporary American Sculpture. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York1963
– The 82nd Annual Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Institute. San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco1962
– Some Points of View ‘62: San Francisco Bay Area Painting and Sculpture. Stanford University Art Gallery and Museum, Palo Alto1961
– Art of San Francisco: Ninetieth Anniversary Exhibition. San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco1960
– San Francisco Art Association Seventy-ninth Annual: Painting and Sculpture. San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco
– Northern California Sculptors Annual. Oakland Art Museum, Oakland made with Lay Theme