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. CONTACT
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Addison Gallery of American Art, AndoverAlbright-Knox Gallery, BuffaloAtlantic Richfield, Los AngelesBerkeley Art Museum, University of California, BerkeleyArt Institute of ChicagoCrocker Art Museum, Sacramentode Young Museum, San Franciscodi Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, NapaHenry Art Gallery, University of Washington, SeattleHirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, WashingtonHonolulu Museum of ArtIndianapolis Museum of ArtLos Angeles County Museum of ArtMint Museum of Craft and Design, CharlotteMuseum of Fine Arts, BostonThe Museum of Modern Art, New YorkNational Gallery of Art, WashingtonOakland Museum of CaliforniaPalm Springs Art MuseumPhiladelphia Museum of ArtSan Francisco Arts CommissionSan Francisco Museum of Modern ArtSmithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DCStedelijk Museum, AmsterdamSt. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 Between The Lines: Sculpture and Paintings on Paper. Bivins Gallery, Dallas
2016 Robert Hudson: New Work. South Willard, Los Angeles
2015 Recent Sculpture and Drawings. Brian Gross Fine Art, San FranciscoRobert Hudson New Works. South Willard, Los Angeles
2013 Legends of the Bay Area: Robert Hudson. Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, NovatoRobert Hudson: Sculpture. Perimeter Gallery, Chicago
2012 Robert Hudson: Recent Sculpture. Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland
2011 Robert Hudson. Sanchez Gallery, Pacifica
2010 Robert Hudson: Sculpture and Drawings. Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San FranciscoRobert Hudson: Sculpture. Perimeter Gallery, Chicago
2008 Robert Hudson: Sculpture. Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica
2007 Robert Hudson: Found Objects. Perimeter Gallery, Chicago
2005 Robert Hudson: New Work. Perimeter Gallery, ChicagoRobert Hudson: The Sonoma County Years, 1977–2005. Sonoma County Museum, Santa Rosa
2004 Robert Hudson: Sculpture/Constructions. b sakata garo, Sacramento
2003 Robert Hudson: Ceramics. Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica
2001 Robert Hudson: Ceramics. Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa MonicaRobert Hudson: Works on Paper. Robert Mondavi Gallery, Oakville
2000 Robert Hudson: Ceramics. Drawings, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New YorkRobert Hudson: Ceramics. Sculpture, Drawings, b sakata garo, Sacramento
1999 Robert Hudson: Ceramic Sculpture, Drawings. Robischon Gallery, DenverRobert Hudson: Ceramics. Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa MonicaCollaborations, William Allan, William Wiley, Robert Hudson. b sakata garo, Fine Art, Sacramento
1998 Robert Hudson: Ceramics. Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York
1996 Robert Hudson: Drawings and Sculpture. Morgan Gallery, Kansas City
1995 Works On Paper. Struve Gallery, Chicago
1991 Robert Hudson: Sculpture and Works on Paper. John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
1989 Robert Hudson: New Sculpture. Frumkin/Adams Gallery, New York
1987 Robert Hudson: Sculpture. Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, Santa Monica
1986 Robert Hudson: Unique Polychrome Bronzes. Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York
1985 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 Beach
1984 Robert Hudson: Paintings and Works on Paper. Richard Eugene Fuller Art Gallery, Beaver College, Glenside
1983 The Bob Hudson Show. Morgan Gallery, Shawnee Mission
1982 Robert Hudson. Fuller Goldeen Gallery, San FranciscoRobert Hudson: Sculpture and Drawings. Richard L. Nelson Gallery, UC Davis, Davis
1981 Robert Hudson: New Polychrome Sculpture. Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York
1979 Robert Hudson. Hansen Fuller Gallery, San FranciscoRobert Hudson: Paintings, Constructions, and Drawings. South Campus Art Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami
1978 Robert Hudson: New Paintings and Drawings. Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York
1977 Robert Hudson. Allan Frumkin Gallery, New YorkRobert Hudson. Hansen Fuller Gallery, San FranciscoRobert Hudson. Portland Center For The Visual Arts, PortlandTwo California Artists; Robert Hudson and Roy De Forest Institute of Contemporary Art, BostonRobert Hudson. Moore College of Art Gallery, Philadelphia
1976 Robert Hudson. Allan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago
1975 Robert Hudson: Paintings and Sculptures. Hansen Fuller Gallery, San Francisco
1974 Robert Hudson/Richard Shaw: Work in Porcelain. San Francisco Museum of Art, San FranciscoRobert Hudson: Paintings. Hansen Fuller Gallery, San FranciscoRobert Hudson/Richard Shaw: Work in Porcelain. EG Gallery, Kansas City
1972 Robert Hudson: Recent Sculpture. Allan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago
1971 Robert Hudson: New Sculpture. Allan Frumkin Gallery, New YorkThe Star Show. University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley
1970 Robert Hudson. Michael Walls Gallery, San Francisco
1967 Robert Hudson: Recent Sculpture. Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles
1965 Robert Hudson Sculpture: 1965 Nealie Sullivan Award Exhibition. Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San FranciscoRobert Hudson: First New York Exhibition. Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York
1964 Robert Hudson. Lanyon Gallery, Palo Alto
1962 Robert Hudson. Bolles Gallery, San Francisco
1961 Sculpture and Drawings by Robert Hudson. Batman Gallery, San FranciscoSculpture by Robert Hudson. Richmond Art Center, Richmond
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 3 Friends: Hudson, Stuppin, Shaw, Art Museum of Sonoma County, Santa RosaKinder Gentler Nation, Karma, New York
2016 Eyebeam, Brian Gross Fine Art, San FranciscoImagery Art for Wine Collection: An Art and Wine Partnership. Triton Museum of Art, Santa ClaraThe Butterfly Effect: Art in the 1970’s, California. Palo Alto Art Center, Palo AltoReclaimed: Elevating The Art of Reuse San Francisco. Art Education Project, Minnesota Street, San Francisco
2015 The Ceramic Presence in Modern Art. Yale University Art Gallery, New HavenWhat Nerve! Alternative Figures in American Art 1960 to the Present. Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
2014 What Nerve! Alternative Figures in American Art, 1960 to the Present. RISD Museum, Providence
2013 Small is Beautiful. Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa MonicaCurator’s Choice: Bay Area. Art Ascent, San Francisco
2012 The Intersection of Art And Music. Sonoma State University Gallery, Rohnert ParkRobert Hudson and Cornelia Schulz: In Conversation. Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San FranciscoCalifornia Dreamin’: Thirty Years of Collecting. Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs20@20: Twenty Artists at Twenty Years. Paradise Ridge Winery Sculpture Garden, Santa Rosa
2009 Robert Hudson & Richard Shaw. American University, Washington, DCGroup Show. Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San FranciscoSculpture. Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa MonicaRobert Hudson & Richard Shaw: Ceramic Sculpture. San Jose State University, San Jose
2008 Sculpture. Perimeter Gallery, Chicago
2006 Recent Acquisitions. di Rosa Preserve: Art & Nature, Napa
2005 Spectrum, Sculpture, Sonoma. Paradise Ridge Winery, Santa RosaTeapots. Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa MonicaRobert Hudson John di Marchi, Michael Cooper. Santa Rosa Junior College Museum, Santa Rosa
2004 25th Anniversary Exhibition. Sonoma State University Art Gallery, Rohnert ParkCrown Point Press: Prints. Crown Point Press, San Francisco
2003 The Other Side. b sakata garo, SacramentoColor, Form & Figure. John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
2002 Hudson, De Forest, Holland. John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
2001 Hudson/Shaw Ceramics. Byron Cohen Gallery, Kansas CityCollection of the Artist: Manuel Neri. Benicia
2000 Celebrating Modern Art–The Anderson Collection. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San FranciscoLooking Toward the Future. SFMOMA Rental Gallery, San FranciscoRobert Hudson and Richard Shaw–New Ceramic Sculpture. Hand Workshop, RichmondSanta Barbara's 150th Birthday Celebration. Downtown, Santa BarbaraMade In California: Art, Image and Identity. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los AngelesGenerations II. b sakata garo, Sacramento
1999 Collaborations: William Allan, Robert Hudson, William Wiley. Museum of Art, Washington State University, Pullman; Scottsdale Museum of Art, ScottsdaleTeamworks–Robert Hudson and Richard Shaw. Yerba Buena Center For The Arts, San FranciscoThe Art of Craft. MH de Young Memorial Museum, San FranciscoBy Design: Art and Wine—The Benziger Series. Imagery Estate Winery and Art Gallery, Glen EllenCollaborations, William Allan William Wiley, Robert Hudson. b sakata garo, SacramentoHudson, Wiley, Shaw—Collaborative Works. Sonoma State University, Cotati
1998 Robert Hudson and Richard Shaw. Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover; Massachusetts Institute of Art, BostonCollaborations William Allan, Robert Hudson, William Wiley. Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs; The Art Museum at Florida International University, MiamiA Theater of Art lll. Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale
1997 Hudson, Wiley, Shaw–Collaborative Works. Hayward State University, HaywardThirty Five Years at Crown Point Press. Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco
1996 Illustrious History 1871–Present. San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco
1995 Advice and Dissent collaborative Work: William Allan, Robert Hudson, William T. Wiley Palm. Springs Desert Museum, Palm SpringsCalifornia in the 60s—Funk Revisited. Allan Frumpkin Gallery, New York
1994 Selections from Rene di Rosa Collections. Oakland Museum, OaklandAdvice and Dissent Collaborative Work: William Allan, Robert Hudson, William T. Wiley. John Berggruen Gallery, San FranciscoImagery Series Collection. Rockford College, RockfordAcademy of Art College. Sculpture Exhibition, San Francisco
1993 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 DC
1992 Robert Hudson: New Sculpture. Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, Santa Monica
1991 Selections from the Rene and Veronica di Rosa Collection. Redding Museum of Art and HistoryAmerican Abstraction at the Addison. Addison Gallery of American Art; Phillips Academy; AndoverCollection of Pacific Enterprises. Corporate Offices, Los AngelesRobert Hudson: Sculpture, William T. Wiley Painting. Rose Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham
1988 Spectrum: New Developments in Three Dimensions. Frumkin/Adams Gallery, New York
1985 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, Portland
1984 Return of the Narrative. Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm SpringsCalifornia 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, BostonThe West as Art: Changing Perception of Western Art in California Collections. Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs100 Years of California Sculpture. The Oakland Museum, Oakland
1980 Directions. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
1979 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, DC
1975 34th Biennial of Contemporary American Painting. The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DCThe 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 FranciscoThe Nicholas Wilder Collection: Portrait of an Art Dealer. Fine Arts Gallery, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
1970 Annual Exhibition: Contemporary American Sculpture. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
1969 14 Sculptors: The Industrial Edge. Walker Art Center and Daytons Department Store, Minneapolis
1968 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 AngelesAnnual Exhibition: Contemporary American Sculpture. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
1967 Funk. University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, CAAmerican Sculpture of the Sixties. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
1966 The Slant Step Show. Berkeley Gallery, San FranciscoAnnual Exhibition 1966: Contemporary Sculpture and Prints. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
1965 Young America 1965: Thirty American Artists under Thirty-Five. Whitney Museum of American Art, New YorkYoung American Sculpture–East to West. American Express Pavilion, World’s Fair, New York
1964 The Eighty-Third Annual Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Institute. San Francisco Museum of Art, San FranciscoAnnual Exhibition 1964: Contemporary American Sculpture. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
1963 The 82nd Annual Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Institute. San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco
1962 Some Points of View ‘62: San Francisco Bay Area Painting and Sculpture. Stanford University Art Gallery and Museum, Palo Alto
1961 Art of San Francisco: Ninetieth Anniversary Exhibition. San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco
1960 San Francisco Art Association Seventy-ninth Annual: Painting and Sculpture. San Francisco Museum of Art, San FranciscoNorthern California Sculptors Annual. Oakland Art Museum, Oakland