DAN HUDSON – Curriculum Vitae
Dan Hudson is a Canadian artist living in Berlin, Germany. He received a BFA in Visual Art at York University (Toronto, Canada) and studied anthropology at UCSD (California, USA). Hudson’s art practice includes painting, sculpture, photography, video, sound and multimedia. Hudson has received numerous awards for his art and his exhibitions have garnered much critical attention. His work has been shown internationally and is represented in the collections of museums, public galleries and private collections throughout North America and Europe.
2011 Public Choice Award - NordArt, Büdelsdorf, Germany
2011 Honourable Mention - Film/Video Montecatini Cinema 2011 - Milano, Italy
2011 Special Mention - Asolo International Art Film Festival - Venice, Italy
2010 Grand Jury Award - Edmonton International Film Festival - Edmonton, Alberta
2010 Audience Choice Award - FrontDoc Rencontres Documentaries 2011 - D’Aosta, Italy
GRANTS / SCHOLARSHIPS
2011 Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Project Grant
2010 Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Project Grant
2010 Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Purchase Award
2009 Canada Council Grant, ACDI
2009 Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Project Grant
2009 Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Purchase Award
2006 Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Project Grant
2004 Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Project Grant
2003 Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Project Grant
1997 Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Purchase Award
1994 Canada Council, B Grant
1993 Canada Council, Short Term Grant
1992 Canada Council, Travel Grant
1992 Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance
1990 Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance
1989 Ontario Arts Council, Short Term Grant
1988 Canada Council, Project Grant
1988 Ontario Arts Council, Materials Assistance
1987 Art Bank Purchase
1987 Ontario Arts Council, Project Grant
1986 Canada Council, Short Term Grant
1984 Program Scholarship – The Banff Centre
1984 Heinz Jordan Memorial Scholarship – York University
1983 Carl Diar Visual Arts Scholarship – York University
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 Art Gallery of Calgary, Media Gallery - Calgary, Alberta
2007 Skew Gallery - Calgary, Alberta
2006 Summit Gallery of Fine Art - Banff, Alberta
2004 Skew Gallery – Calgary, Alberta
1997 The James Baird Gallery - St. John’s, Newfoundland
1995 The James Baird Gallery - St. John's, Newfoundland
1994 The Whyte Museum - Banff, Alberta
1994 Project Gallery - Vancouver, British Columbia
1993 The Paul Kuhn Gallery - Calgary, Alberta
1993 The MacLaren Art Centre - Barrie, Ontario
1992 Art Gallery of Wilfrid Laurier University - Waterloo, Ontario
1991 Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Hart House, U of T – Toronto, Ontario
1991 The Jerrard Gallery - Toronto, Ontario
1990 The Robert McLaughlin Gallery - Oshawa, Ontario
1989 The Welch Gallery - Ottawa, Ontario
1988 Grunwald Gallery - Toronto, Ontario
1988 The Welch Gallery - Ottawa, Ontario
1988 Mercer Union - Toronto, Ontario
1987 The Welch Gallery - Ottawa, Ontario
1987 Artcite - Windsor, Ontario
1984 The Orbit Art Room - Toronto, Ontario
2012 SCA Project Gallery – Pomona, CA - Patterns, Seasons & Uprisings
2011 Manifest Gallery - Cincinnati, Ohio - Observed
2011 Grimmuseum - Berlin, Germany - FITAX1500
2011 Berliner Liste Fair for Contemporary Art – Berlin, Germany
2011 A Trans Pavillion – Berlin, Germany - Call/response participation for Backtrack by Gwen MacGregor & Sandra Rechico
2011 Jarvis Hall Fine Art – Calgary, Alberta - Bring the Noise
2011 Funkhaus Atelier Project – Berlin, Germany
2011 NordArt 2011 – Büdelsdorf, Germany
2011 The Private Space Gallery – Barcelona, Spain - Jour de Fête
2011 Virtual Kunstraum Online Gallery – Berlin, Germany - The Hours
2011 Takt Open Studios - Berlin, Germany
2011 Meinblau Gallery – Berlin, Germany - International Director’s Lounge
2010 The Whyte Museum – Banff, Alberta - Grizzly!
2010 Visual Voice Gallery – Montreal, Quebec - Freedom Sparks International Video Art
2010 Rodos International Visual Arts Festival – Rodos Island, Greece - Ecofilms
2009 The Edge Gallery – Canmore, Alberta - Summer’s Edge
2008 Alberta Society of Artists, Travelling Exhibition Program - Expedition
2007 Bau-Xi Gallery - Toronto, Ontario
2007 Robert Kidd Gallery - Detroit, Michigan
2005 Summit Gallery - Banff, Alberta
2005 Robert Kidd Gallery - Detroit, Michigan
2004 Skew Gallery - Calgary, Alberta - Drive
2000 Walter Phillips Gallery - Banff, Alberta - First Descent
2000 Bellevue Art Museum - Washington, USA - First Descent
1991 James Baird Gallery - Newfoundland - Dan Hudson & Brent McIntosh
1998 The Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador - Painters Newfoundland
1998 The Southern Alberta Art Gallery - Lethbridge, Alberta - Painters Newfoundland
1995 Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Alberta - Call of the Wild
1994 The Yukon Arts Centre - Whitehorse, Yukon - The Kluane Exhibition
1994 The McMichael Gallery - Kleinburg, Ontario - The Kluane Exhibition
1994 Parry Sound Museum and Gallery - Parry Sound, Ontario - The Georgian Bay Work- John Hartman, Dan Hudson,Tim Zuck
1994 Hee Ro Art Gallery - Pusan, Korea - Korean Canadian Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Art
1994 Baik Gallery - Seoul, Korea - Korean Canadian Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Art
1994 Hart House Gallery, University of Toronto – Toronto, Ontario - Korean Canadian Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Art
1994 The Edmonton Art Gallery - Edmonton, Alberta - Return to Paradise
1994 Home Oil Office Tower (Temporary Site) – Calgary, Alberta - Return to Paradise
1994 The Nickel Art Museum, University of Calgary – Calgary, Alberta - New Economy
1994 The Whyte Museum - Banff, Alberta - Reframing The Landscape
1993 Southern Alberta Art Gallery – Lethbridge, Alberta - Literary Illusions, touring exhibition
1993 Paul Kuhn Fine Arts - Calgary, Alberta - Drawings
1992 The McMichael Gallery - Kleinburg, Ontario - Legal Perspective
1992 Southern Alberta Art Gallery - Lethbridge, Alberta - McIntyre Ranch Project Exhibition
1992 The Robert McLaughlin Gallery - Oshawa, Ontario - Echoes of Tom Thompson
1992 The Tom Thomson Gallery - Owen Sound, Ontario - Echoes of Tom Thompson
1992 Kitchener\Waterloo Gallery - Ontario - View From The Chesterfield
1992 The Market Gallery - Toronto, Ontario - Toronto: City Seen\City Scenes
1991 Southern Alberta Art Gallery - Lethbridge, Alberta - Oldman River Expedition
1990 Grunwald Gallery - Toronto, Ontario - friENDS
1990 Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery - Medicine Hat, Alberta - Water
1989 Bridge Art Museum (temporary site) - Lethbridge, Alberta - Chronicle
1989 Grunwald & Watterson Gallery - Toronto, Ontario - Four Gallery Artists
1989 The Welch Gallery - Ottawa, Ontario - The Welch Gallery 10th Anniversary Exhibition
1988 Nova Gallery (temporary site) - Calgary, Alberta - Nova Realities
1986 Off Centre Centre - Calgary, Alberta - Exposure
1985 Gallery Oboro - Montreal, Quebec - Red Cloud
1985 A.R.C - Toronto, Ontario - Interior Rites and Rituals
2011 Festival Loop/Screen - Barcelona, Spain - Off Loop Fair
2011 FilmVideo Montecatini Cinema 2011 – Italy
2011 Arizona State University Art Museum Short Film & Video Festival – Arizona, USA
2011 Grimsby Institute – Grimsby, UK - Lightworks Festival
2011 Moves International Festival of Movement on Screen – Liverpool, UK
2010 Edmonton International Film Festival – Edmonton, Alberta
2010 Asolo International Art Festival - Venice, Italy
2010 Concorto Film Festival – Milano, Italy
2010 Tabor International Film Festival - Tabor, Croatia
2010 FrontDoc – Aosta, Italy - Rencontres Documentaires de la Vallée d’Aoste – 2010
2010 The Edge Gallery - Canmore, Alberta - Lines: Ski & Snowboard Photography
2003 The Whyte Museum - Banff, Alberta - Extreme Exposure
EDUCATION
1981 – 82 UCSD, University of California, San Diego (California, USA)
1978 – 84 BFA Visual Arts, York University (Toronto, Ontario)
ARTIST RESIDENCIES / PROJECTS
2011 TAKT Residency - Berlin, Germany
1998 Pouch Cove, Newfoundland - Part of Painters NFLD
1998 Pouch Cove Newfoundland
1994 Icefields Expedition, Whyte Museum, Alberta
1993 Kluane Expedition, Yukon
1992 McIntyre Ranch Project, Alberta
1991 Old Man River Expedition, Alberta
1984 The Banff Centre Visual Arts - Banff, Alberta - Art Studio Residency
Dan Hudson’s News, Weather & Sports; Canada Exhibition Reviews, 2010, by Richard White
Oh Snap! Swerve Magazine, May 2009, by Harry Vandervlist
A Different Angle - Dan Hudson; Snowboard Magazine 2005, by John Erben
Art of Life: Paintings & Photography of Dan Hudson; Snowboard Journal, 2004, by Ewan Morrison
Swerve (03-18-2005), Kevin Brooker
SB Journal (winter 2004), Ewan Morrison
SBC Magazine (Spring 2000), Elise Adams
New Economy, The Nickle Arts Museum, University of Calgary, 1994, Katherine Ylitalo
Calgary Herald (September 9, 1994), Nancy Tousley
The Georgia Straight -Vancouver(March 17, 1994) Paula Gustafson
Calgary Herald (July 2, 1993), Nancy Tousley
Artichoke (Spring\Summer ‘92), Jeremy Perkins
Vie Des Arts (Hiver 1991‑1992), Pierre Karch
View From The Chesterfield; Kitchener/Waterloo Art Gallery, 1992, Ron Shuebrook
Art Post Magazine (Summer issue ‘91), Joan Murray
NOW Magazine –Toronto (April 18-24, 1991), Deirdre Hanna
Workseen (December ‘90‑January ‘91), Linda Jansma
The Toronto Star (October 11, 1990), Paul Irish
Art Carleton; Carleton University Press, 1989, Roger J Mesley, Roger
The Toronto Star (November 11, 1988), Christopher Hume
NOW Magazine –Toronto (July 14‑20, 1988), Connie Hitzeroth
The Globe and Mail (July 9, 1988), John Bentley Mays
REVEIWS, GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Art Impressions: Kluane Expedition (Spring ‘95), Janet McNaught
Calgary Herald (June 20, 1994), Jeff Adams
Text - City Scenes (1992), Gillian Reddyhoff
Borealis Magazine (Spring ‘92), Paula Gustafson
Artichoke (Fall\Winter ’91), Mary‑Beth Laviolette
The Globe and Mail (May 3, 1991), Kate Taylor
The Toronto Star (April 12, 1991), Christopher Hume
The Calgary Herald (July 7, 1990), Paula Gustafson
The Calgary Herald (March 21, 1986), Nancy Tousley
The Globe and Mail (May 9, 1985), John Bentley Mays
The Toronto Star (May 3, 1985), Christopher Hume
National Geographic (USA), Time (USA), Life (USA), Rolling Stone (USA), Vanity Fair (USA), Elle (USA), Maxium (USA), FMH (USA), Men’s Journal (USA), Outside (USA), Playboy (USA), Snowboarder (USA), Runner’s World (USA), Velo News (USA), Couloir (USA), Pleasure (Germany), Playboard (Germany), Rider (France), Hula (Finland), Fall Line (UK), Powder (USA), Powder (Japan), Freerun (Japan), Snowboarder (Japan), Bike (USA), Transworld Snowboarding (USA), Frequency (USA) Explore (Canada), SBC (Canada), Skier (Canada), New York Times (USA), Los Angeles Times (USA), The Times of London (UK), National Post (Canada), Globe & Mail (Canada)