Biography

Kate Hudson Four Finches Series

Kate Hudson Biography

1981
BA Hons, Textile Design Central School of Art & Design, London

1981-1990
Freelance textile designer and teacher

1995-current
Printmaker

 

Solo Exhibitions

2024
From the Garden, Australian Galleries

2022
Birds & Flowers, Australian Galleries

2019
Peer, Australian Print Workshop
Limited Edition, Eltham Library Community Gallery

2018
Birdwatching, Tacit Contemporary Art

2017
House & Garden, Heritage Hill

2016
Bouquet, Element Restaurant
Garden, Eltham Library Community Gallery

2014
Birdlife, The Light Factory Gallery
Flora, the Residents’ Gallery, Montsalvat

2013
Bloom, The Light Factory Gallery

2010
Ink & Clay, Eltham Library Community Gallery

2007
Ceramics and Linocuts, Eltham Library Community Gallery

2005
Prints & Pots, Eltham Library Community Gallery


Selected Group Exhibitions

2024
Ranging Reflections, Rona green print exchange, Arts Centre, Warburton
Local Remix: Still Life, works from the Nillumbik Art Collection, Montsalvat
Garden Party, New England Contemporary Print Gallery, Armidale NSW

2023
Summer Group Show, Australian Galleries
Gippsland print Award, Gippsland Art Gallery
Winter Express, Queenscliff Gallery
Off the Press, Australian Galleries
Print Fair, online exhibition Australian Galleries

2022
Artist’s Choice, New England Contemporary Print Gallery, Armidale NSWSensibility with Sue Poggioli, Queenscliff Gallery
Baldessin Studio, Australian Galleries
Relief Online, Megalo Print studio, Canberra
Paper Contemporary, Australian galleries

2021
State of the Mark, Australian Galleries

2020
Wings & Bloom, Print Room Gallery, Australian Galleries

2019
Impressions II, Whitehorse Artspace
Feature artist, Art 4 All
Out of Slumber, Queenscliff Gallery & Workshop (QG&W)
Editions 19, Tacit Contemporary Art

2018
Impressions, Australian Print Workshop (APW)
The Overwintering Project, Moonah Arts Centre, Hobart
Inkmasters Print exhibition 2018, Tanks Art Centre, Cairns
Winter Salon, Port Jackson Press
Peer, APW
Eventide, NERAM, Armidale NSW
Women in the Collection, Whitehorse Artspace
Celebrating 30 Years, Nillumbik Artists Open Studios, Montsalvat
Beauty Or Beast? QG&W

2017
Summer Impressions, Port Jackson Press
Summer Exhibition, Hawthorn Studio & Gallery
Imaginings Print Exchange, Neospace
Impressions a Celebration of Printmaking, Manyung Malvern
Relief Printmaking Show, QG&W
Tracing the Line in Contemporary Printmaking, Port Jackson Press
Nature, APW
Editions 17, Tacit Contemporary Art
Bella Flora, St Michael’s Gallery

2016
Proof: the best of contemporary printmaking, Port Jackson Press
Verdant Garden, Bundoora Homestead
Impressions 2016, APW
Red Stocking, Xmas group show, Red Gallery
Singapore Affordable Art Fair, Manyung Gallery
Chromatic, QG&W
Bellarine Print Prize, Tussock Upstairs
Primavera, QG&W
Home Nostalgia, QG&W
Contemporary Paper, Port Jackson Press
June Exhibition, QG&W
Eventide, Mornington Peninsular regional Gallery
Australian Fauna & Flora on Show, Media House Gallery
Birds + Us, Claire Layman Gallery

2015
Queenscliff Gallery & Workshop opening exhibition
Heatwave, Australian Print Workshop (APW)
Wrap Up, Port Jackson Press
Nillumbik artists Open Studios
Art 4 All
Silk Cut Award finalist
Winter Print Olympics, Port Jackson Press
Bimblebox 153 Birds, Impress Printmakers Studio Gallery
On Nature, Ange Fenwick Gallery
March feature artist at Tussock Upstairs
Editions 2015, Tacit Contemporary Art
Unfolding Flora, Bundoora Homestead

2014
Impressions, APW
90, Port Jackson Press
From Nature, Port Jackson Press
APW Print Fair, APW
An Irish Connection, Tussock Upstairs
Nature, Manyung Gallery
Supergraph, Royal Exhibition Building
Editions, Tacit Contemporary

2013
Silk Cut Award finalist
Art 4 All
Botanica, Whitehorse Artspace
Colour in Relief, APW
Nillumbik Prize finalist
Canterbury Art Show
The Art of Food and Wine, The Light Factory Gallery

2012
Impressions 2012, APW
Nillumbik Artists’ Open Studio 25 Birthday Exhibition, The Light Factory Gallery
Art 4 All feature artist
Silk Cut Award finalist
Nillumbik Prize finalist
Fourfold, The Light Factory Gallery
Canterbury Art Show

2011
Scholarships Exposed: Where are they now? APW
Feature artist Canterbury Art Show

2010
Impressions 2010, APW
Silk Cut Award finalist
Affordable and Collectable, Metropolis Gallery
Birds among the Banksias, Whitehorse Artspace

2009
Silk Cut Award finalist

2008
Bird Song, APW
Nillumbik Prize finalist

2007
APW Impressions from Australia, Australian Embassy, Washington DC
50, print exchange portfolio, Geelong Gallery
Nillumbik Prize finalist

2006
Impressions, APW
Recently, APW
Animal Vegetable Mineral, APW

2005
Triptych, Angela Robarts-Bird Gallery, Gasworks Art Park

2004
Silk Cut Award finalist
Impressions, APW

2003
Nillumbik Prize finalist
Accessible, APW

 

Collections

  • Aichi Prefectural Government, Japan

  • Austin Hospital, VIC

  • Australian Catholic University, VIC

  • Australian Print Workshop, VIC

  • Australian Unity, VIC

  • City of Darebin, VIC

  • City of Whitehorse, VIC

  • Crown Casino, VIC

  • Geelong Gallery, VIC

  • Mornington Peninsular Regional Gallery, VIC

  • National Gallery of Australia, ACT

  • Nillumbik Shire Council, VIC

  • Print Council of Australia, Vic

  • University of Woolongong, NSW

Collaborations

2011-current Catherine Manuell Design has been using my prints each season on a range of bags and purses.

2021 – current Blue Island Press are using some of my prints for greeting cards and calendars.

Awards & Scholarships

2005 Recipient of an APW Collie Print Trust Emerging Victorian Printmaker’s Scholarship

Group Associations

2010 - current Nillumbik Artists Open Studios