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