CODY HUDSON (American, b. 1971) lives and works between Chicago, IL, and Sugar Creek, WI. Residencies include The Jaunt (Seoul, South Korea), The Ecology Center (San Juan Capistrano, CA), Soho Beach House (Miami, FL), Form Arcosanti (Arcosanti, AZ), and Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN). Recent and upcoming solo exhibitions include ANDREW RAFACZ (Chicago, IL), Louis Buhl (Detroit, MI), The Jaunt (Seoul, South Korea), Primary (Miami, FL), Mini Galerie (Amsterdam, Netherlands), Left Field Gallery (Los Osos, CA), HVW8 (Berlin, Germany), and V1 Gallery (Copenhagen, Denmark). Group exhibitions include Joy Machine (Chicago, IL), Phloem Studio Gallery (Hood River, OR), Left Field Gallery (Los Osos, CA), STRAAT Museum (Amsterdam, Netherlands), Somerset House (London, UK), Joshua Liner Gallery (New York, NY), and Chicago Design Museum (Chicago, IL). In 2006 Hudson was commissioned by the City of Chicago Public Art Program to create a permanent installation at the White Sox/35th CTA station as part of the Arts in Transit Program. In 2025, he worked on a special collaboration between the Chicago Bulls and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, the first of its kind. He has exhibited at art fairs in Chicago, Copenhagen, Miami, New York, and Rotterdam. His work has been written about in Art & Object, The Chicago Reader, Hypebeast, MLB.com, NBA.com, and NewCity. Publications include Save My Life (2008), and Selected Universal Portals (2023). His work can be found in numerous private and public collections.
Gallery Exhibitions
Selected Press
- , ‘Chicago Bulls and Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago Launch Exclusive Retail Collection’, nba.com, August 2025
- , ‘Five Art Shows to See in New York Before July Ends’, Hyperallergic, Summer 2024 (PDF)
- ‘Cody Hudson + Richard Colman Share Space in Chicago’, Juxtapoz Magazine, February 22 2023
- , ‘A bright spot in contemporary painting’, The Chicago Reader, February 23 2023
- , ‘Temporary Relief: A Review of Cody Hudson at Andrew Rafacz’, Newcity Art, July 13 2020 (PDF)
- , ‘Cody Hudson Creates Abstract Compositions That Emphasize the Importance of the Human Touch’, amadeus, February 21 2020 (PDF)
- , ‘Imperfectly Perfect-Cody Hudson for RYSE Hotel’, MAEKAN, August 22 2018 (PDF)
- ‘Cody Hudson gets hands-on at RYSE’, RYSE Hotel, (PDF)
- , ‘Review: Cody Hudson/Andrew Rafacz Gallery’, Newcity Art, July 12 2013 (PDF)









































