CODY HUDSON (American, b. 1971) lives and works in Chicago. He has presented numerous site-specific installations across the globe including in Santa Monica, Seoul, Nantes, Chicago, Bangkok, and Dresden, creating landmark murals for the Nike World Headquarters and Illumination Studios. Recent solo exhibitions include David B. Smith Gallery (Denver, CO), The Holdout (Evora de Alcobaca, Portugal), Primary (Miami, FL), mini galerie (Amsterdam, Netherlands), ANDREW RAFACZ (Chicago, IL), Left Field (San Luis Obispo, CA), HVW8 (Berlin, Germany), and V1 Gallery (Copenhagen, Denmark). Recent group exhibitions include Somerset House (London, UK), De School (Amsterdam, Netherlands), Graphische Sammlung ETH Zürich (Zürich, Switzerland), Paradigm Gallery (Philadelphia, PA), Amala Gallery (Tokyo, Japan), Joshua Liner Gallery (New York, NY), Chicago Design Museum (Chicago, IL), Guerrero Gallery (San Francisco, CA), Lamington Drive (Collingwood, Australia), and the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (Grand Rapids, MI). Hudson has been exhibited widely at art fairs in Chicago, Rotterdam, Miami, and Copenhagen.

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Cody Hudson, It’s Been A Long Time (Start Again), 2021, acrylic on linen, artist made frame, 24 x 18 in.
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Cody Hudson, Throw Me A Line (Become the Forest), 2021, acrylic on linen, artist made frame, 36 x 24 in.
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Cody Hudson, Sugar Creek Self Realization Solar Institute (Drop), 2020, acrylic on linen, 18 x 12 in.
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Cody Hudson, In the Attempt to Conform to Society’s Expectations and Improve Their Self-Esteem (Positive Mood States/Death Thoughts), 2020, acrylic on linen, 24 x 18 in.
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Cody Hudson, Discuss Evidence-Based Interventions for Combating Loneliness (The Wheels of Your Life Have Slowly Fallen Off), 2020, acrylic on linen, 54 x 40 in.
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Cody Hudson, Regular Social Connection can be a Lifeline (A Love Like That Won’t Last), acrylic on linen, 72 x 96 in.
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Cody Hudson, Do You Know How It Feels (Someday Songs), 2020, acrylic on linen, 72 x 50 in.
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Cody Hudson, They Are Looking for Something More Than This World Can Offer (Can You Drown in an Isolation Tank?), 2020, acrylic on linen, 54 x 40 in.
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Cody Hudson, Make Us Believe We Are Something (Human-Centered Reasons), 2acrylic on linen, 24 x 18 in.
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Cody Hudson, We Rely on the Trust (Mountain of Feelings), 2020, acrylic on linen, 24 x 18 in.
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Cody Hudson, They Had Repeatedly Failed to Find Meaning in Mainstream Movements (Here We Come/Back and Forth Forever), 2020, acrylic on linen, 24 x 18 in.
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Cody Hudson, Don’t Go Here Unless You Want Disappointment (Lifetime Supply), 2020, acrylic on linen, 36 x 24 in.
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Cody Hudson, Enjoy the Freedom of Never Being A Burden to Your Family (Temporary Relief), 2020,  acrylic on linen, 36 x 24 in.
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Cody Hudson, Sitting By The River (A Subtle Trance-Like State in Certain Individuals), 2018, acrylic on linen, 54 x 72
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Cody Hudson, A Feeling of Awakening Triggered by an Expansion of One’s Awareness of What is Possible (Put Your Trust In Me), 2021, powder coated steel, 17 x 24 x 10.5 in.
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Cody Hudson, A Feeling of Dissatisfaction That Follows the Failure of Expectations or Hopes to Manifest (Put Your Trust In Me), 2021, powder coated steel, 20 x 16 x 10 in.
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Cody Hudson, An Ability to Feel What Others Feel (Pamir Mountains Meditation), 2020, powder coated steel, 12 x 9.25 x 5.625 in.
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Cody Hudson, To Be Here (The Sun is Slowly Sinking), 2020, powder coated steel, 11.5 x 13.5 x 5 in.
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Cody Hudson, Micro Dot Drip 01, 2020, powder coated steel, 12 x 8.5 x 6.75 in.
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Cody Hudson, Horizontal Breaking Point (Sensory Errors), 2020, powder coated steel, 11.75 x 23.5 x 11.75 in.
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Cody Hudson, Humans Were Not Alone In Using Herbs As Medicines (Perceived Mechanism of Effect), 2020, powder coated steel, 14 x 17.75 x 13 in.
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Cody Hudson, What Was It You Said (Isolation Tank Awareness Society Logo v.2), 2021, powder coated steel, 15 x 26.25 x 9.25 in.
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Cody Hudson, Feelings of Connectedness (Sugar Creek Pseudohallucination), 2020, powder coated steel, 9.5 x 25.25 x 5.5 in.
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Cody Hudson, What’s it Like to be Alone (In This Body, In This Lifetime, I Wanted it Now), 2020, powder coated steel, 18 x 32.5 x 9.75 in.
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Cody Hudson, Vibrational Medicine Micro Series / All One or None (02), 2020, powder coated steel, 8.5 x 5 x 3.5 in.
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Cody Hudson, Everything Lost Will Be Recovered (Earthing), 2020, powder coated steel, 25.5 x 13 x 10.5 in.
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Cody Hudson, Expand Out (Perceptual Defense), 2020,powder coated steel 58.25 x 25.5 x 21.75 in.
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Cody Hudson, Everything Crash (Down Time), 2018, powder coated steel, 10.5 x 7.25 x 5.25 in
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Cody Hudson, The best new band of ’93, 2018, powder coated steel, 16.75 x 9 x 6.5 in
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Cody Hudson, Sine Tone Drones (Stack Dog), 2018, powder coated steel, 26 x 10 x 7 in
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Cody Hudson, House Was A Feeling (Dark Retreat), 2018, powder coated steel, 12.5 x 13.25 x 7.5 in
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Cody Hudson, Infinite Chants (You’re the Only World I Know), 2018, powder coated steel, 24 x 14 x 9.5 in
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Gallery Exhibitions

Selected Press