Richard WM Hudson (b.1980) has been working as a mixed media artist since a
very young age.
Gaining awards at school for his art to then having his work acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum at 16. As well as art, Richard has worked as a set, costume & interior designer, having completed a BA in Theatre Design at Central St Martins and an MA in Film Production Design at the National Film School. His work has been strongly influenced by the decade he has spent living in a remote part of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, as well as regular visits to Scotland and Wales. He sources natural foraged materials to create art works with a dark, earthy tonality that are also homages to the materials original origin.
Richard’s woodworks are often carved, scorched, and then polished to create pieces with
strong prehistoric fossil references. Whilst others have been wielded into requiems, statuesque monuments to the glories of death. His ceramics are crafted from natural coloured raw clays and regularly paired with carefully chosen foraged artefacts. Richard’s sculptures have been exhibited in various shows both in the UK and abroad, as well as numerous public exhibitions and prominent private collections, from where they have been positively reviewed and referenced in the press.
(Quote: “My art forms are derived from my subconscious, a material reaction to my
surroundings, a Requiem, harking back to indigenous peoples’ spiritual practices and nature’s own destructive power.“)