CURRICULUM VITAE
WAYNE Z. HUDSON
BORN 1948, Burnie, Tasmania
EDUCATION
2001 Doctor of Philosophy, Schoolof Art, Hobart, University of Tasmania
1989 Bachelorof Fine Arts with Honors, (First Class), School of Art,
University of Tasmania
1986-88 Bachelor of Fine Arts, School ofArt, Hobart, University of Tasmania
PROFESSIONALEXPERIENCE
2021. Tasmania Sculpture, Shoebox exhibition Deloraine, judge
2021 Bayof Fires Art Prize, judge
2017 - 2018 TasmanianCraft Fair Judge, Deloraine, Tas.
2013 Resigned from University ofTasmania: commenced own practice full time, Tasmania
2012 Headof Furniture Design, School of Art Hobart, University of Tasmania
2010 Curator “Deviot Undressed”,Sculpture on the Riverbank exhibition, Deviot, Tasmania
2002 - 2012 AppointedLecturer in Visual Arts, Head of Sculpture, (Head of Textiles from 2007 - 12),School of Visual and Performing Arts, University of Tasmania.
2000 Chairof the Artists Development Panel, Arts Tasmania
2000 Member of the Board - ArtsTasmania
1997- 1999 Artists Development PanelMember - Arts Tasmania
1997 Research Development, PaleyStudio, Rochester, New York, USA, (3 months)
1997 Guest Speaker - LectureSeries, SOFA Chicago 1997, USA
1997 Artist in Residence - BurnieCity Council
1996 Part-timelecturer in Furniture Design at the School of Art, University of Tasmania,Hobart
1994 ConductedNational Metal Symposium, Unitech, Auckland, New Zealand
1993 Artist in Residence atCarrington Polytechnic, Auckland, NZ, (6 months)
1993 Internship at Paley Studios,Rochester, New York, USA (3 months)
1992 Part-timelecturer in “Furniture Design”, Tasmanian School of Art, University of Tasmania
1992 Designing and prototypedeveloping for Wellington Furniture, Hobart, Tas.
1991 Overseas Research Developmentin the USA and Europe, (6 months)
1991 SummerSchools: Penland School for Craft, North Carolina, USA (Blacksmithing),
1991 SummerSchool: Haystack School for Craft, Deer Island, Maine, USA (Furniture Design)
1991 Part time tutor in Sculpture,School of Art, Hobart, Tasmania
1986-92 Parttime upholstery tutor, Furniture design, School of Art, Tasmania
1978-79 Part time upholstery tutor, BurnieTechnical college
1968-80 Practiced in the upholstery trade,running own business/workshop
1965-68 Apprenticed in upholstery
SOLOEXHIBITIONS
2018 “TyndallMuse”, Unconformity, Queenstown, Q Station House
2013 “Tension”Gallery Pejean, Launceston, Tasmania
2012 “25Years of Excellence”, New Gallery, Newnham, University of Tasmania
2010 “OrangeSkin” Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Burnie, Tasmania
2009 "Orange Skin" 146Arts, Hobart, Tasmania
2009 “Orange Skin” School ofVisual and Performing Arts, Academy Gallery,
Catalogue Essay by AshleyCrawford, curated by Malcom Bywaters
2000 “Props for Social Discourse”,CAST, Hobart, Tasmania
1999 “Driftmetal”, Salamanca ArtsCentre, Hobart, Tasmania
1998 “Driftmetal”,Burnie City Council, Tasmania
1994 “Forgotten Past”, FisherGallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1994 “Forgotten Past”, Dowse ArtMuseum, Wellington, New Zealand
GROUPEXHIBITIONS
2022 Sculptureby the Sea, Bondi, Sydney, NSW
2022. InsideSculpture by the Sea. Bondi, Sydney, NSW
2019 Sculptureby the Sea, Bondi, Sydney, NSW
2019 InsideSculpture Exhibition, Bondi, Sydney
2019 “Artof the Body” health, beauty & desire, Medical Science Precinct, Hobart
2019 “Artof the Body” health, beauty & desire, Academy Gallery, Mona Foma
2018 ArtentwineSculpture Biennial, Small Sculpture Prize (finialist)
2018 Bakhap Award for Sculpture,North East Tasmania, (finialist)
2018 Speed: Mobility &Exchange, Academy gallery, School of Creative Arts, Tas
2016 40 Years 40 Designers, DesignTasmania Center, Launceston, Tasmania
2016 “Never Alone” Artentwinefinalist for Acquisition Sculpture Prize, West
Tamar Art Group, Launceston, Tas
2016 “Navigatingthe Internal Landscape,” Academy Gallery, TCOTA, Inveresk
2015 “Quarter Acre Block”, SpaceGallery, Scotch Oakburn College, Launceston
2015 “Growth Change Influence” TheUniversity Art Schools in Tasmania 125 years, Queen Victoria Art Gallery, Royal Park, Launceston,Tasmanias
2015 West Tamar Art GroupExhibition, “Conflict and Compassion”, Clarendon House
2014 Artentwine finalist forAcquisition Sculpture Prize, West Tamar Art Group, Launceston, Tas
2014 “House and Home, AcademyGallery, Tasmania College of the Arts, Inveresk, Launceston
2014 “HomeStay” Poimena Gallery, Launceston Church Grammar School, Tasmania
2014 “RethinkingJimmy Possum”, Design Tasmania Centre Launceston
2014 “Sculpture2014” Gallery Pejean, Launceston, Tasmania
2014 “House and Home, VictoriaCollege of the Arts, Melbourne Uni. Catalogue by Peter Timms
2013 “Showcase”2013, Gallery Pejean, Launceston, Tasmania
2013 “Tasmania Now”, Ten Days onthe Island Exhibition, Academy Gallery, TCOTA, Uni Tas
2012 “Theatre of the World” Museumof Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania, curated by Jean – Hubert Martin
2012 “GroupExhibition, Gallery Pejean, Launceston, Tasmania
2012 “LauncestonNow” New Gallery, Newnham, University of Tasmania
2010 “Souvenirs” Residency workfrom CitéInternational des Arts. Paris, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart
2010 “Body Exquisite” New Gallery,Newnham, University of Tasmania
2009 International ShoeboxSculpture Exhibition, University of Hawaii Art Gallery
2008 “Get Staffed”, PowerhouseGallery, Launceston, Tasmania
2008 International ShoeboxSculpture Exhibition, touring Asia
2007 “Ceramics:Aesthetics of Materiality” Uni. of Tasmania, Academy Gallery, Launceston. Tas.
2007 “Thimble”,University of Tasmania, Academy Gallery, Launceston, Tas.
2007 “Island to Island”,University of Tasmania, Academy Gallery, Launceston, Tas.
2007 “Island to Island” UniversitiSains Malaysia, July - August
2007 “Island to Island” Universityof Hawaii Monoa, August – October
2007 Burnie Art Gallery, “DancingTigress” Foyer Exhibit, Burnie, Tasmania
2007 International ShoeboxSculpture Exhibition, touring Asia
2006 “Fifty Trees of Launceston”,SVPA, Design Center, Launceston, Tas
2006 “DancingTigress” School of Visual and Performing Arts, Academy Gallery, Launceston,Tas.
2006 International ShoeboxSculpture Exhibition, University of Hawaii Art Gallery
2005 “Convergence” San FranciscoMuseum of Craft and Design
2005 “Belowthe Surface” School of Visual and Performing Arts, Academy Gallery, Launceston,Tas.
2005 “GestureMachine” School of Visual and Performing Arts, Academy Gallery, Launceston,Tas.
2005 “Convergence” OceansideMuseum Of Art, San Diego, USA
2005 “Rhapsody21C” Tasmanian Contemporary Art, SVPA, Academy Gallery, Launceston, Tas.
2005 “Convergence” CarnegieGallery, Hobart, Tasmania
2004 “Dare to Look, TasmanianLiving Artists Week, Launceston business, Croplines
2003 “WhiteLine Fever”, School of Visual and Performing Arts, Academy Gallery, Launceston,Tas.
2003 “Travellingthe Roundabout”, School of Visual and Performing Arts, Academy Gallery,
2003 Launceston, PlympsolGallery, Hohart, University Gallery, Burnie, Tasmania
2003 Exhibition for stage play “Hive”, The Annexe, S.V.P.A. Launceston, Universityof Tas.
2003 “OurPiping Lane”, School of Visual and Performing Arts, Launceston, Tasmania
2001-02 “Wherehave they been”, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
2000 ARTFAIR2000, Melbourne, Victoria - represented by Despard Gallery, Hobart
2000 Againstthe Grain: Australian Sculptural Furniture, Brisbane City Gallery
1998 Sculptureby the Sea, Tasman Peninsula (collaborative)
1998 S.O.F.A. New York,1998, represented by Despard Gallery
1998 S.O.F.A Chicago, 1998,represented by Despard Gallery
1998 Public Art Private Visions -University Gallery, Main Campus, Tas.
1997 S.O.F.A Chicago, 1997,represented by Despard Gallery
1997 Great Sydney Antiques Fair,represented by Despard Gallery
1997 Quadrivium Gallery - S.O.F.A.Furniture Artists in Sydney
1996 FifthAustralian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
1996 “Pulp Art”, Burnie RegionalArt Gallery, Burnie, Tasmania
1996 Australian Furniture atS.O.F.A. ‘96 - The Chicago 15,
1996 Chicago U.S.A., Represented by Despard Gallery
1995 Sculpture at Aptos Cruz,Aptos Cruz Gallery, Stirling, South Aust.
1994 S.O.F.A. ‘94 -“Sculptural Objects Functional Art”, Chicago, USA
1993 “Art & Industry”, DespardGallery, Hobart, Tasmania
1993 CINAFE ‘93, Chicago,Represented by Despard Gallery, Hobart
1992-93 “Place& Paradox”- Contemporary Tasmanian Furniture Touring Exhibition at theRegional
1992 Galleriesof: Riddoch Art Gallery, Mt Gambier; McClelland Gallery and Studio Park,Victoria;
1992 WollongongCity Gallery, NSW; Newcastle Regional Art Gallery,NSW; Orange Regional Gallery, NSW; Wagga Wagga CityArt Gallery, NSW; Albury Regional Art Centre, NSW.
1992 CINAFE ‘92 - Chicago,USA
1991 “AreYou Comfortable” Jam Factory, Adelaide, South Australia
1991 “WavePiercing Art”, Long Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
1990 “Place & Paradox”,Chameleon Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
1990 “Vertigo”Designer Makers Exhibition, Despard Street Gallery, Hobart
1990 “Celebration 100 Years”,University of Tasmania Touring
1990 Exhibition, Museums andBurnie Gallery, Hobart and Launceston
1990 Australian Antique Fairs,Brisbane and Sydney
1990 Australian FurnitureExhibition, Darling Harbour, Sydney
1990 Tasmanian Furniture Market,Hobart
1990 “Circular Heads ArtFestival”, Stanley, Tasmania
1990 “Place and Paradox”,Devonport Art Gallery, Tasmania
1989 Despard Street Gallery,Hobart, Tasmania
1989 Stanley Goes To Salamanca,Salamanca Arts Festival, Hobart
1989 Circular Heads Art Festival,Stanley, Tasmania
1989 Index 89, Darling Harbour,Sydney
1989 Antique Exhibition, SydneyShowground, Sydney
1989 Furniture Exhibition, E AJoyce & Son Art Gallery, Burnie,Tasmania,
1989 Designer Makers “Inside/Out”Furniture Show, Private Residence, Hobart
1988 GraduateExhibition, Tasmanian School of Art, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart
1987 Burnie Art Gallery, Artist ofthe Month Exhibition, Burnie, Tasmania
1986 Circular Heads Art Festival,Stanley, Tasmania
AWARDS
2020-21 AustralianCouncil Arts, funding for Tas. Sculpture, Sculpture x Sea Bondi
2019 DickBett, Tasmanian Sculptor Award for Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW
2018 WestTamar Council Acquisitive Award, Winner
BellBay Aluminium Small Sculpture Award, Winner
ArtentwineSculpture Biennial, Small Sculpture Prize
2000 RosamondMcCulloch Studio, Paris, France, assisted by Tasmanian School of Art, funded by the Australia Council for theArts
1999 ExhibitionDevelopment Funding, Salamanca Art Centre, Arts Tasmania
1998 Exhibition DevelopmentFunding - CAST Touring, Hobart, Tasmania
1996-2000 A.P.A.Scholarship, Doctor of Philosophy, Art. University of Tasmania
1994 StudioDevelopment Grant, Dept.for the Arts and Cultural Development of South Australia
1993 Internshipat Paley Studios, Rochester, New York, Arts Tasmanian Grant
1993 Artistin Residence Grant , Queen Elizabeth II, Arts Council of New Zealand in association with Carrington Polytechnic, Auckland, N.Z.
1991 OverseasResearch Development Grant, America and Europe; Australia Council for the Arts
1989 Circular Heads Art Festival,Stanley, Tasmania; Overall Craft Award
1989 JNDHarrison Award for an Emerging Crafts person in Tasmania; Craft Council ofTasmania
SELECTEDPUBLICATIONS
2014 House and Home catalogue,text by Peter Timms
2009 Orange Skin catalogue, textby Ashley Crawford
2006 American Woodwork, April, p52-56
2005 American Craft,June/July, p – 52-53
2000 InternationalDesign Yearbook 2000, editor Ingo Maurer, Laurence King Publishing-page 49
2000 Object, No.4, 2000, p. 40,41,42
1999 Siglo issue 11:”MAD” p. 51
1998 SOFA 1998 NYC, Catalogue,p.81
1997 SOFA 1997, CHICAGO,Catalogue, p.120
1997 Fifth Australian ContemporaryArt Fair, Melbourne, Catalogue, p.88
1996 SOFA 1996 Chicago, Catalogue,p.5
1994 SOFA 1994 Chicago, Cataloguep.87
1994 New Art Forms, Chicago,Catalogue, p.53
1993 “Leatherwood” No.7, p.71,Tasmania
1993 “PRO Design New Zealand”,April / May p.60
1993 “PRO Design New Zealand”,August / September p.67
1993 Craft New Zealand, Issue 45,Spring 1993, p.14
1993 New Art Forms, Chicago,Catalogue, p.44
1992 “Chicago Tribune”, September13, Section 15, pp.1& 4
1992 “Leatherwood” No.4, pp. 92& 93, Tasmania
1992 “Australian Wood”, Spring /Summer p.79
1991 “Design Ink” No.5, August
1990 “Craft Arts International”, Issue 20, pp. 47 &48
1990 “Design Ink” No.2, September
1990 “Design Ink” No.5, August
1987 “Craft Australia Summer”1987, Issue 4, p.114
COMMISSIONS
2021 WestTamar Sculpture, Pledged at Gravelly Beach
2019 DeloraineHigh School, Outdoor Seating
2018 UlverstoneHigh School, Outdoor Seating
2017 NewNorfolk High School, Outdoor Seating
2016 EastDevonport Primary School, Outdoor Seating and Screens
2016 MountainHeights – Trade and Skills Building, Queenstown, Seating
2012 KingIsland High School, Kelp Seat, Currie, King Island
2006 Burnie Council, CreativePathway Project, Seating at Umina Park
2002 Great Western TiersSculpture Trail, Deloraine, Tasmania
2002 Penguin, Tasmania,Information Centre Sculpture
2002 Ashley Youth Centre,Deloraine, Tasmania, Resting Props
2001 Wall Sculpture,Metropol Town Houses, Hobart, Tasmania. (Collaborative)
2001 King Island High School -King and Queen Throne
2001 Hastings Cave - Publicseating
2001 Ulverstone Council, Tasmania-Reibey Street Furniture
2000 PublicSeating and Leaning Props - Cat & Fiddle Arcade, Hobart, Tasmania
2000 Designeda sculpture to Commemorate Federation in Tasmania, (Garden of Words” sculpture)
1999 Burnie Council Wall Sculpturefor the Burnie Surf Lifesaving Club, Tasmania
1998 Enfield Memorial Park, SouthAustralia - The Red Shield ‘Tent’
1998 Cat & Fiddle Arcade,Hobart, Tasmanirget Wall Sculpture (collaborative)
1997 Burnie Council PublicSeating - Wood N Art Project, Tasmania
1997 Taroona High School - ArtsBlock - Seating and Sinage, Hobart
1996 Burnie Park, Tasmania -Design Bench Seating, Tasmania
1996 Metal Artist, Gouger StreetArt Programme, Adelaide, South Australia
1996 Design Main Street, “StreetFurniture”, Bordertown, S.A./Victoria Australia
1995 SculpturalSeating, South Australian Museum, North Wing Entrance Foyer
1995 National“Australia Remembers” Red Shield Salvation Army Memorial, Enfield CemeteryAdelaide, South Australia.
1995 MetalArtist for the City Of Hindmarsh and Woodville, South Australia, Community ArtsProject (two-way entrance sculptures)
1992 Private Beespoke SeatingCommissions, Tasmania
1990-91 SalamancaArts Centre, Hobart, Tasmania; Design and construct outdoor seating
1990 Geeveston, Tasmania, TownHall Project; Adzing structural beams
COLLECTIONS
2019 David& Jane Duncan, private Sculpture Park, Queenstown, New Zealand
2013 QueenVictoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania
2010 BurnieRegional Art Gallery, Burnie, Tasmania
2007 The Museum of Old and NewArt, Hobart, Tasmania, (MONA Collection, 2 works)
2002 Queen Victoria Museum and ArtGallery, Launceston, Tasmania
2000 Tasmanian Museum and ArtGallery, Hobart, Tasmania
1999 Burnie City Council, Burnie,Tasmania
1994 UNITEC Collection, Auckland,New Zealand