The Story of the Next Generation - Ruth Borchard Collection Exhibition

Online Viewing Room The Story of the Next Generation

28 May - 30 September 2021

In 2017 my work was collected by The Ruth Borchard Collection. This year, in conjunction with The Ruth Borchard Portrait Prize, recent self-portraits by artists in the Next Generation Collection are presented online; new works alongside work already held in the Collection tracing the shifts and continuities apparent in each individual artist’s practices.

On a Green Day She Wears Her Felt Dress.  90 x 167cm, 2021 rabbit skin glue, gesso, oil paint and oil crayon on canvas

In 2011, the Next Generation Collection was established to continue Ruth Borchard’s project into the twenty-first century. Alongside the Prize, the fundamental tenet of the Next Generation Collection is to bring together diverse artists, rarely traditional portraitists, who briefly, inquisitively, turn their eye upon themselves. Subject and object become one and the same, seeing and being seen elide in a moment of revelation and self-reflection. Artists represented in the collection range from those at the outset of their artistic practice to those with established professional careers. It also holds a multitude of media and includes artists usually known for practices other than painting. As a whole body of work, the Collection traces the trends in contemporary art practices. Dedicated to self-portraiture the Ruth Borchard Collection is a unique body of British and Irish visual art from 1921 to the present day.

RE: A Bermondsey Artists' Group Exhibition

Southwark Park Galleries Lake Gallery, 1 Park Approach Rd SE16 2UA
10 October - 3 November Thurs - Sun, 11am - 5pm (4pm in Nov)

Re marks the 35th anniversary of the Bermondsey Artists’ Group. It celebrates the diversity and progression of practices by the membership and charts creative approaches and evolving processes within this diverse group.

The exhibition brings together work by over 50 local artists. Some of the works go back to the early years of the group’s existence; some are from the artists’ current practice. Each of the works has been selected by the artist to reflect upon their membership of the BAG and how their practice has developed during that period;  reconsidering, reconstructing and reinventing.

Re is generously supported by Arts Council England and Southwark Council.

I will be showing The baby Jesus in a Hazmat Suit and will be taking part in an artist walk and talk for the closing event on November 3rd. This painting became a starting point for a larger scale tryptic reconsidering the scale it was reconstructed to form the first panel the next two panel reinvented the structure of the first to form a coherent narrative.

Laura Hudson The baby Jesus in a Hazmat Suit [92x122cmx2cm] oil on canvas, 2019

Open Studios Weekend : 9-10 June 2018

I will be taking part in Open Studios this weekend. My studio #267, Telegraph Building, will be open 12-4pm Sat & Sun  

Open Studios Weekend, Saturday 9 & Sunday 10 June 2018, 12-6pm Harrington Way, Warspite Road, Charlton, London SE18 5NR

Thames-Side Studios is the largest single-site studio provider in the UK. With nearly 500 studios we are home to a great spectrum of talent and interests.

The large site houses The London Sculpture Workshop, Thames-Side Gallery and Thames-Side Print Studios as well an impressive array of artists, designers and makers across all disciplines including: Painting and drawing, fashion design, carpentry, jewellery, millinery, photography, printmaking, ceramics, sculpture and installation, tailoring, leather work, picture framing, stained glass making, writing, upholstery, illustration, shoemaking, textiles, conservation and restoration, graphic design, furniture making, film and video, skin care, architecture, woodworking, laser cutting, clock making, product design, bookbinding and more. See the Studio Holders Directory for a list of artists onsite (NB not all artists will be open).

Transport

Bicycle: Thames River cycle path (16 mins cycle from Greenwich)
Bus: 161 / 177 / 180 / 472 to Warspite Road bus stop.
DLR: Woolwich Arsenal (1 minute walk to Plumstead Road and take Route Bus 177 towards Peckham Bus Station or 472 towards North Greenwich Station).
Road: A2 corridor, first roundabout east of Thames Barrier onto Warspite Road.
Train: From Cannon Street or London Bridge to Woolwich Dockyard (8 minute walk) or Charlton (12 minute walk).
Tube: North Greenwich then take any bus from stop A outside tube towards Thamesmead get off at Warspite Road stop.