He began working with sculpture at a relatively late age after many years of traveling. He is best known for his work in polished mirrored steel, bronze and marble with a number of Monumental works on public display.
His "work on the female figure but has of late worked with an abstract expression. His soft lines and voluptuous, nearly bombastic style combined with inspiration from Modernism’s great names like Henry Moore, Jean Arp and Constantin Brancusi rocketed his career forward."
His son, Henry Hudson, is also an artist.
Artwork
"Richard Hudson has a directly hands-on relationship with the materials he uses and in his approach to the organic form. This considerable skill makes him one of the few sculptors of his generation able to execute traditional sculpture within the world of contemporary visual arts," states curator Christian Dominguez.
Hudson's sculptures often are formed from iconic abstractions of the female form. One of Hudson's well known sculptures is of Marilyn Monroe. He stated, "Line is the most important thing to me, the continuity of it ... I like sculptures that flow." Ana Pettus commissioned a Marilyn Monroe sculpture.
Exhibitions
2013 Monumental Sculptures Al Fresco at Great Fosters, UK
2013 Judge For the Royal College of Art Sculpture Competition
2013 The Art Rio, International Art Fair, Lemos de Sa Galeria de Arte, Brasil
2013 Art International Istanbul, Turkey, Leila Heller Gallery NYC, USA
2012 Beyond Limits, Sotheby's Chatsworth, UK
2012 Art Hong Kong, F2 Gallery, HK
2012 Monumental Sculptures Al Fresco at Great Fosters, UK
2012 Rarity Gallery, Mykinos, Greece
2011 Beyond Limits, Sotheby's Chatsworth, UK
2011 Art Hong Kong, F2 Gallery, HK
2011 Monumental Sculptures Al Fresco at Great Fosters, UK
2011 Rarity Gallery, Mykinos, Greece
2010 Beyond Limits, Sotheby's Chatsworth, UK
2010 Monumental Sculptures Miami Basel, Gary Nader Gallery, USA
2010 Estampa, Madrid, Spain
2009 Beyond Limits, Sotheby's Chatsworth, UK
2009 F2 Gallery, Beijing, China
2009 Art Miami, Olyvia Fine Art, USA
2008 Beyond Limits, Sotheby's Chatsworth, UK
2008 Art Miami, Olyvia Fine Art, USA
2008 F2 Gallery, Beijing, China
2007 International Asia Art Fair, F2 Gallery, HK
2007 F2 Gallery, Hong Kong Contemporary Art Fair, Hong Kong
2007 F2 Gallery, Beijing, China
2006 Fabien Fryns Fine Art, Malaga, Spain
2006 City of Leeds, Public Exhibition, UK
2005 Hamiltons Gallery, London, UK
2005 Goss Gallery, Dallas, USA
2005 Sculpture nominated for 2012 Olymplics, Madrid, Spain
2005 Ayuntamiento De La Villa De Fuenlabrada Madrid, Spain
2004 Esbaluard. Museo D, Art , Modern Contemporani de Palma Mallorca, Spain.
2004 Palm Beach Art Fair (Fabien Fryns Fine Art) Florida, USA
2004 Museum Palau de la Musica de Valencia, (Public Exhibition), Spain, (Solo)
2004 Hamiltons Gallery, London, UK
2004 Fabien Fryns Fine Art, Marbella, Spain, (Solo)
2004 Exhibition Monumental Sculptures, Don Carlos Hotel Gardens, Marbella, Spain, (Solo)
2003 Galeria de Arte Kreisler, Madrid Spain
2003 Miart, Fiera di Arte Contemporanea (Fabien Fryns Fine Art) Milan, Italy
2003 Estampa (Galeria de Arte Kreisler) Madrid, Spain
2002 Aire, Centro Cultural Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
2001 Art Expo 01, Galeria Joan Oliver “Maneu” Barcelona Spain
2000 Art Obert, Festival Hibritart, Mallorca
2000 Espai Galeria D’Art Mallorca (Solo)
1999 Espai Galeria D’Art Mallorca (Solo)
1998 Galeria Joan Oliver “Maneu|”, Palma de Mallorca (Solo)