Jude Hotchkiss
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Jude is a Sydney based painter whose abstract work uses a powerful masculine energy to re-interpret atmospheric weather conditions. Her cloudscapes refer to the current uncertainty surrounding climate change.
Jude graduated from the College of Fine Arts in Sydney with a degree and followed up with a Masters in Fine Arts in early 2000. She grew up in a regional area of NSW where her early experiences of weather extremes and climatic drama left her with strong impressions of atmospheric turbulence. Her work presents a type of abstracted weather map depicting forces that are beyond human control.
A range of mediums are mixed with the oil paint to give contrasts in texture. Some areas are scraped back and juxtaposed with other thick gestural marks. The paintwork is deliberately weathered and fragmented in places to reinforce the destructive effect of overwhelming energies. Small shards of bright colour and pastel shapes help balance and add hope to a turbulent and overwhelming scenario.
Artist Statement
“As a child, living in regional Australia, dust storms, bush fires, floods, drought and lack of rain dominated life on the farm. Survival depended on anticipating and interpreting these occurrences by examining cloud shapes in the sky. These early childhood sensory experiences have been re-interpreted in colour shape and form. The power of natural energies combined with current environmental and political concerns, inform the structure, qualities and mood of this work.
My work draws inspiration from early childhood sensory experiences of weather extremes and climatic drama. I employ a raw emotional masculine energy to paint a type of abstracted cloudscape that has a strong sense of disturbance. There is an uneasiness to the work that suggest that things are not as they should be. The paintings draw attention to a possible new order, one where uneasiness is the norm, and less certainty prevails. Bright colour and soft pastel tones offset the heavy black and white shapes so that tension is balanced by a renewal of energies, a re-arrangement in the unstoppable forces of the earth that may or may not work out well.
During the recent lockdowns, my work became centered around family and home life. Using my own face and those of my family introduced smaller and more intimate paintings. Digital sketching was a fast, experimental and fluid way of combining drawing with texture and colour. The faces can quickly become stretched and fragmented, but still, keep a sense of feeling and presence. Upscaling these sketches into acrylic on canvas involves using a stencilling technique. Masking off areas gives structure to the loose expressive painting style.” – Jude Hotchkiss
Artist CV
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 ‘Skywatch’ solo show Art Space – The Concourse, Chatswood, Sydney
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Finalist National Emerging Art Prize NEAP Standard House & online, Kippax St., Surry Hills
2021 Finalist Georges River Art Prize Hurstville Museum & Gallery & online, Sydney
2021 Finalist RSASA Portrait Prize 5th Biennale RSASA Gallery, Adelaide
2021 Six paintings in a group show The Wellington Gallery, Sydney
2021 Finalist Two paintings Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Art Award salon, Brisbane online
2021 Finalist Wingecarribee Landscape Prize, Bowral Art Gallery, Bowral
2021 1st Prize, Portrait, Regional Show, Baradine Showground, Baradine, NSW
2021 Selected works Affordable Art Fair Sydney Online, Traffic Jam Gallery, Neutral Bay
2021 Finalist Salon Lethbridge Landscape Prize Online – Lethbridge Gallery, Paddington 4064
2021 Flora exhibition, group show Heritage Hill Museum, Dandenong, Melbourne
2020 Finalist Fishers Ghost Art Award Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown Sydney
2020 Gallery Lane Cove Self Portrait online exhibition Gallery Lane Cove, Sydney
2020 Selected works in various exhibitions Traffic Jam Galleries, Neutral Bay, Sydney
2019 Finalist Fishers Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney
2019 Finalist Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
2019 ‘In the Air’ exhibition with Diane Berner Ewart Centre, Willoughby, Sydney
2019 ‘Skywatch’ solo show Art Space – The Concourse, Chatswood, Sydney
2019 Finalist Muswellbrook Art Prize, Muswellbrook Art Gallery, Muswellbrook
2019 Pop up exhibition, Traffic Jam Galleries, Mosman
2019 ‘Untitled’ group show. Traffic Jam Galleries, Neutral Bay, Sydney
2019 Selected works in various exhibitions Traffic Jam Galleries, Neutral Bay, Sydney
2018 Finalist Redland Art Awards, Redland City Art Gallery, Brisbane
2018 ‘Life Abstracted’ Art competition, Cambridge Studio Gallery, Melbourne
2018 Finalist Hutchins Art Prize, Hutchins School, Hobart
2018 Representation in the Ashurst Emerging Artist posting on Instagram
2018 Finalist Contemporary Art Awards, online exhibition Queensland College of Art
2018 Solo online exhibition – Contemporary Art Awards, Contemporary Art Awards
2017 Finalist Blacktown Art Prize, Blacktown Arts Centre, Sydney
2017 Finalist Whyalla Art Prize Middleback Arts Centre Whyalla,
2017 Represented in Ashurst Emerging Art PrizeOnline exhibition, sponsored by Oaktree &Tiger Facebook, Twitter – September
2017 Finalist Contemporary Art Awards Online Queensland College of Art
2016 Finalist Blacktown City Art Priz, Blacktown Arts Centre, Blacktown, NSW.
2016 Life Abstracted, Cambridge Studio Gallery, Melbourne Victoria.
2016 4th International Emerging Artist Award, online exhibition Dubai – United Arab Emirates.
2015 Finalist Kilgour Portrait Prize, Newcastle Art Gallery, NSW
2015 Finalist Fishers Ghost Art prize, Contemporary Section Campbelltown Arts Centre
AWARDS
2021 Finalist National Emerging Art Prize NEAP Standard House & online, Kippax St., Surry Hills
2021 Finalist Georges River Art Prize Hurstville Museum & Gallery & online, Sydney
2021 Finalist RSASA Portrait Prize 5th Biennale RSASA Gallery, Adelaide
2021 Finalist Two paintings Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Art Award salon, Brisbane online
2021 Finalist Wingecarribee Landscape Prize, Bowral Art Gallery, Bowral
2021 1st Prize, Portrait, Regional Show, Baradine Showground, Baradine NSW
2021 Finalist Salon Lethbridge Landscape Prize Online – Lethbridge Gallery, Paddington 4064
2020 Finalist Fishers Ghost Art Award Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown Sydney
2019 Finalist Fishers Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney|
2019 Finalist Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
2019 Finalist Muswellbrook Art Prize, Muswellbrook Art Gallery, Muswellbrook
2018 Finalist Redland Art Awards, Redland City Art Gallery, Brisbane
2018 Finalist Hutchins Art Prize, Hutchins School, Hobart
2018 Finalist Contemporary Art Awards, online exhibition Queensland College of Art
2017 Finalist Blacktown Art Prize, Blacktown Arts Centre, Sydney
2017 Finalist Whyalla Art Prize Middleback Arts Centre Whyalla,
2017 Represented in Ashurst Emerging Art PrizeOnline exhibition, sponsored by Oaktree &Tiger Facebook, Twitter – September
2017 Finalist Contemporary Art Awards Online Queensland College of Art
2016 Finalist Blacktown City Art Priz, Blacktown Arts Centre, Blacktown, NSW.
2015 Finalist Kilgour Portrait Prize, Newcastle Art Gallery, NSW
2015 Finalist Fishers Ghost Art prize, Contemporary Section Campbelltown Arts Centre
The Flower Market
Ebony Bennett, Dylan Cooper, Cameron Gordon, Andrew Grassi-Kelaher, Sam Hopkins, Jude Hotchkiss, Elise Judd, Niki McDonald, Rebecca Pierce, Edgar Schilter, Murat Urlali, Andrew Bennett, Astrid Dahl, Megan Barrass, Ji Chen, Jenny Green, Pat Hall, Danielle McManus, Zom Osborne, Teresa Poon, Bronwyn Searle, Nigel Sense, Ben Tankard, Meredith Woolnough, Kayo Yokoyama
'The Flower Market' includes a mix of traffic jam galleries' artists with works responding to a botanical theme.
Newsletter #185
September 29, 2022
We are excited to share new work by REBECCA PIERCE for her upcoming solo exhibition opening October 14th 'And Yet Again' 61 x 45cm acrylic paint and ink, oil sticks and charcoal on canvas $ 1,200.00
September 25, 2022
'Seems Like a Good Idea at the Time' by DEAN REILLY "Much of our early colonial history is riddled with absurdity. Explorers doomed for failure through bad planning miscommunication and a disconnect and discomfort with the landscape. Like a fish out of water or a naked white man on a chartreuse camel, the new can sometimes appear bizarre." - Dean Reilly 'Seems Like a Good Idea at the Time' 40.5 x 51cm, 43.5 x 54cm framed acrylic on canvas $ 1,400.00
September 24, 2022
"The great gold rush has never really ended it has just become corporatized, legalised, monopolised, justified and naturalised. Fly into the heart of Australia and you will see men in uniform moving about in airports, to go and dig up the earth to provide security and pleasure for their families." - DEAN REILLY Gold 1, 2 and 3 on display and available now
September 24, 2022
'Gone Fishing' new work by Miranda Summers. This work is 20 x 20cm oil on canvas $ 640.00 with free packing and shipping Australia wide. For overseas shipping, please contact the gallery. This work is available to purchase now but is still drying and will be ready for collection or delivery early October 2022.
September 23, 2022
"In Australia, space and place stage stories torn between absurdity and beauty, the knowable and unknowable, and the sublime" - DEAN REILLY 'There is so Much to See Here Study' 20 x 25cm, 23 x 28cm framed acrylic on canvas on board $ 350.00 with free packing and shipping Australia wide.
September 23, 2022
'Banksia Fringe' 61.5 x 61.5cm oil on canvas $ 1,450.00 by MIRANDA SUMMERS. This work is available to purchase now but is still drying and will be ready for collection or delivery early October 2022.
September 22, 2022
"I have come to learn that the landscape is represented by my internalised feelings drawn from experience and memories within the landscape and my landscape is littered with heroes, villains, myths and legends grounded in story." - DEAN REILLY Solo Exhibition on now until 30 September You can browse and buy works online via our website and view the exhibition page and catalogue. Or please feel free to contact the gallery team with any questions or enquiries.
September 22, 2022
"Black swan theory suggests that the black swan is a metaphor that describes an event that comes as a complete surprise. One can only wonder how early Northern hemisphere explorers would have perceived and reacted to seeing the first black swans." - DEAN REILLY 'Odette Study' 20 x 25cm, 23 x 28cm framed acrylic on canvas on board $ 350.00 Free packing and shipping Australia wide
September 21, 2022
Dreaming of sunny Sydney days with MIRANDA SUMMERS new works inspired by scenes of Sydney ! 'Pink Pocket in Time' 20 x 20cm oil on canvas $640.00
September 21, 2022
DEAN REILLY'S 'Past Present Future' 51 x 40.5cm, 54 x 43.5cm framedacrylic on canvas $ 1,400.00 "The past, present, and future is governed and informed by our feelings towards the landscape you are in. Whether you see it as majestic natural wilderness, a wild mongrel scrub to be developed or sacred country, is up to you. However, mostly it is inherited through the stories we hear and the experiences we have that form our views of the landscape and ultimately the world." - Dean
September 20, 2022
DEAN REILLY'S Solo Exhibition 'The Landscape is Beyond Me' is on now until September 30th. "In Australia, space and place stage stories torn between absurdity and beauty, the knowable and unknowable, and the sublime. My experience towards landscape comes from my internal feelings and experiences of country through observation, study, and from the dreams I had as a little boy growing up on the land. Landscape can be viewed as a majestic natural garden, a wild mongrel scrub or sacred country, for me however, landscape represents a strange combination, torn between the heroic and the absurd. I think it is the absolute hopelessness of the situation that we can find joy, connection and hope in the landscape that is beyond me." - DEAN REILLY #birdpainting
September 20, 2022
The gallery will open as usual 10am - 5pm on the Queens National Day of Mourning public holiday on the 22nd of September. Please contact the team if you have any questions or enquiries. #northshoreart
September 20, 2022
Inspired by Sydney ! New work by MIRANDA SUMMERS 'Bridge the Harbour' 61.5 x 61.5cm oil on canvas $ 1,450.00 This work is available to purchase now but is still drying and will be ready for collection or delivery early October 2022. For enquiries or to view more new works by Miranda, please reach out to the team or visit Miranda's page on our website. #texturedart