Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

Cody Hudson's work in painting, printmaking, and sculptural installation combines the irreverence and dynamism of youth cultural phenomena such as skateboarding and popular music with a focused visual approach extending from his dual role (and training) as a graphic designer. Ranging from "guerilla"-style interventions of abstract sculpture in the public sphere — departing from the kind of graffiti art typically created in such circumstances — to room-sized installations combining delicate drawings reminiscent of 1950s graphic design and highly-stylized motifs painted directly onto the wall, his practice is simultaneously rigorously conceived and opportunistically improvisational.