Pamela Smith Hudson

Pamela Smith Hudson is a Los Angeles-based mixed media artist. Before she began exhibiting in 2016, Smith Hudson worked for 20 years in the art material industry as an art educator and consultant for some of the most innovative art material manufacturers across the globe. She had her first solo show, Marking Space, at Chimento Contemporary in Los Angeles, California 2019. She has exhibited in a two-person show, Charting the Terrain, at the California African American Museum 2018. Smith Hudson has collaborated with the Broad Museum and the Getty Museum on educational videos on Encaustic painting. Her works are included in the collections at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the California African American Museum of Art. Smith Hudson is represented by the Craig Krull Gallery.

“My work combines printmaking, layers of paint, wax, and collage to build textured surfaces on panels, canvas, and paper. I rely on the physical process to create my abstract landscapes and topographical works, where each layer is constructed, then deconstructed. Manipulating the materials with spontaneous and intuitive interactions and methods helps me explore limits. While it may be hidden, the energy of each layer is present within the work.”

- Pamela Smith Hudson