Born in Stow, Ohio in 1978, Erin Rachel Hudak creates collages, paintings and installations that discuss ideas of freedom, power, perception and transformation. Hudak’s artwork is often inspired by her personal relationship with nature juxtaposed with various histories of "mans" relationship with ‘The Land’. Living in New York City has furthered her interest in the multiple intersections of the natural world within and around the city.  

Hudak has been awarded with grants for her public sculpture projects: See Thru, Brooklyn NY 2014 , What We See, Brooklyn, NY, 2012; Love You Forever, Sun Valley Idaho, 2012; Love You Forever, 2011 and Everything Is Fine, 2010 in Brooklyn, NY.

She received her B.F.A from the Savannah College of Art and Design, and attended Allegheny College for art and literature. She has exhibited her work nationally and internationally. Her artwork has been featured in Vogue Girl Korea, DailyCandy.com, Art+Culture.com, VillageVoice, Dailyserving.com, NY Daily News, Sun Valley Magazine, and The Brooklyn Eagle. She works and lives in Brooklyn, NY.

Solo Exhibitions

2019             In Care Of, Ochi Projects LA Pop-up @ VACATION NYC, NY, NY
2017             The Forest, Ochi Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2013             My Nature / Your Nature, Ochi Gallery, Ketchum, ID
2012             Promiseland, Ochi Gallery, Ketchum, ID
2011             Hello Sunshine, Archway Artspace, Brooklyn, NY
2009             Atomic, JLA Baxter Street Gallery, New York, NY

Solo Public Projects           

2014           You Are My Reflection, site specific installation at Paul Artspace residency,

                   St. Louis, MO

2014           See Thru, site specific installation in collaboaration and support from

                   Two Trees and Brooklyn Bridge Park and DUMBO Arts Festival, BK, NY

2012            What We See, site-specific outdoor instalaltion DUMBO Ats Festival, Brooklyn, NY

2012            Love You Forever, site-specific outdoor installation, Sun Valley, Idaho

2011            Love You Forever, site-specific outdoor installation DUMBO Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY

2010            Everything Is Fine, site-specific outdoor installation DUMBO Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY

2009            Rainbow Connection, site-specific outdoor installation DUMBO Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY  

2006            Love, site-specific outdoor installation, Brooklyn, NY

Group Exhibitions

2017          Totems, Eileen Murphy, Monica Haak, Erin Rachel Hudak, Candy Factory Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2014          SPRING/BREAK Art Show, curated by Pauli Ochi, New York, NY

                  Through & Through, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

                  Value of a Line, Ocho Gallery, Ketchum, ID

2013           Eastern Argus: 100 Eyes, TNC Gallery, New York, NY

                  Wide Open 4, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Curated by Carrie Springer

2012           Happily Ever After?, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Curated by Courtney Gilbert, Sun Valley, ID

                  Letters From Home, Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA

                  Alumni and Faculty Exhibition, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA

                  Convergences, NARS Foundation Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 

                  Art Southampton, Dorian Grey Gallery, Southampton, NY

                  Love You Forever Video Installation, Jersey City. NJ

                  POW: Pop Now, TNC Gallery, Curated by Sean Noyce and Peter Ketchum, NY, NY

2011           Bridges, Trees, Skulls, Pies & Other Treasure Trails, NARS Gallery, Brooklyn, NY           

                   Dividing Light Measuring Darkness, Curious Matter, Jersey City, NJ

                   Love You Forever, site-specific installation DUMBO Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY

                   Can’t Hear the Revolution, Kunsthalle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

                   Surreptitious Fondness, NARS Foundation Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

                   Young Collectors II, Ochi Gallery, Ketchum, ID

                   SpringzHere, Wilson and Geary Contemporary, New York, NY                

                   No Rules: East 9th Street Revisited, Dorain Grey Gallery, New York, NY

                   The American Dream: A Juxtaposition,  Woman Made Gallery, Chicago. IL    

                   Group New York, Dorian Grey Gallery, New York, NY

2010           Young Collectors, Ochi Gallery, Ketchum, ID

                   Under The Radar: A Group Show, Juried by Marc Dennis, Brooklyn, NY

                   Everything Is Fine, site-specific installation DUMBO Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY

                   Humanilities, curated by Michael Behle, BS Gallery, Iowa City, IA

                   Profile New York, S.P.A.C.E Gallery, Burlington, VT

                   Unabashed, Unclad, Unframed, Ochi Gallery, Ketchum ID

                   Homage To The Artists, Ochi Gallery, Ketchum, ID

                   The Boom Collective, Helec and Wirth, New York, NY

                   Red Dot Art Fair, JLA Gallery, New York, NY

2009            Rainbow Connection, site-specific installation DUMBO Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY  

                    In Search of The Miraculous, Ochi Gallery, Ketchum, ID

                    Painters of JLA, JLA Baxter Gallery, New York, NY

2008             RAAW, R.A.A.W Arts Space, Brooklyn, NY

2007             311 Group Show, Pearl Street Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2005             Going In Circles, FE Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

2003             Enigma, The Broome Street Gallery, New York, NY

                    Pour L’Amour Des Chiens, The Mona Bismark Foundation, Paris

                    Vivid, The Savannah Gallery, Atlanta, GA

                    Red on Red, The Savannah Gallery, Atlanta, GA

                    Low country Landscapes, Exhibit A Gallery, Savannah, GA

2002             In Response, The Red Gallery, Savannah, GA

                    Three Visions of You,  D.A.C Gallery, Savannah, GA

                    The Collective Conscious, Oglethorpe Row Gallery, Savannah, GA     

                    Dog Days of Summer, The Red Gallery, Savannah, GA

                    SX-70 Diaries, The Starlander Gallery, Savannah, GA

                    Large Works, Bergen Gallery, Savannah, GA

2001             Small Works, Venus De Milo Gallery, Savannah, GA

                    Millennium Show, Metropole Gallery, Savannah, GA

                    A  Different Light, Broome Street Gallery, New York, NY

2000             Small Works, Exhibit A Gallery, Savannah, GA

                    Large Works, Bergen Gallery, Savannah, GA

1998             Undergraduate Show, Meghan Gallery, Meadville, PA

                    Annual Group Show, Artisan Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

 

Education

2006            Vermont Studio Center Resident, Johnson, Vermont

98-02           Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia

96-98           Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania

Sections

BIO/CV

Born in Stow, Ohio in 1978, Erin Rachel Hudak creates collages, paintings and installations that discuss ideas of freedom, power, perception and transformation. Hudak’s artwork is often inspired by her personal relationship with nature juxtaposed with various histories of "mans" relationship with ‘The Land’. Living in New York City has furthered her interest in the multiple intersections of the natural world within and around the city.  

Hudak has been awarded with grants for her public sculpture projects: See Thru, Brooklyn NY 2014 , What We See, Brooklyn, NY, 2012; Love You Forever, Sun Valley Idaho, 2012; Love You Forever, 2011 and Everything Is Fine, 2010 in Brooklyn, NY.

She received her B.F.A from the Savannah College of Art and Design, and attended Allegheny College for art and literature. She has exhibited her work nationally and internationally. Her artwork has been featured in Vogue Girl Korea, DailyCandy.com, Art+Culture.com, VillageVoice, Dailyserving.com, NY Daily News, Sun Valley Magazine, and The Brooklyn Eagle. She works and lives in Brooklyn, NY.

Solo Exhibitions

2019             In Care Of, Ochi Projects LA Pop-up @ VACATION NYC, NY, NY
2017             The Forest, Ochi Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2013             My Nature / Your Nature, Ochi Gallery, Ketchum, ID
2012             Promiseland, Ochi Gallery, Ketchum, ID
2011             Hello Sunshine, Archway Artspace, Brooklyn, NY
2009             Atomic, JLA Baxter Street Gallery, New York, NY

Solo Public Projects           

2014           You Are My Reflection, site specific installation at Paul Artspace residency,

                   St. Louis, MO

2014           See Thru, site specific installation in collaboaration and support from

                   Two Trees and Brooklyn Bridge Park and DUMBO Arts Festival, BK, NY

2012            What We See, site-specific outdoor instalaltion DUMBO Ats Festival, Brooklyn, NY

2012            Love You Forever, site-specific outdoor installation, Sun Valley, Idaho

2011            Love You Forever, site-specific outdoor installation DUMBO Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY

2010            Everything Is Fine, site-specific outdoor installation DUMBO Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY

2009            Rainbow Connection, site-specific outdoor installation DUMBO Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY  

2006            Love, site-specific outdoor installation, Brooklyn, NY

Group Exhibitions

2017          Totems, Eileen Murphy, Monica Haak, Erin Rachel Hudak, Candy Factory Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2014          SPRING/BREAK Art Show, curated by Pauli Ochi, New York, NY

                  Through & Through, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

                  Value of a Line, Ocho Gallery, Ketchum, ID

2013           Eastern Argus: 100 Eyes, TNC Gallery, New York, NY

                  Wide Open 4, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Curated by Carrie Springer

2012           Happily Ever After?, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Curated by Courtney Gilbert, Sun Valley, ID

                  Letters From Home, Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA

                  Alumni and Faculty Exhibition, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA

                  Convergences, NARS Foundation Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 

                  Art Southampton, Dorian Grey Gallery, Southampton, NY

                  Love You Forever Video Installation, Jersey City. NJ

                  POW: Pop Now, TNC Gallery, Curated by Sean Noyce and Peter Ketchum, NY, NY

2011           Bridges, Trees, Skulls, Pies & Other Treasure Trails, NARS Gallery, Brooklyn, NY           

                   Dividing Light Measuring Darkness, Curious Matter, Jersey City, NJ

                   Love You Forever, site-specific installation DUMBO Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY

                   Can’t Hear the Revolution, Kunsthalle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

                   Surreptitious Fondness, NARS Foundation Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

                   Young Collectors II, Ochi Gallery, Ketchum, ID

                   SpringzHere, Wilson and Geary Contemporary, New York, NY                

                   No Rules: East 9th Street Revisited, Dorain Grey Gallery, New York, NY

                   The American Dream: A Juxtaposition,  Woman Made Gallery, Chicago. IL    

                   Group New York, Dorian Grey Gallery, New York, NY

2010           Young Collectors, Ochi Gallery, Ketchum, ID

                   Under The Radar: A Group Show, Juried by Marc Dennis, Brooklyn, NY

                   Everything Is Fine, site-specific installation DUMBO Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY

                   Humanilities, curated by Michael Behle, BS Gallery, Iowa City, IA

                   Profile New York, S.P.A.C.E Gallery, Burlington, VT

                   Unabashed, Unclad, Unframed, Ochi Gallery, Ketchum ID

                   Homage To The Artists, Ochi Gallery, Ketchum, ID

                   The Boom Collective, Helec and Wirth, New York, NY

                   Red Dot Art Fair, JLA Gallery, New York, NY

2009            Rainbow Connection, site-specific installation DUMBO Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY  

                    In Search of The Miraculous, Ochi Gallery, Ketchum, ID

                    Painters of JLA, JLA Baxter Gallery, New York, NY

2008             RAAW, R.A.A.W Arts Space, Brooklyn, NY

2007             311 Group Show, Pearl Street Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2005             Going In Circles, FE Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

2003             Enigma, The Broome Street Gallery, New York, NY

                    Pour L’Amour Des Chiens, The Mona Bismark Foundation, Paris

                    Vivid, The Savannah Gallery, Atlanta, GA

                    Red on Red, The Savannah Gallery, Atlanta, GA

                    Low country Landscapes, Exhibit A Gallery, Savannah, GA

2002             In Response, The Red Gallery, Savannah, GA

                    Three Visions of You,  D.A.C Gallery, Savannah, GA

                    The Collective Conscious, Oglethorpe Row Gallery, Savannah, GA     

                    Dog Days of Summer, The Red Gallery, Savannah, GA

                    SX-70 Diaries, The Starlander Gallery, Savannah, GA

                    Large Works, Bergen Gallery, Savannah, GA

2001             Small Works, Venus De Milo Gallery, Savannah, GA

                    Millennium Show, Metropole Gallery, Savannah, GA

                    A  Different Light, Broome Street Gallery, New York, NY

2000             Small Works, Exhibit A Gallery, Savannah, GA

                    Large Works, Bergen Gallery, Savannah, GA

1998             Undergraduate Show, Meghan Gallery, Meadville, PA

                    Annual Group Show, Artisan Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

 

Education

2006            Vermont Studio Center Resident, Johnson, Vermont

98-02           Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia

96-98           Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania

Sections