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Katie Hudnall
Born1979 (1979)
Alexandria, Virginia
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCorcoran College of Art & Design,Virginia Commonwealth University
Known forWoodworker, educator
Websitekatiehudnall.com

Katie Hudnall (born 1979, Alexandria, Virginia)[1] is an American artist known for her woodworking.[2] Hudnall teaches at the University of Wisconsin–Madison[3] having previously taught at the Herron School of Art and Design in Indianapolis.[4][5]

Hudnall studied at Corcoran College of Art & Design, where she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in sculpture in 2001, and then worked with Palli Davene Davis Holubar before going to Virginia Commonwealth University where she received her Master's in Fine Arts in woodworking and furniture design in 2005. She credits Bill Hammersley and Susan Iverson at VCU with encouraging her to integrate her drawings and her internal world with her woodworking practice.[6][2]

Hudnall begins her works by making extremely detailed drawings and then develops meticulously crafted "hybrid creations of the functional and the fantastical" which often include unexpected, humorous, or interactive elements.[2] She prefers to use recycled and found materials whenever possible[7][8] and traditional construction methods such as joinery with screws and dowels.[9]

In 2007–2008, Hudnall was the recipient of a Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Professional Fellowship.[10] In 2009, she held the first Windgate Wood Residency at the University of Madison, Wisconsin.[8] In 2010 she held an Anderson Ranch Residency and in 2013 a Peter S. Reed Foundation Fellowship.[11] She returned to the Windgate Wood Residency program in 2016 as an artist,[12] and in 2022 as its Visual Documentarian.[13][14]

In 2015 Hudnall created the piece Nautilus, a scaled-down library, which was installed at the Eskenazi Health building in Indianapolis, Indiana as part of the Public Collection project there. The installation remained through 2019.[11] Her work is in the collection of The Center for Art in Wood.[15] Her piece, Nut Case, was acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum as part of the Renwick Gallery's 50th Anniversary Campaign.[16]

References

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  1. ^ "Katie Hudnall". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Bishop, Deborah (March 7, 2017). "Putting It Together". American Craft magazine. American Craft Council. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Craft of Critique: Katie Hudnall, Demitra Thomloudis". Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. September 13, 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Five Questions with Assistant Professor Katie Hudnall". Herron School of Art + Design. April 3, 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  5. ^ Brouk, Tim (July 10, 2018). "Pirates and spiders inspire Herron furniture designer". Indiana University News. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Creatives on Esherick: Katie Hudnall". Wharton Esherick Museum. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Why Make? Episode 34: Katie Hudnall". Why Make?. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  8. ^ a b Brooks, Susannah (December 10, 2009). "Artist in residence finds comfort in woodworking". University of Wisconsin–Madison News. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  9. ^ Takes, Joanna Werch (30 December 2009). "Katie Hudnall: Woodworking with History, Not Mystery". Woodworking.
  10. ^ "Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Visual Arts Fellowship Recipients" (PDF). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  11. ^ a b "Katie Hudnall: Nautilus at Eskenazi Health". The Public Collection. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  12. ^ "Windgate ite international Resident Fellows 1995 to 2017: Last Name, First name, Country, Windgate ite role, Windgate ite year". fayllar.org. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  13. ^ Hicks, Jennifer (July 27, 2022). "Windgate fellowships put spotlight on wood-based artists". Woodshop News. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  14. ^ "Overlap: The Windgate Wood Arts Residency Program 2022". The Center for Art in Wood. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  15. ^ "Hudnall, Katie". Center for Art in Wood. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  16. ^ Savig, Mary; Atkinson, Nora; Montiel, Anya (2022). This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World. Washington, DC: Smithsonian American Art Museum. pp. 228–238. ISBN 9781913875268.
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