Gregory Hodge’s paintings oscillate between abstraction and figuration, layering personal source material with painterly gestural marks and obscured motifs of foliage, interiors and architecture. These complex, finely wrought surfaces are rendered in highly pigmented, highly translucent acrylics and gels and in mimicking everything from oil painted trompe l’oeil techniques to woven 17th century textiles, Hodge brings a reconsidered, contemporary perspective to the history and form of painting.
During his residency at the Cité international des Arts, Hodge will undertake research into the tapestries in the Gobelins Manufactory Paris and their influence on the Nabis paintings of Bonnard, Vuillard and Dennis in the musée d’Orsay.
Hodge has completed international residencies at the Cité Internationale des Arts Paris (2020), The British School at Rome (2015) and Basso Berlin (2011.) He holds a PhD from the Australian National University Canberra School of Art (2016). His work has been included in exhibitions, in the United Kingdom, Singapore, France, and Australia. His work is held in a number of permanent collections including the National Gallery of Australia, The Wollongong Art Gallery, The A.C.T Legislative Assembly, and the Australian National University.