Artist Statement

Using digital and physical found materials, I create layered illustrations based on my adolescence, existing in both the deep South and the globally connected online world. I grew up surrounded by visual impressions of Alabama’s rich history, embedded in its infrastructure, its inhabitants, and its ecosystems. As a child, these impressions were obscured to me by modern power structures. I was detached from my home and my body, unable to fulfill the gender role placed upon me from birth. I retreated to the internet, where time, space, and the dialogue between them are clear, yet condensed within a single plane on a computer monitor. Over time, I learned how to view my physical experiences the same way; I began to see past the suppression of the present day and my discomfort with my own body, becoming engrossed in the interactive substance of my environment. I realized that I could manifest into my home and into myself through the sublimity of the layered culture that ties me to the people and world around me. By observationally layering relevant materials I have archived throughout my transition into masculinity/adulthood, I discover how the relationships I form and the sites I occupy, and the culture I participate in tether me to the broader world and human lineage. Whether a t-shirt from my childhood or a screenshot of an old YouTube video, these materials tie my intimate memories to digital artifacts and samples important to millions of others around the world. I gradually close the gap between my digital and physical processes through embodied painting, collaging, printing, sculpting, and sewing. I hone in on an illustrated image, relying on the characters and narrativized environments that emerge within the work to be given life by the diverse properties of each process and material. Alongside them exist abstracted or invisible timelines and maps, measuring exactly where they exist on the broader scales of time, space, and humanity.

CONTACT

Instagram: @rebis2005
maxrebisart@gmail.com or maxwellleehudson@gmail.com

CV

Max Lee Hudson
Lives and works in Birmingham, Alabama
Родители Лебедя and Fisher People, 2026, 2026 Robin Nance Metz Art Competition, Shelby County Art Center, Columbiana, Alabama.
Родители Лебедя, 2025, SNMcFAI Student Show, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Vendor at Aubfest Fall 2025, Boggin' on the Plains, Auburn, Alabama.
Fisher People, Estate Sale, 2025, Kentuck Arts Center, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Solo Show: Birmingham Loves Tuscaloosa, 2025, New College Gallery, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Dear Spanish Mackrel, Boy’s Love Zine, 2025, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Co-curated: Remix Project, 2025, University of Alabama’s English Building, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Родители Лебедя, THE SUNBELT: The Convex Inverse of Rings, 2025, East Village Arts, Birmingham, AL.
ODIN DOMA, 2024, The Bells Gallery: ALABAMA, Dothan, Alabama.
где ты, где мы, Are We There Yet?, 2024, Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham, Alabama.
Rubberneckin’, Just up the Road, 2024, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama.
Parallelisme, Nokia, and Radio, Student Group Show, 2023, Alabama School of Fine Arts Birmingham, Alabama.
Magi Project-108, MICA Pre-College Film Exhibition, 2023, Baltimore, Maryland.
Anomalocaris, 2023, Statewide High School Juried Art Exhibit, Columbiana, Alabama.
Nikephoros I, 2022, Sloss Metal Arts Apprenticeship Program Show, Birmingham, Alabama.

Education

Sloss Metal Arts Apprenticeship Program (2022), Birmingham Alabama
MICA Pre-College Film and Video (2023), Baltimore, Maryland
Alabama School of Fine Arts (2018-2024), Birmingham Alabama
University of Alabama BFA Program (2024-Present), Tuscaloosa, Alabama