Dan Hudson is a Canadian artist

Artist

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 and photojournalist.

Biography

Hudson received his Bachelor of Fine Arts

Bachelor of Fine Arts

In the United States and Canada, the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, usually abbreviated BFA, is the standard undergraduate degree for students seeking a professional education in the visual or performing arts. In some countries such a degree is called a Bachelor of Creative Arts or BCA...

 at York University

York University

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 (Toronto

Toronto

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) and did a studio residency at the prestigious Banff Centre

Banff Centre

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. He lived in Toronto 1979-1990 and since then has been based in the Bow Valley

Bow Valley

Bow Valley is a valley located along the upper Bow River in Alberta, Canada.The name "Bow" refers to the reeds that grew along its banks and which were used by the local First Nations peoples to make bows; the Peigan name for the river is "Makhabn", meaning "river where bow weeds grow".-Parks:Bow...

 in the Canadian Rocky Mountains

Canadian Rockies

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. Hudson’s art

Art

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 and photography

Photography

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 are informed by his enthusiasm for outdoor pursuits such as surfing

Surfing

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, snowboarding

Snowboarding

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, white water kayaking, mountain biking

Mountain biking

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 and wilderness adventure

Adventure

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.

Photography

Dan Hudson is an outdoor adventure photographer specializing in backcountry skiing

Backcountry skiing

Backcountry skiing is skiing in a sparsely inhabited rural region over ungroomed and unmarked slopes or pistes, including skiing in unmarked or unpatrolled areas either within the ski resort's boundaries or in the backcountry, frequently amongst trees , usually in pursuit of fresh fallen powder...

 & snowboarding

Backcountry snowboarding

Backcountry snowboarding is snowboarding in a sparsely inhabited rural region over ungroomed and unmarked slopes or pistes in the backcountry, frequently amongst trees , usually in pursuit of fresh fallen snow, known as powder. Often, the land and the snow pack are not monitored, patrolled, or...

. His photographs have been published in books, magazines, newspapers and websites around the world including more than 50 international cover shots and have also been exhibited in museum

Museum

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s and art galleries

Art gallery

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 across Canada. Hudson’s photographs are notable for their “extreme” action within magnificent mountain settings.

Art

Hudson’s painting

Painting

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s and multimedia art

Multimedia artist

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 works have been exhibited internationally and are represented in major collections throughout Canada

Canada

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. He has won several awards for his art practice and his work has a “cultural properties” designation by the Canadian Government.
Distinguishing characteristics of Hudson’s art works are environmental themes and layers of imagery. In both life and art, Hudson is in a constant state of reinventing himself.
Art Video Project:
NEWS, WEATHER & SPORTS (a year long time lapse)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-rznxowu4o

External links

• http://www.danhudson.ca/ Official website of Dan Hudson, Artist / Photographer
• http://www.ccca.ca/artists/artist_info.html?languagePref=en&link_id=5234 Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art
• http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/bcm-mcp/index-eng.cfm Canadian Heritage information on "Cultural Property"
• https://hermis.alberta.ca/afa/Search.aspx?st=Dan+Hudson Dan Hudson, Alberta Provencial Art Collection