BIO & CV

SEAN HUDSON

sean@magicskywatercolor.com

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Sean Hudson is an Albuquerque-based artist and educator. His work is rooted in a deep curiosity about the natural world and a belief that creativity reconnects us with joy, wonder, and reverence. 

Hudson received his MFA in Studio Art from the University of New Mexico in 2017 and his BFA in Painting and Drawing from Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design in 2009.

He has exhibited extensively throughout New Mexico, with recent solo exhibitions including Wild Light at Cafe Pasqual’s Gallery, Sun & Shadow at L’Ecole Des Beaux Arts in Santa Fe, and Living Desert at Smoke The Moon in Santa Fe. His work has also been exhibited at Richard Levy Gallery, Lapis Room, and Expo New Mexico in Albuquerque.

His work has been featured in New American Paintings, Hyperallergic, and in Pasatiempo’s “Final Frame.” Hudson maintains a studio practice in Albuquerque and teaches at Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu, L’Ecole Des Beaux Arts in Santa Fe, and through his own studio, Magic Sky Watercolor, in Albuquerque.

University of New Mexico 

M.F.A. Studio Art, Albuquerque, NM, 2017 

Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design 

B.F.A. Painting & Drawing, Denver, CO, 2009 

Wild Light, Cafe Pasqual's Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2026,

Sun & Shadow, L'Ecole Des Beaux Arts, Santa Fe, NM 2024

Le Petit Plateau, L'Ecole Des Beaux Arts, Santa Fe, NM 2023

Living Desert, Smoke The Moon, Santa Fe, NM, 2023

Metasouthwest, Zendo Art & Coffee, Albuquerque, NM, 2021
The Magic Sky, Small Engine Gallery, Albuquerque, NM, 2017 

Cosmic Dust, Winning, Albuquerque, NM, 2015
Group Nest, Alumni Gallery @ RMCAD, Denver, CO, 2013 

I AM JUST a VISITOR, with Deborah Stein, L'Ecole Des Beaux Arts, Santa Fe, NM 2025

Skyscapes, Lapis Room, Albuquerque, NM, 2026

Regalos, Hecho a Mano, Santa Fe, NM, 2025

MasterWorks of New Mexico, Expo New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 2025

Chamisa Copper, Lapis Room, Albuquerque, NM, 2023 

Flower Shop, Smoke The Moon, Santa Fe, NM, 2022 

School’s Out!, Friend Of A Friend, Denver, CO, 2021
High Desert High!, Smoke The Moon, Santa Fe, NM, 2021
Made in ABQ, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM, 2021
Taking the Scenic Route, Richard Levy Gallery, ABQ, NM, 2021 

Winter in The Valley, The Valley, Taos, NM, 2021
Bad Kitty w/ Adrian Pijoan, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM, 2015 

Head Space, Jailhouse Arts, Buena Vista, CO, 2014

Drawrings II, Rhinosauropolis, Denver, CO, 2009 

Last Image, Pasatiempo, Santa Fe, 2025

Living Desert, Exhibition Catalog, Smoke The Moon, 2022 

Hyperallergic, Adventure Painters of the Southwest, 2022
New American Paintings, No. 129, 2017
The Magic Sky, Thesis Exhibition Catalog, 2017
Connectivity, Exhibition Catalog, University of New Mexico, 2015 

Obracadobra, Oaxaca, Mexico, November 11 - 25, 2025 

Magic Sky Watercolor, Owner/Instructor, Albuquerque, NM, '24 - Current

Ghost Ranch Retreat Center, Instructor, Abiquiu, NM, '24 - Current

L'Ecole Des Beaux Arts, Instructor, Santa Fe, NM, '21 - Current

Meow Wolf, Instructor, Santa Fe, NM, '26

Sandia Prep: Prep Collective, Instructor, Albuquerque, NM, '26

Artisan Art Supply, Instructor, Albuquerque, NM, '23, '26

University of New Mexico, Part-time Faculty, Albuquerque, NM, '20 - '25

University of New Mexico - Cont. Ed., Instructor, Albuquerque, NM, '20  - '25

St. John's College, Guest Lecturer, Santa Fe, NM '22

University of New Mexico - Graduate Assistant, Albuquerque, NM, '14-'17

Sticking To Your Practice w/ Mika Maloney, Lapis Room, Albuquerque, NM 2026

Presentation/Demo, Rio Grande Art Association, Albuquerque, NM 2026  

Sun & Shadow Artist Talk, L'Ecole Des Beaux Arts, Santa Fe, NM 2024

Presentation/Demo, New Mexico Watercolor Society, Albuquerque, NM 2024  

Living Desert Artist Talk, Smoke The Moon, Santa Fe, NM 2023 

PechaKucha 20x20 VOL. 25, Taos Center for the Arts, Taos, NM 2018