Christopher Hodges

Hodges studied art at the Alexander Mackie CAE, graduating with a Dip Art (Ed), and first began exhibiting his work in the late 1970s.[3] His first solo exhibition was at Coventry Gallery, Sydney, in 1979, and he has held over 30 solo exhibitions since then.[4]

Over his career, Hodges has worked in painting, drawing, printing, and sculpture.[5] Much of his work, across mediums, has been interested in organic geometry: "I have done a lot of works that use geometry, but at the same time I have done a lot of works with what looks like repeated forms when, in fact, every curve is different. So I guess a kind of organic geometry is actually what I am aiming at, sort of like nature."[3]

Major public sculpture commissions include 'Flower for a Friend' (2010) at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, and 'The White Flower' (2009) commissioned by the Mosman Municipal Council for Hunter Park, Balmoral.[4]

Hodges is the director of Utopia Art Sydney, which he founded in 1988.[6] Utopia Art Sydney is committed to the representation of a small group of Australian and international artists, including leading indigenous artists such as Emily Kame Kngwarreye and members of Papunya Tula Artists such as Ronnie Tjampitjinpa and Makinti Napanangka.[7] Over the years, Hodges has written extensively on indigenous Australian art and has consulted for exhibitions such as 'Emily Kame Kngwarreye: Alhalkere: Paintings from Utopia'.[8][9]