Dannielle Hodson
Biography
Woolgathering, 2025
Dannielle Hodson creates intricate, psychologically charged paintings that probe the boundaries between abstraction and figuration, investigating the nature of perception and embodied experience. Her work synthesises influences from her training in both fashion design and fine art, developing a unique visual language that challenges conventional artistic hierarchies.
Her methodology begins with intuitive mark-making directly on canvas, establishing dynamic foundations that evolve through successive layers of oil paint. This process enables an organic emergence of forms through pareidolia, where abstract gestures gradually suggest anatomical elements and faces. Hodson's deep engagement with the carnivalesque tradition informs her practice while she develops her own contemporary approach to figure and ground relationships.
The artist's work investigates questions of perception and the unstable nature of identity in contemporary society. Her paintings create dense visual environments where multiple figures merge and transform, generating complex psychological landscapes. Through this approach, Hodson produces richly layered works that interrogate established perspectives on representation while exploring the fluid, mutable nature of human consciousness and embodied experience.
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