Cody Hudson is a Chicago based artist, also known for his graphic design contributions under the name Struggle Inc. His graphic and print artwork have been exhibited throughout the US, Europe and Japan including the Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago), New Image Art (LA), Rocket Gallery (Tokyo), The Lazy Dog (Paris), & Andrew Rafacz Gallery (Chicago). Cody’s work has been featured in numerous magazines and publications including idN, Arkitip, Anthem & Juxtapoz…
“I started going to rave parties in Milwaukee and Chicago and eventually ended up throwing a party. To save money I designed the flyer myself. After that I stopped doing parties and instead did flyers. By doing those flyers I learned about things like CMYK, and spot colors and paper stocks and what not. This was the early to mid 90’s, so while most flyers were all raved out, we were doing stuff on uncoated brown stock with silver ink and such. Pretty tame for the design world but it was quite different for the rave world at that time. I moved to Vermont for a bit and worked at JDK doing loads of board graphics for Burton snowboards and learning from all the great designers that worked there. It was like going to school but getting paid. After that I moved back to the Midwest for a bit, freelanced and bounced around a bit, moved to Miami for a bit and worked full time with 12oz Prophet, moved back to Chicago, back to Vermont, eventually moved to Jersey where I was in charge of all men’s product graphics at Ecko Unltd. So I basically learned about clothing based design. Then I moved back to Chicago and have been here ever since. “(Cody Hudson)
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