By: PDNB Gallery
PDNB Gallery artist, Earlie Hudnall, Jr., has been keeping busy in the past year. It has been rather exciting to see the continued strong interest in his work throughout the past decade.
Since 2023, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston has added many photographs to their existing collection of Earlie Hudnall’s work, a goal of Malcolm Daniel’s before he retired from his position as The Gus & Lyndall Wortham Curator of Photography last year. During several studio visits, Malcolm and Lisa Volpe enjoyed hearing Earlie’s stories and viewing many rare images that have not been exhibited or published before. These acquisitions allow a deeper look into the breadth of this artist’s career.
Other museum acquisitions included the Nelson Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri, the National Juneteenth Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, the Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, Texas, and the Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas. The Blanton Museum acquisition was a result of PDNB Gallery’s participation in the UNTITLED art fair in Houston last fall. PDNB featured a solo show at UNTITLED for Earlie Hudnall, receiving much attention by local collectors, press, and from the Third and Fourth Ward community folk that he has photographed since studying art at Texas Southern University in the 1970’s.
Earlie has been included in an important group exhibition, Photography and the Black Arts Move- ment, 1955-1985, that opened at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC and has just traveled to The Getty Center in Los Angeles, California. The Getty Center used his image, Mother with Sons, in their graphics for the entrance panel to the show.
And a recent solo show, My Own Backyard, features 38 photographs that highlight his career at the Artspace, Shreveport, Louisiana. On Friday, February 26 at 6 pm, Earlie will present an artist talk at Artspace. The exhibition continues through March 13, 2026.
PDNB and Earlie Hudnall are grateful to all muse- ums, collectors and colleagues who have supported this artist throughout this past year.
