Bio
Ennis R. Hodgson (he/him) is a collage-based printmaker, located in Silver Spring, Maryland. He received his M.F.A in Fine Art at the Corcoran School of Arts & Design at George Washington University and holds a B.A. in Fine Arts, concentrating in Multimedia Studio Art from Morgan State University. While developing his printmaking skills at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center in Hyattsville, Maryland, Ennis uses printmaking to analyze spiritual responses to black music. He has collaborated with Jeanette M. Bolden in a group exhibition at Gallery Y at the YMCA Anthony Bowen in Washington, DC. Ennis has exhibited his work in group exhibitions at The Eubie Blake Cultural Center at Morgan State University and Gallery CA in Baltimore, Maryland. He was also an Osborne Fellow and Mentoring Artist at the Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Artist Statement
My practice moves between printmaking, sound, memory, and spirituality. Drawing from black musical traditions, I use printmaking to explore how sound carries emotional and cultural resonance. Growing up, my family's diverse musical preferences shaped my musical tastes. Whether a family function had more than 50 people or as few as 2, the living room or the basement's dance floor was always filled with sounds, ranging from reggae to salsa to soul. As the sounds shifted, so did the dances, becoming a ritual of living and celebrating together, in sync through the rhythms of the night. I carry those memories with me as I push the medium's boundaries, treating the print as material and using physical media surfaces as my printing matrix to amplify reflection, movement, and transition.
Ennis R. Hodgson (he/him) is a collage-based printmaker, located in Silver Spring, Maryland. He received his M.F.A in Fine Art at the Corcoran School of Arts & Design at George Washington University and holds a B.A. in Fine Arts, concentrating in Multimedia Studio Art from Morgan State University. While developing his printmaking skills at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center in Hyattsville, Maryland, Ennis uses printmaking to analyze spiritual responses to black music. He has collaborated with Jeanette M. Bolden in a group exhibition at Gallery Y at the YMCA Anthony Bowen in Washington, DC. Ennis has exhibited his work in group exhibitions at The Eubie Blake Cultural Center at Morgan State University and Gallery CA in Baltimore, Maryland. He was also an Osborne Fellow and Mentoring Artist at the Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Artist Statement
My practice moves between printmaking, sound, memory, and spirituality. Drawing from black musical traditions, I use printmaking to explore how sound carries emotional and cultural resonance. Growing up, my family's diverse musical preferences shaped my musical tastes. Whether a family function had more than 50 people or as few as 2, the living room or the basement's dance floor was always filled with sounds, ranging from reggae to salsa to soul. As the sounds shifted, so did the dances, becoming a ritual of living and celebrating together, in sync through the rhythms of the night. I carry those memories with me as I push the medium's boundaries, treating the print as material and using physical media surfaces as my printing matrix to amplify reflection, movement, and transition.