Jennifer Hudson

Jennifer Hudson is an award-winning Maryland-based cut paper artist and painter. She began her career as a painter with an emphasis on realistic nature scenes and fantasy-based illustrations. She graduated from the Baltimore School for the Arts in 2014 with a concentration in painting. After graduating Hudson became intrigued by the world of contemporary paper art. She uses various sized knives to hand cut delicate works that display movement, texture and dimension. She combines several layers of cut paper to attain highly detailed three-dimensional works. Hudson’s love of the natural world is evident in the use of flora and animals in her work. She specializes in wild life art. Continuing motifs include foxes, birds, horses and delicate lace-like structures. She became a member of the Guild of American Papercutters in 2020 and a member of the International Association of Hand Papermakers and Paper Artists in 2024.

What is Paper Cutting?

Paper cutting is the art of creating images in a sheet of paper by removing excess paper with a knife or other cutting tool. Many different forms of paper cutting have developed all over the world. Traditionally works are created out of one single sheet of paper. Jen’s artworks consist of several layers of cut paper assembled together to achieve a sculptural effect.