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Inkblot Bra II
Aluminum, steel, powdercoat, acrylic paint
March 2026
Inkblot Bra
Aluminum, powdercoat
November 2025
Inkblot Mask II
Aluminum, powdercoat, plastic mesh
November 2025
Inkblot Bolo
Aluminum, powdercoat
November 2025
Inkblot Collar
Aluminum, powdercoat, hematite
October 2025
Inkblot Mask
Aluminum, powdercoat
September 2025
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Fist Belt (Collaborative piece)
Belt by Simon Shepherd @ShireCowboyLeather
Belt buckle by me
Copper, chasing and repoussé
September 2025
Chromosome Earrings
Copper, enamel (plique-à-jour)
April 2025
Rubber
Copper, enamel, leather cord
April 2025
Corset Brooch
Copper, acrylic paint, colored pencil, embroidery floss
March 2025
Snake Armlet
Copper, silver
November 2024
Clown Necklace
Brass, copper, enamel, found buttons
November 2024
Personal Jesus
Copper, silver, pewter
September 2024
Haircut Locket
Copper, silver wire, hair, embroidery floss
May 2024
Kind-Hearted Degenerate Brooch
Copper, brass, cast bronze
March 2024
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Content Analysis
Printed canvas, acrylic paint, thread
72 x 30" each
December 2025
Don't Die Wondering
Mirror, glass, lead-free solder
10 x 10"
April 2025
I would rather they choke on me and find me grotesque and indecipherable than eat me alive
3D printed resin, strap-on harness, spraypaint
December 2024
Cathedral
Steel, copper, twill tape
18 x 8 x 8"
October 2024
Self-Cannibalizing Madness! / Alterations 2
Insulation foam, polyfil, secondhand fabrics, embroidery thread, acrylic yarn, metal findings, cotton gauze, coated paper, synthetic hair, doll stand, steel wire
8 x 24 x 8”
September 2024
Self Portrait
Found fabric, polyfil, rope, wig
7 x 2'
December 2023
Laundry
Makeup wipes, makeup, yarn, wooden clips
85 x 8"
October 2022
Emergence Exhibition Award winner
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The Artist Lounging
Printed fabric, tights, studs, free motion and hand sewing
6 x 3'
May 2025
Piercing Quilt
Printed fabric, free motion sewing
25 x 41"
April 2025
Come and Take It
Cotton fabric, appliqué and heat transfer, free motion sewing
24 x 32"
February 2025
Hand-me-down
Childhood quilt, purse, brush, and curtains, printed canvas, acrylic paint, embroidery floss, testoterone vial
60 x 80"
October 2023
About
Harley Hudson, also known as Mx. Match, is a metalsmith and fiber artist based in DFW. He received his BFA in Studio Art with a concentration in Metalsmithing and Jewelry in the spring of 2026. With a background in drag performance, theatre costuming, and cosplay, Hudson creates intricate jewelry, textile-based sculptures, and wearable art pieces that are playful, campy, and unabashedly queer.
Artist Statement
My art addresses themes of sexual identity, body modification, and fantasy. Many of my pieces are overtly sexual; expressions of my desire for complete agency over my own body and future as a trans person born and raised in Texas. I am fascinated by all types of artifice and play, from drag to BDSM to theatre, and what these transformative environments can reveal about our truest selves. The ambition of my work is to resist the shift towards palatability seen in contemporary LGBTQ+ culture, and to create wearable artworks that become extensions of the fantastical queer body. I am deeply inspired by the confrontational and unapologetic nature of queer activism and artwork of the 80s and 90s, and hope that my work both honors the queer past and imagines a queer future.My recent body of work, the Inkblot series, explores my uncertainty of how I am perceived and the potential for transformation as a gender nonconforming person through inkblot-like forms. I am interested in comparing the Rorschach inkblot test as a projective tool with trans people as a group often projected upon. The ambiguity of the inkblot forms is essential for the test to work effectively, leading people to project seemingly unrelated personal feelings onto them. Often, people recoil from an inkblot they cannot decipher, rejecting what feels unfamiliar. I find the vast range of different interpretations of the inkblots relatable as someone who can be interpreted very differently depending on the day and each person’s unique perspective on gender. I am also inspired by the biological, almost alien visual qualities of the symmetrical blots and tie this to ideas of growth and transformation of sex. By incorporating these forms into jewelry and wearable sculpture, the body becomes the site of scrutiny, speculation, and transmutation.
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Education
2026
BFA Studio Art: Metalsmithing and Jewelry
University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Group Exhibitions
2026
Texas Is Gay
500X Gallery x Rhizoma Projects, Dallas, TXIn Focus: SNAG x Queer Metalsmiths Virtual/In-Person Exhibition
2026 SNAG Conference: Wayne State University, Detroit, MIClementines: Metalsmithing & Jewelry Senior BFA Exhibition
Anna Street Studios, Denton, TX65th Annual Paul Voertman Juried Exhibition
Cora Stafford Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2025
Final Polish: Metalsmithing & Jewelry Senior BFA Exhibition
Cora Stafford Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX1st Annual University Union Juried Show
Union Art Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TXBOLO-A-RAMA
UNT CoLab, Denton, TX
2024
Growing Pains
Union Art Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2023
Emergence
Cora Stafford Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Awards
2023
Emergence Exhibiton Award
University of North Texas
Private Collections
2025
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Collaborative sculpture with Fatima Kubra, Christi Stidham, McConnell Brown, and Lisa Brunet
Denton Maker Center, Denton, TX