Tallulah Hutson

Tallulah Hutson trained in drawing and portraiture at Charles H. Cecil Studios, Florence, for 2 years before receiving her MA in Painting at the Royal College of Art, London, in
2025. Hutson's practice ranges from detailed portraits that explore and question contemporary experiences of gender expectations to figural depictions of people in ambiguous moments of motion. Across her practice, Hutson is interested in the body, human gesture and how both can communicate deeply evocative, intimate moments that occur amidst the mundane.
Hutson's latest works centre the release and elation people experience when surrendering to sound. She uses references to historic religious artworks to highlight the connections between contemporary interactions with music and timeless sensations of spiritual ecstasy. At the same time, the atmosphere is often uncertain. Hutson's fierce dancing figures could just as easily be screaming in distress as in delight. Hints of hellscape are used to allude to the times we find ourselves in. In a world that seems constantly in crisis, Hutson asks if to dance in the face of disaster is an act of defiance or despair. Through the colour red - evocative of club lights, late nights, passion, heat and violence - she reflects on her generation's frustrations, potential and escapism in our current climates, as well as the particular impact of politics on women today.
Tallulah Hutson exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery as part of the Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award 2025, as well as with Greatorex Street, the RCA and the Bomb Factory Art Foundation.
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