I was feeling a strong need to change, grow, and break with particular things that were going on in my life and my history, and the material was the perfect answer for that. – Jim Hodges
When I make art, I think about its ability to connect with others, to bring them into the process. – Jim Hodges
There is a broad range of reaction to the work, as there is a broad range of work I make. – Jim Hodges
It’s as if I were collaborating with myself, revealing my relationship to the material. My hand would make the drawing. Then my mouth would transmit it. – Jim Hodges
I was trying to write an autobiography using prints and patterns that reference emotional, psychological, and personal development in my work, as a person growing up, figuring out who I was. I used fabrics to stand in for occurrences. – Jim Hodges
When I started working with mirrors, it seemed to be the perfect material to stand in for that waiting. – Jim Hodges
For a while, I thought a lot about lineage. Where do I belong? Who am I standing next to? – Jim Hodges
I think young people have a wonderful reaction to color because it’s not screwed up by too many references. – Jim Hodges
However, some of my work is very subtle, and one should expect very subtle reactions to it. – Jim Hodges
I move very slowly. It’s usually material first. I sit with the material for a long time. – Jim Hodges
