Reggie Burrows Hodges

Reggie Burrows Hodges is a contemporary painter known for his exploration of narrative and visual metaphor through painting. Beginning with a black ground, he builds figures and scenes using layers of acrylic and pastel. His subjects often lack distinct facial features, instead defined by their surroundings, backgrounds, and atmosphere. This technique evokes an ambiguous sense of time and space while reflecting the fluidity of memory and the interdependence between people and their environments.
Hodges’s work engages with themes of identity, community, truth, and memory, frequently drawing inspiration from his childhood in Compton, California. His distinctive visual language—characterized by the interplay of blackness and negative space—merges the human form with its environment, emphasizing the fragmentary nature of memory while probing the metaphysical dimensions of perception and self-awareness. Having studied theater and film at the University of Kansas, Hodges brings a deep sensitivity to narrative structure and visual rhythm into his painting practice.