lwoodhensens@gmail.com
Lunar Longing
2024
Oil on Canvas
40”x32”
Lunar Longing
detail
Lunar Longing
detail
Bloom and Burn
2021
Oil on Canvas
40” x 32”
Feral and Fenced
2020
Oil on Canvas
48” x 60”
Feral and Fenced
detail
Feral and Fenced
detail
Feral and Fenced
detail
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Ceaseless Swell
2021
Oil on Canvas
72” x 72”
Ceaseless Swell, detail
Ceaseless Swell, detail
Ceaseless Swell, detail
Inauguration of the Rampant Rally
2018
Oil on Canvas
84” x 107”
Inauguration of the Rampant Rally, detail
Inauguration of the Rampant Rally, detail
Inauguration of the Rampant Rally, detail
Ventral to the Verdant Void
2018
Oil on Canvas
72” x 72”
Ventral to the Verdant Void, detail
Void
2017
Oil on Canvas
72” x 72”
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Untitled
2021
Oil on Canvas
54” x 40”
Untitled
detail
Untitled
detail
Eroding
2019
Oil on Canvas
24” x 30”
Eroding
detail
Eroding
detail
Tinder Tender Instinct
2019
Oil on Canvas
18” x 18”
A Soft Journey Through Rigid Terrain
2018
Oil on Canvas
60” x 48”
A Soft Journey Through Rigid Terrain
detail
Howling
2018
Oil on Canvas
46” x 38”
Old Burn
2018
Oil on Canvas
40” x 52”
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BIO
b. 1991, Bedford, TX // based in Portland, OR.
EDUCATION
2018 MFA, Painting and Printmaking, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2014 BFA, Drawing and Painting, University of North Texas, College of Visual Art and Design, Denton, TX
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
New American Paintings: MFA Annual #147, Juror: Beth Rudin DeWoody, Exhibition in
2019
Phone Home, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
2018
2018 MFA Thesis Exhibition, The Anderson, Richmond, VA
2017
L'Heauxspitali'TE, FAB Gallery, Richmond, VA
Emerge, Page Bond, Richmond, VA
The Candidates, John Marshall, Richmond, VA
2016
Aural Fixation, FAB Gallery, Richmond, VA
2015
Autumn Glances, Manitou Art Center, Manitou Springs, CO
2015 Hunting Art Prize Gala, Friedkin Companies Campus, Houston, TX
2014
Blue Yule, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX
Trust, Hyperspace Gallery, Dallas TX
EXPO, 500x Gallery, Dallas, TX
Drawing and Painting Senior Exit Show, Cora Stafford Galley, UNT College of Visual Art and Design, Denton TX
54th Annual Voertman Exhibition, UNT Art Gallery, UNT College of Visual Art and Design, Denton, TX
Mise en Scène, Cora Stafford Galley, UNT College of Visual Art and Design, Denton TX
Drawing and Painting Senior Invitational Showcase, Lightwell Gallery, UNT College of Visual Art and Design, Denton TX
2013
2013 College Expo., 500x Gallery, Dallas, TX
Drawing and Painting Senior Invitational Showcase, Lightwell Gallery, UNT College of Visual Art and Design, Denton TX
Junior Review Showcase, Cora Stafford Gallery, UNT College of Visual Art and Design, Denton TX
Scholarship Exhibition Showcasing Scholarship Recipients from CVAD, Lightwell Gallery, UNT College of Visual Art and Design, Denton TX
53rd Annual Voertman Exhibition, UNT Art Gallery, UNT College of Visual Art and Design, Denton, TX
All Level Watercolor-A Two Gallery Exhibition, North Gallery, UNT College of Visual Art and Design, Denton, TX
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015
Unbuild, Epocha, Dallas TX
PUBLICATIONS, PRESS RELEASES, and ONLINE FEATURES
2022 Fire Season II, “L Wood Hensens,” p.93, Produced and Edited By Amory Abbott and Liz Toohey-Wiese
2021 Booooooom Design Inc., “A Soft Journey Through Rigid Terrain, by Artist L. Hensens,”
https://www.booooooom.com/2021/02/04/a-soft-journey-through-rigid-terrain-by-
artist-l-henens/
2020 MFA Annual Exhibition Issue #147, New American Paintings, Juror: Beth Rudin
DeWoody
2019
Wendy Vogel, “‘PHONE HOME’ AT EFA PROJECT SPACE, FEATURING VCUARTS PAINTING + PRINTMAKING MFA ALUMNI,” https://arts.vcu.edu/paintingprintmaking/2019/05/28/phonehome/
2018
VCU Arts, 2018 MFA Graduate Thesis Catalog, 86-89.
2015
Kelly Sims, "L. Hensens: Artist," Austere REM // Issue 13. 76
SELECTED AWARDS
2013 Outstanding Undergrad Student in Studio Art, UNT Honor’s Day, UNT Murchison Performing Arts Center, Denton, TX
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Clackamas Community College
Oregon City, Oregon
Adjunct Faculty Jan 2022 - May 2022
Southern Oregon University
Ashland, Oregon
Guest Lecturer March 2022
Cedar Valley Community College
Lancaster, Texas
Adjunct Faculty, Jan 2019 - May 2019
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia
Adjunct Faculty, Aug 2017 - May 2018
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Aug 2016 - May 2017