Noel Hensey

Born 1977, Dublin.
Lives and Works in Kildare, Ireland.
My practice is concerned with ‘openness’, which could be defined as the ground where you can no longer distinguish between self and other. More specifically, it is a concern with mental openness over physical openness.
The practice is multi-disciplinary and includes; photography, sculpture, sound and video.
The work is formulated through; drawing, photography, and the collection of found imagery and objects. This initial material is stored in both digital and physical archives, it is from these archives that material is filtered into more finished work.
With regard to working methodology I try to use methods that compliment the theoretical framework of the practice including; assemblage, appropriation (specifically re-interpretation and re-contextualisation), using a combination of visual hardware and software along with conventional mediums and interchanging mediums.
This practice is inspired by Buddhist practices and philosophies, existing art i.e. concept art, expressionism and minimalism and music.

2009-2010
Masters in Fine Art
Chelsea College of Art and Design, 16 John Islip Street, London, SW1P 4JU, U.K.
2008-2009
Post Graduate Diploma in Fine Art
Chelsea College of Art and Design, 16 John Islip Street, London, SW1P 4JU,U.K.
1995-2000
B.Sc. (Hons) Technology and Design with Diploma in Industrial Studies.
University of Ulster, Shore Rd., Newtownabbey, BT37 QB, N.Ireland.

Noel Hensey's group exhibitions include: ‘6x6xTri Showcase for Ireland’, 411 Galleries, Hangzhou City, Eastlink Gallery, Shanghai and the Chinese Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing, 2005; 'Invisible Means of Support', The Rochelle School, London, 2009; ‘Your Higher Plane Awaits’, Chelsea College, London, Q-Art London’s ‘Presents II’, APT Gallery, London, 2010; ‘Bloomberg New Contemporaries’, Site Gallery and S1 Artspace, Sheffield and the I.C.A., London, 2011; ‘7th Berlin Biennale For Contemporary Art’, Berlin, 2012; ‘Chelsea College Salon’, CONS Projects, London, 2014; ‘Pop Living’, Schwartz Gallery, London, ‘Peep’,
Hive Emerging, Waterford and 'ArtVenice Biennale 3', Venice, Italy, 2015.

His solo exhibitions include: ‘Rollage’, The Ivy House, Dublin, 2004; ‘Sick’, Pallas Contemporary Projects, Dublin, 2008 and ‘Miles From Home’, Riverbank Arts Centre, Co. Kildare, Ireland, 2012.

In 2009 he received an Artists and Collectors Bursary from Chelsea College, a Special Projects Award from Chelsea Arts Club Trust and undertook a three-month residency at Kala Institute, Berkeley, U.S.A. In 2011 he was shortlisted by Chelsea College for the Red Mansion Art Prize, was selected for Bloomberg New Contemporaries and won the Co. Kild...