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In Episode 67 of Art Talk, I have a conversation with Susan Hensel. Susan is a multidisciplinary artist, with a 50+ year career. Susan received her BFA from the University of Michigan with a double major in painting and sculpture and a concentration in ceramics. She combines a mixed media practice with embroidery across digital and manual platforms. She also makes sculptures and wall art using the colours and techniques of commercial embroidery. These artworks are designed on the computer and stitched out on the computer-aided embroidery machine.
She has a history, to date, of more than 300 exhibitions, 35 of them solo, twenty + garnering awards. In the coming two years, Susan has solo and 2-person and group exhibitions scheduled in Ellicot, MD; Bloomington, MN; Hopkins, MN; Duluth, MN and the Garrett Museum of Art, Garrett, Indiana. In recent years Hensel has been awarded multiple grants and residencies through the Jerome Foundation, Minnesota State Arts Board, Art to Change the World and Ragdale Foundation.
Apart from her own studio she also has a gallery.
The focus of the Susan Hensel Gallery is on compelling objects, meaningful use of materials, and engaging sculpture. It is a gallery where experimental ideas and works of the hand join to create unique sensory experiences. Susan Hensel Gallery is a gallery/ workspace that presents 5-6 shows per year in an intimate space. The gallery is represented on Artsy.net.
- https://susanhenselprojects.com/
- https://susanhenselgallery.com/
- https://youtube.com/@susanhensel1
- https://www.facebook.com/SusanHenselProjects