Education:
MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art 2006-2008
BFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago 1999-2001
Solo and Two Person Shows:
2025 - Last Dream. Left Field Gallery. Los Osos, California
- The Recording Studio. Goat Gallery. Landers, California
2023 - After the Heat. Alto Beta. Altadena, California
2019 - The Fourth Wall. Lowell Ryan Projects. Los Angeles https://www.lowellryanprojects.com/the-fourth-wall
2018 - Land of Lens. Mount San Jacinto Community College. Hemet, California
2017 - Land of Lens. Five Car Garage. Los Angeles https://emmagrayhq.com/Land-of-Lens
2014 - Echo's Drift part 1. Five Car Garage. Los Angeles
- Echo's Drift part 2. Meliksetian|Briggs. Los Angeles https://www.meliksetianbriggs.com/exhibitions/david-hendren?view=slider#3
2013 - Loose Fabric. Five Car Garage. Los Angeles
2012 - In The Shade. Anat Ebgi. Los Angeles https://anatebgi.com/cpt_exhibitions/in-the-shade/
2011 - when. Public Fiction. Los Angeles
2010 - Untitled. Emma Gray HQ. Los Angeles
2009 - Yours, Automatic. Kim Light/Light Box. Los Angeles
2007 - Blink in Light. Navta Schulz Gallery. Chicago
Selected Group Shows:
2025 - TV EYE. Nan Rae Gallery, Woodbury University. Burbank CA https://www.altobeta.com/past
2024 - Cromatic Voyages. Studio 1A. Los Angeles
2021 - TG: Transitions in Kiln Glass. Bellevue Art Museum Bellevue, Washington
2020 - So Far. La Loma Projects. Los Angeles
2018 - Fresh Takes. Gallery Also. Los Angeles
- Pairings. Denk. Los Angeles
2016 - Siren. 5 Car Garage. Los Angeles California https://emmagrayhq.com/SIREN
2015 - Bloody Red Sun of Fantastic LA. Curated by Rene-Julien Praz. Piasa Paris, France
2014 - Boundary Battle. Curated by Mary VanWassenhove. RedLine Gallery, Denver Colorado
2013 - Painting in Place. Curated by Shamim Momin. Farmers and Merchants Building.
Los Angeles https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-knight-painting-review-20130614-story.html
2010 - Portugal Arte 10. Lisbon, Portugal
- Construction Zone. Western Projects, Los Angeles California
2009 - Coming in From the Cold. Curated by Nicola Vassell. Duve. Berlin, Germany
- Blue, Blue. Kim Light/Light Box. Los Angeles California
- Modern Static. Furman University Art Gallery. Greenville South Carolina
2008 - Group Show. Takt. Berlin Germany
- Alma Matter. Kinkead Contemporary. Los Angeles California
-Temporal. Gallery Project. Ann Arbor, Michigan
2007 - American Burning Ritual. Anton Art Center. Mt. Clemens Michigan.
2006 - Site Specific. Navta Schulz Gallery. Chicago
Performances:
2019 -Untitled: Music performance with Belldog. Lowel Ryan Projects. Los Angeles California
2017 -Noon to Midnight: a performance with the SASSAS Sound Shope. LA Phil. Los Angeles https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-noon-to-midnight-notebook-20171121-story.html
-Land of Lens. Five Car Garage. Los Angeles California
2016 -Extended Textures. Five Car Garage. Los Angeles California
2014 -Three Pieces. Meliksetian|Briggs. Los Angeles California
2013 -Broadcast. Five Car Garage. Los Angeles California
Residencies:
Redbull Arts 2020-21
Yucca Valley Material Lab 2019
Yaddo 2016
Vermont Studio Center 2012
Takt 2008
Collections:
North Carolina Museum of Art
Jerry Speyer/Tishman Speyer
The Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation for Art
The Cranbrook Art Museum
Publications:
REPTILHJARNAN #666
Bloody Red Sun of Fantastic LA, Piasa New American Paintings volume 115
Interviews:
https://boldjourney.com/meet-david-hendren/
Awards:
Lincoln City Fellowship 2014
Ruth and Harold Chenven Foundation Grant 2011
Pollock-Krasner Grant 2010
Toby Devon Lewis Fellowship 2008