Email me @ nathanielhendrickson (at) gmail (point) com
Artist Statement
As an artist and curator, collaboration is extremely important to me. I believe collaboration is the backbone of what makes us human. My work is a test of this belief. It is a test to my body, heart, and mind to be curious and to keep my eyes and ears open to the possibilities of flourishing collaboration. Listening to stories is resilient technique for maintaining closeness to others in an increasingly divided and information saturated milieu. Through painting, curation, song, writing, movement and multi-media installation, my work weaves, by way of poetic analogy, the skein of the many stories that I encounter. Like a patchwork quilt, these stories are deeply connected with and to one another. Understanding their connection with our own path is one way to make sure they are treated as poetic matter and not simply scraps of material. Similarly, as a curator, I like to work with artists that I feel are important to me, and inspire me to continue. Like a constellation of stars, the communities that we surround ourselves with initiate, sustain and guide us through change in dark times.
About Me
Nathaniel(le) Hendrickson is an interdisciplinary artist based between Casey County and Louisville, Kentucky. Their work bridges performance and visual art, often merging collaborative, research-based processes with painting, installation, and moving image. Current projects explore the ecological crisis, human perception, and the metamorphic sublime.
They have collaborated internationally with the Open Program of the Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski (Italy, Turkey, Lebanon, USA), Hyunji Park (Korea/Finland), Gianluigi Biagini (Finland/Italy), and Pietro Varrasso (Belgium). Recent highlights include exhibiting in the 2025 KMAC Triennial, staging an intervention with Varrasso at the University of Liège School of Architecture’s Borderscapes 2023, and presenting at the Multispecies Ethnography and Artistic Methodology conference at the University of Liège.
Hendrickson is also active as an educator. Since 2022, they have served as Drawing and Painting faculty at the Kentucky Governor’s School for the Arts. They have co-facilitated workshops with Projet Daena and the Royal Conservatory of Liège off and on since 2019 and were Art & Design Artist-in-Residence at Campbellsville University in 2022–2023. They currently serve as Assistant Professor of Studio Art at the Kentucky College of Art + Design.
Their career remains rooted in cross-disciplinary dialogue, ecological engagement, and the transformative potential of art in both public and intimate spaces.
Hendrickson holds an MFA in Studio Art from Florida State University.
Kentucky College of Art + Design