Liam Hennessy

I was born in Suffolk, England in 1981, In 2012 I received a degree in fine art from the Colchester School of Art.

I am particularly influenced by early 20th century abstraction, and the idea of the painted surface as a field of sensations and rhythms which bypass representational conventions and touch directly on the nervous system.

I tend to work intuitively and spontaneously without a clear idea of where each piece will end, preferring to let the process of creation itself direct the finished form of the work.

Education:

BA (hons) in Fine Art - Colchester School of Art 2012
MA in sculpture - Colchester School of Art (distinction) 2014

Exhibitions:

Solo show: Tempus gallery, London, 2014
MA show: The Minories, Colchester 2014
group show: The Hay Gallery, Colchester 2013
group show: St Peters Church, Sudbury, 2013
group show: Orton Reynolds gallery, Eye, Suffolk, 2013
group show: Free Range, The Truman Brewery, London, 2012
degree show: Colchester School of Art, Colchester, 2012
Group show: The Minories, Colchester, 2011
Solo Show: The Quay Theatre, Sudbury. 2011

Artistic Influences:

Paul Klee, Wyndham Lewis, Umberto Boccioni, Kandinsky, David Hockney, Julie Mehretu, Franz Ackermann.