C  h  r  i  s  t  y       H  e  n  g  s  t

BORN: USA, 1967

Lives and works in Santa Fe, NM

SELECTED PUBLIC WORK and public collections

2023     Art in the Loo  planned one-year installation of paintings of yucca plants in public bathroom 

stalls all over Santa Fe, NM.

2022     Haiku Trail  permanent installation of 22 haiku plaques.  Collaboration with Miriam Sagan and haiku poets.  Along the pathways of the Randall Davey Audubon Center, Santa Fe, NM.

2017     Haiku Pathway   permanent installation of 35 haiku stones.  Collaboration with Miriam Sagan and haiku poets. Courtyard of Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, NM.

2017     Same Boat   permanent public sculpture with benches, on the theme of climate change.  Collaboration with Anne Russell and over 200 Santa Fe students. Monica Lucero Park, Santa Fe, NM.  Project through Santa Fe Arts Commission, with Ignite grant.

2008-2013     Birds in the Park  traveling sculpture project, international, landings in 75 locations.

2007     Museum of Fine Arts collection, Las Cruces,  NM.

2005     Museo de Arte Moderno collection, Cuenca, ECUADOR.

2004     Mead Art Museum collection. Amherst, MA.

2003     Kathryn Ave. Bus Stop project in collaboration with Helmut Hillenkamp. Santa Fe, NM.

2001     Railyard Bus Stop project in collaboration with Helmut Hillenkamp.  Santa Fe,  NM.  Commissioned by the city of Santa Fe, Santa Fe Arts Commission.

1998     Two Rivers Meet Seating area project, New Mexico State Hospital.  Las Vegas, NM.   Commissioned by New Mexico Arts – an Art in Public Places Project. 

            The Passage of Time mural project  El Camino Real Middle School. Las Cruces, NM.    Commissioned by New Mexico Arts – an Art in Public Places Project.

1997     Monumento al Herrero (Monument to the Blacksmiths) sculpture project in collaboration with Helmut Hillenkamp and Fausto Cardoso, Plaza of the Blacksmiths,  Cuenca,  ECUADOR.  Commissioned by the City of Cuenca,  ECUADOR.

1995     Symbolic Gateway Bus Stop project at Santa Fe Community College.  Santa Fe, NM.

1993     The Daily Inquirer temporary text public art project, in collaboration with Michele Rosenshein, in various locations throughout the city, Santa Fe, NM.

1992      Circle of Pictures one-year long Map Picture Treasure Hunt.  Shelburne Falls, MA. 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

SOLO:

2022     Un-Known Paths, Ellsworth Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.

2020     Orientation and Encounter, Mountain Cloud Zen Center, Santa Fe, NM.

2019     New Work, Fireworks Studio, Santa Fe, NM.

2013/14      Birds in the Garden, Santa Fe Botanical Garden, Santa Fe, NM.

2011      Birds at the Museum, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO.

2008-2013     Birds in the Park: traveling public art project landing in 75 locations internationally.

2007     Relationships, IX Bienal de Cuenca, Casa de los Arcos,  Cuenca,  ECUADOR.

2006     Running on Full, Museum of Fine Arts,  Las Cruces,  NM.

            Sealed in Wax, Box Gallery, Santa Fe,  NM.

2005     Selado en Cera, Museo de Arte Moderno, Cuenca,  ECUADOR.

            Versiegelt in Wachs, BBK-Galerie,  Aachen, GERMANY.

2003     Cave, Box Gallery,  Santa Fe,  NM.

             New Work from Christy Hengst, Basiste Gallery,  Santa Fe,  NM.

GROUP:

2022     The Spell: Words and Imagery, Santa Fe Community College Art Gallery,Santa Fe, NM.

             Katonah Museum of Art Association at Northern Westchester Hospital, Mt. Kisco, NY.

             The Darkness of this Time, Viridian, Chelsea, NY.

2021      Bound, Light Art Space, Silver City, NM (Second Place award).

             Director’s Choice, Viridian, Chelsea, NY.

2015     Axle Indoors at Peters Projects, Santa Fe, NM

2014     Armory Show, Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM.

            SITE Unseen, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM.

2013     Wendover Landing, (3 person show) 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM.

2010     100 Künstler-100 Kacheln, Couven Museum.  Aachen, GERMANY.

             Heart This!, Jay Etkin Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.

2009     Waning and Waxing, Zane Bennett Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.

             Metamorphosis,  Haydon Art Center, Lincoln, NE.

             Encaustic Works ’09, R&F and The Castle Gallery, New Rochelle, NY.

2008     Site Unseen, SITE Santa Fe,  Santa Fe,  NM.

2007     Loosely Joined, 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM.

            Creamy Goodness, Salon Mar Graff, Tesuque,  NM.

            Sticks and Stones, Lauryn Taylor Fine Art,  Carmel,  CA.

            Seed Catalog, Bridge Art Fair,  Chicago,  IL.

2006     Site Unseen, SITE Santa Fe,  Santa Fe,  NM.

            Gallery Artists, Julie Baker Fine Art,  Nevada City,  CA.

2004     Ausstellende Künstlerin,  Galerie Stricker,  Aachen,  GERMANY.

            Selections, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM.

2003     Box Gallery Group Show, Box Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.

2002     True Colors, Meridian International. Washington D.C. (on tour with stops including New York, NY; Dallas, TX; Palm Beach, FL; Atlanta,GA; Istanbul, TURKEY; Berlin, GERMANY; Belfast, IRELAND; Tirania, ALBANIA; Bratislava, SLOVAKIA          

2001     Sculpture Show, College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM.

1998     International Ceramics Public Art Exhibition, Taipei Cultural Center, Taipei TAIWAN.

EDUCATION

1996                Antioch University, MA / Fine Arts, Individualized Master of Arts Program. Santa Fe, NM

1990                Amherst College, BA / Fine Arts. Amherst, MA

SELECTED TEACHING/ CONFERENCES/ RESIDENCIES

2017/18     Art teacher, Fayette St.Academy, Santa Fe, NM

2016     Instructor,  Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA.

2015     Conference presenter: Building Creative Communities, La Fonda, Santa Fe, NM.

2014     Conference organizer: Evolving Intentions in Public Art, CCA, Santa Fe, NM.

2007     Instructor,  Ludwig Museum, Aachen, GERMANY.

2005/2006        Instructor,  Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM

                        Instructor,  Ludwig Museum. Aachen, GERMANY.

2004     Instructor,  Burg Sahr, GERMANY.

2001     Instructor,  Esalen Institute. Big Sur, CA.

1999     Instructor,  Santa Fe Community College. Santa Fe, NM.

1998     Artist in Residence, Esalen Institute. Big Sur, CA.

1997      Instructor, Artist in Residence, Fundacion Paul Rivet. Cuenca, ECUADOR.