HENSE creates 2023 festival artwork

Alex Brewer, also known as HENSE, created this year’s festival artwork. An American contemporary artist, best known for his dynamic, vivid, and colorful abstract paintings and monumental wall pieces, Brewer utilizes unique color and composition in his installations to evoke a bold presence in the varied spaces they inhabit.

Brewer, a native of Atlanta, began his career painting and writing on the walls around the city at a young age. He discovered his love for creating art in public spaces through graffiti in the 1990’s. He produces numerous public works worldwide through a combination of techniques learned through graffiti writing and the formal language of abstract painting.

He has received recognition as a contemporary abstract painter, exploring, color, form, and material. His works in the realm of public art have garnered him national and international attention. He has also received numerous notable commissions internationally and throughout the United States.

Brewer’s largest commissioned work is in Lima, Peru amassing an impressive size of 137 feet tall and 170 feet wide. With the ability to transform a gallery space or city’s landscape, Brewer’s paintings can act as a unifying thread in a community. Brewer is always inspired by creative expression and process in the public realm and creates works that play an important role in the visual interactions and dialogue of a community.