Madison Hennessey
Swamped
oil on panel, batting, polyfil, cotton/spandex fabric
14” x 17”

DESCRIPTION
Swamped depicts an intimate scene of blood and murky water,
exploring the disgust and horror of the ever-changing female body. The
use of a swampy landscape mirrors and embraces the stigma of menstrual
bleeding. The figure within the painting stands securely in the swamp,
seemingly unconcerned with the blood running down her legs and filling her
boots. The scene empowers the figure to be confident in a natural state. The
painting is framed with a plush, pillow border that emphasizes the softness
and malleability in the simultaneously gross feminine scene.

Madison Hennessy she/her

INSTA @_madison.hennessey_
WEBSITE https://mehennessey.wixsite.com/madison-hennessey-ar
EMAIL- madisonehennessey@gmail.com

BIO

Madison Hennessey is an artist from Rochester, New York. Hennessey uses oil paint to convey themes of femininity, the natural world, and girlhood in a diaristic, often illustrative depiction. Madison attends the Cleveland Institute of Art in Cleveland, Ohio, and is working to achieve her Bachelors of Fine Arts in Painting. She has exhibited her paintings in group exhibitions at the Reinberger Gallery at the Cleveland Institute of Art in Cleveland, Ohio, and at The Bevier Gallery in Rochester, New York. Her work has also been shown at the 100 Show at the Cleveland Institute of Art and in the Spring Show of the Student and Alumni Gallery. She received the David and Ann Deming Award in 2025 at the student independent exhibition at the Cleveland Institute of Art, Strongest Advanced Art Portfolio in the Course in 2022, and the Medical Illustration Award from the Start Here Exhibition at the Rochester Institute of Technology in 2021.


SECONDARY PIECE


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