Billy Hensley brings modern Chickasaw culture and artwork into the mainstream by creating paintings that incorporate native Chickasaw culture with unique techniques. Hensley desires to help bring Chickasaw artists into the global art community through art that incorporates history and tradition with relevance to the present. “I continuously strive to evolve in my work through experimentation with new techniques and processes.” Born and raised in Oklahoma, Mr. Hensley gains inspiration from his life, the history of his family and the Chickasaw people. He often incorporates objects and images of historical significance into his works. Mr. Hensley works mainly with acrylic paint, often using a variety of textures and striping techniques. More recently Mr. Hensley has also been experimenting with various mixed media projects. In the last few years Mr.Hensley has participated in several well known juried art markets including The Southeastern Art Show and Market (SEASAM), The Artesian Art Festival, Red Earth Festival, The Cherokee Art Market, Santa Fe Indian Art Market and Indian Market EDGE. His work has placed numerous times including most recent awards for Best of Division at SEASAM and The Cherokee Art Markets in 2019. Mr. Hensley was a featured artist at Exhibit C gallery in Oklahoma City, where he still has work on display today and is part of their current exhibition; Home on the Range. Hensley was a part of the Chickasaw traveling exhibition; Visual Voices which opened at the Fred Jones Museum of Art in June of 2018 and has since been displayed at the Mississippi Museum of Art, The IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Art, The Museum of the Southeast American Indian and the Briscoe Western Art Museum.