Cameron Hockenson

Cameron Hockenson (1975 – 2015) was born in the United States. He earned a Bachelor in Landscape Architecture from California Polytechnic State University with a concentration in Environmental Design, and a MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. 

After studying architecture, Hockenson became influenced by the theories of Christopher Alexander, critiques of design by Bernard Rudofsky, as well as the poignancy of landscape memorialists like Maya Lin. His sculpture adapted the material sensibilities of British land artists, evolving to embrace diverse human and non-human vernaculars in the environments where he works. Through materials, context, and performative walks, his site-specific work engages issues of biocultural diversity with questions of place. 

Hockenson’s work has been exhibited at the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery; the Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco; Headlands Center for the Arts; Marin Museum of Modern Art; I-Park Foundation (Connecticut); Artist’s Open Atelier, Kamiyama Artist in Residence Program (Japan); the Camargo Foundation (France); Fundación Valparaíso (Spain); the 5X5 Project for the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities. 

Programs:

• Marcus Exhibition The Art and Architecture of Maybe (2026)

Artworks:

• Control Tower (originally installed as part of the 2011 Sculpture on the Grounds, Traces, Twigs & Time) (2011)