Mashaun Ali Hendricks is a restorative justice practitioner and contemporary artist. He is a result-oriented practitioner and educator in restorative justice philosophy and practices, specializing in providing training and professional development for community members and youth services providers, including K - 12 teachers and school administrators, community organizations, and criminal justice systems. He is a social justice visionary committed to resolving social issues that lead to instances of crime and violence in under-served and disadvantaged communities.
As a contemporary artist, Mashaun uses the media of screen printing, design, streetwear apparel, text, wheat-paste, concept stores, and installations. The apparel, printed works, and installations created demand people's attention with bold phrases and images, upon questioning and conversation, viewers find that the messages and text in the work purposefully use a paradox, irony, and subversive language that makes a statement about current socio-political and socio-economic conditions and opportunities.
EXPERIENCE.
CRIMEDROUGHT LLC - Executive Director
TRAP House Chicago - Owner - 5 retail location/community engagement locations
Circuit Court of Cook County Restorative Justice Community Court -
Restorative Justice Consultant
YMCA of Metro Chicago - Bridging the Divide - Project Coordinator & Trainer
Chicago Public Schools - Restorative Justice Specialist
Alternatives, Inc - Restorative Justice Specialist & Coordinator
Banner South Academy Alternative High School - Teacher
Chicago Area Project - Youth As Resources & Program Development Asst. Coordinator
ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
2019 PrimeTime features Fashion Designer - Question Everything - Museum of Contemporary Art
2018 Lean Artist Chicago - I was Raised on the Internet, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
2017 3AP Artist Grant, 3Arts
2016 School of the Art Institute Chicago | Homan Square Artist in Residence
GROUP EXHIBITIONS.
2022 REMAKING THE EXCEPTIONAL: TEA, TORTURE, & REPARATIONS | CHICAGO TO GUANTÁNAMO - DePaul Art Museum - Chicago, IL
2021 Mariposa: Art in Resistance - Vault Galerie & Healthy Hood - Chicago, IL
2018 SANCTUARY - 3Arts & 6018|North - EXPO Chicago, Chicago, IL
2017 All of the Above - Art, Theory, & Culture - Elephant Room Gallery x Flatland / FLTLNDS PRSS, Chicago, IL
2017 CRIMEDROUGHT: The Solution - Hairpin Art Center - Chicago, IL
2017 The P.O.W.E.R. Project - Art Leaders of Color Network - CRIMEDROUGHT: The Solution - Comfort Station - Chicago, IL
TALKS/WORKSHOPS.
2023 Community Space Building - UIC College of Architecture Design and the Arts - Chicago, IL
2022 Restorative Justice in Chicago | National Restorative Justice Conference - Chicago, IL
2021 Expanding the Circle | Understanding Restorative Justice - Envisioning Justice - Illinois Humanities
2021 Restorative Justice Philosophy in Action - Day of Service - School of the Art Institue Chicago
2020 Black Mental Wellness Conference - Featured Artist - Streetwear and Justice
2018 Lean Artist Commissioned Artist - I Was Raised on the Internet - Museum of Contemporary Art
2018 Lead Lives: Restorative Circles - A Social Experiment / TRAP House Chicago x FUNDRED, Presenter, Washington D.C.
2017 From Trauma to Healing, Advancing Justice Reinvestment in Illinois, Presenter
2017 Creative Approaches to Social Justice - University of Illinois in Chicago, Chicago, IL
2017 Open Engagement 2017 Conference - Justice - Streetwear x Art x Radical Restorative Justice & Funding Social Justice, Chicago, Il
2016/ Columbia College Chicago: Dance and Movement Therapy | Deepening Diversity Class, Guest Lecturer
2015
2015 International Association of Chief of Police, Speaker
2015 US Department of Justice: Forum City, Panelist
2015 Loyola School of Law: Cradle to Career vs. School to Prison Pipeline, Panelist
2017/ University of Chicago: Summer Service Program, Speaker
2016/
2015/
2014
2014/ University of Chicago: Adolescence Male Seminar, Speaker and Panelist
2013