He received a degree in history from Seattle Pacific University before studying drawing and painting at the University of Washington. Hausken is currently Artist in Residence at the Yakima Valley Museum. Prior he was a Clowes Fellow (2010) and a Pollock-Krasner Fellow (2016) at the Vermont Studio Center. Hausken is represented by Chinese Jesus in Venice, CA and by LFA Fine Arts in Cambridge, MA; his work can be found in numerous public and private collections.