BIOGRAPHY
John Henry is known worldwide for his large-scale public works of art, which grace numerous museum, corporate, public and private collections. His works are prominently exhibited in many American cities and states as well as throughout Europe and Asia.
John has shown his work extensively since the early 1960’s and exhibits a definitive trademark style that is recognized internationally. His works range in scale from small tabletop pieces to some of the largest contemporary metal sculptures in the world. While identified by some in the 1970s as part of the Minimalist Movement, the geometric forms that have defined John’s work for more than forty years have their aesthetic and historical base in Constructivism. John has a supreme commitment to the materiality of his work, and an unwavering insistence on maintaining the integrity of the process and the materials in developing his visual vocabulary.
BORN
Lexington, Kentucky 1943
EDUCATION
University of Kentucky 1961-65
University of Washington 1962
School of the Art Institute of Chicago 1966-69, B.F.A.
Illinois Institute of Technology 1967
University of Chicago 1968-69
Honorary Doctor of Arts, University of Kentucky, 1996
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1966-67
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
1969
Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago
1971
Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago
1972
Dorsky Gallery, New York City
1973
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois
1975
Riverside Park, New York City, NY
1976
Greenway Plaza, Houston, Texas
Laguna Gloria Museum of Art, Austin, Texas
Sculpture Now, Inc. New York City
1977
Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, Missouri
Pittsburgh at the University of Pittsburgh, PA
1980
ConStruct, Chicago
Gallery 10, Aspen, Colorado
1981
ConStruct, Chicago, IL
1983
ConStruct, North Miami, Florida
1986
Bell Gallery, Rhinebeck, NY
Expressions Art Gallery, Coconut Grove, FL
1987
Matthew Scott Gallery, Miami, Florida
1988-89
Evolution In Scale, Twenty-Year Retrospective
Venues:
Art Museum of South Texas. Corpus Christi, TX
Museum of Art, Ft Lauderdale, FL
Museum of Fine Arts, St Petersburg, FL
Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN
1990
Nina Owen Ltd, Chicago, IL
1991
Jaffee Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
Ann Norton Sculpture Garden, Palm Beach, FL
Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL
1993
Seo Hwa Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Jaffee Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
1995
Metal, Shape and Time - a Synthesis, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MI
1997
All that Glitters, T. Curtsnoc Fine Arts, Miami, FL
New Works View Gallery, NY, NY
1998
New Works, Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999
New Works, T. Curtsnoc Fine Arts, Miami, FL
2000
John Henry in Hanover, KO 24 Gallery, Hanover, Germany
John Henry, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN,
Wandering Spirit, Centro Espositivo Chiesa
S. Agostino, Panicale, Italy,
2001
Wandering Spirit, University of Camerino,
Camerino, Italy,
Wandering Spirit, Gulf Coast Museum, Largo, FL
New Works, T. Curtsnoc Fine Arts, Miami, FL
2002
New Monuments, Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, MO
2003
Selected Works, Ann Tower Gallery, Lexington, KY
Back on the Plaza, Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL
Steel, Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago, IL
Bal Harbour Shops, Bal Harbour, FL
2004
Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL January
2005
John Henry in the Desert, Featured Artist Season, Buschlen Mowatt Galleries, Palm Desert, CA
2007
John Henry Sculpture: Solo Exhibition, Broadbent, London, UK
2008
Drawing in Space: The Peninsula Project, Florida, USA
Venues:
Star Pointer, Sarasota Bayfront Park, Sarasota, FL
Quark, Doug Burnett Park, Tallahassee, FL
Chevron, Loch Haven Park, Orlando, FL
Big Max, MacDill Park, Tampa, FL
Meridian, Boca Raton Museum of Art School, Boca
Raton, FL
Je Souhaite, Bicentennial Park, Miami, FL
Monuments Around the World, Naples Philharmonic
Center for the Arts, Naples, FL
Inside the Sculptor’s Studio, Mary Brogan Museum of
Art and Science, Tallahassee, FL
Peninsula Project Illustrated, Frost Art Museum, Miami,
FL Peninsula Project Illustrated, Miami Beach Regional
Library, Miami Beach, FL
Made for Space- Wandering Spirit, Selby Gallery South,
Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
Five Decades of Sculpture: A Retrospective, Orlando
Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
American Monuments, Boca Raton Museum of Art,
Boca Raton, FL
2009
Metal geometric sculptures of John Henry, San Antonio Botanical Garden, San Antonio, TX
2011
“Structures at Appropriate Scale” Sonja Roesch Gallery, Houston, Texas
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1963
Borenson Gallery, Burien, Washington
1968
Monumental Sculpture Exhibition, PACGallery, Chicago
Chicago Artists Invitational, Art Institute of Chicago
Eight American Sculptors, Equitable Plaza, Chicago
1969
22nd Annual Illinois Invitational, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois
Chicago 8 Conspiracy Exhibition, LoGuidice Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1970
Painting & Sculpture Today, Indianapolis Museum, IN
1973
Sculpture Off the Pedestal, Grand Rapids, Michigan
1974
Space, Scale & Urban Environment, Illinois Center, 111 E Wacker Drive, Chicago
Sculpture in the Park, Grant Park, Chicago
1975
Monumental Sculpture, Houston, Texas
1976
Super Sculpture, New Orleans, Louisiana
Southwest Invitational, Galveston, Texas
Gallery Exhibition, Sculpture Now, Inc., New York
Art in the Park, Atlanta, Georgia
The Chicago Connection, Crocker Museum, Sacramento California, Traveling Exhibition
1977
Sculpturescape, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Sculpture Potsdam 77, Potsdam State University, Potsdam, New York
1978
Chicago: The City and Its Artists 1945-1978,
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor
Chicago Abstractionists: Romanticized Structures, University of Missouri at Kansas City
ConStruct's Traveling Outdoor Exhibition, Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, NY
1978-80
Group Sculpture & Drawing Shows, ConStruct , Chicago, IL
1979
Illinois Invitational, Springfield, Illinois
University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
1980
ConStruct Traveling Sculpture Exhibition,
Hempstead, New York; Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois; Arts Festival of Atlanta, Georgia; Shidoni Gallery, Tesuque, New Mexico
The Sculptors of ConStruct, Middendorf/Lane Gallery, Washington,D.C.
American Eight, Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, New York, & New Britain Museum, New Britain, Connecticut, Sponsored by Interpace Corporation
ConStruct's Small-Scale Traveling Exhibition, University of North Dakota; Grand Forks, North Dakota; Indianapolis Museum of Art in Columbus, Indiana
1981
American Eight, Parsippany, NJ & Ashland, OH
Sponsored by Interpace Corporation
Made in Dade, Dade County Library System, Dade County, FL
1981 -82
Group Show, ConStruct, Chicago, IL
1982
American Eight, Hope College, Holland, Michigan, Sponsored by Interpace Corporation
Group Show, The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Chicago International Art Expo, Mayor Byrne Mile of Sculpture, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Inaugural Exhibition ConStruct South Sculpture Park, Miami, FL
Illinois Sculptors, Invitational Tarbel Art Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
1983
Eight American Sculptors, Metropolitan Museum and Art Center, Coral Gables, Florida
Selections from the Collection of Robert Vogele, Swen Parson Gallery, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL
1984
Illinois State Museum, Chicago, IL
Models for Illinois State Commissions Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, IL
1985
Group Show, The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1986
Heavy Mettle, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Drawings by Sculptors, Expressions Gallery, Coconut Grove, FL
1987
South Florida Collects, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Contemporary Sculpture from Florida Collections, University Gallery, College of Fine Arts, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Inaugural Exhibition of Sculpture, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
1988
Made in Florida, University of South Florida Art Museum, Tampa, FL
1989-1991
Traveling Exhibitions; Marseille, France; Geneva,
Switzerland; Hasselet, Belgium; Barcelona, Spain; Throughout the State of Florida
1989
Six Florida Sculptors, Thomas Center Gallery, Gainesville, FL
1989-90
Florida's Finest, North Miami Center of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL, Capitol Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
1991
International Art Expo, Tokyo, Japan
1992
The European Fine Art Fair, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Florida Artist Collection, Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL
International Art Expo, Chicago, IL
Art Chicago, Chicago, IL
1993
International Art Expo, Chicago, IL
The New Pier Show, Chicago, IL
FIAC, Paris, France;
Lineart, Ghent, Belgium
1994
Art Miami, Miami Beach, FL
Spring Vernissage, Grove Isle, Miami, FL
Group Show, Dietrich Contemporary Art, New York, NY
Project 30 x 30, Wilhelm-Hack Museum, Ludwigshaffen, Germany
1995
Group Show, T. Curtsnoc Fine Arts, Ltd., Miami, FL
Project 30 x 30, Museum ‘T Coopmanshû, The Netherlands
Manif Seoul 95, Seoul Art Center, Art Expo, Seoul, Korea
Metal, Shape and Time - a Synthesis, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
1996
Manif Seoul 96, Seoul Art Center, Art Expo, Seoul, Korea
Pier Walk 96, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Art Chicago 96, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Drawings by Sculptors, Pardo View Gallery, NY, NY
Group Exhibition, Galiere AMI, Seoul, Korea
Cerrillos Cultural Center, Cerrillos, New Mexico
10th Anniversary Show, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island, NY
Art In Chicago 1945-1995, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Group Show by Gallery Artist, T. Curtsnoc Fine Arts, N. Miami, FL
Manif 96, Seoul, Korea
1997
Group Exhibition, Kwangju City, Korea
Recent Sculptures, View Gallery, New York, NY
SOFA, Miami, FL
Art Chicago, at Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Robert McClain & Co., Houston, TX
Pier Walk ’97, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL,
BOOM, T. Curtsnoc- Grand Opening, Miami, FL
Connecticut Sculpture Park
1998-1999
Selections, T. Curtsnoc Fine Arts, Miami, FL
Art Chicago, at Navy Pier, Chicago, IL, Thomas McCormick Works of Art
Robert McClain Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Pier Walk ’98, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Connecticut Sculpture Park, Washington, CT
Art Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
Thomas McCormick Works of Art, Chicago, IL
Pier Walk ’99, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Drawings by Sculptors and Maquettes, Print Works Gallery, Chicago, IL,
Richard Hunt and Friends, Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI
2000 - 2001
Sculpture 2000, Robert McClain & Co., Houston, TX
Blickachsen III, Bad Homburg, Germany
John Henry & Jae Hahn, Gallery Seo Hwa, Seoul, Korea
2002
Sculpture Symposium and Exhibtion, Schwerein, Wiligrad, Germany
2004
Chicago Sculpture, Chicago, IL
Annual Members Exhibition, Century Association, NYC
2005
Art Expo Chicago, Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago, IL & Millenia Gallery, Orlando, FL
Members Survey, Century Association, NYC
Inaugural Exhibition, Nader Collection/Gary Nader
Fine Arts, Miami, FL, December
Vancouver Biennale, Featured Artist, Vancouver BC
2006
OPEN Exhibition, Venice, Italy
From Maquette to Model, Century Association, NYC
3-D Discovery, Lubeznik Center, Michigan City, IN
Odyssey Exhibition, Purdue North Central University, Westville, IN
Real-Irreal-Surreal, Art St. Urban, Lucerne, Switzerland
Art Basel Miami, Gary Nader Gallery, Miami, FL
Morgan Stanley Exhibition, West Indiana Office, IN
Masters in Sculpture, The Sculpture Park, Gary Nader Gallery, Miami, FL
Sculpture/Drawing Show: Willard Boepple, Charles Ginnever and John Henry, Broadbent, London, UK
2007
Masters in Sculpture: Atchugarry, Botero, Cárdenas, Chia, De Stables, Di Suvero, Henry, Lichtenstein, Stella, Tamayo, Nader Sculpture Park, Miami, FL
Sculpture/ Drawing Show: Willard Boepple, Charles Ginnever, & John Henry, Broadbent, London, UK
Annual Exhibition, Century Association, NY, NY Vancouver Biennale (2005-2007), Vancouver, BC
Art Moves on Main, Lyndhurst Foundation, Chattanooga, TN
In the Shadow of the Alps, American Sculptors at Art St. Urban, Switzerland
OPEN 2007, Lido di Venezia, Italy
Sarasota Season of Sculpture, Sarasota, FL
2008
Member’s Exhibition, Century Association, New York, NY
Sculpture: A Wyoming Invitational, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
Toronto Art Fair, Broadbent Gallery, London, UK
London Art Fair, Broadbent Galelry, London, UK
Art Miami, Miami, FL, Thomas McCormick, Chicago, IL
Red Dot, Seth Beitler Fine Arts, Miami, FL
2009
Sculpture and Photography Exhibition, Century Association, New York, NY
Sculpture for New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
2010
”Structures” Miami, FL • “Professional Sculpture and Photography Exhibition”, Century Association, New York, NY• Sculpture for New Orleans, New Orleans, LA• “Exhibition of Artist Members” The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL • Sculpture By The Sea, Cottlesoe, Australia• “Florida Contemporary: Paintings and Photographs”, Naples, Fl •”Encounters” Governors Island, NY • “Arthamptons” Sayre Park, Bridgehampton, NY
“Sculpt Miami”, Miami, Florida
2011 “84th Exhibition of Artist Members” Arts Club of Chicago, “Annual Professional Sculptors Exhibition” New York
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado
Bluff View Art District Sculpture Garden, TN
British Museum, London, England
Broward County, Florida
Cella Museum, Cella, Germany
Center for the Fine Arts, Vero Beach, FL
Central Florida University Art Museum, FL
City of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
City of East Chicago, Illinois
City of Englewood, CO
City of Eschborn, Germany
City of Hanover, Kunst Mile, Hanover, Germany
City of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
City of Rockford, Illinois
City of Shenzhen, China
City of Sioux City, Iowa
Bradley Collection, Milwaukee, WI
Dade County, Miami, Florida
Dallas Museum, Dallas, Texas
Florida Atlantic University Sculpture Collection
Florida Gulf Coast Museum, Lakeland, FL
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
Fort Worth Art Museum, Ft. Worth, Texas
Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
The Harold Washington Library, Chicago, IL
Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois
Iowa State University Museums, Iowa
Joslyn Museum, Omaha, Nebraska
Kass/Meridian Gallery, Chicago, IL
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C
Martin Z Margulies Sculpture Park, Miami, FL
Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL
Miami Dade College Miami, Florida
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park, Park Forest, IL
Northwestern University Law School, Chicago IL
Oklahama City Museum, Oklahoma City, OK
The Polk Art Museum, Lakeland, FL
Ravinia Park, Highland Park, IL
Sheldon Memorial Art Museum, Lincoln, NE
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Sonje Museum Contemporary Art, Kyongju City, Korea
Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri
St. Petersburg Art Museum, St. Petersburg, FL
State of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska
State of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois
State of Illinois, Springfield, Illinois
Stein Bartlow Gallery, Chicago, IL
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC
Wiligrad Sculpture Park, Wiligrad, Germany