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Janet Henry
Born
Harlem, New York City, New York U.S.
NationalityAmerican
OccupationVisual Artist
Years active1975-present

Janet Henry is a New York City based visual artist.

Early life and education

Henry was raised in East Harlem and then in Jamaica, Queens.[1] She currently lives in Jamaica, Queens.[2]

Henry attended the School of Visual Arts and the Fashion Institute of Technology.[2] She also received a fellowship in education from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[2]

Work

Janet Henry's artistic work spans multiple mediums: collage and text-based work, jewelry, and sculpture/installations using multimedia materials.

In partnership with filmmaker Linda Goode Bryant, Henry produced Black Currant, a magazine that highlighted the work of artists who were highlighted by Just Above Midtown Gallery (JAM).[3]

Exhibitions

Henry's artwork has been exhibited in various shows and venues such as PPOW Gallery, the New Museum, the Studio Museum in Harlem, the Newark Museum, Artists Space, and Just Above Midtown.[2]

Solo exhibitions and installations

  • Lower Eastside Girls Club Community Gallery, "Two's", NYC, 2004
  • Cedar Crest College, Recent Work, Curated by Cynthia Hawkins, Allentown, PA, 2003
  • PPOW, "American Anatomy and Other Work", NYC, 2002[4]
  • John Jay College, "In Situ," NYC, 1998
  • Hallwalls, "American Anatomy," Curated by Sara Kellner, Buffalo, NY, 1995[5]
  • Pulse Art, "American Anatomy," NYC, 1995
  • Seventh Second Photo Gallery, "Social Commentary Sewn-up in Vinyl," Curated by Wendy Tiefenbacher, NYC, 1992
  • Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY, "Collecting, Organizing and Transposing," Curated by Olivia Georgia, NYC, 1990
  • Public Art Fund, "Messages to the Public: Eventually," NY, 1988[6]
  • Various Sites in Queens, "American Anatomy," NY, 1986
  • Studio Museum in Harlem, "From the Studio: Artists-in-Residence," NYC, 1983[7]
  • Just Above Midtown Gallery, "Janet Henry Retroactive," NYC, 1982
  • Basement Workshop, "Handel Was No Fool," NYC, 1981
  • The Exhibitions Gallery, "Drawings and Other Things," Jamaica, NY 1978

Selected group exhibitions and installations[8]

  • Brooklyn Museum, "We Wanted a Revolution," Curated by Catherine Morris, NYC, 2017[9]
  • Five Myles Gallery, "No Place Like Utopia," Curated by Matt Freedman, NYC, 2008
  • City Without Walls, Corridor Gallery, "Close to the Edge," Curated by Reynolds and Kevin Sampson, Newark, NJ, NYC, 2008
  • Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, "Inside/Out", Curated by Duston Spear, NY, 2008
  • Indiana State University, "Contemporary Women Artists," Curated by Judy Collischan, Terre Haute, Indiana, 2005
  • Light Work, Menschel Gallery, "Ties that Bind," Syracuse University, 2002
  • Center for Photography at Woodstock, "We are Named," Curated by Susan Evans, NY, 2001
  • Exit Art, "Choices 99," Selected by Carrie Mae Weems, NYC, 1999[10]
  • Art Resources Transfer, NYC, 1999
  • Giordano Gallery, "The Bead...," Cathy Valenza, Dowling College, Oakdale, NY, 1999
  • Lemmerman Gallery, Jersey City University, "Picture/Image/Word," Mauro Altamura, 1998
  • PPOW Gallery, "Rights of Spring," Curated by Carrie Mae Weems, NYC, 1998
  • 1612 Pine Street, "Summer Camping," Curated by Dean Daderko, Philadelphia, PA, 1998
  • PS 122 Gallery, "Shake: An Exhibition of Snow Domes," Curated by Jane Harris, NYC, 1998
  • Dorfman Projects, "Tip of the Iceberg," Art Resources Transfer, NYC, 1998
  • Betty Rymer Gallery, Art Institute of Chicago, "Sexting Myths: Representing Sexuality in African American Art," Curated by Kymberly Pinder, 1998
  • Henry Street Settlement, "Stiches," Curated by Kathleen Spicer, NYC, 1997
  • Kingsborough Community College Art Gallery, "Figuring Woman's Lives," Janice Farley, 1997
  • Abington Art Center, "New American Portraits," Dean Daderko, Jenkintown, PA, 1996
  • The Drawing Center, "Cultural Economics: Histories from the Alternative Arts Movement," Curated by Julie Ault, NYC, 1996
  • Algira Center of Contemporary Art, "With All Deliberate Speed: Revisiting Race and Education," Curated by Howard McCalebb and Carl Hazelwood, Newark, NJ, 1996
  • Manhattan Borough President's Gallery, "Through Our Eyes - By Women About Women," Curated by Laura Litchfield, 1996
  • Anderson Gallery, "X-Sightings," Buffalo, NY, 1996
  • New Museum, "Human/Nature," Benefit Exhibition, NYC, 1995
  • 494 Gallery, "Pride and Prejudice," Shari Diamond and Honor LaSSale, NYC, 1995
  • The Gallery at Hunter College, "Beyond Circumstance," Curated by Margeret McInroe, NYC, 1995
  • 42nd Street Development Project and Creative Time, NYC, 1994
  • Puffin Room, "Identity Crisis," Curated by Laurie Ourlicht and Kenny Schacter, NYC 1994
  • Art is General, "Little Things," Curated by Holly Block, NYC, 1994
  • Momenta, "Yes I Am - No I'm Not," Curated by Laura Parness and Eric Heist, NYC 1994
  • New Museum, "Bad Girls," Curated by Marsha Tucket, NYC, 1994[11]
  • Artists Space, "Artists Select," Selected by Lanie Lee, NYC, 1994
  • Longwood Art Gallery, "Urban Masculinity," Curated by Bettie-Sue Hertz and Calvin Reid, Bronx, NY, 1993
  • Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT, 1994
  • AC Project Room at 303 Gallery, "Welcome Edition," Curated by Paul Bloodgood and Alissa Friedman, NYC, 1993
  • Artists Space, "Activated Walls," Curated by Carlos Solana, NYC 1993
  • Momenta, "The Art of Self Defense and Revenge," Laura Parness and Eric Heist, NYC 1993
  • Queens Museum at PaineWeber Gallery, Curated by Phyllis Billick, NYC, 1992
  • 494 Gallery, "Race and Culture," Curated by Suzanne Nicholas, NYC 1991
  • Maryland Art Place, "Collecting, Organizing and Transposing," Olivia Georgia, Baltimore, MD
  • Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA, 1989
  • Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, "Art from the African Diaspora: Survival," Curated by Lorenzo Pace, Newark, NJ, 1988
  • Diverse Works, "Coast to Coast," Organized by Faith Ringgold and Clarissa Sligh, Houston, TX, 1988
  • Intar Gallery, "In Her Own Image," Curated by Howardena Pindell, NYC, 1988
  • White Columns, "Resistance (Anti-Baudrillard)" Curated by Group Material, NYC, 1987
  • Longwood Arts Project, "Toys Art Us," Curated by Fred Wilson, Bronx, NY, 1986–87
  • The Clocktower, "Progressions: A Cultural Legacy," Curated by Vivian Browne, Emma Amos and Julia Hotten, NYC 1986
  • Longwood Arts Project, "In the Tropics," Curated by Kellie Jones, Bronx, NY, 1986
  • California State College, Stanislaus at Turlock, "Exchange of Resources: Expanding Powers," Curated by Rebecca Ballenger, 1983
  • Just Above Midtown Gallery, "A Love Story," Curated by Kathleen Gonchorov, NYC, 1983
  • School of Visual Arts, "Transmogrify, "Selected by Caren Rosenblatt, NYC, 1983
  • Ohio State University Gallery, "All's Fair in Love and War in Feminist Art,"Curated by Lucy Lippard, Columbus OH, 1983
  • University of South Florida, Tampa, "Henry, Hill, Payne," 1983
  • Hamilton College, "The Regentrified Jungle," Curated by Joe Lewis, Clinton, NY, 1983
  • Franklin Furnace, "Allegory of an Artist's Career," with Sydney Blum, NYC, 1981
  • Studio Museum in Harlem, "En Route," Curated by Patricia Monan Bell, NYC, 1981
  • AIR Gallery, "The Dialectics of Isolation," Kazuko, Ana Mendietta and Zarina, NYC, 1981
  • 626 Gallery, "Private Worlds," Curated by Joyce Kozloff, NYC 1981

Work experience

Janet is a funder and educator contributing at the New York State Council on the Arts, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, Lower Eastside Girls Club, and currently works at the Brooklyn Heights Montessori School.[2]

Awards and residencies[8]

  • Penny McCall Foundation, Award, NYC, 2001
  • Lightwork Visual Studies, One Month Residency, Syracuse, NY, 2000
  • Corporation of Yaddo, Three Week Residency, Saratoga Springs, NY, 1998
  • Art Matters Foundation, Artist's Fellowship, NYC, 1994
  • Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts, Cash Prize, "Artists Choose Artists," 1994
  • New York State Regional Initiative, "Artists Projects," 1994
  • Public Art Fund, Spectra-Color Board Commission, "Messages to the Public," NYC, 1987
  • New York State Council on the Arts, Visual Artists-sponsored Project, 1985
  • PS One, Studio Recipient, Long Island City, NY, 1983
  • Studio Museum in Harlem, Artist-in-Residence, NY, 1983
  • Public Art Fund, Mural Commission, Jamaica, NY, 1975
  • School of Visual Arts, Scholarship, NYC, 1964

References

  1. ^ "Janet Henry". Light Work. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Janet Henry". janethenry.com. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  3. ^ Design, Women of Graphic. "Women of Graphic Design - Janet Henry (Jamaica, New York) Paste up and final..." Women of Graphic Design. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  4. ^ Glueck, Grace (2002-12-06). "ART IN REVIEW; Janet Henry -- 'American Anatomy and Other Work?'". New York Times. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  5. ^ "LAYLAH ALI, JANET HENRY, ELI LANGER, CHRISTOPHER GIGLIO - 9/16/95". Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  6. ^ "Messages to the Public - Henry". www.publicartfund.org. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  7. ^ Glueck, Grace (1983-04-29). "Art: Studio Museum Exhibits Alma Thomas". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  8. ^ a b "Janet Henry Resume". Janet Henry. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  9. ^ "Brooklyn Museum". www.brooklynmuseum.org. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  10. ^ Johnson, Ken (1999-12-10). "ART IN REVIEW; 'Choice 99'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  11. ^ Finch, Charlie. "The Shock of the New". ArtNet. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
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