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Name
  
John Henry


John Raymond Henry

Education
  
University of Chicago, University of Kentucky

John Raymond Henry (born 1943) is an internationally renowned sculptor. Since 1971, Henry has produced many monumental and large-scaled works of art for museums, cities and public institutions across the United States, Europe, and Asia. He has created some of the largest contemporary metal sculpture (90 to 100 feet (27 to 30 m) high) in the United States, and his sculpture is designed, engineered, fabricated, and erected by his own studio in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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Henry's sculpture has been described as huge welded steel drawings. He arranges linear and rectilinear elements that appear to defy gravity and float. Many suggest a moment of arrested motion where flying or tumbling elements are frozen. There is a simple elegance and an unexpected sense of immediacy and lightness in his work.

Henry was a founding member of ConStruct, an artist-owned gallery that promoted and organized large-scale sculpture exhibitions throughout the United States. Other founding members include Mark di Suvero, Kenneth Snelson, Lyman Kipp, and Charles Ginnever. Henry continues to curate exhibitions in the United States and in Europe, drawing on his nationally recognized expertise regarding sculptors and their work. He was also Chairman Emeritus of the International Sculpture Center and on the board of YoungArts in Miami for 25+ years.

Education/Distinctions

1943 Born in Lexington, Kentucky, USA
1969 BFA - School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1978-1980 - President/Chairman of ConStruct
1996 Honorary Doctor of Arts - University of Kentucky
2001-2 Chairman - International Sculpture Center
2003 Kentucky Governor's National Award
2004 Mayor’s Award of Distinction in the Arts - City of Chattanooga
2005 A block of Cermak Road in Chicago honorarily named John Henry Way by the City of Chicago

District of Columbia

  • Shafts, 1974, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
  • Sloping Shafts, 1974, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington
  • Three Bolts, 1974, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington

    • Florida

  • Alachua, 1987, Marston Science Library, Computer Science and Engineering Building, University of Florida, Gainesville
  • Blue Storm, 1993, The Sculpture Park at Florida International University, Miami
  • Bonefish, 1988, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Art School Sculpture Garden, Boca Raton
  • Hudson, 1986, Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, Florida
  • Journey To The Mountain Shire, 1989, Engineering Complex, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee
  • Mattathias's Legacy, 1987, Temple Beth Am, Administrative Office, Miami
  • Paciencia, 1981, South Miami (Metrorail station), Miami
  • Reef, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton
  • Rocher du Diamant, 1980, The Sculpture Park at Florida International University, Miami
  • Sun Target #1, 1974, University of Central Florida, Orlando
  • Untitled, 1982, The Sculpture Park at Florida International University, Miami
  • Untitled, 1988, Grove Isle Yacht Club, Coconut Grove
  • Untitled, 1994, American Bankers Insurance Group, Miami
  • Wandering Spirit, 2000, Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Pinewood Cultural Park, Largo

    • Georgia

  • Domaine, 1994, Robert T. Webb Sculpture Garden, Creative Arts Guild, Dalton

    • Illinois

  • Arris, 1975, Amalgamated Trust and Savings Bank, Chicago
  • Boom for Mark, 1979, 101 North Wacker Building, Chicago
  • Bridgeport, 1984, Illinois State of Illinois Center, Chicago
  • Chevron, 2007, Lakefront, 2045 N Lincoln Park West, Chicago
  • Cloister II, 1997, Art Enterprises Limited, Chicago
  • Ann Arbor, 1979, Ravinia Festival, Highland Park
  • Untitled, Kottemann, George, Dr. & Mrs., Peoria
  • Cape Variations, 1973, Beattie Park, Rockford
  • Illinois Landscapes No. 5, 1976, Governors State University, University Park

    • Indiana

  • Star Pointer, Purdue University - North Central, Westville

    • Iowa

  • Sioux City, 1978, Sioux City

    • Michigan

  • Untitled, 1973, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids
  • CUB 5/40, 1979, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids

    • Missouri

  • Sun Target #2, 1974, City Art Museum, Springfield
  • Treemonisha, 2008, Lafayette Ave at Truman Pkwy, St. Louis

    • Nebraska

  • Ice Blue, Lincoln Plating, Lincoln
  • Wake Dance, C.Y. Thompson Library, UNL, Lincoln
  • Cape II, 1971, Pacesetter Corporation, Omaha
  • Untitled 1980, Joslyn Art Museum,Omaha

    • New Jersey

  • Reclining Refuge, 2002, Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey, Hamilton
  • East Chicago A Modern Monumental Sculpture, 1977, Par-Troy Associates, Parsippany
  • Grande Rouge, 1998, Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton

    • New York

  • Aqua Viva, 1997 United Capital Corporation, Great Neck

    • North Carolina

  • Sun Target #1, 1974, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, North Carolina

    • Pennsylvania

  • Pittsburgh, 1977, Frank Curto Park, Pittsburgh

    • Tennessee

  • Largo, 1981, Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee
  • Untitled (BRS 80-28), 1980, Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga
  • Precipice Star, River Gallery Sculpture Garden, Chattanooga

    • Texas

  • Clarencetown Light, 1971, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas

    • Utah

  • Le Mont Rouge, 2004, Red Butte Garden, Salt Lake City, Utah

    • Wisconsin

  • Pin Oak I, 1976, Lynden Sculpture Garden, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    • References

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