Alicia Henry
Alicia Henry (May 11, 1966 – October 17, 2024) was an American contemporary artist who lived, worked, and taught in Nashville. Henry was an associate professor in the Language and Arts Department at Fisk University. Henry created multi-media artwork that focused on themes of the body and identity.
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- Name
- Alicia Henry
- Born
- 11 May 1966
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
- Died
- 17 October 2024
- Place of death
- Nashville, Tennessee
- Education
- BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago MFA, Yale University
- Occupation
- Artist
- Nationality
- United States
- Honours
- Guggenheim Fellowship · Joan Mitchell Foundation
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Alicia Henry (May 11, 1966 – October 17, 2024) was an American contemporary artist who lived, worked, and taught in Nashville. Henry was an associate professor in the Language and Arts Department at Fisk University. Henry created multi-media artwork that focused on themes of the body and identity.
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Biography
Biography
She used materials such as wood, fabric, paper and pigment for her creations. Henry received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a Master of Fine Arts from the School of Art at Yale University.
Alicia Henry studied at School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Yale University and Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Residence is recorded at Nashville. Employment is recorded with Fisk University. Work by Alicia Henry is recorded in the collections of Print Collection. Distinctions recorded are Guggenheim Fellowship and Joan Mitchell Foundation.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Alicia Henry • Born — 11 May 1966 • Birthplace — Chicago, Illinois, U.S. • Died — 17 October 2024 • Place of death — Nashville, Tennessee • Education — BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago MFA, Yale University • Occupation — Artist
Work
Work
Henry made layered, figurative textile wall hangings from stitched and hand-embroidered dyed cotton, leather, felt, linen, and burlap. Her work explored themes of familial relationships, beauty, the body and identity.
Career
Career
Alicia Henry's work has been exhibited at various institutions including the Whitney Museum (New York), The Drawing Center (New York), Carnegie Museum of Art (Pittsburgh), Frist Art Museum (Nashville) and the Cheekwood Museum of Art (Nashville). From January 26, 2019 to May 12, 2019, Henry had her first Canadian exhibition at The Power Plant in Toronto, Ontario. The exhibition was entitled Witnessing and it consisted of many two-dimensional mixed media figures as well as group compositions. From May 26, 2021 to July 3, 2021, Henry had her first solo exhibition, Alicia Henry: To Whom It May Concern in the United Kingdom at Tiwani Contemporary.
Personal life and death
Personal life and death
Henry was diagnosed with cancer in the early 2020s. She died from the disease on October 17, 2024, at the age of 58.
Selected group exhibitions
Selected group exhibitions
• 2021 The Black Index (online only due to COVID-19 restrictions), University of California, Irvine (CAC Gallery), Irvine, California (January 14-March 20, 2021) with Dennis Delgado, Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle, Titus Kaphar, Whitfield Lovell, and Lava Thomas.
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Identity
Alicia Henry is recorded as having received Guggenheim Fellowship and Joan Mitchell Foundation.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1966
Alicia Henry was born in 1966 at Illinois.
2024
Alicia Henry died in 2024.
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Nashville
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Illinois.
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Activity and practice
Alicia Henry is recorded as having studied at School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Yale University and Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.
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Recognition and collections
Alicia Henry received Guggenheim Fellowship and Joan Mitchell Foundation.
Honors
• 2013: Painters & Sculptors Grant Program from The Joan Mitchell Foundation. • 2000: Guggenheim Fellowship. • 1993: MacDowell Art Colony (Summer) • 1989–1991: Ford Foundation Fellowship
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