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Exhibitions

The Henry provides a platform for forward-thinking artists from around the globe to experiment, explore ideas, and generate new work.

Current

<p>Naomi Fisher, <em>Thermodynamic Flower</em>, 2021. Galvanized steel, stainless steel, aluminum, Thermochromic paint, solar thermal vacuum tubes, silicone, rubber. Courtesy of the artist. Installation view of <em>Naomi Fisher: Thermodynamic Flower</em>, 2021, Seattle. Photo: Naomi Fisher.</p> <p><p><strong></strong></p></p>
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Bodies of Discovery – Naomi Fisher: Thermodynamic Flower

September 11, 2021 – November 2021
<p>Images:&nbsp;Derrick Adams, <em>Style Variation 14, </em>2019. Acrylic paint on digital photograph inkjet on watercolor paper. Courtesy of Salon 94 LLC, New York.&nbsp;Barbara Earl Thomas, <i>Gentleman</i>, 2021. Paper cut with hand printed color. Courtesy of the artist and Claire Oliver Gallery, New York. Photo: Zocalo Studios ~ Spike Mafford.</p>
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Packaged Black: Derrick Adams and Barbara Earl Thomas

October 2, 2021 – May 1, 2022
<p>Installation view of <em>Diana Al-Hadid:&nbsp;Archive of Longings</em>, 2021, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle. Photo:&nbsp;Jonathan Vanderweit, courtesy of Henry Art Gallery.</p>
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Diana Al-Hadid: Archive of Longings

October 2, 2021 – February 6, 2022
<p>Left to right: Dean Sameshima,&nbsp;<em>Torso (Black on Silver)</em>, 2006. Acrylic and screen print on canvas. Henry Art Gallery, Gift of David Hoberman, Los Angeles, 2014.287. Photo: Jonathan Vanderweit. Anthony White,&nbsp;<em>BOYZ OF THE WILD</em>, 2020. PLA on panel. On loan from Seth Grizzle. Photo: Jonathan Vanderweit.</p>
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Queer Visibility: Dean Sameshima & Anthony White 

October 8, 2021 - Jan 2022
<p>Benjamin J. Falk,&nbsp;<em>Portrait of Miss Rush, the Actress</em>. c.1892–1897. Albumen print. Henry Art Gallery, Monsen Family Collection, gift of Maren Monsen and Jeffry Grainger, 2020.88.</p>
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Picturing Identity: Portrait Photographs from the Henry Collection

October 8, 2021 – January 16, 2022
<p>Math Bass, Installation view of <i>a picture stuck in the mirror</i>, 2021, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle. Photo: Jonathan Vanderweit.</p>
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Math Bass: a picture stuck in the mirror

October 16, 2021 – March 6, 2022
<p><em>EL SUEÑO.&nbsp;</em>Image by Nalisha Rangel.</p>
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EL SUEÑO: THE FLOWERS THAT BLOOM

November 18, 2021 – April 3, 2022

Upcoming

<p>Donna Huanca,&nbsp;<i>Obsidian Ladder&nbsp;</i>[documentation of performance, June 28 – December 1, 2019, Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles]. Courtesy of the artist, Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles, and Peres Projects, Berlin. Photo: Joshua White.</p>
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Donna Huanca

Spring – Fall 2022
<p>ektor garcia, <em>white tears</em>, 2020. Mixed media. Courtesy of the artist and Prairie Chicago. Photo: Tim Mann.</p>
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ektor garcia

April 4, 2022 – September 4, 2022
<p><em></em><em>2020 - 2021 University of Washington MFA + MDes Thesis Exhibition</em>&nbsp;[Installation view]. Photo: Stephanie Fink.</p>
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2022 University of Washington MFA + MDes Thesis Exhibition

May - June 2022

Past

<p>Will Rawls,&nbsp;<em>Everlasting Stranger</em>&nbsp;(still), 2021. Video. Courtesy of the artist.</p>
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Will Rawls: Everlasting Stranger

July 17, 2021 – August 15, 2021
<p>Mary L. Bennett, <em>“Housetop”&mdash;nine-block variation</em>, c. 1975. Cotton, denim, cotton/polyester blend, cotton knit. Henry Art Gallery, purchased with funds from William L. True and gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation, 2020.1. Installation view of <em>A Gee’s Bend Quilt by Mary L. Bennett</em>, 2021, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle. Photo: Jueqian Fang. </p> <p><p></p></p>
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A Gee's Bend Quilt by Mary L. Bennett

June 12, 2021 – October 3, 2021
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Sonolocations: A Sound Works Series

June – August 2021
<p><em>2020 - 2021 University of Washington MFA + MDes Thesis Exhibition</em> [Installation view]. Photo: Stephanie Fink.</p>
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2020 – 2021 University of Washington MFA + MDes Thesis Exhibition

May 29, 2021 – June 27, 2021
<p>Elaine Cameron-Weir. Installation view of <em>Elaine Cameron-Weir: STAR CLUB REDEMPTION BOOTH</em>, 2021, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle. Photo: Jonathan Vanderweit.</p>
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Elaine Cameron-Weir: STAR CLUB REDEMPTION BOOTH

April 3, 2021 – September 12, 2021
<p>Gary Simmons. Installation view of <i>Gary Simmons: The Engine Room</i>, 2021, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle. Photo: Jonathan Vanderweit.</p>
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Gary Simmons: The Engine Room

April 3, 2021 – August 22, 2021
<p>Bambitchell, Installation view of <em>Bambitchell: Bugs & Beasts Before the Law</em>, 2021, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle. Photo: Jueqian Fang.</p>
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Bambitchell: Bugs & Beasts Before the Law

February 27, 2021 – May 9, 2021
<p>Jean-François Millet and Jeanne Dunning. Installation view of <em>A Dialogue Between Jean-François Millet and Jeanne Dunning</em>, 2021, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington. Photo: Jueqian Fang.</p>
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A Dialogue Between Jean-François Millet and Jeanne Dunning

February 27, 2021 – May 30, 2021
<p>Honoré Daumier, <em>Le Ventre Législatif</em>, Henry Art Gallery, Gift of Albert A. Feldmann, 2018.357. </p>
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Illustrating Injustice: The Power of Print

February 27, 2021 – May 9, 2021
<p>Undocumented Migrant Project. Installation view of <em>Hostile Terrain 94</em>, 2021, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle. Photo: Jonathan Vanderweit.</p>
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Hostile Terrain 94

September 2020 – October 2021
<p>Installation view of <em>Plural Possibilities & the Female Body</em>, 2021, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle. Photo: Jueqian Fang.</p>
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Plural Possibilities & the Female Body

February 27, 2021 – May 9, 2021
<p>Breanna, Chelsea, Fermina, Lisa, Sabrina, Shawn, Shellie, Sheryl, Soy, and Tatïana, <em>We Own Our Words</em>, 2021. Zine. Courtesy of the artists. Installation view of <em>We Own Our Words</em>, 2021, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle. Photo: Jueqian Fang.</p>
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We Own Our Words

February 27, 2021 – May 9, 2021
<p>In the <em>Saints </em>series, Marin Burnett reflects on her experience as a Black woman in America. Burnett challenges the distorted and fragmented images of Black women through a societal lens, drawing a parallel to how light refracts around an object as it moves through water. <em>Refracted Saint No. 1 </em>envisions the differences between how Black women view themselves and the ways others see them. The work depicts a Black female body as a “whole saint” adorned with only a halo. Set against a vibrant gilded background, she occupies space with her refracted reflection in water. “As we pass through an intolerant society, our image is distorted, our light and our sainthood refracted – but we are somehow still whole,” Burnett has explained. “Real saints are not gilded, they are pained, flawed, and beautiful people.”&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p><p>Image: Marin Burnett, <em>Refracted Saint No. 1, 2019</em></p></p>
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Set in Motion: A Public Art Exhibition

December 2020 – February 2021
<p>Installation detail of&nbsp;<em>Free Them All: Portraits from La Resistencia</em>, 2020, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington,&nbsp;Seattle. Photo: Ian Siporin.</p>
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Free Them All: Portraits from La Resistencia

Fall 2020 – Winter 2021
<p>Samantha Scherer. <em>06-117</em>. 2009-10. Watercolor on stained paper. Henry Art Gallery, purchased with funds from the Ambrose M. and Viola H. Patterson Endowment Fund, 2016.12.19. © Samantha Scherer. </p>
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These Are Their Stories by Samantha Scherer

December 7, 2019 – April 12, 2020