Sean Henry, Biography

Born 1965 in Woking, England. Lives and works near Winchester, Hampshire, England.

 

EDUCATION


1984–1987
▹ BA in Ceramics, Bristol Polytechnic

1983–1984
▹ Farnham School of Art and Design

 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS


2020
WAITING FOR THE SUN, Osborne Samuel, 23 Dering Street, Mayfair, London W1

2019
▹ Galleri Andersson Sandström, Stockholm, Sweden
▹ Osborne Samuel Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK

2017
▹ The Lightbox Gallery & Museum in Woking, Surrey, UK

2016
▹ Osborne Samuel Gallery in Mayfair, London, UK
▹ Kulturzentrum Englische Kirche and Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg, DE
▹ LKFF Brussels, BE

2015
▹ Forum Gallery, New York, US
▹ Hessenpark Museum, Neu-Anspach, DE

2014
Sean Henry, Galleri Andersson/Sandström, Stockholm, Sweden
Sean Henry, LKFF Sculpture Projects, Brussels, Belgium

2013
Sean Henry, Glyndebourne Opera House, Sussex, England

2012
The Way It Is, Osborne Samuel, London, England

2011
Conflux: A Union of the Sacred and the Anonymous Salisbury Cathedral, England

2010
Sean Henry Sculpture, Gallerie Andersson Sandstrom, Stockholm, Sweden
Sean Henry Sculpture, Forum Gallery, New York, USA

2009
Sean Henry Sculpture, Royal British Society of Sculptors, London, England

2008
New Sculpture & Drawing, Osborne Samuel, London, England

2007
Presence, Gallerie Andersson Sandstrom, Umea, Sweden
Presence, Galerie von Braunbehrens, Munich, Germany

2006
You’re Not the Same, Forum Gallery, New York and Los Angeles, USA
Sean Henry: Sculpture, Cartwright Hall, Bradford, England

2005
Sculpture & Drawings, Kunsthandel Frans Jacobs, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2004
Here and Now, Berkeley Square Gallery, London, England
Sculpture in the Workplace, Canary Wharf, London, England

2002
Sculpture & Drawings, Forum Gallery, New York and Los Angeles, USA

2001
Sculpture & Drawings, Berkeley Square Gallery, London, England

1999
A Pilgrimage – The Villiers David Prize, Davies & Tooth, London, England

1998
The Centre of the Universe, Circolo Degli Artisti, Faenza, Italy
Up Against it, Air Gallery, London, England
New Sculpture and Drawings, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California, USA
The Flip-side of Dominic Hyde, Holdsworth Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Seven Heads, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California, USA

1988
Inner Visions, Michaelson & Orient Gallery, London, England

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS, SELECTION


2022
Forever in the Now, curated by Sean Henry and David Worthington, Lightbox Gallery and Museum, Victoria Place, Woking, UK

2021
Concrete and Tyres, GBS Fine Art, Wells, UK
Shapes and Shadows, Galleri Andersson Sandstrom, Stockholm, Sweden
Small is Beautiful, Flowers Gallery, Cork Street, London, UK
Group Show, LKFF Art and Sculpture projects, Belgium

2020
▹ Galerie von Braunbehrens, Stuttgart, Germany
Small is Beautiful, Flowers Gallery, Cork Street, London, UK
Sculpture Garden, Messums Wiltshire, Tisbury, Wilts, UK

2019
▹ BODY + Soul, Canary Wharf, London, August 25th – October 7th 

2018
Revelation of the Head: Messums Gallery, Wiltshire, UK
▹ Gallery Artists, Osborne Samuel Gallery, Mayfair, London

2017
Viva Scultura Viva!, Galleri Andersson/Sandström, Stockholm, Sweden

2016
Human: Messums Gallery, Wiltshire, UK
▹ Visionary Artists of the 21st Century, Forum Gallery, New York
15/140: Galleri Andersson Sandström, Umea, Sweden

2015
In Kleinen Format, Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg, Germany

2014
Committed to Paper. Master Drawings and Prints by Sculptors, Frederik Meijer Sculpture Park, USA
Ladies First: Galerie Von Braunbehrens, Munich, Germany

2013
In Kleinen Format, Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg, Germany
Heavy Metal and Stones, Galleri Andersson Sandstrom, Umea, Sweden
BLICKACHSEN 9, Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg, Germany

2012
Presence, LKFF Sculpture Projects, Brussels, Belgium
Five Decades of Art & Artists, Forum Gallery, New York
Interesting Times, Harold Martin Botanic Garden, Leicester, England

2011
After Work, Galleri Andersson/Sandstrom, Umea, Sweden.
Vantage Point, Forum Gallery, New York, USA
Modern and Contemporary Art, Osborne Samuel, London, England

2010
▹ Liminality: Toward the Unknown Region, Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire, England
Éigse 30 year Visual Arts Retrospective, Carlow, Ireland
British Sculpture, Osborne Samuel, London, England

2009
Heads & Figures, Galerie von Braunbehrens, Munich, Germany

2008
Borås International Sculpture Festival, Borås, Sweden
The Secret Garden, Solomon Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

2007
An Eye for Detail, Forum Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
New Sculpture, Kunsthandel Frans Jacobs, Paris, France
Gates of Multiplicity, Regents Park, London, England

2006
British Sculpture Osborne Samuel, London, England
Umedalen Skulptur, Gallerie Andersson Sandstrom, Umea, Sweden

2005
The Figurative Impluse, Forum Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Eigse Carlow Arts Festival, Carlow, Ireland

2004
Sculpture in the Park, Durham, England
Sculpture at Goodwood, Sussex, England

2003
Thinking Big, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice

2002
About Face, Croydon Clocktower Museum, London, England
Classicismi Metropolitani, Rome, Italy

1999
Eigse Carlow Arts Festival Carlow, Ireland
Artists of Fame and Promise Beaux Arts, Bath, England
Atlantic Crossings, The Barbican, London, England

1997
Contemporary British Art, The Lefevre Gallery, London, England
Summer sculpture, Blue Gallery, London, England
New Contemporary Figurative Sculpture, Nevada Institute of Art, USA

1996
▹ Artists of Fame and Promise, Beaux Arts, Bath, England
Robert Arneson Tribute Exhibition, John Berggruen, San Francisco, USA

1995
IV Mostra Mercato, Faenza Faience, Faenza, Italy
The Figure, John Natsoulas Gallery, California, USA

1994
Summer Exhibition, Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney, Australia
Gallery Artists, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, Australia

1993
Pacific Rim Artists, Honolulu Academy of the Arts, Hawaii, USA
Ceramic Contemporaries, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England

1991
Thirty Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California, USA
Three Artists, Royal Festival Hall, London, England
Bob Marley, Special Photographers Gallery, London, England
Major Artists/Minor Works, South Mountain Centre for the Arts, Pheonix, USA
Sean Henry & Alan Rodier, The Collection, Brompton Rd, London, England

1990
Portobello Arts Festival, Michaelson & Orient Gallery, London, England
Sean Henry, Gladding McBean & Co, California, USA

1989
State Capitol Building, Sacremento, California, USA

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS


Arizona State University Museum, Arizona, USA

Borås University, Borås, Sweden

Bad Homburg City Collection, Germany

Cass Sculpture Foundation, Goodwood, England

Colchester City Collection, Essex, England

David Ross Foundation, Leicestershire, England

De Montford University, Leicester, England

Ekebergparken Sculpture Park, Oslo, Norway

Eschborn City Collection, Germany

Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Michigan, USA

Holland Park, Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London, England

ING Bank, Amsterdam, Holland

Le Meridien Cumberland Hotel, London, England

National Portrait Gallery, London, England

Newbiggin Bay Development, Northumberland, England

Newcastle City Collection, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England

Paddington Central, London, England

River and Rowing Museum, Henley-On-Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Royal British Legion, Pall Mall, London, England

Seavest Collection, Florida, USA

Scheringa Museum of Realist Art, Spanbroekerweg, Holland

Seven Bridges Collection, Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

Standard Chartered Bank, London, England

Stockholm City Collection, Stockholm, Sweden

Tower Records Collection, Sacremento, California, USA

The Hills, Queenstown, New Zealand

Umea City Collection, Umea, Sweden

Umedalen Sculpture Park, Umea, Sweden

University of Virginia Art Museum, Charlottesville, VA, USA

Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, England