Adam Henry is an artist born in Colorado and grew up in New Mexico. He received his BFA from the University of New Mexico in 1997 and an MFA from Yale in 2001.
He has shown his work internationally in venues such as 247365 in NYC, Present Company in Brooklyn, Lucien Terras in NY, Meessen De Clercq in Brussels, the Hole Gallery in New York amongst many others.
His work has been covered in ArtNews, Harper’s Bazaar, ArtForum, the New York Times, the Village Voice and many others.
He attended the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture and the LMCC Residency at the World Trade Center. He has a current show at ParisLondonHongKong Gallery in Chicago called ‘As Fiction’ which runs until October 28th. I stopped by Adam’s Williasburg studio, not far from my own apartment to talk about Catholic school, being in school when painting wasn’t the thing, old bands like Braniac, day jobs and much more.
Sound & Vision is produced, recorded and facilitated by Brian Alfred. The introduction was recorded by Michael Lovett of the band NZCA Lines. You can also catch him performing in the band Metronomy. The intro/outro music is by Shawn Seymour from the band Lullatone.
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