John Raymond Henry

John Raymond Henry (born 1943) is an internationally renowned sculptor. Over the past 30 years, 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 high) in the United States, and his sculpture is designed, engineered, fabricated and erected by his own studio in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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, the 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. Mr. Henry continues to curate exhibitions in the United States and in Europe, drawing on his nationally recognized expertise regarding sculptors and their work.

Education/Distinctions

1943 Born Lexington, Kentucky, USA
1969 BFA - School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1996 Honorary Doctor of Arts - University of Kentucky
???? Founding member - ConStruct
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, Chicago honorarily named John Henry Way by the City of ChicagoFact|date=April 2007

Currently
Distinguished Professor of Art - Chattanooga State College, TN
Curator - Outdoor Museum of Art at Chattanooga State College, Chattanooga, TN
Board of Trustees - International Sculpture Center

Monumental Sculptures and Public Works

United States

District of Columbia

* "Shafts", 1974, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington
* "Sloping Shafts", 1974, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington
* "Three Bolts", 1974, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington

Florida

* "Reef", , Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton
* "Untitled", 1988, Grove Isle Yacht Club, Coconut Grove
* "Alachua", 1987, Marston Science Library, Computer Science and Engineering Building, University of Florida, Gainesville
* "Wandering Spirit", 2000, Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Pinewood Cultural Park, Largo
* "Paciencia", 1981, South Miami Metrorail Station, Miami
* "Blue Storm", 1993, Martin Z. Margulies Sculpture Park, Florida International University, Miami
* "Rocher du Diamant", 1980, Martin Z. Margulies Sculpture Park, Florida International University, Miami
* "Untitled", 199-, Martin Z. Margulies Sculpture Park, Florida International University, Miami
* "Untitled", 1994, American Bankers Insurance Group, Miami
* "Mattathias's Legacy", 1987, Temple Beth Am, Administrative Office, Miami
* "Journey To The Mountain Shire", 1989, Engineering Complex, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee

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
* "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, Iowa

Michigan

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

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
* "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", 1974, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Pennsylvania

* "Pittsburgh", 1977, Frank Curto Park, Pittsburgh

Tennessee

* "Largo", 1981, Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga
* "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