Born in 1984 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Lives and works in Chicago, Illinois, USA

John HENDERSON

Chicago-based artist John Henderson expands and develops an engagement with abstract painting and the conditions for its contemporary practice. Making use of a variety of technologies and techniques—molds, castings, digital printing, video, and photography—Henderson reforms, revises, and reproduces the manual painterly expression, invoking Minimalism and Abstract Expressionism while acknowledging a distance from their unmediated practice.

John Henderson has had solo exhibitions at venues including Perrotin New York, Hong Kong, and Paris; Proyectos Monclova, Mexico City; T293, Naples and Rome; Carl Kostyál, London; Peep-Hole, Milan; and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. His work has been included in group exhibitions such as Per_forming a collection #3, Museo MADRE, Naples, Italy; Anamericana, American Academy in Rome; Expanded Painting, Prague Biennale 6; and Phantom Limb: Approaches to Painting Today, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Henderson’s work is featured in the collections of Moderna Museet, Stockholm; the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; Museo Madre, Naples; and Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.

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education

2009 M.F.A. Northwestern University, Illinois
2007 B.F.A. School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois

solo shows

2024
- echaînement, Perrotin New York, NY, USA

2023
- Two Sculptures, Three Paintings and a Photograh, Perrotin Paris, France
- I wish I was alone right now, John Henderson and B. Ingrid Olson, Soccer Club Club, Chicago, Ilinois, USA

2021 
- The Return, Perrotin Paris, France

2019
- Perrotin, New York, New York

2018
- Proyectos Monclova, Mexico City, Mexico 

2017
- re-er, Perrotin, Hong Kong, China

2016
- John Henderson, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France

2014
- A Revision, Galerie Perrotin, New York, NY, USA
- A Reserve, T293, Rome, Italy

2013
- Excerpts, Carl Kostyál, London, UK
- He's an interesting thinker, Galerie Perrotin, Hong Kong, China
- John, Peep-Hole, Milan, Italy

2011
- The man I wanted to marry before I found out about sex, T293, Naples, Italy
- 12 x 12: John Henderson, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, USA
- The Frugal Genius, Golden Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA

group shows

2020
- Wonderland, Perrotin Shanghai, China

2018
- La Febbre, curated by Vincenzo Schillaci, Palermo, Italy 

2017
- How it's Made, Carl Kostyál, Stockholm, Sweden
- Painting / Or / Not, KaviarFactory, Henningsvaer, Norway

2016
- ma l'amor mio non muore, Casa Museo Ivan Bruschi, Arezzo, Italy
- Metropolitan Art Society, Beirut, Lebanon
- Chicago and Vicinity, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA

2015
- green postcard, Ibid, London, UK

2014
- The Go-Between, Museo di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy
- Per-forming a collection #3, Museo MADRE, Naples, Italy

2013
- Happy Birthday Galerie Perrotin / 25 ans, TRIPOSTAL, Lille, France
- The Medium of Intensity, Carl Kostyál, Stockholm, Sweden
- Matt Connors, John Henderson, Lucas Knipscher, Andrea Rosen Gallery 2, New York
- Anamericana, American Academy, Rome, Italy
- abstract thinking -- using a hammer and sea-staring is OK, OSL contemporary, Olso, Norway
- Prague Biennial 6, Prague, Czech Republic
- Group Show, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France

2012
- Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Cara Domani: Opere dalla collezione Ernesto Esposito, Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- The Mystery Trend, Wallspace, New York, NY, USA
- Idea is the object, D'Amelio Gallery, New York, NY, USA
- Phantom Limb: Approaches to Painting Today, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, USA
- Gaylen Gerber, John Henderson, DAS INSTITUT with Allison Katz, Family Business, New York, NY, USA
- Richard Artschwager / Gaylen Gerber / John Henderson, Golden Gallery, New York, NY, USA
- John Henderson, Dan Rees, Frieze, New York (T293 Gallery), USA

2011
- About Painting, abc art berlin contemporary (w/ T293), Berlin, Germany (catalog)
- Liste 16 (T293 Gallery, Naples), Basel, Switzerland
- Chopped & Screwed, Tomorrow at MKG127, Toronto, Canada

2010
- Mute: John Henderson and Justin Swinburne, Reference Gallery, Richmond, VA, USA

public collections

Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Donnaregina, Napoli, Italy
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN

Selected Bibliography

2015
- Charlesworth, J.J. Review: green postcard at Ibid., London, ArtReview, April

2014
- Cummins, Cassie. John Henderson at Galerie Perrotin, WhitehotMagazine.com, November 10
- Mahany, Alexander. Painting Without Paint: John Henderson and Contemporary Abstraction, Artnews.com, October 10
- Top 100 Fall Shows, Modern Painters, September
- Kollack, Ginny. Review: Frieze New York, art-agenda, May 9

2013
- Casavecchia, Barbara.Review: John Henderson at Peep-Hole, Milan, Frieze, October

2012
- Cattelan, Maurizio. Interview with John Henderson: Self Representation, Flash Art, October (cover story)
- Smith, Roberta. Art in Review: Idea is the Object, The New York Times, August 2
- Smith, Roberta. Art in Review: The Mystery Trend, The New York Times, July 27
- Ise, Claudine. 'Phantomb Limb' exhibition at MCA not at all what it sounds like, Chicago Tribune, June 27

2011
- Casavecchia, Barbara. Absorption and Theatricality: John Henderson, Mousse Magazine no. 30, October
- Grabner, Michelle. John Henderson at Golden Gallery, Artforum, April
- Perel, Marissa. Review: John Henderson at GOLDEN, Time Out Chicago, February 24

  • September 1, 2021
    Ocula — 26 PAGES

  • November 1, 2014
    White Hot Magazine — 2 PAGES

  • May 1, 2013
    Frieze Magazine — 1 PAGE

  • January 25, 2013
    Hong Kong Economic Journal — 1 PAGE

  • October 1, 2012
    Flash Art — 5 PAGES

2024

John HENDERSON

January 12, 2024 - February 17, 2024

new york

130 Orchard Street

enchaînement

2023

ELMGREEN & DRAGSET, JR, Koak, Jean-Marie APPRIOU, Iván ARGOTE, Daniel ARSHAM, Genesis BELANGER, Anna-Eva BERGMAN, Sophie CALLE, Julian CHARRIÈRE, Johan CRETEN, Jean-Philippe DELHOMME, Mathilde DENIZE, Lionel ESTÈVE, Jens FÄNGE, Bernard FRIZE, Laurent GRASSO, Vivian GREVEN, Hans HARTUNG, Charles HASCOËT, Thilo HEINZMANN, John HENDERSON, Leslie HEWITT, Gregor HILDEBRANDT, Dora JERIDI, Susumu KAMIJO, Bharti KHER, Klara KRISTALOVA, Georges MATHIEU, Takashi MURAKAMI, Sophia NARRETT, Katherina OLSCHBAUR, Danielle ORCHARD, Jean-Michel OTHONIEL, Paola PIVI, Gabriel RICO, Claude RUTAULT, Emily Mae SMITH, Jesús Rafael SOTO, Josh SPERLING, Tatiana TROUVÉ, Xavier VEILHAN, Bernar VENET, Pieter VERMEERSCH, LEE Bae, QI Zhuo, SHIM Moon-Seup

October 16, 2023 - November 10, 2023

paris

60 RUE DE TURENNE 75003 PARIS
2BIS AVENUE MATIGNON 75008 PARIS

Matignon - October+ group show

John HENDERSON

September 2, 2023 - September 23, 2023

paris

76 RUE DE TURENNE 75003 PARIS

Two Sculptures, Three Paintings, and a Photograph

2021

John HENDERSON

September 4, 2021 - October 9, 2021

paris

76 RUE DE TURENNE 75003 PARIS

The Return

Iván ARGOTE, Daniel ARSHAM, Johan CRETEN, Jean-Philippe DELHOMME, Jens FÄNGE, Bernard FRIZE, Laurent GRASSO, John HENDERSON, Gregor HILDEBRANDT, Hans HARTUNG, Bharti KHER, Klara KRISTALOVA, Takashi MURAKAMI, Jean-Michel OTHONIEL, Paola PIVI, Yuji UEDA

- March 9, 2021

paris

2BIS AVENUE MATIGNON 75008 PARIS

Salon Perrotin Matignon

2020

JR, Sophie CALLE, Johan CRETEN, Wim DELVOYE, Bernard FRIZE, Laurent GRASSO, Hans HARTUNG, John HENDERSON, Leslie HEWITT, Gregor HILDEBRANDT, Bharti KHER, Klara KRISTALOVA, Georges MATHIEU, Paola PIVI, Gabriel RICO, Xavier VEILHAN, XU ZHEN®

April 30, 2020 - June 18, 2020

Shanghai

3/F, 27 Hu Qiu Road, Huangpu District

Wonderland

2019

John HENDERSON

April 25, 2019 - June 8, 2019

new york

130 Orchard Street

Model

2017

John HENDERSON

September 1, 2017 - November 11, 2017

hong kong

50 CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL, 17TH FLOOR - HONG KONG

re-er

2016

John HENDERSON

March 5, 2016 - April 16, 2016

paris

76 RUE DE TURENNE 75003 PARIS

2014

John HENDERSON

October 9, 2014 - November 15, 2014

new york

909 Madison Avenue New York

A Revision

2013

Harold ANCART, Kristin BAKER, Mark BARROW, Nina BEIER, Anna BETBEZE, Mark FLOOD, Thilo HEINZMANN, John HENDERSON, Scott LYALL, Jayson MUSSON, Renaud REGNERY, Pae WHITE

March 2, 2013 - April 13, 2013

paris

76 RUE DE TURENNE 75003 PARIS
10 IMPASSE SAINT CLAUDE 75003 PARIS

John HENDERSON

January 18, 2013 - February 21, 2013

hong kong

50 CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL, 17TH FLOOR - HONG KONG

He's an interesting thinker

"THE RETURN" AT PERROTIN PARIS

"THE RETURN" AT PERROTIN PARIS

John HENDERSON