Born in 1984 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Lives and works in Chicago, USA
solo shows
2019
- Perrotin, New York, New York (forthcoming)
2018
- Proyectos Monclova, Mexico City, Mexico (forthcoming)
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
2017
- How it's Made, Carl Kostyál, Stockholm, Sweden (upcoming)
- 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 (catalog)
- abstract thinking -- using a hammer and sea-staring is OK, OSL contemporary, Olso, Norway
- Prague Biennial 6, Prague, Czech Republic (catalog)
- Group Show, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France (catalog)
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 collection
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