“A common recurring image in my work is the human figure - the figure in isolation and the figure interacting with others. I am interested in exploring how gender (females particularly), race, cultural and societal differences affect the individual and groups.” - Alicia Henry
Alicia Henry was an American contemporary artist whose multidisciplinary practice explored identity, gender, race, family, isolation, and human connection. Working across painting, drawing, sculpture, textiles, and installation, Henry constructed individual and grouped figures from layered materials including leather, silk, felt, yarn, paper, wood, and pigment. Her work was exhibited internationally at institutions including the Whitney Museum of American Art, Carnegie Museum of Art, The Power Plant, Frist Art Museum, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia. A Guggenheim Fellow and recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors Grant, Henry taught at Fisk University for nearly three decades. Her work is represented in Dallas by Liliana Bloch Gallery.