Jan Henle (American, born 1948)

Timeline

1948: Born in New York City
1952: Moved to St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
1968: Studied at the San Francisco Art Institute
1975: Received grant from Virgin Islands Council on the Arts/National
1975: Endowment for the Arts to photograph Danish architecture on St. Croix
1977–1979: Headed the board of Theatre Dance and organized the company’s first outdoor concerts
1980: Made Drifting on Melody Smoke: A Flower Opening to the Moon, nine portfolios of work done with Japanese contemporary dancers Eiko and Koma, began land sculptures on St. Croix
1981: Began aerial work, Fallen Jerusalem
1985–1988: Made book Jan Henle: Topographical Film Drawings
1991–1992: Made large scale land sculpture, La Jibarita
1999: Began work on land sculpture, Road to Nowhere. On-going project.

2000: Brent Sikkema Gallery, New York
1999: Jan Henle: Sculpture of No Thing, SUNY at Binghamton, New York (solo)
1999: Views from the Edge of the World, Marlborough Chelsea, New York
1998: Dove Bradshaw/Jan Henle, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los
1996: The La Jibarita Film Drawings (solo)
1995–1996: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
1994: Museum of Modern Art, New York
1994: No Thing, Wooster Gardens, New York (solo)
1992–1993: Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York (solo)
1988: Jan Henle: Land and Stone, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY (solo)
1988: Landscape Photographs from the Permanent Collection, Corcoran Gallery
1985: Photographs from the Sam Wagstaff Collection at the J. Paul Getty Museum, International Center of Photography, New York
1983: Big Pictures, Museum of Modern Art, New York
1983: Xavier Fourcade, New York (solo)
1982: 20th Century Photographs from MoMA, Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo,
1978: American Institute of Architects, Washington, D.C. (solo)
1970: Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (solo)

1998: Dove Bradshaw/Jan Henle: Jan Henle: Sculpture of No Thing/Nancy Princenthal
1995: The Print Collector’s Newsletter: Something On Jan Henle: An Interview/Vincent Katz
1988: Jan Henle: Topographical Film Drawings, By Michael Auping

English (US)