Statement
Early experiences influenced my lifelong interest in nature – color, forms, and textures – and nature continues to influence my art. The paintings are created using a variety of materials and embody tones and layers, resulting in tactile, energy infused surfaces. They are worked and re-worked, adding layers until many times they are not what I could have predicted from the start. Risks and uncertainty are welcome, and I am open to all possibilities, changes and directions. For me the process of painting is physical, color relationships are dynamic, and surface texture creates excitement. Canvases transform intuitively to incorporate nature and the environment, evident throughout these expressionistic paintings.
Biography
A Georgia native, Henry received his degree in Visual Design and Painting from Auburn University. After college, he worked as a graphic designer and creative director in New York. He spent his free hours in the city’s museums and galleries studying the work or master Abstract Expressionist and Impressionist painters. He left New York to travel throughout Europe and North Africa; during this period his painting technique and direction developed. In 1984 he founded and was President of Callahan & Company, a marketing communications firm with emphasis on brand development, in Baltimore, MD. In 2000 he relocated to South Florida as Director of Client services for a prominent digital marketing firm located in Fort Lauderdale, traveling extensively throughout the Caribbean. In 2012, Callahan returned to Georgia to devote full time to painting.
Exhibitions
Representation
Reinike Gallery
Atlanta, GA / 2001 – Present www.reinikegallery.com
- ARToberfest: New Works by Seven Amazing Artists – October – November 2019
- One Person Exhibition: Segue – October – November 2018
- One Person Exhibition: Without Boundaries – October – November 2017
- One Person Exhibition: A Passion For Color – October – November 2015
- One Person Exhibition: Beyond Abstraction – Expressing Nature – September – October 2014
- Gallery Artists Exhibitions, 2001 – Present
- Holiday Exhibitions, November thru January – 2001 – Present
- Group Abstract Exhibition, February 2006
- Art for Katrina Relief, October 2005
- Three Person Exhibition, January – February 2005
- Group Exhibition, October – November 2003
- Two Person Exhibition: Celebration in Paint with Mario DiGirolamo, October – November 2001
The Haen Gallery
Asheville & Brevard, NC / 2016 – Present www.thehaengallery.com
- Group Winter Exhibition 2019, February – March 2019
- Group Show: Wintertide 2018, Selected gallery artists February – March 2018
- Gallery Artists Exhibitions, 2016 – Present
The District Gallery
Knoxville, TN / 2014 – 2017 www.thedistrictgallery.com
- Gallery Artists Exhibitions, 2014 – 2019
Casale and Co.
London, UK and Paris, France / 2003 – Present www.casaleandco.com
- Gallery Artists Exhibitions, 2003 – Present
Boswell Mourot Fine Arts
Little Rock, AR / 2014 – 2017 www.boswellmourot.com
- Gallery Artists Exhibitions, 2014 – 2018
Art Expressions Gallery
San Diego, CA / 2004 – 2009
- Gallery Artists Exhibitions, 2004 – 2008
Fairmount Gallery
Dallas, TX / 2004 – 2009
- Gallery Artists Exhibitions, 2004 – 2008
- Abstract Expressionist Exhibition, 2003 and 2005
Foundry Gallery
Washington, DC / 2002 www.foundrygallery.org
- Two Person Exhibition – with Kyi May Kaung, March – April 2002
Horton Gallery
Philadelphia, PA / 2001 – 2005
- Gallery Artists Exhibitions, 2001 – 2004
So Hyun Gallery
New York, NY / 2000 – 2005
- Three Person Exhibition, October – November 2000
- Gallery Artists Exhibitions, 2000 – 2005
Exhibitions
Segue – Reinike Gallery, Atlanta, GA
One Person Exhibition, October – November, 2018
Without Boundaries – Reinike Gallery, Atlanta, GA
One Person Exhibition, October – November, 2017
A Passion For Color – Reinike Gallery, Atlanta, GA
One Person Exhibition, October-November, 2015
Beyond Abstraction – Expressing Nature – Reinike Gallery, Atlanta, GA
One Person Exhibition, September – October, 2014
Of Heaven and Earth – Art Basel/Miami Beach, Miami Beach, FL
Two Person Exhibition, with sculptor James Vilona, November – December 2005
Cornell Museum, Delray Beach, FL
12th Annual All Florida Exhibition, Winter 2005
Images Exhibition Center, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
Group Exhibitions, 2005 – 2008
Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs, FL
2005 Boca Raton Museum Artists’ Guild Exhibition