Jo Hendricks

I draw the human figure. There are three options for a drawing from my life drawing sessions to take. First, if a drawing is successful with the elegance of line and feels complete with no additional color enhancement it will be part of the Line Drawing Collection. Second, drawings could be selected as part of the Touch of Color Drawings when colored pencil is used to give a sweet and subtle color enhancement. The third path is the Painted Drawing Collection. There is nothing subtle about these works or the acrylic paint colors utilized. Bold and force-filled are the qualities of these works.
I work in archival materials and I prefer smooth white paper such as Bristol. You will find the emphasis in my drawing to be line, manipulation of proportion, and volume. Always there is emotion, contrast, form, compositional concern, and aesthetic intelligence in my creative work.

St. Paul Minnesota is the site of my home and studio. A native of Boone, Iowa, I received my undergraduate degree in visual art from the University of Iowa and my graduate degree from the University of Minnesota. At the U of I found doors to the universe of perception and creative possibility creak and even sometimes crash open. With fits and starts and varying de...

Master of Liberal Studies, University of Minnesota, 2013
Certificate Master of Business Administration, Non Profit Administration, St Thomas University, St Paul, MN, 2004
Graduate Credits, Printmaking, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 1984 - 1985
B.Sc., Industrial Technology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 1998
Teaching Certificate, Art K – 12, Iowa Dept. of Education, 1974
Art Education Certification, Clarke College, Dubuque, IA, 1974 - 1975
Graduate Credits, Photography and Drawing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 1972, 1982
B.A. Liberal Arts, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 1971, Studio Art (drawing, photography, printmaking)

Defying Sameness III, AZ Gallery, St Paul MN, 2023
Women's Work, 119 North Weatherly Art Gallery, Minneapolis, MN 2023
Art-A-Whirl 2023, Northrup King Building 401B, Minneapolis MN, 2023
Art on the Island 2023, F.O.K. Studios, Paul MN, 2023
Defying Sameness II, AZ Gallery, St Paul MN, 2023
Revolutionary, Fresh Eye Gallery, Minneapolis MN, 2023
Landmark Summer Popup! Landmark Center, St Paul MN, 2022
Art on the Island, F.O.K. Studios, Saint Paul, MN, April and October, 2022
Art-A-Whirl 2022, Northrup King Building 401B, Minneapolis MN, 2022
33rd National Drawing & Print Exhibition, Gormley Gallery, Notre Dame of Maryland University, 2022
Femme and Fauna, Normandale Community College Fine Arts Gallery, Bloomington MN, 2021
2020 Fall Members’ Juried Exhibition, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins MN 2020
Invitational Minnesota District Court Show! WARM, Minneapolis MN, 2019
Visual Thinking, International Juried Drawing Exhibition, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany IN, 2019
2018 Fall Members’ Juried Exhibition, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins MN 2018
Guest Artist, First Thursday, Northrup King Building, Daphne Koop and Marc Clements, 2018
2018 Members’ Spotlight, Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson WI, 2018
WARM Spring...