Jaz Henry

I create works that are constructed realities, created using paper and digital collage, photo montage and the Cyanotype process. I construct the collected imagery as corporeal realities, tangible imagery used to build dreamlike studies. I utilize my own photographic imagery, found photography and stock imagery to create works that reflect my personal awakenings to historical, religious and societal references. Photography allows me to capture time, while collage and montage allows me the means to explore recreation. Building outer worlds that change our perception of the present.

-Undergraduate studies in Photography, Santa Fe University of Art and Design, Santa Fe, NM 2004-2008

-Undergraduate studies in Photography, Houston Community College, Central Campus, Houston, TX; 2003-2004

-Over 80 hours in concentrated field.

2013 Paper Cuts, international juried exhibition, Gallery M Squared, Houston, TX (juried by Sharon Kopriva; Artist, curator; Max Harrison)

2013 Citywide African American Artist Exhibition, juried exhibition, The Glassell School of Art, Houston Museum of Fine Art, Houston, TX (curated by Danielle Burns, Sally Frater and Alkison de lima Greene, curator of contemporary art an d special projects at the MFAH.)

2013 Art Square on Fannin, juried exhibition, Fannin Street Studios, Houston, TX (curated by Nirvana Trey; Artist)

Awards:
2013 2nd Place, Citywide African American Artists Exhibit, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX

Collections:
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, TX (Glassell Private Collection)