Dal Henderson

ARTIST’S STATEMENT


My work is not only about the product, but also about the process it takes to get to that end. The differences that occur between one completed piece and another are a result of the constant process of decision making. I deal with materials as honestly as possible to develop cohesive surfaces.

My primary goal is to make art that is both closed and open. The art is closed when the surface seems complete. It remains open because it doesn’t necessarily deal with representational imagery. It is its own image, its own idea, and there are questions that haven’t been answered.

I recall my past visual and emotional experiences while creating my work however that work is independent of those experiences.

The end result of my art making is that I have a fragment of reality. It is a piece of something I can hold on to.

EDUCATION
M.A. California Sate University, Fresno, 1968
Graduate Assistant, Art Department, CSUF, 1966-68
B.A. California State University, Fresno, 1966

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 ''dirty whites and old friends'' 1821 Gallery Fresno CA
2014 “Serious Stuff” Kings Art Center Hanford, California
2013 ‘’Overexposed’’ 1821 gallery Fresno California
1997 “Bits and Scraps”, Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, California
1993 “Lost Homes Series”, Fresno City Hall
1991 “Grinder Works”, Sherry Frumpkin Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1990 “Paper, Plastic, Metal and Paint”, Art Space Gallery, Fresno City College
1988 “Cow Chart, Couch Art”, West Hills College, Coalinga, California
1977 “Introduction 77”, Allrich Gallery, San Francisco, California
“Fragments of Reality”, Fresno Art Museum
1972 Haggin Museum, Stockton, California
Art Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
1971 Gerard John Hayes Gallery, “Flashbacks From My Idol’’ Los Angeles CA.
1967 University of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff