About

Jill Henderson (b. 1969, Tillicoutry, Scotland)

Since graduating from Glasgow School of Art, with a Masters in Fine Art in 1993, Jill Henderson has exhibited extensively internationally, notable exhibitions include; The National Review of LIVE ART, ICA, (London, UK), Beauty#2, Power Plant (Toronto), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), Transmission Gallery (Glasgow), Art Metropole (Toronto), Catalyst Arts (Belfast), Hales Gallery (London, UK), Angelus Novus (Antwerp), Brasilica (Vienna) and Vox Populi (Philadelphia), Greater New York , PS1/MOMA, New York (2000), Orange Marble (2001) international exchange exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan, Art Directors Club (NYC), Lothringer 13 (Munich), Morris & Belkin Gallery (Vancouver), Manif d’Art 2 (Quebec), The Americas Society (NYC) and Solo shows at The Helen Pitt Gallery (Vancouver) and the Contemporary Art Gallery (Vancouver).

She was also nominated for a Louis Comfort Tiffany award. She has received numerous awards from The Canada Council, The Scottish Arts Council and The Ontario Arts Council. She was also recently made a lifetime member of Art Metropole, Toronto. Her work is also in the collection of The Robert McLaughlin Museum in Oshawa, Canada and the National Gallery of Canada as well as in numerous private collections.

Henderson was also co-founder of ‘Free Parking’ an artist run gallery project in downtown Toronto, as well as curating a number of exhibitions. Currently lives and works in Vancouver.