November 26, to December 21, 2019
Annette Henderson is a mixed-media collage artist currently enrolled in Fine Arts program at Brandon University majoring in Ceramics. Growing up on a dairy farm near St. Claude, MB, found objects and abandoned farm equipment was a resource for her creativity. Rusted metals inspires her to see more deeply into what it can be and she tries to keep her audience entertained giving new life to found objects. Annette’s work has been selected for exhibition in Manitoba Arts Network’s Annual Rural and Northern Art Shows in Winnipeg and Entomological Societies of Manitoba and Canada also held in Winnipeg, MB in 2002. She has been a regular participant in the Central Region Juried Art show which her work has been selected to tour Manitoba communities for years.
Annette’s work has been featured in group shows in The Art Show in St. Claude, MB Community Hall, St. Claude Health Centre, Rathwell; Odds & Ends at Portage District Arts Centre, (PDAC), and “Survivability” at Mentoring Art for Women’s Art (MAWA) both in Winnipeg and Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba (AGSM). Her work also featured in solo exhibitions Mixed –Media by Annette Henderson at the Tiger Hills Arts Association, Holland, MB; Dames, Damsels and Sheep at Portage District Arts Centre (PDAC), Portage la Prairie, MB and Works by Annette Henderson at the Heritage Arts Centre, Hamiota, MB. She has had the privilege of being mentored by Pauline Braun of Winnipeg, MB Anne Fallis of Carberry, MB, and Barb Flemington of Brandon, MB. Her work can be found in the Manitoba Government Art Collection and in private collections. Annette maintains her art practice from her home studio near Rathwell, MB.
I’m compelled to collage found object sculpturally or two dimensionally trying to resolve some deep curiosity within me in my art- never arriving but always getting closer to the next level of change in my practice. While currently pursuing ceramics I’m navigating my thoughts to mixing clay and found objects inclusively as a blended form. It’s exciting to work with a malleable material forever changed into a permanent object or art piece. Art is my therapy where I’m able to recharge and find solace in these times of uncertainty.