Professional Experience

Artist Development Specialist, Catawba Indian Nation, Rock Hill, SC 2022-Present

Exhibit Curator, SouthEnd Arts, Charlotte, NC 2020-2021

Visitor Services Associate, The McColl Center, Charlotte, NC 2018

Creative Marketing Assistant, Charlotte Art League, Charlotte, NC 2016-2017

Founding Member, Starving Artist Market, Charlotte, NC 2016-2020

Museum Archives Intern, C&H Museum at the McCelvey Center, York, SC 2015

Education

Winthrop University, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting & Drawing), 2015

Selected Shows

2024 Bernardin’s Ratcliffe Gallery “Black White Red All Over” Charlotte, NC. USA

AC Hotel “Featured Artist” Charlotte, NC. USA. (solo)

Bernardin’s Ratcliffe Gallery “Through the Wire” Charlotte, NC. USA

JUSTUS Gallery “Tropical Punch” Charlotte, NC. USA (solo)

City Gallery, MOJA Arts Festival, Charleston, SC. USA

Cabarrus Arts Council “CLAY” Concord, NC. USA.

2023 SITDON/9-18-9 Studio Gallery “Mother, Mother” Charlotte, NC. USA.

The R.O.B. Gallery “ArtFields Juried Exhibition” Lake City, NC. USA.

Charlotte Art League “A Specific Sheen” Charlotte, NC. USA. (curated)

Teravarna Art Gallery “6th Portrait International Art Show” Los Angeles, CA. USA

Cabarrus Arts Council “CLAY” Concord, NC. USA.

2022 Hygge Co-Working “Abstract Visions” Charlotte, NC. USA.

Dogwood Arts Center “Regional Arts Exhibition” Knoxville, TN. USA.

Mint Museum “Local Street 2022” Charlotte, NC. USA.

Lewandowski Gallery at Winthrop University “A Dream Deferred” Rock Hill, SC. USA.

Goodyear Arts “Nutrient Rich” Charlotte, NC. USA

Cabarrus Arts Council “CLAY” Concord, NC. USA.

2021 City Gallery “Piccolo Spoleto Juried Art ExhibItion” Charleston, SC. USA.

Arts Council of York County “Alleys as Galleries” Rock Hill, SC. USA. (2021-2023)

Camp North End “Immersive Van Gogh Art Showcase” Charlotte, NC. USA.

2019 Sara Smith Gallery “Portraits from Life” Asheboro, NC. USA.

2018 SC State Museum “SCSM 30th Anniversary Exhibit” Columbia, SC. USA.

Arts Council of York County “29th Annual Juried Exhibition” Rock Hill, SC. USA.

2017 ArtPOP Street Gallery Charlotte, NC. USA.

CURATED

2024 P.S. 610: With Highest Honors, Dalton Gallery - Arts Council of York County, Rock Hill, SC

2023 A Specific Sheen, Charlotte Art League, Charlotte, NC

Always Here: The Past, Present, and Future of Catawba Art, Rock Hill, SC

2021 Justice & Beauty, SouthEnd ARTS at the Brooklyn Collective, Charlotte, NC

Justice & Hope, SouthEnd ARTS at the Brooklyn Collective, Charlotte, NC

GRACEfest, SouthEnd ARTS at the Brooklyn Collective, Charlotte, NC

Unlearning, SouthEnd ARTS at the Brooklyn Collective, Charlotte, NC

Collections

The Rosenfield Collection, Dallas TX

PUBLICATIONS

Henry, Joanna. Interview by VoyageATL, 15 Jun. 2023, http://voyageatl.com/interview/life-work-with-joanna-henry-of-charlotte/

Henry, Joanna. Interview by SouthEnd ARTS, Justice, 2 Oct. 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkA9Gmzs3_U

Henry, Joanna (2017) "Thinnest of Waists," The Anthology: Vol. 2017, Article 12.

Henry, Joanna (2015) "Accumulating," The Anthology: Vol. 2015, Article 38.

Henry, Joanna (2014) "Dēvadāra," The Anthology: Vol. 2014, Article 56.

Member of the following organizations

JUSTUS

Arts Council of York County

ArtPop Street Gallery

Charlotte Art League