LISA HENRY

EDUCATION

University of California, Los Angeles, M.A., Critical and Curatorial Studies, 2001.
Thesis Exhibition: I’m Thinking of a Place: Landscape, Memory, and Identity in the Work of Gary Simmons, Lorna Simpson, and Carrie Mae Weems, UCLA Hammer Museum, Jan. 23– Apr. 15, 2001.

Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, B.A., American
Civilization, 1989.

EMPLOYMENT

Independent Curator, Los Angeles, New York, Aug. 2002-Present.

Co-Curator, with Deborah Willis, for the exhibition Saturday
Night/Sunday Morning. Leica Gallery, New York, April 11- May 17, 2003.
Research, writing and coordination of traveling exhibition component for group show featuring forty-five contemporary social documentary photographers.

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Sept. 2001–Aug. 2002. Graduate Intern, Department of Photographs. Research and writing for the exhibitions The Public Record: Photographs of the Great Depression; The Grapes of Wrath: Horace Bristol’s California Photographs; and Surrealist Muse: Lee Miller, Roland Penrose, and Man Ray, 1925–1945.
Also responsible for helping visiting scholars and assisting with acquisitions proposals and research inquiries.

The California African-American Museum, Los Angeles, June –Sept. 2001.
Curatorial Assistant, History Department. Exhibition research and educational programming for the exhibition Reflections in Black: A History of African American Photography. Developed lecture series featuring photohistorians and L.A.-based photographers.

The Prints and the Pauper, Santa Monica, Jan. 1999–May 2001.
Administrative Assistant to Roger Genser, private print dealer. Handled correspondence and special events.

Fujisankei Communications, Los Angeles, Sept. 1998–Jan. 1999.
Administrative Assistant for Los Angeles branch of FCI Communications, an international media company that provides news of interest to the Japanese American community in both print and broadcast media.

Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, July–Oct. 1997.
Research Assistant to Connie Butler, Associate Curator of works on paper. Expanded the museum library’s holdings to reflect the recently acquired social documentary photographs of the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation collection. Research and writing for exhibitions on John Gutmann and Aaron Siskind.

Nash Editions, Manhattan Beach, Oct. 1995–June 1997.
Curatorial Assistant at Nash Editions, a fine art digital studio.
Responsible for organizing traveling exhibitions from the studio’s collection, including Nash’s Greatest Hits: Prints from Nash Editions by International Artists, The Photographer’s Gallery, London, Sept. 13– Oct. 18, 1996. Maintained print archive and oversaw the production of editions and portfolios.

Christie’s Auction House, New York, Sept. 1994–June 1995.
Course Assistant. Responsible for preparing and distributing course materials, researching topics in course curriculum, and maintaining slide collection and art library.

The Friends of Photography, San Francisco, Jan.–Oct. 1993.
Museum Intern, Curatorial and Education Departments. Assisted with all aspects of exhibition design and installation for the exhibitions Annie Liebovitz: Photographs; Body Doubles: Hans Bellmer, David Levinthal, and Cindy Sherman; and Ancestral Dialogues: The Photographs of Albert Chong. Revised and consolidated Museum Collector Print Program.
Assisted in the organization of the 1993 benefit auction. Responsible for cataloguing all donations and writing condition reports and catalogue descriptions.

The Susan Teller Gallery, New York, Jan. 1990–Dec. 1992.
Curatorial Assistant (part-time), for Soho-based gallery specializing in American prints from 1930 to 1950. Assisted with development of numerous shows. Handled correspondence and catalogue preparation.

The Schomburg Center, New York, Sept. 1991–June 1992.
Curatorial Assistant to Deborah Willis, Curator of Prints and
Photographs. The collection represents African American photography from the nineteenth century to the present. Assisted in research, writing, and installation for several exhibitions. Responsible for working with outside researchers and scholars.

National Portrait Gallery, London, Aug.–Dec. 1990.
Curatorial Intern for Terence Pepper, Curator of Photography. Assisted in the preparation for the exhibition In Pursuit of Perfection: The Photographs of Dorothy Wilding. Catalogued glass negatives and prints from the Lafayette Portrait Studio Collection.