Education
1976-77 Apprenticed to Lin Emery, New Orleans, LA.. Studied and worked on large kinetic sculpture.
1975-76 Apprenticed to Wolgang Behl, Berkshire Mountains, MA.. Studied wood carving and metal work.
1976 B.F.A. Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT..
1974 A.A. Dean Junior College, Franklin, MA..
Solo Exhibits
Parsonage Gallery, Searsport ME., Natural Symbols, 2024
Frank Brockman Gallery, Brunswick, ME. Art as Invention as Art, 2019
Waterfall Arts, Belfast, ME., The Parent project, 2007
Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME., Re-thinking the Enigma, 2005
Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME., 2024, 2021, 2016, 2014, 2012, 2008, 2005, 2003, 2001, 1997, 1994, 1991, 1987
Hutchinson Center, University of Maine, Belfast, ME., Improv#1, 2001
Icon Contemporary Art Gallery, Brunswick, ME., 2000
Hartford Art School, Hartford, CT. Train of Thought, 2000
Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, ME. 1998
Frick Gallery, Belfast, ME., 1995
Unity College Art Gallery, Unity, ME., 1990
Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, ME., 1985
Belfast Library, Belfast, ME., 1985
New York Clay Company, Belfast, ME., 1983
Selected Exhibits
The Parsoge Gallery. Searsport ME. Summer show, 2023
Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME. Patriarchiology, 2019
Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, ME. Abstractions, 2019
University of New England, Portland, ME. Making a new Whole: The Art of Collage, 2014
Portland Public Library, Collage X 10, Portland, ME., 2014
University of New England, New Acquisitions, Portland, ME. 2014
Aucocisco Gallery, Portland, ME. Newhaus, 2013
Aarhus Gallery, Belfast, ME. 2013
Betts Gallery, Belfast, Me. 2013
Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME. 2013
Waterfall Arts, Belfast, ME. Richard Norton and Friends, 2013
Messler Gallery, Rockport, ME., Contemporary Wood Sculpture in Maine, 2010
Aauhus Gallery, Belfast, ME., 2008
Auccocisco Gallery, Portland, ME., The Discerning Eye of Rose Marie Frick, 2008
Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME., Views of Nature, 2007
Waterfall Arts, Montville, ME., Sluiceway Reclamation, 2007
Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME., The Players Art, 2005
Maine State Capital, Augusta, ME., The Upper Coast: Mount Desert Island to Belfast, 2004
Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, ME., Abstractions, 2001
Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME., Fantasy Island, 2000
National Theater Workshop for the Handicapped, Belfast, ME., 2000
Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME., Maine in America: Contemporary Selections, 2000
Icon Contemporary Art Gallery, Brunswick, ME., Eros, 1999
Clark House Gallery, Bangor, ME., 1999
National Theater Workshop for the Handicapped, Belfast, ME.,1999
Icon Contemporary Art Gallery, Brunswick, ME., The Word on Art, 1998
Frick Gallery Northeast, Northeast Harbor, ME., 1998
Artfellows Gallery, Belfast, ME., Retrospective, 1997
Robert Clements Gallery, Portland, ME., Summer Salon, 1997
Spring Street Gallery, Belfast, ME., 1997
Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME. Maine at Work, 1997
Spring Street Gallery, Belfast, ME., 1996
Maine Coast Artists Gallery, Rockport, ME., 18th Annual Juried Exhibit, 1996
Frick Gallery, Belfast, ME., 1994, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988
Frick Gallery, Belfast, ME., House Series, 1993
Frick Gallery, Belfast, ME., Material Pleasures, 1992
Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill, ME., Sculpture Garden, 1992
Unity College Art Gallery, Unity, ME., Faculty Show, 1991
Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME., Voyages of the Imagination: The Boat in Contemporary Art,
1990.
Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill, ME., 1990, 1989
Artfellows Gallery, Belfast, ME., 1990
Maine Coast Artists Gallery, Rockport, ME., 1989
Gallery 68, Belfast, ME., Norton Memorial, 1988
University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME., 1988
Palm Gallery, Brooklyn, NY., 1987
M S Gallery, Hartford, CT., 1986
Congress Square Gallery, Portland, ME., 1986
Hitchcock Gallery, Portland, ME., 1986
Attorney General’s Office, Augusta, ME., 1985
Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME., Maine Art Today, 1983
Chroma Gallery, Portland, ME., 1983
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain , CT., 1980
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT., Academy Show, 1979
John Slade Gallery, New Haven, CT., 1979
Central Connecticut State College, New Britain, CT., 1977
Publications and Awards
Chris Crosman, The Maine Arts Journal Spring 2023, Stewart Henderson: The Museum of Famous Pictures
Daniel Kany, Maine Sunday Telegram, review, October 13, 2019
Carl Little, Art New England, preview, Sept/Oct. 2019, p.81
Maine Home and Design, Collectible Artists, April 2010, p.95
Phil Isaccson, Maine Sunday Telegram, review, “Distilled Concrete”, July 2012
Susan Grisanti, Maine Home and Design, Show Stoppers, April 2012, p.80
Daniel Kany, Maine Sunday telegram, review, September 2011
Suzette McAvoy, Maine Home and Design, Material Matters, Jan/Feb., 2010, p.65
Carl Little, Art New England, spotlight review, April/May 2006, p.28
Rebecca Goldfine, Maine Times, “Arts” feature, February 21, 2002
Alan Crichton, Art New England, review, April/May 2000, p.34
Ken Greenleaf, Maine Sunday Telegram, review “Daily Wonders,” May 18, 1997, p. 3E
Ken Greenleaf, Maine Sunday Telegram, review “New Directions,” September 10, 1995, p.7E
Edgar Allen Beem, Maine Art Now, Dog Ear Press, Gardiner, Maine, 1990, p.256
Pollock-Krasner Grant, 1986
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT. Sculpture Award, 1980
Biography
Stew Henderson was born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1954. He received a B.F.A. from the
Hartford Art School at the University of Hartford and an A.A. from Dean Junior College in Franklin,
Massachusetts. Upon graduating form college he apprenticed to sculptor Wolfgang Behl in
Greenfield MA. working on a commission for the town of Bloomfield CT. Henderson then moved to
New Orleans, LA. to serve as apprentice to kinetic sculptor Lin Emery. Stew and his wife Jody
moved to Maine in 1981, settling first in Belfast and currently in Northport. They have a son, Chris
and a daughter Lucy. In 1986 he received a grant from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. Mr.
Henderson taught sculpture at Unity College in Unity ME. for 3 years and has given workshops on
installations in nature at Waterfall Arts in Montville, ME. From 1983-93 he wrote art reviews for two
publications in mid coast Maine. His work has appeared in several publications over the years
including being listed as one of Maine’s most collectible artists in Maine Home and Design Magazine.
Stew Henderson has had twenty solo shows of his work in addition to a mid career survey of his work
at the Hartford Art School in 2000. His work has also been included in over 60 group exhibitions.
In February 2020 Stew retired from the Colby College Museum of Art as Senior Preparator.