Skip to Content
HarperHenry headshot

Artist

Harper Henry

United States

Born in 1966

Joined Artisor: November 2024

Artist Stats

Total pieces for sale: 1

Bio

Harper Henry (b. 1966, Idaho Falls, ID) is a contemporary Western painter. After graduating from Paier College of Art with a BFA in Illustration, she enjoyed a successful 30-year career as a designer and art director in sports apparel and commercial advertising. Harper began painting professionally in 2016. Her work mainly focuses on Western and Indigenous figures, horses, and animals. She explores an unexpected fusion of two opposing art styles: abstract and realism. With her art she aspires to depict the realistic beauty of the subject matter while simultaneously presenting the viewer with abstracted fractal imagery, movement and emotion.

“I really enjoy when collectors remark that my paintings change all the time. Each time they look closely, they see something they hadn’t seen before, or they notice how their painting changes daily with the lighting – I believe this is the magic of combining abstract with realism”.

Harper works from her studio in Mesa, AZ. She regularly participates in gallery and museum shows, winning several awards, and her work has been featured in numerous art, home interior and equine magazines.

Bio Author: 12x12 Show (Scottsdale)

  • Artworks
  • Curriculum Vitae

EXHIBITIONS

2024 Beaux Arts, Scottsdale Artists’ School, Scottsdale, AZ
2024 4th Annual AWAE Show, The Marshall Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2024 Miniature Masterpiece Art Show & Sale, Phippen Museum, Prescott, AZ
2024 19th Annual Cowgirl Up!, Desert Caballeros Western Museum, AZ
2024 Scottsdale Artwalk, The Marshall Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2023 3rd Annual AWAE Show, The Marshall Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2023 Westward, Harper Henry Solo Show, Victory Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2023 18th Annual Cowgirl Up!, Desert Caballeros Western Museum, AZ
2022 53rd Annual Mountain Oyster Club Art Show, Tucson, AZ
2022 2nd Annual AWAE Show, The Marshall Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2022 Scottsdale Artwalk, The Marshall Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2022 Miniature Masterpiece Art Show & Sale, Phippen Museum, Prescott, AZ
2022 17th Annual Cowgirl Up!, Desert Caballeros Western Museum, AZ
2021 AWAE Show, The Marshall Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2021 235 Smaller Works Show, FOR Fine Art, Whitefish, MT
2021 Redefining Traditions – Abstract Realism, FOR Fine Art, Bigfork, MT
2021 16th Annual Cowgirl Up!, Desert Caballeros Western Museum, AZ
2020 235 Smaller Works Show, Frame Of Reference Fine Art, Whitefish, MT
2020 Small Works Great Wonders, National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, OK
2020 51st Annual Mountain Oyster Club Art Show, Tucson, AZ
2020 15th Annual Cowgirl Up!, Desert Caballeros Western Museum, AZ
2020 March In Montana Auction, Great Falls, MT
2020 Yellowstone Art Auction 52, Billings, MT
2019 50th Annual Mountain Oyster Club Art Show, Tucson, AZ
2019 12 Squared Holiday Art Show, Terakedis Fine Art, Billings, MT
2019 235 Smaller Works Show, Frame Of Reference Fine Art, Whitefish, MT
2019 Space And Species, Terakedis Fine Art, Billings, MT
2019 Miniatures By The Lake, Coeur d’Alene Galleries, Coeur d’Alene, ID
2019 Hold Your Horses, Phippen Museum, Prescott, AZ
2019 The West In Her Eyes, Terakedis Fine Art, Billings, MT
2019 North By Northwest, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
2019 14th Annual Cowgirl Up!, Desert Caballeros Western Museum, AZ
2018 Yellowstone Art Museum, 51st Annual Art Auction, Billings, MT
2018 12 Squared Holiday Show, Terakedis Fine Art, Billings, MT
2018 The West In Her Eyes, Terakedis Fine Art, Billings, MT

PUBLICATIONS

Art Of The West, “Harper Henry – Striking Gold” Nov/Dec. 2023
Plough, “The Return of the Bison” Spring 2023
Southwest Art, “Harper Henry – Going Home” Oct/Nov. 2022
Western Art Collector, “Art of the Horse” May 2022
Fine Art Connoisseur, “The Timeless Appeal of Horses” Apr. 2022
Southwest Art, “Cowgirl Up!” Feb/Mar. 2022
Sidelines, “Harper Henry – Bringing Abstract and Realism Together” Dec. 2021
Fine Art Connoisseur, “Go Wild” Oct. 2021
Southwest Art, “Cowgirl Up!” Mar. 2021
Fine Art Connoisseur, Mar. 2021
Western Art Collector, “Hold Your Horse” Aug. 2019
Forbes, “Women Of Western Art” Mar. 2019
Art Of The West, Guidebook, Jan. 2019
Western Art Collector, “Cowgirl Up!” Mar. 2019

AWARDS

2024 Art of the West Magazine Artists Choice Award, Desert Caballeros Western Museum
2024 Cowgirl Up! Artist’s Choice Award, Desert Caballeros Western Museum
2021 Cowgirl Up! Artist’s Choice Award, Desert Caballeros Western Museum
2021 Cowgirl Up! First Place, 2-D on Canvas Award, Desert Caballeros Western Museum
2020 Cowgirl Up! Artist’s Choice Award, Desert Caballeros Western Museum

EDUCATION/BACKGROUND

BFA Paier College of Art
Senior Designer, Reebok International
Art Director, i-Health, A division of DSM
Workshop Instructor, Scottsdale Artists’ School

No previous artwork sold