About

Martha Henry has been working in the art world since she graduated with a degree in art history from Columbia University. She founded her company, Martha Henry, Inc. Fine Art, in 1987 as an art advisory firm that handles all aspects of appraising, purchasing and selling art from old masters to contemporary artists. The firm can locate artwork in the primary as well as secondary art markets for private, corporate and museum collections as well as fellow art dealers.

MHIFA has a special emphasis on American 1950's and 1960's figurative expressionism, the School of Hofmann and African-American masterworks from the 19th century to the present. We maintain a large inventory of artists from both areas and we are always looking to add to our holdings. We have curated and organized several museum and gallery shows on the figurative legacy of Hans Hofmann. We exhibit annually at the National Black Fine Art Show in New York City.

MHIFA appraises art for insurance, tax and charitable donation purposes. Martha Henry is USPAP qualified (May 2009) and a candidate for certification with the Appraisers Association of America. Please contact us for information about our appraisal services.

Martha Henry also works in the non-profit art world as a curator and organizer of exhibitions traveling to museums and university galleries throughout the U.S. Catalogs are usually produced in conjunction with these shows. The most recent tour was "Art from the Inside: Paño Drawings by Chicano Prisoners", a show of 120 ball point pen drawings on handkerchiefs by Texas inmates. A 56 page color illustrated catalog accompanied the show and is available for purchase.

Martha Henry has worked as an associate project manager for public and corporate art commissions with Suzanne Randolph Fine Art. She assisted SRFA in all phases of running public art competitions including researching artists; writing proposals and fundraising brochures; giving slide show presentations; and acting as a liaison between the artist and client. She is a founding member of the Art Program at the Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY. She worked on a public sculpture competition for the Jackie Robinson/Peewee Reese Commemorative Sculpture at KeySpan Park, Coney Island, NY for the City of New York Public/Private Initiative during Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's administration and assisted in a sculpture competition for a memorial to the victims of 9/11 for American Express Corporation, NY. Most recently she assisted SRFA on a public sculpture competition honoring the Korean War veterans at Kissena Park, Queens, NY and a Vietnam War Memorial in Queens, NY.

Martha Henry is a Co-Director with Kim Vaadia at Slate Gallery(www.slategallery.com), a contemporary art gallery located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. In 2007, the team founded Urban Art Projects (www.uaprojects.org), a 501(3)c non-profit corporation, whose projects include PERFORM WILLIAMSBURG 2009, a performing arts festival, East River State Park, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY and Williamsburg Waterfront Sculpture Exhibition 2010, East River State Park, Brooklyn, NY which featured internationally renowned street artist, Swoon.

Other professional memberships include American Association of Museums and Williamsburg Gallery Association.