CJ Hendry
{{Short description|Australian artist}}
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Catherine Jenna Hendry (CJ Hendry) (born 1988) is a contemporary Australian artist known for hyper-realistic, large-scale renderings of luxury objects using a self-developed scribbling technique.
Biography
Hendry was born in South Africa and raised in Brisbane, Australia.{{cite news|last1=Lacey|first1=Stephen|title=The unknown Aussie artist fetching a year's salary for a single drawing|url=http://www.executivestyle.com.au/cult-australian-artist-cj-hendry-selling-her-drawings-for-tens-of-thousands-of-dollars-each-1m338k|accessdate=19 November 2017|work=Executive Style|date=24 March 2015|archive-date=14 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214121037/http://www.executivestyle.com.au/cult-australian-artist-cj-hendry-selling-her-drawings-for-tens-of-thousands-of-dollars-each-1m338k|url-status=dead}} She studied architecture at Queensland University of Technology and finance at University of Queensland in Australia, before dropping out to pursue an art career in 2013.{{cite news|last1=Rocca|first1=Jane|title=Artist CJ Hendry an Instagram phenomenon|url=https://www.theweeklyreview.com.au/meet/artist-cj-hendry-an-instagram-phenomenon/|accessdate=19 November 2017|work=The Weekly Review|date=27 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171225145019/https://www.theweeklyreview.com.au/meet/artist-cj-hendry-an-instagram-phenomenon/|archive-date=25 December 2017|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|last1=Ubaldi|first1=Simone|title=Australian artist CJ Hendry tries New York on for size|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/nov/04/australian-artist-cj-hendry-tries-new-york-on-for-size|accessdate=19 November 2017|work=The Guardian|date=4 November 2016}} Hendry lived and practiced in Brisbane prior to moving to New York in 2015.
Hendry's practice started as a hobby. She has no formal art training and considers herself "not very creative." Her works are primarily hyper-realistic, large scale ink drawings of luxury objects that sometimes take 200 hours to complete.{{cite web|last1=Ryall|first1=Jenni|title=Artist Quit University to Draw — Now Kanye West Wants Her Work|url=http://mashable.com/2014/09/15/australia-artist-cj-hendry-kanye/#XmBXfuEe_sqD|website=Mashable|accessdate=19 November 2017|language=en|date=15 September 2014}} Working with ink on paper her pieces are achieved through layers of what she refers to as scribbles.{{cite web|last1=Garnsworthy|first1=Jasmine|title=Why Artist CJ Hendry is Catching the Eye of Everyone From Kanye West to Vogue|url=http://stylecaster.com/why-artist-cj-hendry-is-catching-the-eye-of-everyone-from-kanye-west-to-vogue/|website=StyleCaster|accessdate=19 November 2017|date=2 June 2015}} She uses photographs with edited saturated lighting, a ruler and a pen as a guide for their placement.{{cite web|last1=Tikos|first1=Bill|title=ARTIST TO WATCH - CJ HENDRY|url=http://www.watch-that-label.com/artist-to-watch-cj-hendry/|website=Watch-That-Label|accessdate=19 November 2017|date=7 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171226130342/http://www.watch-that-label.com/artist-to-watch-cj-hendry/|archive-date=26 December 2017|url-status=dead}} Hendry credits her fame to social media attributing her first sale in 2014, a depiction of RM Williams boots that sold for $10,000, to Instagram.{{cite news|last1=Fortescue|first1=Elizabeth|title=CJ Hendry scribbles her way to success|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/cj-hendry-decided-to-scribble-her-life-away-and-shes-never-looked-back-writes-elizabeth-fortescue/news-story/ad2c77f83a1be78fdb6ad07bee267322?nk=ec572633986b57fd96948c56472b0ddd-1511122589|accessdate=19 November 2017|work=Daily Telegraph|date=2 August 2014|language=en}} An executive from Australia's Macquarie Bank paid $50,000 USD for a drawing of a rumpled Gucci shopping bag. More widely-known owners of her pieces include Kanye West, who bought a piece of a $100 USD bill with a portrait of his face drawn on it alongside iconic fashion designer Vera Wang.{{Cite web |date=2019-04-08 |title=Studio Visits: Cj Hendry |url=https://hypebeast.com/2019/4/cj-hendry-studio-visits-interview |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=HYPEBEAST}}
Back in 2015 she dipped a pair of $9,000 USD Nike Air Mags in a bucket of black paint in order to use as a study for a hyperrealistic drawing.
In 2016 Hendry expanded her practice with the launch of a collaboration with fashion house Christian Louboutin.{{cite news|last1=Lupica|first1=Lilith Hardie|title=CJ Hendry on working with colour for the first time and originality|url=http://www.vogue.com.au/culture/lifestyle/cj+hendry+on+complimentary+colors,42296|accessdate=19 November 2017|work=Vogue.com.au|date=27 March 2017|archive-date=29 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171129173728/http://www.vogue.com.au/culture/lifestyle/cj+hendry+on+complimentary+colors,42296|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=An Interview With Australian Artist CJ Hendry|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com.au/culture/an-interview-with-australian-artist-cj-hendry-6448|accessdate=19 November 2017|work=Harper's BAZAAR|date=10 April 2017|language=en}} The resulting exhibition, held in the Anita Chan Lia-ling Gallery at the Fringe Club in Hong Kong as part of the 2017 Art Basel, marked Hendry's first time working with colour and wax pencil.{{cite news|last1=Chen|first1=Vivian|title=Monochrome artist CJ Hendry turns to colour for Christian Louboutin|url=http://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/2082788/christian-louboutin-brings-artist-cj-hendry-hong-kong|accessdate=19 November 2017|work=South China Morning Post|date=29 March 2017}} The difference, the artist explains, is that "color is very difficult, because you've got to use multiple different colors to create one."{{cite web|last1=Lam|first1=Teresa|title=Here's What Went Down at CJ Hendry x Christian Louboutin's "{{sic|Complimentary|nolink=y|reason=the exhibition was actually titled 'Complementary Colors'. Other sources are correct}} Colors" Exhibition|url=https://hypebae.com/2017/3/cj-hendry-christian-louboutin-complimentary-colors-exhibition|website=HYPEBEAST|accessdate=19 November 2017|language=en|date=23 March 2017}}
Exhibitions
- Bargain Bodega (2024)
- Flower Market (2024)
- Public Pool (2024){{Cite web |last=Beach |first=Charlotte |date=2024-04-09 |title=Cj Hendry Makes a Splash in the Desert with ‘Public Pool’ |url=https://www.printmag.com/design-news/cj-hendry-makes-a-splash-in-the-desert-with-public-pool/ |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=PRINT Magazine |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Article |first=Vittoria Benzine ShareShare This |date=2024-04-11 |title=Inside Cj Hendry’s Project to Build a Pool in the Las Vegas Desert |url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/cj-hendry-public-pool-behind-the-scenes-2467039 |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=Artnet News |language=en-US}}
- PLAID (2023)
- Cheese (2022)
- Epilogue (postponed due to COVID-19 - early 2022)
- Blonde (2021)
- Straya (2021)
- Rorschach (2019)
- Monochrome (2018)
- Complementary Colours (2017)
- The Trophy Room (2016)
- 50 Foods in 50 Days (2015){{cite web|title=TCH launches CJ Hendry's 50 Foods in 50 Days Exhibition in Melbourne|url=http://thecoolhunter.net/tch-launches-cj-hendry/|website=The Cool Hunter|accessdate=19 November 2017|date=30 March 2015}}
- The Art Hunter (2014){{cite web|last1=Preston|first1=Sammy|title=The Art Hunter|url=https://www.broadsheet.com.au/sydney/art-and-design/article/art-hunter|website=Broadsheet|accessdate=19 November 2017|language=en|date=19 March 2014}}
References
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External links
- {{cite web|title=What's your plan? CJ Hendry|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5GBNf_s8aU|publisher=TedX Talks|accessdate=19 November 2017|date=17 October 2014}}
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