CJ Hendry explained

CJ Hendry
Birth Name:Catherine Jenna Hendry
Nationality:Australian
Style:Hyper-realism
Children:2

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.[1] 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.[2] [3] 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.[4] Working with ink on paper her pieces are achieved through layers of what she refers to as scribbles.[5] She uses photographs with edited saturated lighting, a ruler and a pen as a guide for their placement.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8]

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.[9] [10] 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.[11] The difference, the artist explains, is that "color is very difficult, because you've got to use multiple different colors to create one."[12]

Exhibitions

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Lacey. Stephen. The unknown Aussie artist fetching a year's salary for a single drawing. 19 November 2017. Executive Style. 24 March 2015. 14 December 2019. 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. dead.
  2. News: Rocca. Jane. Artist CJ Hendry an Instagram phenomenon. 19 November 2017. The Weekly Review. 27 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20171225145019/https://www.theweeklyreview.com.au/meet/artist-cj-hendry-an-instagram-phenomenon/. 25 December 2017. dead.
  3. News: Ubaldi. Simone. Australian artist CJ Hendry tries New York on for size. 19 November 2017. The Guardian. 4 November 2016.
  4. Web site: Ryall. Jenni. Artist Quit University to Draw — Now Kanye West Wants Her Work. Mashable. 19 November 2017. en. 15 September 2014.
  5. Web site: Garnsworthy. Jasmine. Why Artist CJ Hendry is Catching the Eye of Everyone From Kanye West to Vogue. StyleCaster. 19 November 2017. 2 June 2015.
  6. Web site: Tikos. Bill. ARTIST TO WATCH - CJ HENDRY. Watch-That-Label. 19 November 2017. 7 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20171226130342/http://www.watch-that-label.com/artist-to-watch-cj-hendry/. 26 December 2017. dead.
  7. News: Fortescue. Elizabeth. CJ Hendry scribbles her way to success. 19 November 2017. Daily Telegraph. 2 August 2014. en.
  8. Web site: 2019-04-08 . Studio Visits: Cj Hendry . 2022-05-31 . HYPEBEAST.
  9. News: Lupica. Lilith Hardie. CJ Hendry on working with colour for the first time and originality. 19 November 2017. Vogue.com.au. 27 March 2017. 29 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171129173728/http://www.vogue.com.au/culture/lifestyle/cj+hendry+on+complimentary+colors,42296. dead.
  10. News: An Interview With Australian Artist CJ Hendry. 19 November 2017. Harper's BAZAAR. 10 April 2017. en.
  11. News: Chen. Vivian. Monochrome artist CJ Hendry turns to colour for Christian Louboutin. 19 November 2017. South China Morning Post. 29 March 2017.
  12. Web site: Lam. Teresa. Here's What Went Down at CJ Hendry x Christian Louboutin's " Colors" Exhibition. HYPEBEAST. 19 November 2017. en. 23 March 2017.
  13. Web site: Beach . Charlotte . 2024-04-09 . Cj Hendry Makes a Splash in the Desert with ‘Public Pool’ . 2024-08-16 . PRINT Magazine . en-US.
  14. Web site: Article . Vittoria Benzine ShareShare This . 2024-04-11 . Inside Cj Hendry’s Project to Build a Pool in the Las Vegas Desert . 2024-08-16 . Artnet News . en-US.
  15. Web site: TCH launches CJ Hendry's 50 Foods in 50 Days Exhibition in Melbourne. The Cool Hunter. 19 November 2017. 30 March 2015.
  16. Web site: Preston. Sammy. The Art Hunter. Broadsheet. 19 November 2017. en. 19 March 2014.

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