Stephen Henriques’ new figurative oil paintings are grounded in abstraction and nuanced with the lush color and thick, impasto paint for which he is celebrated. These works are inspired by the avant-garde jazz innovations of Ornette Coleman, Eric Dolphy, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, and other experimental American musicians. For Henriques, making art is like following a river or a sound — not knowing where it will take him, yet committing to the journey with an open mind and heart.

Education

1970 M.F.A. San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

1967 B.F.A. San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

Solo Exhibitions

2016 Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts

2012 “Jazz Club”, Canvas SP Galerie, São Paulo, Brasil

2011 Espacio Panamá, Panamá City, Panama

2008 Arte Infinita Galeria, São Paulo, Brasil

2006 "Inspired by Jazz", Festival Amazonas Jazz, Manaus, Brasil

2005 Galeria de Arte A Hebraica, São Paulo, Brasil

2003 Expoarte Galeria, Brasília, Brasil

2003 Casa Thomas Jefferson, Brasília, Brasil

2002 Galeria Berenice Arvani, São Paulo, Brasil

1998 Bennett Street Gallery, Atlanta, GA

1998 Adolfo’s Restaurant, San Francisco, CA

1998 Fizz Supper Club, San Francisco, CA

1997 Stevenson Place, San Francisco, CA

1996 3COM Corporation, Santa Clara, CA

1995 Borders Books and Music, San Francisco, CA

1993 Workplace Gallery, New York, NY

1990 Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1988 The French Culinary Institute, New York, NY

1986 Art Concepts, Walnut Creek, CA

1982 Gastonbury Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1981 Studio Showing, San Francisco, CA

1979 Studio Showing, San Francisco, CA

1976 Market Hours Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1975 Palo Alto Culture Center, Palo Alto, CA

1975 Lawson Galleries, San Francisco, CA

1970 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

1970 Crown College, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA

Group Shows

2018 “Dreamland”, Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CA

2012 Canvas SP Galerie, São Paulo, Brasil

2004 1° Congresso Mundial de Gestão Coletiva de Direito Autoral - Artes Visuais. Cultural Blue Life, São Paulo, Brasil.

2004 "American Days and Nights" Câmara Americana de Comércio São Paulo completa 85 anos. Vernissage com Stephen Henriques. Palacio do Governo, São Paulo, Brasil.

2003 "Arte Sem Fronteiras", Hilton Morumbi, São Paulo, Brasil

1993 “Color Life”, Cafe Adriano, San Francisco, CA

1992 Rococo Showplace, San Francisco, CA

1989 Jazz/Art, Kimball’s East Gallery, Emeryville, CA

1989 “Multi-Media ’89", Koret Gallery, Albert L. Schultz Jewish Community Center,

Palo Alto, CA

1988 Pacific Northwest Arts and Crafts Fair, Bellvue Art Museum, Bellvue, WA

1986 Farnsworth Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1986 Since 1903, Window Installation, San Francisco, CA

1985 Glastonbury Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1966 Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA

Video Profile

CNN’s weekly program “Travel Now”. Paintings and interview shown on the “Art” segment June 5, 1999 and July 24, 1999

KRON-TV San Francisco weekly program “Next Step”. Paintings and interview shown on the “Idealive” segment October 2 & 3, 2000

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Dizzy Atmoshere, Bossa Jazz, Celso Pixinga, Mix House Records, São Paulo, 2006

Oblivion, Life is a Rhythm, Rio de Janeiro Jazz Trio, Mix House Records, São Paulo, 2005

Abstract Truth, S.O.S. Baixo, Celso Pixinga, Mix House Records, São Paulo, 2005

Noites Brasileiras, Bop Till You Drop, Rio de Janeiro Jazz Trio, Mix House Records, São Paulo, 2003

Memories of You, Pulso Forte, Rio de Janeiro Jazz Trio, Mix House Records, São Paulo, 2001

Ain’t Misbehavin, Marakablu, Rio de Janeiro Jazz Trio, Mix House Records, São Paulo, 2000

Antiguo, Antiguo, Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Cuban Quartet, Blue Note and Somethin’else Records, New York and Tokyo, 1997 and 1998

BOOK COVERS

Fra Angelico Meets Ornette Coleman, Ghost Notes, by Ralph Burns, Oberlin College Press, 2001

Spirits of Havana, Crossroads to Cure, by Nicola Henriques, Totality Press, 1998

First Song, Believe in Miracles, Edited and Published by Rainbird Publishing, 1997

On Green Dolphin Street, Who is Angelina?, by Al Young, University of California Press, 1996

Sea of Love, Drowning in the Sea of Love / Musical Memoirs, by Al Young, Ecco Press, 1995