Alicia Henry

Alicia Henry (May 11, 1966 – October 17, 2024) was an American contemporary artist who lived, worked, and taught in Nashville.

[1] Henry was an associate professor in the Language and Arts Department at Fisk University.

[4] Henry made layered, figurative textile wall hangings from stitched and hand-embroidered dyed cotton, leather, felt, linen, and burlap.

[5] Her work explored themes of familial relationships, beauty, the body and identity.

[8] The exhibition was entitled Witnessing and it consisted of many two-dimensional mixed media figures as well as group compositions.