About

In 1968, Jan Henderikse (Delft, 1937) exchanged Curaçao for New York, the city that became his permanent base of operations. Since the early 1970s, Henderikse's oeuvre has shown an intense and persistent interest in the American way of life. Or perhaps better, a deep-rooted, almost phenomenological interest in the exotic-ordinary - and then from a European perspective.

His move to New York brought renewal and new energy, but above all made Henderikse an artist with a twist. For years, the European Henderikse had a second studio in Berlin and to this day considers Antwerp his second home. …