Holly Hendry d. 1990

Holly Hendry is an artist and lecturer currently based in London, UK. Her often site-
responsive sculptures and installations are concerned with what lies beneath the surface, from hidden underground spaces or water systems to the interior workings of the human body. Employing, and sometimes exploiting the architectural anatomy of our surroundings, her sculptures use scale, material and sometimes motion to challenge notions of space, often combining function with the absurd and cartoon-like.
Hendry recently created 'Wave Machine' (2026) apublic commission in Tokyo, Japan for the windows of Hermès Flagship store in Ginza, and opened a solo exhibition at Toile Blanche in France. In 2025 she completed a residency at Casa Wabi in Mexico and in 2024 she opened her first solo show in the USA at SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia. At the same time, a new commission was installed at Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre in London for the group exhibition, 'When Forms Come Alive'. Her artwork Slackwater, an expansive sculptural installation that took over the roof of Temple underground station in London, was shown for a year before travelling to NDSM in the Netherlands. Other recent public sculptures and commissions include 'Lip-sync', a permanent public sculpture for STEAMhouse, Birmingham, commissioned by Eastside Projects in partnership with Birmingham City University (2023) and 'Slacker', commissioned by Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield (2019) and recently shown as part of the Hayward Touring exhibition Material Worlds: Contemporary Artists and Textiles (touring 2024 - 26) Hendry's research has been discussed in Art Forum, Art Monthly, The Guardian, Frieze Magazine, Aesthetica, The New York Times amongst others. Her work can be found in significant public collections including the Arts Council, British Council and Government Art Collections, UK and FRAC Grand Large, Dunkirk, France.