mary henderson is a visual artist living and working in philadelphia. she received an ab in fine arts from amherst college, and an mfa in painting from the university of pennsylvania. she has been awarded grants and fellowships from the pollock-krasner foundation, the joseph robert foundation, the center for emerging artists, and the pennsylvania council on the arts; she has also completed residencies at surf point, pouch cove, soaring gardens, the jentel foundation and the hambidge center (where she was the nena griffith distinguished fellow). her work has been shown throughout the united states at venues including the delaware contemporary museum, the westmoreland museum of american art, the muskegon museum of art, the michener museum and the woodmere museum. selected collections include the rockefeller foundation, the muskegon museum of art and the west collection. henderson is an assistant professor of fine arts at bucks county community college.