Henry Meyer was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1948 and studied at the Johannesburg School of Art. In 1967 at age 18, he had his first of many solo exhibitions at Johannesburg’s Gallery 101. He was regarded as a gifted, innovative contributor to the 1960s South African art scene, and was a student of Bill Ainslie who played a significant role in his artistic development.
Henry Meyer also lived and worked in New York and Toronto. In 2009, the time of his sudden death, he resided in Toronto.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 1967/68 | Gallery 101 Johannesburg, S. Africa |
| 1968 | Walsh Marais Gallery, Durban, S. Africa |
| Kozmopolitan Gallery, New York | |
| 1969 | The Art Museum, St. John’s Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada |
| 1970 | Kozmopolitan Gallery |
| Lidchi Gallery, Johannesburg, S. Africa | |
| 1981 | Artplan Gallery, Vancouver, Canada |
| 1982 | 70th Street Gallery, New York |
| 1988 | The Edge Gallery, Vancouver |
| 1991 | The Zack Gallery, Vancouver |
| 1992 | JCC Gallery, Denver, USA |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 1967 | South African Graphics Tour of Canada |
| Cape Town Art Gallery | |
| Kozmopolitan Gallery, New York | |
| 1968 | Kozmopolitan Gallery |
| Museum of Modern Art, Junior Council Exhibit, New York | |
| 1969 | Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg |
| Lidchi Art Gallery, Johannesburg | |
| 1970 | Pollock Gallery, Toronto |
| Riverside Community Gallery, New York | |
| Gallery Moos, Toronto | |
| 1987 | Threshold Gallery, Vancouver |
FELLOWSHIPS
| 1969 | The Edward MacDowell Colony, New Hampshire, USA |
| 2009 | Finalist, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship |
MAJOR PURCHASE
The Art Museum, St. John’s Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada