HENRY LOREENE

Loreene Henry lives in Oshweken on the Six Nations Reserve near Brantford, Ontario. She is of the Cayuga Nation, Turtle Clan. Loreene is married to stone sculptor, Ben Henry.
Loreene became involved in carving activity by helping to finish her husband's carvings. Soon she began carving independently, under Ben's direction. For the past number of years, she has been exhibiting her own sculptures in steatite (soapstone).
Loreene's carvings reveal her preoccupation with women's themes and traditional female activities. Her subject matter includes mother and child and daily duties in earlier times such as pounding corn, cooking, braiding hair and making mats. Her female faces known for their gentle expressions.
Ben and Loreene have tutored their five children in carving activity. Clifton Henry began working in steatite under his parents' guidance at the age of nine, and brother Leroy, has been carving since the age of ten.
Loreene has been represented in group exhibitions of Iroquois art in many galleries in Ontario and the United States. Gallery Indigena has been pleased to exhibit Loreene’s work along with her husband’s and her sons’ sculpture.