Henry's formal introduction to modern art came in 1992 when he studied at Christie's, London. In 1994 he started working with Waddington Galleries as a trainee and later that year with Annely Juda Fine Art. In 1995 he set up the Javier Lopez gallery on Foley Street where himself and Javier instigated an exhibition programme that included artists such as Martin Creed as well as the cutting edge 'Ex-Art Foundation' interactive art chat rooms.
In 1996 Henry was asked to work for Jay Jopling at Duke Street where he witnessed the yBa surge working with Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin and Sarah Lucas amongst others.
In January 1997 Henry moved to New York where he began work for Christie's contemporary department. He was there for two years before following a Masters in the history of the modern art market and connoisseurship, also at Christie's. In 2000 Henry began a one and a half year term with Christie's private sales where he brokered the sales of modern contemporary pieces including major works by Piet Mondrian and Damien Hirst.
In the Autumn of 2001 Henry decided to leave the auction house to concentrate on private sales and to return to a more direct involvement with exhibiting. He played a major role in the following two years as Dickinson's contemporary department continued to expand under Bona Montagu. This culminated in Henry curating the 2003 exhibition Aftershock: The Legacy of the Readymade in Post-War and Contemporary American Art, which included works by Jeff Koons, Jasper Johns and Andy Warhol to name but a few and was accompanied by an impressive catalogue with essays by Francis Nauman and Thomas Girst.
In January 2004 Henry returned to London where he decided to form Allsopp Contemporary. He currently sits on committees for new collectors at the Serpentine Gallery and Tate Modern.
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