Bridget Henry is a California based printmaker known for her hand carved woodcuts. Her work often explores the intersections of nature, perception, and transformation. Drawing from both ecological themes and personal experience, she uses traditional printmaking techniques to explore questions about how we define and relate to the world around us.

Friend or Foe is a series of woodcut prints that explores how we perceive the world around us: animals, plants, people, and how those definitions shift depending on context. A predator can be seen as a threat or a keystone species. A plant might be dismissed as a weed or revered as medicine.

Bridget Henry invites viewers to reflect on the frameworks that shape perception and judgment. Each print is exhibited with its original carved woodblock, creating mirrored images that speak to duality and reflection. Some surfaces are toned with rust, evoking transformation and the passage of time, pointing to the instability of fixed categories.
This series holds space for ambiguity. What we label as friend or foe may reveal more about our personal experiences than about the subject itself.