Marc Henry
Biography
Marc Henry, Wellness Faktor X, 2023, Oil on Canvas, 65 x 50 cm, 25 5/8 x 19 3/4 in
Exploring the nuances of reality and its malleability in our post-factual era, Marc Henry delves into the realm of digital image manipulation with a profound curiosity. A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under the mentorship of Daniel Richter, Henry‘s multidisciplinary background includes degrees in economics and curatorial studies. This multi-faceted academic foundation underscores his thematic engagement with societal dynamics, macroeconomics, and politics, reflecting an expansive approach to the pictorial space.
Henry‘s artistic language is shaped by a keen interest in narration and composition, fueled by a iconography drawn from his personal archive of reference collages, AI-powered image generators, and 3D rendering programmes. Engaging in a dynamic dialogue between the digital and analogue realms, the artist often revisits the digital file after initial canvas exploration. Through an iterative process, he modifies colours, adjusts compositions, and incorporates newfound discoveries from the painting back into the digital realm. This rhythmic reciprocity continues until a distinctive form emerges, resembling a pseudo-narrative infused with memories of a fabricated reality.
Marc Henry‘s work has been shown at MMIII Kunstverein Mönchengladbach; Schloßmuseum Murnau; Kunsthalle Oktogon, Hitzacker; Palais Rasumofsky, Vienna and Belvedere21, Vienna, amongst others.
Exhibitions
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Marc Henry
Field Trip 16 Jan - 21 Feb 2025Marc Henry's visual worlds draw from image databases of the internet's depths and the artist's own photographs. Using various software, he layers, merges, and isolates parts of his findings, creating entirely surreal and almost eerie scenes, which serve as templates for his works. Painting on coarse linen allows him a...Read more -
Marc Henry
Tender Offer 29 Mar - 5 May 2023Marc Henry’s work distinguishes itself through a characteristically figurative style, drawing on elements of realism and estranging them through presented subject matters and painterly execution.Read more
Through his ominous yet playful visual language the artist explores societal shifts and transformations in relation to technological advances as well as digital image boards and their translatability into the medium of oil painting.
The concept of reality and its prerogative of interpretation in the context of our post-factual age along side digital image manipulation are of great interest for the artist.
His work has been shown at Kölner Liste, MMIII Kunstverein Mönchengladbach, Schloßmuseum Murnau, Kunsthalle Oktogon and Palais Rasumofsky amongst others.
Works
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Marc Henry"An Tagen Ohnegleichen" "On Days Without Equal", 2024oil on burlap linen blend90 x 120 cm
35 3/8 x 47 1/4 in -
Marc HenryAm Kadaver Des Kapitals Werden Jäger Zu Aaßgeiern (At The Carcass Of Capital Hunters Become Scavengers), 2024oil on linen65 x 50 cm.
25 5/8 x 19 3/4 in.
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Marc HenryBye Bye Stimuli, 2024oil on linen65 x 50 cm.
25 5/8 x 19 3/4 in. -
Marc HenryCDS / Babel II (Domino Day Type Scenario), 2024Oil on Linen65 x 50 cm
25 5/8 x 19 3/4 in -
Marc HenryCDS Babel IV (Partial Truth), 2024Oil on Linen65 x 80 cm
25 5/8 x 31 1/2 in -
Marc HenryCDS Babel VI (The Engineers), 2024Oil on Linen90 x 120 cm
35 3/8 x 47 1/4 in -
Marc HenryCDS Babel VII (The Earth Is Littered With The Ruins Of Empires That Believed They Were Eternal), 2024Oil on Linen120 x 170 cm
47 1/4 x 66 7/8 in -
Marc HenryDas Tischfeuerwerk I (Table Fireworks I), 2024oil on linen65 x 80 cm.
25 5/8 x 31 1/2 in. -
Marc HenryDas Tischfeuerwerk II (Table Fireworks II), 2024oil on linen65 x 80 cm.
25 5/8 x 31 1/2 in. -
Marc HenryDer Zirkelschluss (Circular Reasoning), 2024oil on linen65 x 50 cm.
25 5/8 x 19 3/4 in. -
Marc HenryDie Schiefe Ebene (The Inclined Plane), 2024oil on linen140 x 110 cm.
55 1/8 x 43 1/4 in. -
Marc HenryDream Sequence (The Herd), 2024Oil on Linen65 x 80 cm.
25 5/8 x 31 1/2 in. -
Marc HenryElevator Pitch, 2024oil on linen65 x 80 cm.
25 5/8 x 31 1/2 in. -
Marc HenryEntertaining The Idea, 2024oil on linen140 x 170 cm.
55 1/8 x 66 7/8 in. -
Marc HenryExercises In Patience, 2024oil on linen65 x 50 cm.
25 5/8 x 19 3/4 in. -
Marc HenryField Trip I, 2024Oil on linen140 x 170 cm.
55 1/8 x 66 7/8 in. -
Marc HenryField Trip II, 2024Oil on linen140 x 170 cm.
55 1/8 x 66 7/8 in. -
Marc HenryField Trip III, 2024Oil on linen65 x 80 cm.
25 5/8 x 31 1/2 in. -
Marc HenryField Trip IV, 2024oil on linen65 x 50 cm.
25 5/8 x 19 3/4 in. -
Marc HenryGood Time VII, 2024oil on linen20 x 24 cm
7 7/8 x 9 1/2 in -
Marc HenryGood Time VIII, 2024oil on linen20 x 24 cm
7 7/8 x 9 1/2 in -
Marc HenryIf Life Is A Party, Who's Your Piñata?, 2024Oil on Linen, Metal, Chains150 x 30 x 30 cm
59 x 11 3/4 x 11 3/4 in -
Marc HenrySceptics Expect More Muted Growth I, 2024oil on linen140 x 110 cm.
55 1/8 x 43 1/4 in. -
Marc HenrySceptics Expect More Muted Growth II, 2024oil on linen140 x 110 cm.
55 1/8 x 43 1/4 in. -
Marc HenrySelf-Portrait (The Showpony), 2024oil on linen65 x 80 cm.
25 5/8 x 31 1/2 in. -
Marc HenryThe Elevator (Dream Sequence), 2024oil on linen140 x 170 cm.
55 1/8 x 66 7/8 in. -
Marc HenryTrophy Cabinet, 2024oil on linen140 x 110 cm.
55 1/8 x 43 1/4 in. -
Marc HenryUnanimous Decision (Dream Sequence), 2024Oil on linen140 x 170 cm.
55 1/8 x 66 7/8 in. -
Marc HenryA Perfect Storm , 2023Oil on Canvas, stainless steel frame140 x 190 cm
55 1/8 x 74 3/4 in -
Marc HenryAll Pleasure Leads To Inner Decay, 2023Oil on Canvas50 x 65 cm
19 3/4 x 25 5/8 in -
Marc HenryÄußere Gefüge, Innere Triebe, 2023Oil on Canvas80 x 65 cm
31 1/2 x 25 5/8 in -
Marc HenryEverything You Like I Have Never Even Heard Of , 2023Oil on Canvas65 x 50 cm
25 5/8 x 19 3/4 in -
Marc HenryFull Disclosure, 2023Oil on Canvas50 x 65 cm
19 3/4 x 25 5/8 in -
Marc HenryHopeless Romantics, 2023Oil on canvas50 x 65 cm
19 3/4 x 25 5/8 in -
Marc HenryIn This Interregnum a Great Variety Of Morbid Symptoms Appear, 2023Oil on Canvas50 x 65 cm
19 3/4 x 25 5/8 in -
Marc HenryMillennial Memories, 2023Oil on Canvas65 x 50 cm
25 5/8 x 19 3/4 in -
Marc HenryMisspillings, 2023Oil on canvas20 x 24 cm
7 7/8 x 9 1/2 in -
Marc HenryThe Abolition of Fear, 2023Oil on Canvas, stainless steel frame90 x 120 cm
35 3/8 x 47 1/4 in -
Marc HenryThe Longest Dream, 2023Oil on canvas24 x 20 cm
9 1/2 x 7 7/8 in -
Marc HenryThe Sphinx and the Pyramid Scheme, 2023Oil on Canvas50 x 65 cm
19 3/4 x 25 5/8 in -
Marc HenryThe summit I , 2023Oil on canvas120 x 90 cm
47 1/4 x 35 3/8 in -
Marc HenryThe summit II, 2023Oil on canvas120 x 90 cm
47 1/4 x 35 3/8 in -
Marc HenryWellness Faktor X, 2023Oil on Canvas65 x 50 cm
25 5/8 x 19 3/4 in -
Marc HenryAchilles, 2022Oil on Canvas65 x 50 cm
25 5/8 x 19 3/4 in
Installation shots
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