Marc Henry
Biography
Marc Henry The Elevator (Dream Sequence), 2024 oil on linen 140 x 170 cm. 55 1/8 x 66 7/8 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 HenryA Particular Emotion Transmitted Telepathically, 2025oil on linen140 x 170 cm
55 1/8 x 66 7/8 in -
Marc HenryGeordneter Übergang, 2025oil on linen68 x 83 cm
26 3/4 x 32 5/8 in -
Marc HenryI Would Have Peeled A Pomegranate For You, 2025oil on linen68 x 53 cm
26 3/4 x 20 7/8 in -
Marc HenryInnerbloom I, 2025oil on linen65 x 80 cm
25 5/8 x 31 1/2 in -
Marc HenryLight Sleeper (Dream Sequence), 2025oil on linen, mahogany frame65 x 80 cm
25 5/8 x 31 1/2 in
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Marc HenryLight Sleeper (The Author), 2025oil on linen65 x 80 cm
25 5/8 x 31 1/2 in -
Marc HenryMelatonin High II, 2025oil on linen68 x 53 cm
26 3/4 x 20 7/8 in -
Marc HenryMondsucht“ („Moon Longing“), 2025oil on linen65 x 80 cm
25 5/8 x 31 1/2 in -
Marc HenryThe Hunt, 2025oil on linen65 x 80 cm
25 5/8 x 31 1/2 in -
Marc HenryThe Retired Harlequin’s Party Trick, 2025oil on linen30x24cm (unframed), 54x43cm (framed)
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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.
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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 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 HenryDer Zirkelschluss (Circular Reasoning), 2024oil on linen65 x 50 cm.
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Marc HenryElevator Pitch, 2024oil on linen68 x 83 cm
26 3/4 x 32 5/8 in -
Marc HenryExercises In Patience, 2024oil on linen65 x 50 cm.
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Marc HenryField Trip I, 2024Oil on linen140 x 170 cm.
55 1/8 x 66 7/8 in. -
Marc HenryField Trip IV, 2024oil on linen65 x 50 cm.
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Marc HenryGood Time VIII, 2024oil on linen20 x 24 cm
7 7/8 x 9 1/2 in -
Marc HenrySceptics Expect More Muted Growth I, 2024oil on linen140 x 110 cm.
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Marc HenrySceptics Expect More Muted Growth II, 2024oil on linen140 x 110 cm.
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Marc HenryThe Elevator (Dream Sequence), 2024oil on linen140 x 170 cm.
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Marc HenryTrophy Cabinet, 2024oil on linen140 x 110 cm.
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Marc HenryUnanimous Decision (Dream Sequence), 2024Oil on linen140 x 170 cm.
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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 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 HenryWellness Faktor X, 2023Oil on Canvas65 x 50 cm
25 5/8 x 19 3/4 in
Installation shots
Publications
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Gallery Magazine | Spring - Summer 2024
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Gallery Magazine | Winter - Spring 2023
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Gallery Magazine | Winter - Spring 2025
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Gallery Magazine | Winter 2025 - Spring 2026
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Marc Henry
the early works: one hundred selected works Various authors, 2026HardcoverRead more
Publisher: Malelingue Edizioni, Milano, 2026
ISBN: 979-12-985852-1-8
Dimensions: 28.5 x 23.5 cm