Galerie Kandlhofer

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 programs. Engaging in a dynamic dialogue between the digital and analog realms, the artist often revisits the digital file after initial canvas exploration. Through an iterative process, he modifies colors, 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, Palais Rasumofsky and the Belvedere21 Museum amongst others.

Marc Henry (* 1996 in Munich), lives and works in Vienna. The artist completed a diploma in fine painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna with Daniel Richter. He in addition graduated Cultural Economics at LMU Munich and SU Stockholm and Educating Curating Managing at the University of Applied Arts, Vienna. Selected exhibitions include: About the New, Belvedere 21, Vienna (Upcoming 2023), Diploma Show, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (2023), Anton Faistauer Prize for Painting, Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg (2023), Fiaskoflirt, Okay Works, Vienna (2022), Promesse Du Bonheur #2, MLZ Art Department, Trieste (2022) Wrong Answers only, Palais Rasumofsky, Vienna (2021)

Galerie Kandlhofer was founded in 2016 and represents both emerging Austrian and international artists. The gallery is located in the center of Vienna and has become a vibrant meeting place for artist, curators and collectors, both national and international. Within the program, Galerie Kandlhofer presents artists of varying mediums from painting, sculptures, drawings, photography to performance with a particular interest in artists whose practices engage in interdisciplinary art forms. Furthermore, Galerie Kandlhofer actively curates the gallery program with an ethos off engaging with diverse voices and perspectives.