Beltane

Henry Hussey (b. 1990)
Henry Hussey’s artworks are often
emotionally and physically raw, yet
contrastingly beautiful and intricate, created
with force through often paradoxically
laboured mediums, including textile,
glass, ceramic, paint and film. Whether
through an expanding vocabulary of quasimythological
symbols, or in embellished
lines of text extracted from performative
situations, Hussey explores personal and
national identity in response to aggravating
relationships and events. Recent
experimentations reveal a deep concern
with control and chaos and the sweet spot
in between these two distinctive states.
Henry Hussey is a British artist born in
London in 1990 where he still resides.
Hussey studied Textiles at Chelsea College
of Art before completing an MA in Textiles
at the Royal College of Art. His work is
widely respected and has been exhibited
in notable exhibitions including The
Textiel Biennale 2017 at Museum Rijswijk
in the Hague, a solo presentation at Art
Central in Hong Kong, the Bloomberg New
Contemporaries in 2014 at the Institute of
Contemporary Art in London, the Royal
Academy London and Volta New York and
the Young Talent Contemporary Prize at
the Ingram Collection in 2016. Hussey has
participated in residencies at La Vallonea,
Tuscany, Italy in 2018 and participated
in a residency at Palazzo Monti, Milan
in 2020. His work is held in collections
worldwide including Simmons & Simmons,
Hogan Lovells, The Groucho Club and
Soho House.
The Best And Worst Parts Of Ourselves
screen-printed flags, dyed linen, dyed yarn, embroidery, 165 x 95 cm each (diptych)
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