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HENRIETTA ARMSTRONG

Henrietta Armstrong is a multimedia artist and curator based in London, specialising in sculpture, installation and public art. She looks at man-made objects and structures from everyday technologies that are often obsolete or defunct, and the symbolism or meaning that we imbue them with. Her most recent work continues her exploration of themes related to personal relics, the mystical unknown and ritualistic practices. Considering the hypocrisy between the Catholic Church's veneration of relics and its historical condemnation of witchcraft. While relics, often mass-produced religious items with supposed divine significance, are celebrated and revered, the Church's stance on witchcraft has been one of persecution and condemnation. This contrast adds an intriguing layer to Armstrong's exploration of religious artefacts and their cultural symbolism, urging viewers to reflect on the complex dynamics of the symbols, rituals and shifting perceptions that shape human belief systems. Through her work, she encourages us to confront the incongruities within our societal norms, inviting us to question the malleable boundaries between the sacred and the condemned.


Armstrong was selected as a finalist for the National Sculpture Prize 2021 and awarded as a runner up for the Soho House Art Prize 2020/2021, where she created an exclusive print edition for Soho Home. She has recently completed a public sculpture commission for the village of Tytherington commissioned by Cotswold Homes & South Gloucestershire Council.

Henrietta Armstrong BA Fine Art (Hons) at Sir John Cass School of Art, London, graduating in 2003. Recent exhibitions include Tideline at Messums Wiltshire, ‘I Took my Power in My Hand’ at Liminal Gallery, Margate. National Sculpture Prize Summer Exhibition at Broomhill Estate, TILT Summer Show at Hoxton Gallery, Art on a Postcard Summer Auction 2021 and Recreational Grounds: Off Site at Thames-Side Gallery. Her work is part of the Soho House permanent collection and is held in private collections around the world.

ARTWORKS

EXHIBITIONS

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Education:
2003 - BA (Hons) Fine Art - Cass School of Art, London Guildhall University.

Public Art Commissions:
2019 - 2023 - Tytherington Public Sculpture Commission - Commissioned by Cotswold Homes, Suzanne Heath, Lucy Badrocke & South Gloucestershire Council

2018 - The Pendle Hill Summit Stones - Commissioned by Pendle Hill Landscape Partnership & In-Situ

Selected Solo Exhibitions:
May 2022 - Ongoing - Soho Works Shoreditch - Tea Building, 56 Shoreditch high Street, London

2023 - SANCTUM FUTURUM: Relics and Forbidden Desires - Liminal Gallery, Margate

2023 - Throwing Bones II - The Chaucer Group Ltd - The Scalpel, London

2021 - D O L O S - Rooftop Mural Project - Jealous Gallery, London

2020 - Throwing Bones II - Window 135, 135 New Cross Road, London

2019 - Pendle Hill Summit Stones - In-Situ, The Garage, Northlight, Glen Way, Brierfield

2019 - Pendle Hill Summit Stones Exhibition - SET Project Space, 76-89 Alscot Road, Bermondsey, London

2015 - THE BEARDED ONES - Belli Fuori, 44 Chatsworth Road, Hackney, London

Selected Group Exhibitions:
2024 - The Garden of Delights on Earth - Gallery 46, Whitechapel, London

2024 - HOW LONG IS FOREVER - G37 Galerie, Schöneberg, Berlin

2022 - Free For All - Democratising the Gallery Space - The Art Bypass Gallery, London

2022 - Amazing Things Happen Every Day - The Stash Gallery - Vout O Reenees, London

2022 - Tideline - Messums Wiltshire, Place Farm, Court St, Tisbury, Wiltshire

2022 - I took my Power in my hand - Liminal Gallery, Margate

2021 - Glass Cloud Winter Salon - Glass Cloud Gallery, Camden People’s Theatre, London

2021 - TILT - Hoxton Gallery Summer group Show - Hoxton Gallery, Shoreditch, London

2021 - National Sculpture Prize Summer Exhibition 2021 - Broomhill Estate, Devon

2021 - Art On A Postcard Summer Auction - Hoxton Gallery, Shoreditch, London

2021 - Recreational Grounds: Off Site - Thames-side Gallery, Greenwich, London

2021 - HYPERLIMBO - Come Quick Disaster X Yeah Totally - Virtual Reality

2021 - Soho House Print Edition for Soho Home created with Soho House & Jealous Gallery

2019 - Recreational Grounds VI - Aylesbury Estate, Thurlow Street, Elephant & Castle

2019 - WIMMIN II - Part of Art Licks Weekend 2019

2019 - LOVE & RAGE - Barbican Arts Group Trust, 32a Hertford Rd, Haggerston, London

Residencies & Awards:
2021 - National Sculpture Prize 2021 - Finalist

2020 - Soho House Art Prize 2020 - Runner up

2020 - Arts Council Emergency Response Grant

2019 - Residency Studio4 - Chisenhale Studios

2016 - Residency at Islington Mill

Curation:
2021 - HYPERLIMBO - Come Quick Disaster X Yeah Totally - Virtual Realm exhibition

2019 - WIMMIN II - Part of Art Licks Weekend 2019

2018 - P O W E R C U T - SET Project Space, 76-89 Alscot Road, Bermondsey, London


Collections:
Armstrong's work has recently been taken into the Soho House permanent collection and is held in private collections all over the world.

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