Belgium artist Mishka Henner discusses his work in the Photography is…Exhibition as well as the relationship between image and text

Mischa Henner is a Belgian-born artist residing in the UK, known for creating work that challenges conventional perspectives and invites viewers to reconsider their relationship with the world, technology, and the consequences of human activities. His diverse practice navigates the digital terrain, concentrating on cultural and geopolitical issues. Henner's work often manifests in books, films, photographs, and sculptures, reflecting on cultural and industrial infrastructures. This process is characterized by extensive documentary research and the meticulous reconstruction of imagery sourced from online materials.

Henner’s work has been featured in prestigious group exhibitions at institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Centre Pompidou in Paris and Metz, the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich, the Hasselblad Foundation in Gothenburg, the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing, FOAM Amsterdam, and Turner Contemporary in Margate.

He holds a Master's degree from Goldsmiths College in London. In 2013, Henner was awarded the Infinity Award for Art by the International Center of Photography and was also shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize. The following year, he was shortlisted for the Prix Pictet for his large-scale works focusing on landscapes shaped by the oil and beef industries in America.