Mishka Henner

Born in Belgium, Mishka Henner is a contemporary artist based in Manchester (UK). He holds  an MA in Sociology from Goldsmiths, University of London. Pointing at the absurdity of living in  an age when everything is photographed, and when every produced image is archived and  made accessible to all, his working process involves extensive documentary research  combined with meticulous reconstruction of imagery from materials sourced from the Internet,  social media, and satellite images. Based on the collection and re-mediation of this publicly  available imagery, Henner’s appropriative practice sheds light on specific social and  technological contexts, revealing a reality that surrounds us but that can easily be missed  within information and data overload. His work takes the form of books, films, and  photographic and video installations. Exhibited in 2013 at the McCord Museum and the Darling  Foundry during the Mois de la photo in Montréal, his work has also been featured in group  shows at the Museum of Modern Art (New York City) the Metropolitan Museum of Art  (New York City), the Centre Pompidou Paris, the Centre Pompidou Metz, the Victoria & Albert  Museum (London), the Pinakothek der Moderne (Munich), the Hasselblad Foundation  (Gothenburg), and Turner Contemporary (Margate). In 2013, he was awarded the Infinity Award  for Art by the International Center of Photography.