Myk Henry

Education

2001 - 2002

Perfectionnement, Ecole Suprieur des Beaux-Arts de Geneve

1995 - 2000

BFA, Ecole Suprieur des Beaux-Arts de Geneve

1971 - 1983

Belvedere College, Leaving Certificate

Awards

2001

· Fonds Cantonal de Décoration et d'Art Visuel
· Swiss Art Awards Prix Meret Oppenheim
· Providentia Prize "YoungArt" awarded to young emerging artists

Performances · Installations · Exhibitions

2022

· Solo performance, Grace Space, New York

2019

· Addicted, Osmosis Performance, Bodeguita BK, New York

2018

· Untitled, Duo performance, Troutman Art Festival, New York

2014

· Who Ha, PerfoDo, Sala De Arte Carrau, Dominican Rep

· He She, HIPAB, The Art League, Houston

2013

· Deceit, KEAF, Fish Market, Jeju (Korea)
· Black or white, KEAF, Hondae, Seoul
· Spiritual awakening, Solo performance, La Xata La Rifa, Oviedo (Spain)
· I am, Solo performance, Supernova, Washington
· Trust Fund, Solo performance, BIPAF, New York
· Heist, Subversive action, Lumens, New York
· Cut, Group performance, BLO Atelier, Berlin
· Beauty, Solo performance, Open Space, Berlin
· I am, Solo performance, Deep Tanks Studio, New York
· I am, Solo performance, Grace Space, New York
· I will cut you, Solo performance, Muchmores, New York

2012

· Macho Man, Solo performance, Grace Space, New York

· I am, KEAF, Hondae, Seoul

· Center kibun, Gwanju Mixed Media Festival, Gwanju Art, Gwanju

· Useful instrument, Diverse Universe Tour, Gallery 3H+K, Pori

· I want you, Diverse Universe Tour, Platform, Vaasa

· Group action, Diverse Universe Tour, City Center, Stockholm

· Golden fingers, Diverse Universe Tour, Stiftelsen Gallery, Bergen

· Order, Silence, Diverse Universe Tour, Elabo, Renens

· We are all American, Diverse Universe Tour, Terre Blanque, Toulouse

· One Nation, Diverse Universe Tour, El Mono, Bilbao

· Group action, Diverse Universe Tour, Ramblas, Barcelona

· Order, Silence, Diverse Universe Tour, Livery Box, Marseilles

· Order, Silence, Group Performance Event, Art Walk, Patterson (NJ)

· Zero Tolerance, Group Performance Event, Lambert Gallery, New York

· Disorderly conduct, Solo Performance, Dino Eli Gallery, New York

· Never ending freedom, Houston Performance Art Biennale, Diverse Works, Houston

· Zero Tolerance, Non Grata performance, Grace Space, New York

2011

· Never ending freedom, Fountain Art Fair, Miami/Basel, Miami

· Guilty, Group performance event, Living Walls, Albany (NY)

· Temptation, Leopold Bloom Award, Ludwig Museum, Budapest

· Mood swing, Diverse Universe Tour, Lumens, New York·

· Why me?, Diverse Universe Tour, Platform Stockholm, Stockholm

· Golden goods, Diverse Universe Tour, Stiftelsen Gallery, Bergen

· Childhood memory, Diverse Universe Tour, Myymala Gallery, Helsinki

· Mood swing, Diverse Universe Tour, Ptarmigan Gallery, Tallinn

· No Queers, Diverse Universe Tour, Port Arthur Center, Parnu (Estonia)

· Yellow tape, Diverse Universe Tour, Tallinn old town, Tallinn

· Poor black man, Diverse Universe Tour, Piens Club, Riga (Latvia)

· Block party, Diverse Universe Tour, Telakka Kulttuuritalo, Tampere (Fin)

· Temptation, Diverse Universe Tour, Gallery 3H+K, Pori (Fin)

· Triptic, Diverse Universe Tour, Markthalle, Berlin

· Cold and Dark, Int performance festival, Maximum perception, · Caldwell (NJ)

· Cutting edge, Fountain Art Fair, Armory Show, New York

2010

· Cold and Dark, Int performance event, Gallery Augusta, Helsinki

· Cold and Dark, Int performance event, Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa (Fin)

· Mass transit, Group performance event, Grace Space, New York

· No man’s land, Irish pavilion performance, World Expo 2010, Shanghai

· Life Trap, Inner Mongolia Museum Opening, Museum of Modern Art, Gerber (China)

· West meet East, Int performance festival, OPEN 798 Art Zone, Beijing

· Jolt, Solo show, ACG Gallery, New York

· Jolt, Solo show, Grace Space, New York

2009

· White Power, Fountain Art Fair, Miami/Basel, Miami

· Junk boat, Residency, Dream Community, Taipei

· The Great Wall, Int performance festival, OPEN 798 Art Zone, Beijing

· Meltdown, Int performance art congress, Sotodo, Sacramento

· Fucked up, Group performance event, Grace Space, New York

2008

· Bummer, Commission, Burningman, Nevada

2007

· Keep off the grass, Art Under Bridge Festival, Dumbo Arts Center, New York

· Mr Pasteque, Group show, Restrictive Shorts, Wales

2006

· Time out, Group Show, Grace Gallery, New York

2005

· love hate, Int performance art congresss, Perfopuerto, Chile

2004

· Neonatal experience, Group show, The Lab Gallery, New York

· Indifference kills, Commission, XV AIDS Conference, Bangkok

2003

· Full moon, Art festival, Roadshow, Wales

· Urban diaries, ARCO Young Swiss Art, Museum of Modern Art, Madrid

· Aids does not exist, Commission, Opera House Geneva, Geneva

2002

· Floating pillow, Commission, Burningman, Nevada

· Out side in, Solo Show, Galerie Duplex, Geneva

· Difficult times, Group Show, Attitudes Art Space, Geneva

2001

· Time out, FCDAV diploma prize 2001, ESBA, Geneva

· Ground level, Commission, Burningman, Nevada

· Time out, Federal Bourse prize 2001, Basel Young Art, Basel

2000

· Time out, Int Performance festival, The 4+4 Days Festival Prague

· Some body in mind, Solo Show, Galapagos Art space, New York

· Pyramid, Art festival, Burningman Nevada

· Money Hurts, Int performance festival, Performance 8 (Uisine), Geneva

1999

· ID Loop, Int performance festival, Gallery BF15, Grenoble (F)

· To your health, Founder, AIRBAG, Geneva

· Rent me, Int student collaboration, Park of the Future, Amsterdam

· The right to bleed, Commission, HCHR, United Nations, Geneva

· The Power, Int performance event, Performance 8 (Uisine), Geneva

1998

· Pour les Curieux, Group show, Museum of Art History, Geneva

· Stress level, Art Brut event, La Batie Festival, Geneva

· Feel the line, Group show, Winter collection, Lyon