Carlos Henaine

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"Why this? Why now? Why me?” These are some of the questions that may arise when viewing my artwork. It offers an intimate visual form of my struggles in my journey of self-discovery. Through my art, I confront the fears that we, as human beings, often keep quiet about. I draw inspiration from biblical passages and sin, reimagining the lives and deaths of saints and non-saints alike. I intertwine grief and uncertainty, sublimating from lust to catharsis, and immersing myself in classic stories and characters. I also submit to the hard and critical reflection of self-portraiture. Thus, I adapt classic archetypes, genres, and styles to revisit and reinterpret themes that persist and remain contemporary. I see light as an element that cannot be perceived in the absence of shadow and darkness, just as fear, anger, anxiety, and sadness cannot be understood without a glimmer of hope. I give expression to suffering, emptiness, loss, and abandonment, creating a space filled with loneliness where love, rebirth, and redemption are juxtaposed. My art portrays the rawest and most authentic emotions of human reality, challenging our prejudices while appealing to our humanity.

Concept

"Why this? Why now? Why me?”

These are some of the questions that may arise when viewing my artwork. It offers an intimate visual form of my struggles in my journey of self-discovery.

Through my art, I confront the fears that we, as human beings, often keep quiet about. I draw inspiration from biblical passages and sin, reimagining the lives and deaths of saints and non-saints alike. I intertwine grief and uncertainty, sublimating from lust to catharsis, and immersing myself in classic stories and characters. I also submit to the hard and critical reflection of self-portraiture. Thus, I adapt classic archetypes, genres, and styles to revisit and reinterpret themes that persist and remain contemporary.

I see light as an element that cannot be perceived in the absence of shadow and darkness, just as fear, anger, anxiety, and sadness cannot be understood without a glimmer of hope. I give expression to suffering, emptiness, loss, and abandonment, creating a space filled with loneliness where love, rebirth, and redemption are juxtaposed.

My art portrays the rawest and most authentic emotions of human reality, challenging our prejudices while appealing to our humanity.

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“Carlos Henaine's Artworks”

Red Light District

USD 926.00 Year.2022 w56.00 x h70.00 x d0.10 cm

Baptism

USD 926.00 Year.2022 w56.00 x h70.00 x d0.10 cm

The Fall of Babel

USD 926.00 Year.2022 w56.00 x h70.00 x d0.10 cm

Adam III

USD 1,111.00 Year.2022 w56.00 x h84.00 x d0.10 cm

Eve III

USD 1,111.00 Year.2021 w56.00 x h84.00 x d0.10 cm

Adam I

USD 1,111.00 Year.2022 w56.00 x h84.00 x d0.10 cm

Eve I

USD 1,111.00 Year.2021 w56.00 x h84.00 x d0.10 cm

Aging

USD 926.00 Year.2023 w56.00 x h70.00 x d0.10 cm

A Nail Through the Heart

USD 788.00 Year.2022 w44.00 x h55.00 x d0.10 cm

Medium

#Photography

Price Range

USD $788 ~ $1,111

Biography

Born in 1971, in Puebla, México, Carlos Henaine has a degree in Computer Systems Engineering from the University of the Americas, Puebla. His self-taught training as a graphic designer led him to found EXPLORARE, a design studio that began activities in 1997, a date that coincides with the rise of the internet, so that the firm's activity originally focused on multimedia design and the development of websites. Starting in 2002, he decided to expand activities to meet the needs of his clients for visual communication, such as corporate identity, editorial design, packaging and environmental design.

In 2008 and 2011 he was awarded the Quorum Prize and has won a silver mention, three bronze mentions and a total of ten finalist works in that contest. In 2009, INBA awarded him an honorable mention at the Fifth National Design Biennial. Between 2007 and 2015 he won seven a! Diseño Awards. Also has nine silver mentions and a total of 36 finalist works in that contest. In 2012 he was selected to be part of the first Mexican Design Directory, co-published by Centro and ProMéxico. In 2014 he was invited to participate as a jury in the a! Diseño Awards. In 2016 he won an honorable mention in the first edition of the Diseña Mexico Award. To date, his work has been published in ten books by HOW and Rockport Publishers, international authorities in the field of graphic design.

As a specialist in the communication of visual ideas, he currently explores different paths in the expression of visual arts, with a basis in photography as a medium for creating art. He portraits human reality from the crudest and most authentic emotions, looking into the darkness and light in people. As an emerging artist, he had his first group exhibition in December 2022 at Aguafuerte Gallery and is currently preparing his first solo exhibition in a renowned art gallery in his hometown.

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