Acloque’s practice spans painting and drawing. Her work draws on a convergence of visual languages and cultural references, from the fantastical microcosms of Hieronymus Bosch to the mystical traditions of Spain and the sensory experience of natural soundscapes and landscapes. Her process is intuitive and grounded in experimentation and chance. Her recent works explore the interplay between figuration and abstraction, with fragmented bodies, hybrid creatures and recurring motifs of hands, limbs, flora and fauna emerging within stripped-back, chromatic environments. Landscape, long central to her imagery, now functions less as a depiction of place than as a stage for psychological and symbolic narratives suspended between waking and dream states.
Henny Acloque (b. 1979, London, United Kingdom) lives and works in Oxford.
Acloque holds an MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art, London. Selected solo exhibitions include Ebensperger Rhomberg, Salzburg (2019); Galerie Tristan Lorenz, Frankfurt (2016); and Ceri Hand Gallery, London (2013). Her work has been included in group exhibitions at venues including Torrance Art Museum, California; Transition Gallery, London; The Usher Gallery, Lincoln; and Thames-Side Studios, London (2024). She was featured in the Thames & Hudson publication 100 Painters of Tomorrow (2014).