Henry Falzon (b. 1974) is a Maltese contemporary artist.

 

Henry's art path goes back decades starting from the early 90s with Black & White film photography as the first serious venture into the fine arts. Earlier still Henry spent his childhood sketching and drawing fantasy doodles. His first serious work resulted from en plein air work and later studio-based pastels. The current body of work is in oil-on-canvas and subject matter ranges from landscapes to figurative and portrait work.

 

The recurring and binding concept in Henry's work is always of the same simple narrative - representing reality with a finely veiled sprinkle of dream-like alterations. It's a departure from the mundane and the expected. Henry goes beyond the face value of life itself, he is often 'in a state of being pleasantly lost in his thoughts' and his work is a window into his credo. 

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Henry's 'forte' in his work remains that of capturing delicate moments in spectacular light. 

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1990 - 1997 - Black & White photography - developing own film and printmaking - my formative years

2002 - 2010 - early oil painting phase - producing acceptable ‘early’ style work in small volumes

2011 - 2013 - early pastel phase  - producing highly stylised pinstripe artwork

2013 - Group exhibition participation with the Malta Pastel Society

2014-2017 - en plein air phase with a robust output of quality work - oils - watercolour - acrylics

2016 - 2017 - various participations in group shows with the Plein Air Painters of  Malta 

2018 - present - left plein air work to pursue narrative studio concepts using mainly pastels as a medium

2019 - May - small solo exhibition in Valletta - Morphing Isles

2019 - November - full-bodied solo exhibition at Gallery 23 Malta - The Bicycle Ride - featuring a strong retrospective element.

2020 -  November group exhibition and Gallery 23

2020 - new representation at Camileri Paris Mode

2020 -  November group exhibition at Gallery 23

2020 - new representation at Camilleri Paris Mode

2020 - became Associated Artist with Unison Colour,  pastel makers - Northumberland, UK

2021 - now a full-time artist

2021 - new ventures with Reduction linocut

2022 - new Monotypes and Mezzotint prints

2023 - Bottled Time - solo exhibition - Camilleri Paris mode

2023 - new work with oils alongside the more familiar pastel work

2023 - Villa Frere - Group exhibition - Gallery 23

2023 - Corpus et Partis - solo exhibition - Kamra ta' Fuq

2024 - Land & Sea - collective exhibition - Gallery 23