Henry Mandell’s paintings and drawings are focused on the exploration of experimental artistic practices, the human condition, scientific principles and their merging effect on our lives, pioneering unique approaches to creating abstract artworks..
All of the paintings began as stories, poems, or written data. Using digital tools, transforming line by line, letter by letter, the characters of selected source text into visually compelling abstract imagery. The first step in transforming what is known into the unknown, experimenting and painting without the use of iterative code. All creative decisions remain with the artist’s hand and mind, establishing Mandell’s wide visual vocabulary with digital painting.
Henry Mandell was born in New York City and received a BFA in Fine Art from Ithaca College. He then studied at The School of Visual Arts and Parsons School of Design in New York City. Mandell’s work has been exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the United States, including Anita Rogers Gallery in Tribeca New York City, Lanoue Gallery in SOWA Boston, Brintz Gallery in Palm Beach Florida, The Museum Of Fine Arts Boston and University of Michigan Museum of Art. His work is held by museum, corporate and private collections. His studio is currently located in the Pacific Northwest.
As the Project Manager for The Estate of Mark Rothko, Mandell has established digital archives of the artist’s artworks, writings and photographs as well as managing digital assets, reproductions and licensing of Rothko’s work in support of The Collections of Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko.
Theory Of Mind study drawings
Henry Mandell’s paintings and drawings are products of his ongoing exploration of contemporary artistic practices, scientific principles, social concerns of the human condition and their merging effect on our lives. Trained as a traditional painter and printmaker, Mandell uses analog and digital tools to create compelling abstract imagery.
The Theory Of Mind study drawings explore the basis of forms which evolve into larger digital paintings on the same theme, that of the development of the human mind. The Theory Of Mind is a term from the field of psychology as an assessment of an individual human's degree of capacity for empathy and understanding of others.
The process begins in infancy and fully forms around age four. Understanding “wanting”, understanding “thinking”, understanding that “seeing leads to knowing” and at the final stage understanding that others can have“false beliefs” and ‘hidden feelings” is a huge influence on a developing mind. Given individual circumstances a person can be open and empathetic or closed and suspicious of others.
Henry Mandell was born in New York City and received a BFA in Fine Art from Ithaca College, with continued studies at The School of Visual Arts and Parsons School of Design in New York City. Mandell’s work has been exhibited in projects, galleries and museums throughout the United States. His work is held by museum, corporate and private collections. He currently has studios and fabrication in the Pacific Northwest.
