Busacca Gallery

CHROMATIC GEOMETRY reflects the intricate interplay of color, form, and texture in "The Geometer's Hand 9." This mixed media piece, hand-quilted by artist Marilyn Henrion, measures 40"x30". The award-winning works of Marilyn Henrion, a Cooper Union graduate and lifelong New Yorker, are included in museum, corporate, and private collections worldwide. Her work has been exhibited extensively across the U.S. and internationally. Additionally, her art has been featured in numerous publications, including Women Designers in the U.S. - 1900-2000, published in 2001 by Yale University Press. Henrion has received several prestigious grants, including one from The Artslink Partnership in 1996, which fosters excellence in the arts between the U.S. and countries of the former Soviet Union. In 2005, she was awarded a Fellowship by the New York Foundation for the Arts. Her work is also represented in the Smithsonian Institution's Archives of American Art. In 2019, a documentary chronicling Marilyn Henrion's life as a fine artist was produced. The film traces her journey from her childhood in Brooklyn through college, early motherhood, and her connections with the New York art and literary scenes of the 1950s and '60s, to her eventual recognition as an internationally acclaimed fiber artist. The documentary, vividly illustrated with selections from her works, features the artist, at age 80, recounting key moments in her life, including her interactions with art world luminaries such as Joseph Cornell, Claes Oldenburg, Tom Wesselmann, the Abstract Expressionists, and the Beat Poets.

Artist Marilyn Henrion's life as an artist, from her beginnings as a child in Brooklyn through student days at Cooper Union and early motherhood, her connections with the New York art and literary world of the 1950s and '60s to her eventual recognition as an important fiber artist of international acclaim and her continuing prolific creative output at the age of 87. Vividly illustrated with selections from her work, she records the steps along the way, including her interactions with art world luminaries such as Joseph Cornell, Claes Oldenburg, Tom Wesselman, and the Beat poets.