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New Artist Announcement!
We're Thrilled To Welcome James Peter Henry
The Janus Gallery is welcoming a new artist into our collective, and we are thrilled to introduce him to you all! James Peter Henry is a skilled painter and mural artist using his own unique Cubist style, with references to African and Aboriginal art, in his work.
Henry is a notably accomplished artist, with some of his most recent accomplishments including an NFT collaboration with performer Snoop Dogg and Julian Banks, painting dresses created by esteemed designer Claude Kameni for Vogue magazine, and more.
Born in Victoria, Australia on a modest farm in the country, Henry grew up surrounded by the earth’s natural beauty. After discovering a cave on the outskirts of his family’s property filled with Aboriginal wall paintings, Henry’s love for painting was born, and he has been an avid painter ever since. He credits this incredible discovery of Aboriginal art and a quaint upbringing on a rural farm for sparking his love for art and career as a painter and muralist. “Farm life is beautifully simple and comes with a special silence that can only be experienced”, says Henry, “This silence gave life to [my] overactive imagination that fuels [my] urge to constantly create to this day”.
Pulling from a Cubist style evocative of Picasso’s early work, coupled with the intensity of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s graffiti art, Henry walks the line between street art and fine art with remarkable poise.
Working as both a muralist and painter, Henry’s skill with a paintbrush is evident in every work he creates, no matter the size. He frequently pulls from ongoing societal issues and internal questions to create his works, prompting viewers to question their ties and compliance in widespread vanity, consumption, and greed and urging us all to see ourselves within his works and strive to improve on an individual and communal level.
Henry’s faith as a Christian also makes appearances throughout his oeuvre, as he has created series featuring Christ and the Virgin Mary, and recently has developed a series detailing Adam and Eve’s fall from grace (“Devour”, which is available for purchase on the Janus Gallery’s Artsy)
Henry’s frequent use of intense colors to brighten his predominantly black and white canvases gives his works a sense of liveliness and visual intensity that grabs and maintains your attention, and makes his art an alluring acquisition for any collector.
In June of 2021 his work was featured on the sails of the Sydney Opera House for World Ocean Day. His artwork, titled “Great Barrier Reef”, pays homage to the rich aquatic life of Australia, his home country. The artist says, “The multitude of shapes and sizes of all the living creatures and the vivacity of the colors occurring naturally in the reef drew me in instantly…let’s preserve this treasure for all future generations.”
One of Henry’s most recent accomplishments of was the sale of his hand-painted bottle of Cardinal du Four for $1.2 million dollars. At the 2022 gala for City Harvest, a New York City-based food rescue organization, his painted bottle of Cardinal du Four armagnac was being auctioned for $800,000 when musician John Legend promised a private performance for the bottle’s buyer and its price skyrocketed. The bottle was finally sold for $1.2 million, an incredible marker of our artist’s success and his generosity in partnering with Cardinal du Four and City Harvest for this auction.
We are thrilled beyond description to welcome Henry to the Janus Gallery, and cannot wait to share his works with you. Henry is an artist of remarkable character and his colorful, creative, and deeply emotive artworks will be a cherished addition to the Janus Gallery collection. Be on the lookout for news about Henry’s latest installments in your inbox, and keep an eye out on our Artsy for uploads of Henry’s artwork that will be available for purchase in the coming days.
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