About Maren

Baltimore City

As the concealed artifacts behind historical conspiracies become public information, Maren Henson reexamines the role of conspiracy and how it has shaped American history and culture. These videos, drawings, and sound installations examine how cultural narratives are manipulated and controlled. She received her Master of Fine Art degree in the Mount Royal School of Multidisciplinary Art at the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2017. Maren is a Janet and Walter Sondheim Prize… more

26 Years

This installation is an investigation through the English alphabet. First, I created 5 large drawings all focusing on one letter, once the drawings were finished a written reflection of the letter was made. That process continued until all twenty six letters were accounted for, resulting in 130 drawings. I transposed them into the smaller grey pieces, creating twenty six new drawings based on both the older drawings and the language written about them. Both the alphabet and myself shared something, that being the number twenty six which was my age at the time of it’s completion. I went through each drawing and created autobiographical plinths to connect myself with each letter.
  • 26 Years
    26 Years
  • 26 Years (Part 1)
    26 Years (Part 1)
  • 26 Years
    26 Years
  • 26 Years
    26 Years

Uncouple

Using the English language as an entry point, I took apart each letter of the alphabet within four sentences and broke them down to their basic line forms. 
  • Uncouple One: Silence
    Uncouple One: Silence
  • Uncouple Two: Marked
    Uncouple Two: Marked
  • Uncouple Three: Fade
    Uncouple Three: Fade
  • Uncouple Four: Premonition
    Uncouple Four: Premonition