Maggie Henton

Profile

Much of Maggie Henton’s practice is developed in response to specific sites. She is interested in quality of place, and in how places are constructed and inhabited. The form the work takes reflects her response to the site. Working methods include; drawing, stitch, printmaking, photography, video, and installation.

Residencies have formed an important part of her working method, and have provided the stimulus for the development of new ideas and helped expand and inform her choice of materials and processes.

Recently she has make work in response to: museum collections, (including Hasting Museum in 2018); and textile mill buildings and their history (Sunnybank Mill in 2019). During 2020 she researched the 18 and 19 century textile trade and its legacy of mill buildings in Lancashire. Currently she is working on a project concerning poverty and disease in Victorian London.

Her work is represented in numerous public collections.