Henry Sinn was born in Florida in 1956 and lives in the Orlando area. He is Department Head of Painting and Drawing at Crealdé School of Art in Winter Park, FL. He received a B.A. in Painting from Rollins College in 1979 where he studied with Tom Peterson. He also studied extensively with local sculptor Grady Kimsey whom he regards as a mentor.

Sinn began exhibiting his work directly after graduating from Rollins College. He has held twelve solo shows since 1981. The venues include Valencia Community College, Seminole Community College, Crealdé School of Art, Maitland Art Center, Museum of Florida Art in DeLand, Davis-McClain Gallery in Houston, Texas, and the Cameron-Cobb Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia, among others. He also participated in a three-person show at Orlando Museum of Art.

In 2000, Sinn received an important public commission to create a floor mosaic at the 4th Airside Terminal at the Orlando International Airport. The piece entitled “Field of Ferns” measures 17 by 94 feet.

Sinn’s work is represented in over twenty significant corporate collections which include locally Orlando City Hall, Sun Bank Corporation in Orlando and the Cornell Museum in Winter Park. In Houston, Texas, his work has been bought by Amoco Oil Corporation, Executive Offices of Century Development, Sunbelt National Bank and Harold Farb Company among others. His work can be seen at the Wyndham Hotel in Austin, Texas, the Westin Hotel in Chicago and numerous Florida collections. He became Acting Director of Painting and Drawing at Crealdé in 2007.

Artist's Statement
"All in the mix seems to sum up my art quite well. I create from intuition, and in doing so, I express many different aspects of my life. I love to tap into that primal spirit hidden deep inside of me. My work expresses that energy: the mystical, meta-physical, and earthly sides of life.
The theme of relationships consistently appears in my work: relationships with people, places, and the spiritual world. For me, these are what make up the fabric of life. These relationships are demonstrated not only in my previous work, but also in my current work. I have always enjoyed expressing my thoughts and feelings in paintings, but in the last few years, I have experimented more and more with sculpture and have been working with everything from bronze casting to soft sculptures. Sculpture provides me with the opportunity to work with and combine several different forms of media, such as heavy beading with fabrics, and the use of organic materials with bronze and cel-u-clay.
For me, making art is always a search for something new, be it a new concept or a new combination of materials. So, it truly is all in the mix!"
                           ~Henry Sinn

You can contact Henry via e-mail at henrysinn@embarqmail.com

Barbie, mixed media layer painting

Snake, mixed media sculpture

POSTERS & PUBLICATIONS

1989 “Strawberry Spring Show,” Poster and T-shirt design, Winter Park, FL
1986 “Brushing,” Magazine cover art, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
1984 “Decorative Emotions,” Poster and Catalog, Maitland Art Center, Maitland, FL
1982 “Florida Painting,” Catalog art, Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville, FL
1982 “Orlando Opera Company,” Program cover and poster art, Orlando, FL