Mishka Henner

New exhibition coming soon: Mediated Realities

A new exhibition coming to the New Adelphi Exhibition Gallery at the University of Salford in September 2025.

Mediated Realities

COMING SOON - An new exhibition exploring the way artists have dealt with times of crisis and conveying information in the modern era - curated by our Team Assistant; Sam Parker.

Selfie offers a different kind of self-portrait, using a highly reflective surface that acts like a black mirror. The camera has zoomed out far beyond the Earth’s atmosphere, allowing the viewer to simultaneously ‘see themselves, the world, and everything they’ve ever known, all in one frame’. Want to know more? Find out here!

Energy House 2.0: Mishka Henner & Emily Speed

In Spring 2025 we launched an ambitious exhibition of new work by artists Mishka Henner and Emily Speed, in partnership with the Castlefield Gallery, Open Eye Gallery and Energy House Labs. The exhibition is the culmination of 18-month Artist Residencies with Energy House 2.0 at the University of Salford. Find out more here.

Energy House 2.0: Mishka Henner & Emily Speed

Energy House 2.0’s Artist in Residence Special – Mishka Henner & Emily Speed

Want to know more about our Artists in Residence at Energy House 2.0? In this special edition of Talking Salford Podcast, both Mishka Henner and Emily Speed talk about their practices, projects, careers, and the work they are doing in collaboration with Energy House 2.0!

A stylised image of procussionist Jennifer Walinetski, in the angular Conductor costume, in a dramatic pose, holding a drum stick in each hand. Behind her are the dramatic and angular foam walls of the Anecoic Chamber at the University of Salford.

New writing on Mishka Henner’s electrifying performance ‘The Conductor’

Two new pieces of writing in response to the debut of The Conductor, a brand new performance artwork developed by Mishka Henner as part of his Energy House 2.0 artist residency. Read reviews from Lizzie King and Jack Nicholls for Corridor8.

A graphic representing Corridor8's review of Mishka Henner's The Conductor.

Corridor8 Review – Mishka Henner: The Conductor

“At Salford’s Sounds from the Other City music festival I was led across a university campus with nineteen others to an out-of-the-way departmental building. After being shepherded through its corridors, we entered a smoke-dark room where, once we were all inside, drums were beaten deafeningly every time that lightning, somewhere, struck Earth. Then we entered […]

A photograph showing dark sillouttes, backlit in blue, as the figures watch The Conductor by Mishka Henner, in the reverberation chamber at the University of Salford.

A Sensory Journey Through Sound and Silence: The Conductor by Mishka Henner – Review by Lizzie King

Lizzie King reviews The Conductor by Mishka Henner, presented as part of the Energy House 2.0 Artist Residencies at Sounds From the Other City, 2024.

The silhouette of a percussionist is visible from the upper thighs, wielding two drumsticks, against a backdrop of tumultuous clouds, surrounded by lighting.

Mishka Henner, The Conductor | The world’s thunder comes to Salford

Have you heard the latest news from our Energy House 2.0 Artist Residency Programme? Mishka Henner brings The Conductor to Salford for a world-first at Sounds of the Other City on Sunday 5th May.