Artists
JANE HARRIS
Born Dorset, 1956
Lives and works in London
Education
1989-91
Goldsmiths College, MA Fine Art
1979-81
Slade School of Art, Higher Diploma
1977-79
Brighton Polytechnic, BA (Hons) Fine Art
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2009
Galerie d'Ecole des Beaux Arts, Valence
2008
Hales Gallery, London, UK
2007
Jane Harris, Paintings, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham
2006
Jane Harris and Weston Teruya, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco
2005/06
Jane Harris: New Painting, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, CT, USA
2005
Divine, Hales Gallery, London
2004
Kontainer Gallery, Los Angeles
2001
Southampton City Art Gallery, UK
Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
Galerie Hollenbach, Stuttgart
1999
Salle Attane, St Yrieix-la-Perche, France
Galerie Hollenbach, Stuttgart
1996
Work in progress, Project Space, Camden Arts Centre, London
Gallerie Hollenbach, Stuttgart
1994 & 1992
Anderson O'Day, London
Anderson O'Day, London
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
Royal Academy of the Arts Summer Exhibition
Neo Geo & Cie, FRAC Limousin
2009
Alpha,DREI Raum fur Gegenwartskunst' Cologne
SuperSurface FX (Andrew Bick, Alexis Harding, Jane Harris, Michael Stubbs), Galerie Hollenbach, Stuttgart
La peinture est presque abstraite, Le Transpalette, Bourges and Camberwell Space, London
instants et glissements, dessins de 20 artistes contemporains, La Box, Bourges
Works on Paper, Two Rooms, Auckland
2008
Chromophilia, Bearspace, London
ArtChicago - Jane Harris and Richard Galpin (with Hales Gallery), Chicago, USA
2007
British Painting, Galerie Hollenbach, Stuttgart
Afterimage, Two Rooms Gallery, Aukland, New Zealand
Painting: One, Two Rooms Gallery, Aukland, New Zealand
Aukland Art Fair, New Zealand (with Two Rooms Gallery)
We've Landed, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco
Dusseldorf Art Fair (with Patricia Sweetow Gallery)
New York Art Fair (with Hales Gallery)
Doubleuse, The Nunnery, London
2006
Miami Art Fair (with Patricia Sweetow Gallery Abstract Mode', FosterArt, London
Manufactured in the UK, Martinart, Turin
Art fairs - Turin, Bologna, Vienna (with Galerie Hollenbach)
2005
Mythomania, Metropole Gallery, Folkestone; LAAC, Dunkerque
Death is Part of the Process, Void Gallery, Londonderry, UK
Kunst 05, Zürich
About painting II, Galerie Hollenbach, Stuttgart
Tom Chamberlain, Jane Harris, Udo Nöger, Ausstellungsraum Zürich
Tom Chamberlain, Jane Harris, Udo Nöger, Galerie Hollenbach, Stuttgart
Vienna Art Fair 2005, Vienna
Arte Fiera 2005, Bologna
2004
Mythomania, The Metropole Galleries, Folkstone, UK
Unframed, Standpoint Gallery, London
Kunst 04, Zürich
White, IZO Gallery, London
Arbeiten Auf Papier, Galerie Hollenbach, Stuttgart
Arte Fiera 2004, Bologna
2002
Painting as a foreign Language, Edificio Culture I Inglesa/ Centro Brasileiro Britanico, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Mathematique, Danielle Arnaud Gallery, London,
Once Again, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, UK
Jerwood Drawing Prize, Jerwood Space, London
2001
Out of Line, Hayward Touring exhibition
Surface Tension- Six British Painters, Holly Snapp Gallery, Venice, Italy
British Abstract Painting, Flowers East, London
Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Connecticut
2000
Simon Callery, Jane Harris, Mandy Ure, Roy Voss-Recent Paintings, Djanogly Gallery, Nottingham, UK
Force Fields, Hayward Gallery, London
Cheltenham Drawing Exhibition, UK
1999
Jane Harris: Ana Prada, Anderson O'Day, London
La Casa, II Corpo, II Cuore, 20th Century House Museum of Modern Art Foundation Ludwig, Vienna; touring to
the Museum of Modern Art, Prague, Czech Republic
Sublime: The Darkness and the Light, Arts Council Touring Exhibition, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, UK
1998
Ecstasy, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
Ten British Painters, Galerie Hollenbach, Stuttgart, Germany
Eliminate the Negative, Gasworks Gallery, London
1997
About Vision, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh; Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich, UK
Small Truths, Todds Gallery, London; Leeds City Art Gallery; Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland
Finish, Specex Gallery, Exeter, UK
Jerwood Painting Prize, Lethaby Gallery, London
Jahresgaben, Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany
Awards, Prizes and Residencies
2011
Artist in Residence, Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Bethany, CT, USA
2010
Centre Nationale des Arts Plastiques de France - grant to support
Residency at Albers Foundation
Royal Academy of Arts, Summer Exhibition - shortlisted for The Wollaston Prize
2008/9
Artist in Residence, Two Rooms Gallery, Aukland New Zealand
2004/2005
Rootstein Hopkins Sabbatical Award
AHRC Small Grant of £5000
2002
Jerwood Drawing Prize, Third Prizewinner
2000
Research Award, Goldsmiths College
Cheltenham Drawing Exhibition, Award Winner
1999
London Arts Board Individual Artist Award
1998
Research Award, Goldsmiths College
1996
Artist in Residence, Camden Arts Centre
Six weeks working in studio, open to the public two days a week
1995
The Arts Foundation, Painting Fellowship
Major prize of £10,000 to continue painting research
John Moores Liverpool, Prizewinner
1993
London Arts Board Individual Artist Award
1991
Erasmus Exchange, Amsterdam
Six weeks in a studio at the Rijksakadamie, Amsterdam
1985-86
French Government Scholarship, Paris
Nine months spent in Paris studying French classical gardens
1981
Boise Travelling Scholarship, Japan
Two months spent in Japan studying Japanese gardens
Commissions
1997
Glaxo Wellcome
Invited to paint two large paintings for reception of new International Headquarters, Greenford, Midds.
1992
Quaglino's Restaurant, London
Selected to paint one of eight columns at above
1991
Book cover for new edition of 'Carol' by Patricia Highsmith. Commissioned by Penguin Books
Bibliography
2009
Lucile Encrevé, 'Une place qui n'est pas fixe.' (A Place that is not Fixed) Catalogue Essay for 'La peinture est presque abstraite', Analogues p 2-15
David Ryan, 'Presque…mais pas tout à fait…' (Almost…but not Quite…) Catalogue Essay for 'La peinture est presque abstraite', Analogues p 26-55
2008
Artworld Magazine - New Works Interview with Paul Carey-Kent, April 2008
2007
T J McNamara, 'Painting: One'The New Zealand Herald, 30 August 2007
John Hurrell 'Love That Icky Paint', Artbash,30 August 2007
Esquire Magazine '73 Things You Should Have in your Home' April 2007 pp 121,122
Barry Schwabsky 'Artificial Life Forms', Jane Harris, Catalogue Essay
Rebecca Fortnum, 'Contemporary British Women Artists' I.B. Taurus p
2006
Patrizia Bottallo, "Jane Harris", Manufactured in the UK, Catalogue Essay
2005
Richard Klein, 'Jane Harris: New Painting' , Catalogue Essay
Martin Herbert, 'From a Burning Bridge', Catalogue Essay in 'Jane Harris:New Painting'
Tom Lubbock, "I will always remember Carravagio's nipple" The Year in Review, The Independent, 30 December
Tom Lubbock, "Jane Harris", The Independent, 2 May
Eileen Walsh, 'Wierd or Wonderful Art?', Daily Ireland, 21 April
2004
Rebecca Fortnum, "Seeing and Feeling", Essay in "Unframed - Practices and Politics of Women's Contemporary Painting". Kapitel 7, S. 139 - 161. Herausgegeben von I.B. Taurus
2003
Suhail Malik and Gerard Hemsworth, "Painting Per Se" catalogue
Martin Herbert, "Once Again", Modern Painters, Spring
Maria Hirszman, "Painting Per Se", Terca-Feira, 24. Juni
Paula Alzugaray, "Painting Per Se", IstoEGente-204, 30.Juni
Ricardo Moreno, "Painting Per Se", Veja Sao Paulo, 2. Juli
2002
Helen Sumpter, Elliptical Illusions, The Big Issue, 28 January
Stephen Foster, Painting as a Foreign Language, Contemporary, June
Rosemary Shirley, Once Again, Contemporary, November
2001
Martin Hentschel Transforming Geometry and Ornament- On the painting of Jane Harris, Godfry Worsdale Drawings? Essay
in Catalogue
Phil Baker, Playing it Pure: Jane Harris & Jeremy Moon, Modern Painters, Spring
Suhail Malik, Solidquid, Surface Tension, Roderick Conway Morris Biennale Opens it's Portals to the Pros, International Herald
Tribune, June 16-17
2000
Martin Herbert, Simon Callery, Jane Harris, Mandy Ure, Roy Voss, Robert Clarke, You won't believe your eyes, The Guardian
Guide, 6 May
Collections
Arthur Andersen Art Collection
Arts Council of England
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
The Boise Collection
Brighton University
British Airways
Clarins
Department of Trade & Industry
Doris Lockhart Saatchi
Ernst & Young
GlaxoWellcome
Goldsmiths MA Collection
Government Art Collection
LAAC, Dunkerque
Marsh
Sacker & Partners
SAKs Fifth Avenue
Southampton City Art Gallery
The Hon R B Loder
Various private collections
Lives and works in London
Education
1989-91
Goldsmiths College, MA Fine Art
1979-81
Slade School of Art, Higher Diploma
1977-79
Brighton Polytechnic, BA (Hons) Fine Art
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2009
Galerie d'Ecole des Beaux Arts, Valence
2008
Hales Gallery, London, UK
2007
Jane Harris, Paintings, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham
2006
Jane Harris and Weston Teruya, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco
2005/06
Jane Harris: New Painting, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, CT, USA
2005
Divine, Hales Gallery, London
2004
Kontainer Gallery, Los Angeles
2001
Southampton City Art Gallery, UK
Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
Galerie Hollenbach, Stuttgart
1999
Salle Attane, St Yrieix-la-Perche, France
Galerie Hollenbach, Stuttgart
1996
Work in progress, Project Space, Camden Arts Centre, London
Gallerie Hollenbach, Stuttgart
1994 & 1992
Anderson O'Day, London
Anderson O'Day, London
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
Royal Academy of the Arts Summer Exhibition
Neo Geo & Cie, FRAC Limousin
2009
Alpha,DREI Raum fur Gegenwartskunst' Cologne
SuperSurface FX (Andrew Bick, Alexis Harding, Jane Harris, Michael Stubbs), Galerie Hollenbach, Stuttgart
La peinture est presque abstraite, Le Transpalette, Bourges and Camberwell Space, London
instants et glissements, dessins de 20 artistes contemporains, La Box, Bourges
Works on Paper, Two Rooms, Auckland
2008
Chromophilia, Bearspace, London
ArtChicago - Jane Harris and Richard Galpin (with Hales Gallery), Chicago, USA
2007
British Painting, Galerie Hollenbach, Stuttgart
Afterimage, Two Rooms Gallery, Aukland, New Zealand
Painting: One, Two Rooms Gallery, Aukland, New Zealand
Aukland Art Fair, New Zealand (with Two Rooms Gallery)
We've Landed, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco
Dusseldorf Art Fair (with Patricia Sweetow Gallery)
New York Art Fair (with Hales Gallery)
Doubleuse, The Nunnery, London
2006
Miami Art Fair (with Patricia Sweetow Gallery Abstract Mode', FosterArt, London
Manufactured in the UK, Martinart, Turin
Art fairs - Turin, Bologna, Vienna (with Galerie Hollenbach)
2005
Mythomania, Metropole Gallery, Folkestone; LAAC, Dunkerque
Death is Part of the Process, Void Gallery, Londonderry, UK
Kunst 05, Zürich
About painting II, Galerie Hollenbach, Stuttgart
Tom Chamberlain, Jane Harris, Udo Nöger, Ausstellungsraum Zürich
Tom Chamberlain, Jane Harris, Udo Nöger, Galerie Hollenbach, Stuttgart
Vienna Art Fair 2005, Vienna
Arte Fiera 2005, Bologna
2004
Mythomania, The Metropole Galleries, Folkstone, UK
Unframed, Standpoint Gallery, London
Kunst 04, Zürich
White, IZO Gallery, London
Arbeiten Auf Papier, Galerie Hollenbach, Stuttgart
Arte Fiera 2004, Bologna
2002
Painting as a foreign Language, Edificio Culture I Inglesa/ Centro Brasileiro Britanico, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Mathematique, Danielle Arnaud Gallery, London,
Once Again, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, UK
Jerwood Drawing Prize, Jerwood Space, London
2001
Out of Line, Hayward Touring exhibition
Surface Tension- Six British Painters, Holly Snapp Gallery, Venice, Italy
British Abstract Painting, Flowers East, London
Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Connecticut
2000
Simon Callery, Jane Harris, Mandy Ure, Roy Voss-Recent Paintings, Djanogly Gallery, Nottingham, UK
Force Fields, Hayward Gallery, London
Cheltenham Drawing Exhibition, UK
1999
Jane Harris: Ana Prada, Anderson O'Day, London
La Casa, II Corpo, II Cuore, 20th Century House Museum of Modern Art Foundation Ludwig, Vienna; touring to
the Museum of Modern Art, Prague, Czech Republic
Sublime: The Darkness and the Light, Arts Council Touring Exhibition, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, UK
1998
Ecstasy, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
Ten British Painters, Galerie Hollenbach, Stuttgart, Germany
Eliminate the Negative, Gasworks Gallery, London
1997
About Vision, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh; Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich, UK
Small Truths, Todds Gallery, London; Leeds City Art Gallery; Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland
Finish, Specex Gallery, Exeter, UK
Jerwood Painting Prize, Lethaby Gallery, London
Jahresgaben, Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany
Awards, Prizes and Residencies
2011
Artist in Residence, Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Bethany, CT, USA
2010
Centre Nationale des Arts Plastiques de France - grant to support
Residency at Albers Foundation
Royal Academy of Arts, Summer Exhibition - shortlisted for The Wollaston Prize
2008/9
Artist in Residence, Two Rooms Gallery, Aukland New Zealand
2004/2005
Rootstein Hopkins Sabbatical Award
AHRC Small Grant of £5000
2002
Jerwood Drawing Prize, Third Prizewinner
2000
Research Award, Goldsmiths College
Cheltenham Drawing Exhibition, Award Winner
1999
London Arts Board Individual Artist Award
1998
Research Award, Goldsmiths College
1996
Artist in Residence, Camden Arts Centre
Six weeks working in studio, open to the public two days a week
1995
The Arts Foundation, Painting Fellowship
Major prize of £10,000 to continue painting research
John Moores Liverpool, Prizewinner
1993
London Arts Board Individual Artist Award
1991
Erasmus Exchange, Amsterdam
Six weeks in a studio at the Rijksakadamie, Amsterdam
1985-86
French Government Scholarship, Paris
Nine months spent in Paris studying French classical gardens
1981
Boise Travelling Scholarship, Japan
Two months spent in Japan studying Japanese gardens
Commissions
1997
Glaxo Wellcome
Invited to paint two large paintings for reception of new International Headquarters, Greenford, Midds.
1992
Quaglino's Restaurant, London
Selected to paint one of eight columns at above
1991
Book cover for new edition of 'Carol' by Patricia Highsmith. Commissioned by Penguin Books
Bibliography
2009
Lucile Encrevé, 'Une place qui n'est pas fixe.' (A Place that is not Fixed) Catalogue Essay for 'La peinture est presque abstraite', Analogues p 2-15
David Ryan, 'Presque…mais pas tout à fait…' (Almost…but not Quite…) Catalogue Essay for 'La peinture est presque abstraite', Analogues p 26-55
2008
Artworld Magazine - New Works Interview with Paul Carey-Kent, April 2008
2007
T J McNamara, 'Painting: One'The New Zealand Herald, 30 August 2007
John Hurrell 'Love That Icky Paint', Artbash,30 August 2007
Esquire Magazine '73 Things You Should Have in your Home' April 2007 pp 121,122
Barry Schwabsky 'Artificial Life Forms', Jane Harris, Catalogue Essay
Rebecca Fortnum, 'Contemporary British Women Artists' I.B. Taurus p
2006
Patrizia Bottallo, "Jane Harris", Manufactured in the UK, Catalogue Essay
2005
Richard Klein, 'Jane Harris: New Painting' , Catalogue Essay
Martin Herbert, 'From a Burning Bridge', Catalogue Essay in 'Jane Harris:New Painting'
Tom Lubbock, "I will always remember Carravagio's nipple" The Year in Review, The Independent, 30 December
Tom Lubbock, "Jane Harris", The Independent, 2 May
Eileen Walsh, 'Wierd or Wonderful Art?', Daily Ireland, 21 April
2004
Rebecca Fortnum, "Seeing and Feeling", Essay in "Unframed - Practices and Politics of Women's Contemporary Painting". Kapitel 7, S. 139 - 161. Herausgegeben von I.B. Taurus
2003
Suhail Malik and Gerard Hemsworth, "Painting Per Se" catalogue
Martin Herbert, "Once Again", Modern Painters, Spring
Maria Hirszman, "Painting Per Se", Terca-Feira, 24. Juni
Paula Alzugaray, "Painting Per Se", IstoEGente-204, 30.Juni
Ricardo Moreno, "Painting Per Se", Veja Sao Paulo, 2. Juli
2002
Helen Sumpter, Elliptical Illusions, The Big Issue, 28 January
Stephen Foster, Painting as a Foreign Language, Contemporary, June
Rosemary Shirley, Once Again, Contemporary, November
2001
Martin Hentschel Transforming Geometry and Ornament- On the painting of Jane Harris, Godfry Worsdale Drawings? Essay
in Catalogue
Phil Baker, Playing it Pure: Jane Harris & Jeremy Moon, Modern Painters, Spring
Suhail Malik, Solidquid, Surface Tension, Roderick Conway Morris Biennale Opens it's Portals to the Pros, International Herald
Tribune, June 16-17
2000
Martin Herbert, Simon Callery, Jane Harris, Mandy Ure, Roy Voss, Robert Clarke, You won't believe your eyes, The Guardian
Guide, 6 May
Collections
Arthur Andersen Art Collection
Arts Council of England
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
The Boise Collection
Brighton University
British Airways
Clarins
Department of Trade & Industry
Doris Lockhart Saatchi
Ernst & Young
GlaxoWellcome
Goldsmiths MA Collection
Government Art Collection
LAAC, Dunkerque
Marsh
Sacker & Partners
SAKs Fifth Avenue
Southampton City Art Gallery
The Hon R B Loder
Various private collections