JANE HARRIS
Jane Harris "I have been using the figure of the ellipse in my work for almost 30 years. It is a geometric figure that does not have a single center but two focal points. It therefore contains an infinite permutation potential.
Also, it can be simultaneously understood as a flat shape on the surface of the painting or as a perspective circle, creating the illusion of depth in painting or drawing.
It is a figure that I find very elegant, both restful and dynamic. Its use allowed me to play with the ambiguities of these two states, between surface and depth. "
Born in Dorset in the United Kingdom in 1956. She lives and works in France. Graduated from the Slade School of Art in 1981 and from the Goldsmiths College of Art in 1991 (MA Fine Art).
Among many Exhibitions:
Out There, Eagle Gallery, Londres 2018 Collection en mouvement : Jane Harris : ellipses et cercles d’affinité – avec la collection de FRAC–Artothèque Limousin, Médiathèque, Panazol-2017 New works on paper, Two Rooms Gallery, Auckland, Nouvelle Zélande Separate Arrangements, 2016 Rabley Contemporary, Marlborough, Angleterre Surface, Edge, Depth, 2015 Espace culturel François Mitterrand, Périgueux Jane Harris: New Works, Galerie Hollenbach, Stuttgart, Allemagne Collection en mouvement : œuvres de Jane Harris – avec la collection du FRAC–Artothèque Limousin, Médiathèque, Argentat Jusqu’au bout de l’ellipse, 2014 Musée des Beaux Arts - Chapelle du Carmel, Libourne the devil is in the details (with Jiri Kratochvil), Horatio Jr., Londres Jane Harris, Pollen, Monflanquin 2013 Leitmotif, Galerie Hollenbach, 2011 Stuttgart Galerie ACDC, 2010 Bordeaux Space Opera, 2008 Hales Gallery, Londres Jane Harris: Paintings and Drawings, 2006 Angel Row Gallery Nottingham, Angleterre Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Fransisco Jane Harris: New Painting, 2005 Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Connecticu Divine, Hales Gallery, Londres Kontainer Gallery, 2004 Los Angeles Galerie Hollenbach, 1996 Stuttgart Work in Progress, Project Space, Camden Arts Centre, LondresExpositions collectives
2018 Galeristes, Carreau du Temple, Paris, avec La Galerie Bessières Touch, Candida Stevens Gallery, Chichester (Angleterre) Le Sens du Possible, Rayère de Vassivière en Creuse, Frac-Artothèque du Limousin On Repeat, GIG Munich, (Allemagne) Defining Structure, The Cello Factory, Londres La Beauté du Monde, La Crypte Sainte-Eugénie, Biarritz. Commissariat : François Lousteau, La Maison Dividing Rules, PAPER, Mirabel Studios, Manchester, Angleterre Women Can’t Paint, Turps Gallery, Londres Malevolent Eldritch Shrieking, Paul Morrison Space, Attercliffe, Sheffield, Angleterre Carnets, Halle Nord / Capsule_s, Genève Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, Londres 2017 INK Miami Art Fair, (with Rabley Contemporary) Les Jours de Pleine Lune ≠6, La Tôlerie, Clermont Ferrand Duo, Rabley Contemporary, Marlborough et Londres Géométriquement douce, Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, Londres Seeing Through Drawing, A Celebration of John Berger, Mandell’s Gallery, Norwich, The Woodcut: From Dürer to Now, Pallant House, Chichester, Counterpoints, Eagle Gallery, Londres London Art Fair, (avec Rabley Contemporary)Collections publiques Artothèque Limoges
Artothèque Pessac Arthur Andersen Art Collection Arts Council of England Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery The Boise Collection, University of London Brighton University British Airways Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles Cité de la Tapisserie, Aubusson Clarins Colorado University Art MuseumPrix et bourses 2015 Commission Permanente, Région Aquitaine – Bourse de la recherche à l’étranger
2013 Appel à la Création, Cité de la Tapisserie, Aubusson – 4th Prize Aide à la Création, DRAC Aquitaine 2012 The Sunny Dupree Family Award, Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2010 CNAP – Bourse de la recherche a l’étranger Royal Academy of Arts, Summer Exhibition The Wollaston Prize – finalist 2005 Arts & Humanities Research Council Grant 2002 Jerwood Drawing Prize, Third Prizewinner 2000 Research Award, Goldsmiths College Cheltenham Drawing Exhibition, Prizewinner 1999 London Arts Board Individual Artiist AwardCommissions 2016 ‘Pas de trois’: Flag commissioned by FRAC Aquitaine, FRAC-Artothèque Limousin FRAC Poitou-Charentes
1997 Glaxo Wellcome Invited to paint two large paintings for reception of new International Headquarters, Greenford, Middx 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 - Biographie complète sur demande