JANE HARRIS
Born in Northeast PA, Harris has worked as a professional artist and teacher in Miami, FL for the last 25 years working out of a studio at the South Florida Art Center for ten of those years.
Her work has been narrative, figurative and primarily auto-biographical. Of late her parallel interest in nature has found its way into her work.
An interest in the process and materials of art led her to explore printmaking and hand papermaking.
Jane has taught at the SFAC, the Hebrew Academy, the Bass Museum School, MDC and Immaculata - LaSalle High School where she served as head of the Fine Arts Department.
Her work has been exhibited at a variety of venues including the South Florida Art Center, Bakehouse Art Complex, Bass Museum, University of Costa Rica, "Small Works" at NYU, Inglenook Winery in the Napa Valley, Graham Center at Florida International University, "Very Special Arts"- a State of Florida traveling exhibition and an environmental art project at St. Thomas University.
She continues to follow her artistic vision, working in a studio at - 4432 SW 74 Avenue Miami, FL 33155- in the Bird Road District.
EDUCATION
BA Degree in Art Education, Marywood College Scranton, PA, 1966.
Studio Artist- South Florida Art Center, Miami Beach, FL 1985-1996.
Graduate work: Mixed Media, Fabrics, Fibers and Papers, Marywood College, Scranton, PA
Life Drawing, Experimental Drawing, Painting, Monotype and Museum Studies, Florida International University, Miami, FL 1990-2001
Introduced to hand papermaking at an invitational workshop conducted by Aurelia Munoz of Barcelona. Continued work with South Florida papermaker Betty Kjelson.
Apprenticed with printmaker Shirley Green in Miami, working with relief and intaglio processes as well as monoprint.
Further explored the concept of monotype as a part of the handmade paper process with Helen Frederick of Pyramid Atlantic.
AWARDS
1993 Heublein Inc. Napa Valley, CA
1990 Very Special Arts, Traveling Exhibition, State of Florida
1988 Artist-in-Residence, Wilkes-Barre, PA
COMMISSIONS
1993 Inglenook Vineyards, Napa Valley, CA1990 Mural, C. Moskowitz, Miami Beach, FL
1989 Mural, Monty Trainers Bayshore, Coconut Grove, FL
1988 Mural, Clarion Castle Hotel, Miami Beach, Fl
Mural, Starling Fattahi Inc., Coral Gables, FL
Pickering Press, Coconut Grove, FL
Shakespeare Festival, Coral Gables, FL
1987 Mural, Grace Hawthorne & Associates, Miami, FL
1986 Greater Miami Opera, Miami, FL
EXHIBITIONS
2018 Memory Mapping, HARRISART, Miami, FL
BRAD Artists Showcase: Belen Academy
2017 Tournesol, HARRISART, Miami, FL
Fiber Optics, HARRISART, Miami, FL
Milander Center for Arts, Hialeah, FL
Jane Harris Retrospective, HARRISART, Miami, FL
2016 WHITEOUT: Channeling Rauschenberg, HARRISART, Miami, FL
Into the Woods, HARRISART, Miami, FL
2015 FOREVERGLADES, HARRISART, Miami, FL
Eye on Nature, HARRISART, Miami, FL
Scratching the Surface: Etching Demo & Workshop, HARRISART, Miami, FL
2014 Drum Circle/ Closing of Fragments, HARRISART, Miami, FL
Fragments: Multiple Artists, HARRISART, Miami, FL
Different Strokes, HARRISART, Miami, FL
30 Years on the Road, Art Center/South Florida, Miami Beach, FL
The Urban Landscape, Eleazar Delgado Gallery, Miami FL
Made in America, Mano Fine Art Project Space, Miami, FL
The Kiss, Miguel Rodez Fine Art, Miami, FL
The Wall, Mano Fine Art Project Space, Miami, FL
2013 Small Works, HARRISART, Miami, FL
BRAD 3rd Anniversary, HARRISART, Miami, FL
Creature Great & Small, HARRISART, Miami, FL
Family Bones, HARRISART, Miami, FL
2012 The Beast, Kroma Gallery, Coconut Grove, FL
Fairchild Botanic Garden Gallery, Miami, Fl 2007
Reverence for All Living Things, Victory Hall, Jersey City, NJ 2006
Jane Harris at the Graham Center, Florida International University
2002 Smallworks Exhibition, New York University, NYC
2001 Animals in Art, Gallery Vincent, Coconut Grove, FL
2000 Photo Op, One Ear Society, Coconut Grove, Fl
1999 Art & Architecture Interiors & Exteriors, Art Center, Miami Beach, FL
Director's Cut, Art Center, Miami Beach, FL
Statements, Art Center, Miami Beach, FL 1997
Art Picks, Ground Level, Miami Beach, FL; work chosen by Delores Smithies, Sotheby's
1996 PRE-Sence, Ground Level, Miami Beach, FL; curated by Amy Capellazzo & Bianca Lanza
1995 The Fred Project, Art 800, Miami Beach, FL
Abandoned & Reclaimed, Common Space, Miami Beach, FL
Ten Years On The Road, Ground Level, Miami Beach, FL; curated by Manuel Gonszalez, Director/Art Program, Chase Manhattan
1994 Miami DADA, Bianca Lanza, Miami Beach, FL
Reinventing Memory, Ground Level, Miami Beach, FL
Lasting Impressions, Inglenook Chateau, Napa Valley, CA
New Work, Bass Museum, Miami Beach, FL
Painters Making Prints, Upper Story, Miami Beach, FL
1993 Breaking The Cycle, Upper Story, Miami Beach, FL
Women's Caucus for Art Exhibition, Broward Community College, Davie, FL
Miami/Beach Exchange, African Heritage Cultural Arts Center, Miami, FL
Print Exhibition, Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, FL; curated by Alan B. Baker
1992 Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
Women’s Caucus For Art Exhibition, Miami Dade Public Library Miami, FL
Faculty Exhibition, South Florida Art Center, Miami Beach, FL
1991 Seven from Florida, University of Costa Rica at San Jose
1990 Area Stage Performance Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
All Florida Invitational, Museum of Science, Miami, FL
Faculty Exhibition, Bass Museum, Miami Beach, FL
Very Special Arts, Traveling Exhibition, State of Florida
Portraits, Sokolsky Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
1989 Sokolsky Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
The Artists at Stonegate, Stonegate Mansion, South Miami, FL
The Female Face and Form, Carefully Chosen Gallery; Miami Beach, FL 1988
Helios Gallery Naples, FL Handmade Paper, 841 Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
1987 Master Papermakers, Metropolitan Museum, Coral Gables, FL
Faculty Exhibition, Metropolitan Museum, Coral Gables, FL
HARRISART Exhibitions and Events
HARRISART provides the environment to make and show art. It has been the vehicle during the past since 2013 to present the work of dozens of artists, offer talks, workshops and demonstrations open to the public.
February 2018 Memory Mapping
October 2017 Tournesol
May 2017 Walk About Snapshots and Drive-By Shootings
March 2017 Fiber Optics
February 2017 Jane Harris Retrospective
June 2016 WHITEOUT: Channeling Rauschenberg
April 2016 Into the Woods
November 2015 FOREVERGLADES
August 2015 50 Shades of RA
February 2015 Eye on Nature
January 2015 Scratching the Surface: Etching Demo and Workshop
December 2014 Drum Circle/ Closing of Fragments
October 2014 Fragments: Multiple Artists
June 2014 Wall 2 Wall Women: Mural Project and Exhibition
January 2014 Different Strokes
November 2013 Small Works
October 2013 BRAD 3rd Anniversary
September 2013 Creature Great & Small
January 2013 Family Bones
REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS
1993 “Every 15 Seconds,” Miami Herald
“South Florida Art Center Speaks Out,” Beach Weekly
1989 “Freedom and Oppression,” Miami Herald
COLLECTIONS
Jean Blackwell Font, Miami, Fl
Carmen Lomando, Miami, FL
John Makemson, Miami, FL
Maruchi Carmona, Miami, FL
Aaron Stevens, Miami, FL
Elena Otero, Miami FL
Lorena Laird, Miami, FL
Donna Smith, Kingston PA
Sara Hammitt, Texas Mrs. Tim Hawks, Miami Springs, FL
Ann Reyna, London, England.
Mrs. Maria Camps, Key Biscayne, FL
Dr. and Mrs. David Fenner, Jacksonville, FL
Steven C. Watson, Coral Gables, FL
Leo Diaz, Golden, CO
Fleishman Millard Inc., Coral Gables, FL
C. Davidson-Hurley, Stamford, CT
Mr. & Mrs. J.M. Nieves, Ft Lauderdale, FL
Tomasso Bradshaw, Los Angeles, CA
J. Grossman, Miami, FL
B. Berman, Miami, FL
Mona Coleman, Williams Island, FL
Tim S. Kingcade, Wendy Garcia, Miami Beach, FL
Ms. Shannon Noble, Miami, FL
Neil and Ellie Schneiderman, Coral Gables, FL
Peter Fitzpatrick, Coral Gables, FL
Rene Gonzalez, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Tom Burgess. Esq., Birmingham, AL
Dr. & Mrs Donald Rudnick, Kingston, PA
Mr. & Mrs. Reed Carnecki, San Francisco, CA
Mr. & Mrs. Ludwig Daub, Ibiza, Spain
Mr. Jack Wayman, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Postupack, West Pittston, PA
Mr. & Mrs. Ron Holko, Clarks Summit, PA
Mr. & Mrs. Mario Rivero, New Britain, CT
Ms. Eileen Yasbin, Miami, FL
Dr. & Mrs. Jay Hyman, Delray Beach, FL
Ms. Peg Fagley, Boston, MA
James & Debbie Dodd Squires, Charlotte, VT