Sculptor Jerry Harris
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San Francisco/Oakland, CA., CA
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Sculptor Jerry Harris with "Dogon Mother and Child." Carved Wood and Fiberglass
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Short Biography
The American sculptor Jerry Harris was born in Pittsburgh, Pa. His date of birth doesn't interest him. Harris lived in Stockholm, Sweden for many years until the death of his wife, the Swede Britt-Marie Olofsson-Harris. Career highlights.
Harris entered the advertising world after leaving San Francisco State University(1970) and became a Jr. Executive creative writer for men's wear, Macy's of California. He left there(1972) and was hired as the first African American on-air writer and producer for KGO TV ( ABC Channel 7) San Francisco.
In 1974, sick of the commercial world, he left the United States and moved to Sweden with his wife and son Andreas, returning in 1976 to study sculpture under professor James Lee Hansen, a leading Pacific Northwest sculptor who taught until his retirement at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon.
Harris was later accepted into The International Sculptor's Program at St. Martins School of Art, London, England (now called Central St. Martins School of Art). His teachers there were the international sculptors Sir. Anthony Caro, Philip King, and Tim Scott. Frank Martin was department head. "Are you happy here?" asked Frank Martin, his tutor.
Harris said yes, but he was absolutely not happy. They were into direct metal sculpture and he was into bronze. The school made arrangements for him to take classes(unclassified student) at the Central School of Art and Design, London.
There, Harris studied bronze casting under Henry Abercrombie, Lecturer in Bronze Casting, and master in this field. After his London studies(declaring that art schools were a waste of time), he returned to Stockholm where he lived for 20 years. Mr. Harris is also an accomplished writer.
George Murphy, Stockholm, Sweden
Studio Jerry Harris San Francisco
" I stopped into the Art Foundry Gallery, Sacramento, Ca. (August 2010) to see your exhibition and I was bowled over by it. I'm in awe and admiration of anyone with the genius to create something so expressive out of hard and unyielding materials. Your sculptures certainly have a life of their own--They say so much and so much more eloquently than words ever could. You are a marvel Jerry--a really great artist. The layout of the exhibition is excellent too, I think, with spots of color in your collages setting off the more stark simplicity of the sculptures which I think are placed very effectively. One of my favorites is your very strong, "Armies of the Night" placed in a more or less central location, contrasting with the very fluid, "menage a trois" silhouetted behind it. The exhibit is a joy and I am so delighted that I had a chance to see it."
Kitty Fasset
Art Patron
Oakland, California
Opening Show. Jerry Harris at The Art Foundy and Art Gallery, Sacramento, Ca. August-September 2010.
"The Sculpture World of Jerry Harris"
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Cherry. Forged Iron, fiberglass, and chromeSan Francisco/Oakland, CA., CA
