Sculptor Jerry Harris

Harris's sculpture ranges from pleasingly enigmatic abstract bronze figures that show the influence of Henry Moore and African sculpture, to more recent wood constructions and mixed-media. A wall-mounted assemblage triptych is indicative of a new found artistic freedom that he feels he has here, vs. the heavy influence of the academy that he says still exists in Sweden.

Mary Thomas

Art Critic

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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International Exhibitions

Select one-person shows:

Galeri St. Paul, Stockholm, Sweden

Swedish Sculptor's Gallery (skulptorforbundet  galeri), Stockholm, Sweden 

Select Group Shows: 

Lilivalchs Konst Hall, Stockholm, Sweden (invandrarkonst ) 

Goteborgs Konst Museet (invandrarkonst) 

Eskilstuna Konst Museet, Eskilstuna, Sweden 

Borlange Konst Museet, Borlange, Sweden (skulptorforbundet)

Huset, Copenhagen, Denmark

Fishon Private Gallery, London, England 

USA Exhibitions 

2008 shows 

Jerry Harris New Sculptures

Chico Municipal Building Art Gallery, Chico, California,

January 17-February 29

Invited Guest: Eugene Martin, Painter(d. 2005) 

Lecture/Slide Show,

1078 Gallery, Chico, California, January 21 in combination with Chico Municipal Building Art Gallery show

Jerry Harris and David Gentry: Two Sculptors-Two Visions

Chico Art Center, Chico, California.

Art In The Pearl

Museum Of Contemporary Craft (Education)

Portland, Oregon, August 2008 

Select one person shows:

2005.  Albina Community Bank, Pearl District branch, Portland, Oregon

2004. Hult  Center For The Performing Arts, Jacobs Gallery, Eugene, Oregon

Select group shows:

2007.  iF Gallery(International Fine Art Gallery), Columbia, South Carolina

2006. Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, Oregon.

2003. New Zone Artists Collective(collages) Eugene, Oregon.

2001. Lecturer, University Of Oregon, Morse Law School. "The African American Artists In Europe: Past and Present."

2001. Robert Canaga Gallery, Eugene, Oregon

2000. University of Oregon, McMillen Gallery, Three Sculptors: Jerry Harris, Richard Chavez, and Harold Hoy, "Diversity In An Indifferent Art World."

1999. Carnegie library, Hill District, Pittsburgh, Pa. "The homecoming show." (One person show).

1999. Viaduct studios and gallery, Pittsburgh, Pa.

1998. Artist and Resident, Spinning Plate Artists Lofts, Pittsburgh, Pa.

1998. American Institute Of Architects, Pittsburgh, Pa.

1998. Associated Artists Of Pittsburgh Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Select Public and Private Collections:

Swedish National Art Collection(statenskonstrad), Stockholm, sculpture "Homage to Jan Arp"

Vaxjo Court House(tingsratten) Vaxjo, Sweden

Eugene Public Library, Eugene, Oregon(collage)

Carnegie Library, Hill District branch, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Sculptor Thad Mosley, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Ms. Audrey Robinson, London, England

Prof. Wim Roefs, Columbia, South, Carolina

Attorney John Putnam Pries, Eugene, Oregon

Mrs. Tammy Speaks, Atlanta, Georgia

Mr. Lewis Jackson/Pamela Jackson-Harris, Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Dr. Suzanne Fredericq, Lafayette, La.

Art Positions

Information Secretary, Swedish Sculptor's Association, Stockholm, Sweden. 1987-88.

Assistant Preparator, Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon. 1990. Principal preparator for The George Segal exhibition, and  Lorna Simpson show. Caretaker for the Gordon Gilkey Print Collection.

Jerry Harris is also a prolific writer. His articles have appeared in Dagens Nyheter, Sweden's national daily newspaper, Sweden Now magazine, Stockholm, The Scandinavian Minority Review(invandrar och Minoriet); Philadelphia City Paper;  In Pittsburgh News Weekly(now Pittsburgh City Paper), Register-Guard, Eugene, Oregon; International Herald Tribune, Paris, France, and until his return to California, Harris was a contributing writer to Eugene Weekly, Eugene, Oregon

Excerpt from Harris's unpublished novel, "Mad Swedes and Black Men" has been published by Ishmael Reed's  Konch Magazine, Oakland, California(short fiction archives)