Kirsty Harris

Born 1978, UK
1999-2001 BA Fine Art, Cass School of Art, London

 

Works

Solo Exhibitions


2023
‘That Lethal Cloud’, Studio KIND. North Devon
‘Heavy Weather’ Splice, Perseverance Works, London

2022
‘Intervention’, DIY performances during the 59th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy

2019
‘A Foul and Awesome Display’, Vane, Newcastle upon Tyne

2017
‘Paradice Lost’ (sic) (with Stuart Robinson), Plymouth Arts Weekender, Plymouth School of Creative Arts, Plymouth

2016
‘How I learned to Stop Worrying (1945-2016)’ CFCCA, Manchester
‘Women Walked onto the Base Last Tuesday’ (with Carol Harris), Indo, London

2015
‘From this Crude Lab’, Residency Studio Exhibition, Vane, Newcastle upon Tyne

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023
‘Beyond the gaze – Reclaiming the landscape’, Saatchi Gallery, London
‘A Generous Space 3’, Huddersfield Art Gallery, Huddersfield
‘Two Plus Two Makes Four’, The Auxiliary, Middlesbrough
‘The Subversive Landscape’, Tremenheere Gallery, Penzance
‘X – Contemporary British Painting’, Newcastle Contemporary Art, Newcastle upon Tyne

2022
‘Royal Academy Summer Exhibition’, Royal Academy, London
‘Art on a Postcard’, The Bomb Factory, London
‘Once Upon an Instant’, University of Applied Sciences HTW, Berlin, Germany
‘Horizon, Landscape and Beyond’, Cello Factory, London
‘Jubilee’, Vane, Gateshead
‘A Woman’s Place is Everywhere’, Cello Factory, London

2021
‘TILT – Hoxton Gallery Summer Show’, Hoxton Gallery, London (curator)
‘Absent Authors’, APT Gallery, London
‘Studio Confetti’, Terrace Gallery, London
‘Hyper Limbo’, Yeah Totally Gallery, Immersive Virtual Exhibition, London
‘Curating my Bedroom’, curated by Andy Laffan of Hulabhaig Gallery, Isle of Lewis, Scotland

2020
‘Contemporary British Painting Prize’, ASC Gallery, London
‘To Paint the Gloom Itself’, Terrace Gallery, London
‘Picture Palace’, Transition 2, London

2019
‘Showing//Underground’, 404 Space, Worcester
‘Contemporary British Painting Prize’, Huddersfield Art Gallery, Huddersfield
‘WIMMIN II’, 1C Enterprise House, Art Licks Weekend, London (co-curator)
‘Art The Arms Fair’, Safe House 2, Peckham, London
‘Love & Rage’, Barbican Arts Trust, London
‘Field Study’, The Auxiliary, Middlesbrough
‘Rules of Freedom’, Collyer Bristow Gallery, London

2018
‘WIMMIN’, Mars, London
‘Strange Love’, Bankley Gallery, Manchester
‘Ideal Homeless Show’, St Mungo’s, London
‘Extended Call Pt.3’, Subsidiary Projects, London
‘P O W E R C U T’, SET Project Space, London (co-curated)
‘SOLOAward 2018’, Chiara Williams Contemporary, Cello Factory, London
‘Broken Grey Wires / Art Language Location’, Guest Projects, London
‘Power Play’, The Concept Space, London

2017
‘Discerning Eye’, Mall Galleries, London
‘Phantom' Ruskin Gallery’, Cambridge
‘PIY Paint Lounge’, Sluice Art Fair, London
‘Screenings’, Whitechapel Gallery, London
‘Who Wants Flowers When You're Dead?’, Middlesbrough Art Weekender, with Broken Grey Wires, Middlesbrough
‘Antennae’, Lubomirov / Angus Hughes Gallery, London
‘Undead Painters – Flash Salon III’, Saturation Point, London

2016
‘Liberate Yourself From My Vicelike Grip’, Islington Mill, Salford
‘Europa’, Transition Gallery, London
‘Experimental Studio Exhibition’, Abject Gallery, Bamburgh House, Newcastle upon Tyne
‘Sixty’, ART Athina, Platform Projects, with Lubomirov / Angus Hughes Gallery, Athens, Greece

2015
‘The Other’, Maverick Expo, The Barge House, OXO Tower Wharf, London
‘Room 408’, Erlang House, London
‘Volumes 2015’, Independent Art Publishing Fair, Zürich, Switzerland
‘NEO Art Prize’, Neo:Gallery 22, Bolton
‘London Art Book Fair’, Transition Gallery at Whitechapel Gallery, London
‘Limited Editions’, Lubomirov-Easton, Enclave, London
‘Saints and Sinners’, Camden Collective Project Space, London

2014
‘Vulpes Vulpes Open’, Vulpes Vulpes, London
‘The Reversing Machine – Palindrone Jukebox’ [sic], The Tetley, Leeds
‘FOAM’, Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge
‘Bad Behaviour’, Brixton East, London
‘Horror Hotel’, Harris & Clarke, Short Order Project Space, London
‘FOAM’, And/Or GALLERY, London
‘FOAM’, Project/Number gallery, London
‘A5’, Lubomirov-Easton, Platform Projects, Art Athina Art Fair, Athens, Greece

2013
‘Atomic’, Transition Gallery, London
‘WFIIA’, Harris & Clarke – Animamus Art Salon, London
‘Secret Histories’, Sluice Art Fair, London
‘WW Solo Award’, Wilson Williams Gallery, London
‘Psycho Salon’, DKUK, Ancient and Modern Gallery, London
‘Hot-One-Hundred’, Schwartz Gallery, London
‘Larroque Arts Festival’, Galerie La Vieille Poste, Larroque, Tarn, France
‘Shelf Life’, Leytonstone Library, London (curated)
‘Zeitgeist Summer exhibition’, ZAP Gallery, London
‘Animamus Art Salon’, Bushwick Studios, New York, USA
‘The Magic Shop’, Meanwhile space, London
‘RCA Secret 2013’, Royal College of Art, London
‘Animamus Art Salon’, Culture Fix, New York, USA

2012
‘Art Club’, Red Gallery, London
‘Minutae’, The Stone Space Gallery, London
‘LDN-BCN’, Untitled BCN Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
‘La Petite Merte’, Drawers Gallery, London (curated)
‘This is Not the Gallery’, Matt Roberts Arts, London
‘WW Solo Award’, Wilson Williams Gallery, London
‘Wandering Rocks’, Stone Space Gallery, London
‘ALAS Residency Exhibition’, Matt Roberts Arts, London

Awards and Residencies

2022
Karst Gallery and Studios, Artist residency, co-ordinated with Studio KIND

2020
a-n Artist Bursary for research trip to Nevada

2019
Contemporary British Painting Prize, Huddersfield Art Gallery, shortlisted

2018
Eaton Fund, Artist Grant
Shortlisted for Solo Award, Chiara Williams Contemporary

2015
Experimental Studio Residency, ACE funded, Vane, Newcastle, in association with Breeze Creatives

2014
Broadcast, Aldeburgh South Beach Lookout, residency with xvi collective

2013
WW Solo Award, Wilson Williams Gallery, London, shortlisted

2012
WW Solo Award, Wilson Williams Gallery, London, shortlisted
ALAS Professional Development Residency, Matt Roberts Arts, London

1997
Student sculpture residency, Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Collections

The National Atomic Testing Museum, Nevada, USA
The Peace Museum, Bradford
The Museum of Everything, London
Private collections in the UK, Ireland, France, Slovenia, Greece, Canada, Poland, Australia & USA