JENNIFER HARRIS RWA
Date of Birth: 4 April 1935
Place: Bristol, UK
Profession: Artist
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Jennifer Harris studied at the West of England College of Art and then worked as a toy designer and display designer before becoming Art Department Technician first at the College of St Matthias, Bristol and then in Bristol Polytechnic's Faculty of Education. She moved to Devon in 1978.
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She has had five solo exhibitions since 1983 including two at Exeter University in 1983 and 1989. In 1998 she had a solo show at The Café Gallery, Exeter. Mixed exhibitions have included the Art Expo in New York in 1982, the Hatton Gallery, Newcastle in 1994, the Bruton St Gallery, London in 1995 and the National Print Exhibition, London in 1997. Jennifer Harris is a member of the Printmakers Council. Her work is held in the Print Archive of Scarborough Art Gallery, Yorkshire.
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Commenting on certain influences which inform her work she imparts:
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'Over the years I have become increasingly interested in using a montage of images and in some of my work have employed this element 'borrowed' from graphic design. In this particular area I have been influenced by old posters for feature films, by pop artists and by Robert Rauschenberg amongst others. I also like pictures which seem to have a 'story' behind them- which appear mysterious or ironic. The cinema has proved to be an influence with shots of people running, or someone lying on the ground or a face in big close-up. This feeling of mystery in a picture is expressed very well in the work of Carel Weight, whose work I much admire.'
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