Jeffrey Harris (born Akaroa, 1949) is a New Zealand artist. [lower-alpha 1] Harris started his career in Christchurch, moving to Dunedin, New Zealand in 1969. In the early 1980s he worked briefly in the United States, before moving to Melbourne, Australia in 1986. In 2000 he returned to Dunedin, where he still lives. Largely self-taught, but mentored by notable New Zealand artists such as Michael Smither and Ralph Hotere, he has painted full-time since 1970.
Harris was born in Akaroa and grew up on Banks Peninsula on his parents' farm. [1] He attended high school in Rangiora, then worked in Christchurch for three years. He went to Dunedin so he could learn from Michael Smither, with whom he stayed for a year. He never went to art school but was influenced by artists such as Francis Bacon and his Crucifixions; his primary early inspiration came from art books. [1]
Harris's works are mainly large expressionistic canvases depicting family groups in daily situations. These works, based to a large extent on the artist's own life, often have strong symbolic meanings for the artist. [1] From the mid-1980s until the turn of the century, Harris began producing powerful monochromatic abstracts – these works coincided with the period when Harris was working in Australia. Since his return to Dunedin, Harris's work has turned back to his earlier figurative styles, though often concentrating more on religious iconography such as the Crucifixion [1] rather than domestic scenes.
In 1973 Harris was awarded a Queen Elizabeth II Visual Arts Grant in 1973 [16] and three years later became the University of Otago's 1977 Frances Hodgkins Fellow.
In 1985 he was awarded a six month residency at Victoria College, Melbourne. [17]
2003 Harris won the James Wallace Art Award [18] that included a one-year residency in New York.
A book on Harris's art by Justin Paton (simply titled Jeffrey Harris) became a finalist in the 2006 Montana New Zealand Book Awards. Alongside the book, a major retrospective exhibition toured five of New Zealand's major public galleries from 2004 to 2006.
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