Jan Harrison

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Born: West Palm Beach, Florida USA
Lives: Ulster County, New York

Education
BFA University of Georgia, Athens
MA San Jose State University, California

Solo Exhibitions
Selected
2011 Divinanimality: Creaturely Theology, Drew University, Madison, New Jersey
2007 Bestial Beings, Cabaret Voltaire Art Center, Poughkeepsie, New York
2005 Sentient Animals, The Gallery at R & F, Kingston, New York
2001 Chaosmos, Kleinert/James Arts Center, Woodstock, New York
1999 Arcana Mundi, Alice F. and Harris K. Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
1998 Jan Harrison, James Yarosh Gallery,Holmdel, New Jersey.
1996 Animal Crossing, Nancy Moore Fine Art, New York, New York
1993 Animal Tongues, Women's Studio Workshop, Rosendale, New York
1992 Tyrra vas Terra, Donskoj & Co., Kingston, New York
1992 Jan Harrison, Sunnen Gallery, New York, New York
1989 Jan Harrison, The Stanley Gallery, Norfolk, Virginia
1988 A Perilous Eden, Chidlaw Gallery, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
1986 Divining House - with Alan Baer, architect, The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati
1984 Jan Harrison, Gund Gallery-Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, Ohio
1983 Jan Harrison, Toni Birckhead Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
1983 Jan Harrison, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York
1982 Emerging Talent, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
1981 Animal Wishes/Animal Desires, CAGE Gallery,Cincinnati, Ohio
1979 Nest Building-20 Room House as World, 3850 Clifton Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio
1978 Jan Harrison, Montalvo Center for the Arts, Saratoga, California


Group Exhibitions
Selected
2012 Dear Mother Nature, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY, Performance of Animal Tongues and Exhibition of large pastel painting, c: Linda Weintraub.
2012 Other Than Human, three-person exhibition, Jan Harrison, Chris Harvey, Susan Siegel, KMOCA, Kingston Museum of Contemporary Art, Kingston, NY, Performance of Animal Tongues and Exhibition of works on paper, c: Michael Asbill.
2011 Transcendental Freakout, Remote, Barcelona, Spain
2011 O+ Festival, Performance of Animal Tongues and Exhibition of art, Kingston, New York
2011 Peaceable Kingdom, Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Narrowsburg, New York
2011 Animals, People - A Shared Environment, POP Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
2010 Standing Heat, The Front Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
2010 Imagine It Thick In Your Own Hair, Pierre Menard Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
2010 Body, Line, Motion: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, New York
2010 Marks That Matter, Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery, SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge, New York
2010 What Matters Most?, Exit Art, New York, New York
2010 The 12th Annual Postcards From the Edge, Visual Aids, ZieherSmith, New York, New York
2009 Fire and Ice, Donskoj & Co., Kingston, New York
2009 The Dog Show: When The Model Barks, Spencertown Academy Arts Center, Spencertown, New York
2009 For The Animals Art Auction, MAMA, Stone Ridge, New York
2009 10 x 10 Invitational Benefit Exhibition, White Box, New York, New York
2009 Woodstock Art House, Woodstock, New York
2009 The Cat Show, The Treadwell Museum of Fine Arts, Treadwell, New York
2009 In Vetland, Newcastle Art Space, New South Wales, Australia
2009 Talking Tongues and Other Organs, Soup Kitchen/ Kleinert James Arts Center, Woodstock, New York
2008 The Sparky Show, Nelson Santos, Schroeder Romero/Winkleman Gallery Project Space, New York, New York
2008 The Dream of the Red Chamber Masquerade, Invitational Benefit, White Box Gallery, New York, New York
2007 Herring, Donskoj & Company, Kingston, New York
2007 White Box Benefit Auction, White Box Gallery, New York, New York
2007 Beyond Self: Contemporary Explorations in Art & Spirit, Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery, Stone Ridge, New York
2006 Museum, Mission and Meaning: Selections From the Permanant Collection, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, New York
2006 7 + 14, Kleinert/James Arts Center, Woodstock, New York
2005 White Box Benefit Auction,White Box Gallery, New York, New York
2005 Encaustic Works, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, New York
2005 Old & New Friends, Elisa Pritzker Gallery, Highland, New York
2005 Ideas Into Objects: Reinterpreting the Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci, Alice F. and Harris K. Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
2004 White Box Benefit Auction, White Box Gallery, New York, New York
2003 Making Their Mark, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio
2003 Mythic Creatures, Catskill Mountain Foundation Gallery, Hunter, New York
2002 Past To Present-Recent Acquisitions, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, New York
2000 Animal.Anima.Animus, The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada
1999 Animal.Anima.Animus, P.S.1 Contemporary Arts Center, Long Island City, New York
1998 Animal.Anima.Animus, Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem, Holland
1998 Animal.Anima.Animus, Porin Taidemuseao, Pori, Finland
1997 Pluralities:Women's Bodies, Sexualities, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, New York
1995 Bestiary 1995, Warren Street Gallery, Hudson, New York
1995 Bestial Angels-Historical Overview of the Animal in Art, William King Regional Art Center, Abingdon, Virginia
1994 Waterworks-Outdoor Sculpture, Elena Zang Gallery, Woodstock, New York
1994 The Definitive American Contemporary Quilt, Hostra University, Hempstead, New York
1994 WSW XX Years - A Retrospective, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, New York
1994 New Art From Kingston, NY, Gallery at Park West, Kingston, New York
1993 The Definitive American Contemporary Quilt, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan
1993 The Definitive American Contemporary Quilt, University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, Wyoming
1993 The Definitive American Contemporary Quilt, Southern Ohio Museum and Cultural Center, Portsmouth, Ohio
1993 The Definitive American Contemporary Quilt, Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, Florida
1993 The Definitive American Contemporary Quilt, Phyllis Rothman Gallery-F. Dickenson Univ., Madison, New Jersey
1993 The Definitive American Contemporary Quilt, The Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
1992 Body & Soul, Warren Street Gallery, Hudson, New York
1992 Vision Quest, The Art Gallery-Cleveland State University, Cleveland,
1992 The Definitive American Contemporary Quilt, Washington State University Museum of Art, Pullman, Washington
1992 The Definitive American Contemporary Quilt, University of Delaware Gallery, Newark, Delaware
1992 The Definitive American Contemporary Quilt, Museum of Arts & Sciences, Macon, Georgia
1992 The Definitive American Contemporary Quilt, Brevard Art Center, Melbourne, Florida
1992 The Definitive American Contemporary Quilt, Memorial Union Art Gallery-NDSU, Fargo, North Dakota
1991 The Definitive American Contemporary Quilt, Rahr West Art Museum. Manitowak, Wisconsin
1991 The Definitive American Contemporary Quilt, Holman Hall Gallery-Trenton State College,Trenton, New Jersey
1991 The Definitive American Contemporary Quilt, Felicita Foundation for the Arts, Escondido, California
1991 The Definitive American Contemporary Quilt, Fine Arts Museum of the Sout,h Mobile, Alabama
1991 The Definitive American Contemporary Quilt, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, North Dakota
1991 Group Exhibition, Willoughby Sharp Gallery, New York City
1991 Myth, Spirituality & Culture, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, New York
1990 The Definitive American Contemporary Quilt, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery New York, New York
1990 Chicago International Art Exposition-Navy Pier, Dart Gallery,Chicago
1989 Chicago International Art Exposition-Navy Pier, Dart Gallery,Chicago
1987 Self-Portraits- Art Academy of Cincinnati, Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
1986 New Sites/New Work: First San Jose Biennial, The San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California
1986 Interface: Outsiders and Insiders, Ohio State University, Lancaster, Ohio
1984 Life & Death in the Nuclear Age, Lynn Mayhew Gallery- Ohio Wesleyan, Delaware, Ohio
1984 Figuratively Speaking II, Cleveland State University Art Gallery,Cleveland
1982 Ohio Selections II, New Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio
1980 Cincinnati Stories: Narrative-Figurative Art, SPACES, Cleveland, Ohio
1979 Strategies, The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati


Bibliography
Selected
2011, Singing In Animal Tongues: An Inner Journey, PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art, New York, NY, Essay, Videos, Images of Painting and Sculpture. Podcast Interview with Linda Weintraub.
2007 Marquis Who' Who in American Art, 2007-2011
2007 Paul Smart, Fine Furred Friends, Ulster Publishing's Almanac, Woodstock Times, Woodstock, New York.
2007 Kathleen Wereszynski Murray, Artist Explores Animal Nature, The Arts-Poughkeepsie Journal, The Arts, Poughkeepsie, New York.
2007 Sparrow, Animal Esperanto, Chronogram Magazine-Arts & Culture..
2005 Paul Smart, Painting in the Language of Animals, Woodstock Times Almanac
2003 George Quasha, Art Is, International video installation of artists' interviews
2003 Linda Weintraub, Soul-Genus Fusion, Book: In The Making:Creative Options for Contemporary Art, D.A.P., Distributed Art Publishers, New York, NY
2001 Linda Weintraub, Genus Fusion, Book: Arcana Mundi-Jan Harrison, Station Hill/Barrytown, Ltd., New York,
2001 George Quasha, Crossing Over to Jan Harrison, Reading at Exhibition-Arcana Mundi
1998 Robin Rice, Jan Harrison,The Binnewater Tides
1998 Lorna Tychostup, Animalia Issue, Chronogram
1998 Linda Weintraub, Genus Fusion, Book: Animal.Anima.Animus, FRAME, Pori, Finland
1994 Vivien Raynor, Water Is a Source of Inspiration The New York Times
1993 Kathi Norklun, Personal Beast, Woodstock Times
1992 Steven Kolpan, Beast of Eden, Woodstock Times
1992 Tram Combs, Jan Harrison, Noticias de Arte, New York, New York
1992 Nancy Catandella,The Artist's Artist, ArtTimes
1991 Eleanor Martin, Inner Space: Windows on the Human Spirit, Times Herald Record, Poughkeepsie, New York
1991 Estella Lauter, Women As Mythmakers Revisited, Quadrant: Contemporary Jungian Thought
1989 Ann Pollak, Myths For Our Time, Dialogue, Dial;ogue Portfolio, Columbus, Ohio.
1989 Jerry Stein, New Museum Show a Treasure on Paper, The Cincinnati Post, Cincinnati, Ohio.
1988 Gary J. Schwindler, A Perilous Eden: Pastel Drawings by Jan Harrison,� Dialogue, Tenth Anniversary Issue, Columbus, Ohio.
1988 Gary J. Schwindler, Jan Harrison, New Art Examiner, Chicago, Ilinois.
1988 Jan Riley, Drawing, Toni Birckhead Gallery, Cincinnati, 27 June - 30 July, Dialogue, Columbus, Ohio.
1988 Owen Findsen, Artist Harrison's Faces, Figures�, The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio.
1987 Owen Findsen, Exhibit Portrays an Artistic Sense of Self, The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio.
1986 Owen Findsen, Divining House Reflection of Artists� Images, Emotions, The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio.
1986 Dorothy Burkhart, State of Our Art, San Jose Mercury News, Arts & Books, San Jose, California.
1984 Janus Small, Jan Harrison-Paintings and Drawings, Dialogue Magazine
1983 Jan Riley, Jan Harrison, New Art Examiner, Chicago
1983 Gina Franz, Figuratively Speaking, New Art Examiner, Chicago
1982 Elizabeth Hoxie,Ten Solo Exhibitions, New Art Examiner, Chicago
1982 Betty Collings, Jan Harrison, Dialogue Magazine
1980 Eleanor Munro, The Virtues of Staying at Home, Cincinnati Magazine
1979 Holliday T. Day, Midwest Art-A Special Report, Art in America
1978 Lucy Lippard, World Books A & B, Chrysalis, Los Angeles

Grants/Awards
Grants
New Works Grant Ohio Arts Council Columbus, Ohio 1986
Fellowships
Individual Artist Fellowship Ohio Arts Council Columbus, Ohio 1988
Individual Artist Fellowship Ohio Arts Council Columbus, Ohio 1985
Individual Artist Fellowship Ohio Arts Council Columbus, Ohio 1983


Projects
Selected
2006 The Sparky Project, curator, Nelson Santos, New York, NY
2005 My Other Tongue, The Art of Jan Harrison, by Jenny Fox, Videotape of Jan Harrison singing in Animal Tongues, plus animal sounds, cat and studio images.
2003 Art Is, George Quasha, International video installation of artists' interviews, White Box Gallery, New York, NY, and exhibited worldwide.
2003 Paintings included in What The Universe Tells Me, Unraveling the Mysteries of Mahler�s Third Symphony, Produced and directed by Jason Starr, Arts Video Productions, Ltd., New York, NY
1986 �Jan Harrison: Painter,� Videotape documentary, pilot tape. (Videographer: Jane Collings, Ohio Arts Council funded. Organized by Betty Collings, The Artists� Organization, Columbus, Ohio)
1985 �Faces of Soul�The Animal,� Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio (lecture) 6/85-6/86, Organized by Catherine Keller, (Seminar on the Animal Nature in relation to art and myth.)
1981 �On Record,� Record album produced through C.A.G.E. and Cincinnati Composers� Guild, Cincinnati, Ohio (Includes Jan Harrison speaking in Animal Tongue (Selected audio artists)




Publications
Selected
2011, Singing In Animal Tongues: An Inner Journey, PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art, New York, NY, Essay, Videos, Images of Painting and Sculpture. Podcast Interview with Linda Weintraub.
2007 Marquis Who's Who in American Art, 2007-2011
2005 Encaustic Works 2005, Karl Emil Willers and Beth E. Wilson,Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY.
2003 In The Making:Creative Options for Contemporary Art, Linda Weintraub,Soul-Genus Fusion, D.A.P., Distributed Art Publishers, New York, NY
2002 Face of the Deep, A Theology of Becoming, Catherine Keller, Routledge Press, London, England.
2001 Arcana Mundi, Jan Harrison, Linda Weintraub,Genus Fusion, Station Hill/Barrytown, Ltd., New York,
1998 Animal.Anima.Animus, Pori Contemporary Art Museum Publications/FRAME Publications, Pori, Finland, �1998, Essay by Linda Weintraub,�Genus Fusion,� Co-Curator with Marketta Sepp�l�
1995 Bestial Angels, (Historical Overview of the Animal in Art), Carolyn Eyler, William King Regional Arts Center, Abingdon, Virginia.
1990 The Definitive American Contemporary Quilt, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, New York, NY, �1990, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Ltd.
1988 Object Image Icon, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Parkside, South Australia.
1986 Interface: Outsiders and Insiders, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, Essay by Gary Schwindler, Curator, �1986, Ohio University, Lancaster, Ohio
1984 Cincinnati Selections, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, Denny Young, Curator of Painting, Cincinnati Art Museum.
1982 Ten Solo Exhibitions, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, Essay by Betty Collings, Curator, Published by University Galleries, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio