About
Jen P. Harris (American, b, 1977) is a Cleveland-based artist who repositions the relationship between painting and textiles to conjure abstract representations of queer embodiment. Harris received a BA in Studio Art from Yale University and an MFA in Painting from Queens College CUNY. She was awarded a Fellowship in Painting from the New York Foundation for the Arts in 2012 and a Pollock Krasner Grant in 2025. Her works are in numerous public and private collections and will be featured in TEXTILES x ART, a Thames and Hudson survey publication scheduled for international release in November 2025. Recent group exhibitions include Jane Lombard Gallery (New York, NY), Essex Flowers (New York, NY), Ortega y Gasset Projects (Brooklyn, NY), and Abigail Ogilvy Gallery (Los Angeles, CA). Harris’s next solo show will be in January 2026 with PATRICIA SWEETOW (Los Angeles, CA) marking her first exhibition with the gallery. Harris is represented by Abattoir Gallery (Cleveland, OH).
Photo: Brian Cade, 2023