About
Jen P. Harris (they/she) was born in Virginia and currently lives and works in Cleveland, Ohio. Harris received a BA in studio art from Yale University in 1999 and an MFA in painting from Queens College of the City University of New York in 2008. They were awarded a Fellowship in Painting from the New York Foundation for the Arts in 2012, a Pollock Krasner Grant in 2025, and an Edward Albee Foundation Fellowship in 2026. Harris' works are in numerous public and private collections and are featured in the book TEXTILES x ART: How Textiles Are Shaping Contemporary Art (Thames & Hudson, 2025). Recent exhibitions include Patricia Sweetow Gallery (Los Angeles, CA), Jane Lombard Gallery (New York, NY), Essex Flowers (New York, NY), Ortega y Gasset Projects (Brooklyn, NY), and Abattoir Gallery (Cleveland, OH).