About

Jen P. Harris is a multidisciplinary artist working with painting, drawing, textiles, and multiples. Their practice has been shaped by the basic notion that art-making is a conduit for reinvention.

Harris has exhibited their work at venues including s and Ortega y Gasset Projects, Essex Flowers, Daniel Cooney Fine Art, Sardine, and Causey Contemporary (New York, NY); Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Coagula Projects, and Edgar Gallery (Los Angeles, CA); and Abattoir Gallery (Cleveland, OH). Their exhibitions have been reviewed in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Tussle, CultureCatch, VelvetPark, The Korea Times (Los Angeles), and the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Notable awards include a Fellowship in Painting from the New York Foundation for the Arts in 2012 and a Satellite Fund Grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts in 2023.

Harris’s most recent works combine painting with weaving techniques to create hybrid objects that question the conventions of both mediums. This work will be featured in TEXTILE x ART, a major Thames and Hudson AU survey publication scheduled for international release in late 2025.

Born in Virginia, Harris received a BA in studio art from Yale University and an MFA in painting from Queens College of the City University of New York. They are currently based in Cleveland, Ohio.