Jim Harris

Art Academy

I finished my Fine art degree at Bristol polytechnic in 1991.

First years in Amsterdam

Moved to Amsterdam where I had my first show at the then called Libarij in Zwolle (solo). In 1996 was my first gallery group show at Singel 74. I sold work to and was commissioned by the AKZO Nobel art foundation to make a larger „en pein air“ painting at the then main site in Arnhem.

Solo exhibitions and art fairs

Between 2000 and 2018 I had many solo exhibitions and art fairs with gallery Roger Katwijk (Amsterdam) and Gallery Martin Martens (Berlin). In this time I had also shown with Robert Drees Gallery (Hannover) and DFN in NYC. With a mid carrier Solo in the Stedelijk museum Kampen in 2013.

Art collections

My paintings have been acquired in several collections including AKZO Nobel, the Dutch Royal family, Drents Museum, Morat Institute for Art and Art Science, AEGON collection, MONDO studios, Thomas Rusche SOR collection and many more. Also articles have been written about my work in the Financieel Dagblad, Het Parool, de V olkskrant and various other publications, including 3 catalogues.

Artist residency

From 2018 until 2020 I was artist in residence at the Dooyewaard stichting in Blaricum.

Teaching

I have been a teacher at the Wackers Academy in Amsterdam since 2010 and also give workshops both in the Netherlands and Germany on a regular basis.

Exhibitions

2023

• „A Visual Diary“ | Oil Pastels, Rozet Arnhem Gallery, solo exhibition
• „Where do you get it from“ | DE HES Oosterbeek Arnhem
• 20 Paintings and Drawings, Commissioned Project of the BZD Blutspendezentrum Duisburg
• ART TAIPEI, Bug 2 Gallery

2022

• „Hand eye and heart“, Kuub galerie Utrecht NL group 3 man group show
• Solo exhibition galerie Hulenhof Halle NL
• Solo exhibition Dom Kerk utrecht 200 jubileam
• Jan van Hoof galerie NL Cut flowers group show

2021

• „Coulissen“ | gallery de Hulenhof, Zelhem, The Netherlands

2020

• „Steen, hout, water en licht“ | Domkerk, Utrecht, The Netherlands
• „Looks Good on Paper“ | Garvey|Simon Gallery, New York, USA

2018

• „Path of Navigation“ | Galerie Martin Mertens, Berlin, Germany

2017

• „Fluid“ | Galerie Roger Katwijk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Jim Harris at the Morat Institution in Freiburg, Germany

2015

• „Current works“ | Galerie Martin Mertens, Berlin, Germany

2014

• „Living off nature“ | Galerie Roger Katwijk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2013

• „Insolation“ | MM Projects, Karlsruhe, Germany

2012

„Leaving the Light“ | Galerie Martin Mertens, Berlin, Germany

2011

• „Immediate Surroundings“ | Gallery Roger Katwijk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2010

• „Neue Bilder“ | Galerie Martin Mertens, München, Germany

2009

• Gallery Jurgen Kalthoff (two-man show), Essen, Germany
• „Lumen“ | Galerie Martin Mertens, Berlin, Germany
• Galerie Roger Katwijk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2008

• Art Bologna, Italy, Gallery Martin Mertens

2007

• Galerie Martin Mertens, Berlin, Germany
• Galerie Krijger & Katwijk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2006

• Galerie Martin Mertens, Berlin, Germany
• Galerie Jürgen Kalthoff, Essen, Germany

2005

• Galerie rekord, Berlin, Germany
• Galerie g, Freiburg, Germany
• Galerie Krijger & Katwijk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2004

• Galerie Jürgen Kalthoff, Essen, Germany

2003

• Galerie Pimm van der Donk, Hamburg, Germany
• Galerie Jürgen Kalthoff, Essen, Germany

1999

• Galerie Singel 74, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

It all starts by observing my immediate surroundings. As a painter I find myself getting excited by a shadow being cast across a tarmac road then continueing onto the grass verge, the tone remains the same but the colour of each suface different and the contours of the surfaces expained, the shadow vanishes, or shifts and then in turn changes my perception of the space ,scene I am viewing.

Looking carefully, really looking is essentially entering a different reality, the „ordinary „becomes extra ordinary.

I draw with paint.

Drawing is fundimental to my work, and more specifically I draw from observation. I am as equally influenced by the tools and materials I use as I am by the subject I am viewing. In short everything is an influence which I choose to deal with through painting and drawing.