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Jim Harris

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 diifferent 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.

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