born
1977 in Blacksburg, Virginia

Lives and works in New York

education
2008
M.F.A. Painting, Queens College CUNY, Flushing, NY

2005
Studied Yoga philosophy and made drawings in South India

1999
B.A. Studio Art, Yale University, New Haven, CT

1998
Studied at the Yale-Norfolk Summer School of Art, Norfolk, CT

1997
Studied at the International School of Art, Umbria, Italy

solo exhibitions
2010
Conversations. Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE

2009
American Kiss. Mooney Center Gallery, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY

2008
Twilight Boys (MFA Thesis). Klapper Gallery, Queens College, Flushing, NY

selected group exhibitions/screenings
2010
Dance Theater Workshop Benefit. New York, NY (forthcoming)
Nose to Nose, The Reinstitute, Millerton, NY
When Girls Were Boys and Boys Were Girls (two-person show). Leslie/Lohman Gallery, New York, NY. Curated by Cora Lambert
Fresh Paint. Rockland Center for the Arts (ROCA), West Nyack, NY. Curated by Lynn Stein

2009
Outside the Lines: New Directions in Drawing. A.D. Gallery, University of North Carolina, Pembroke, NC
NURTUREart Benefit. Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, NY
Emerging Artist Auction. Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, NY
Wassaic Project Summer Festival. Wassaic, NY. Curated by Nicholas Cohn
ShapeShifting. Division of Human Works, Brooklyn, NY
Think Gallery. Think, New York, NY. Curated by Cora Lambert

2008 
Retail Space Available. Gallery 151, New York, NY
Vote Art. Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts (DCCA), Wilmington, DE. Curated by Carina Evangelista

2007
MFA Group Exhibition. City University of New York, Flushing, NY
Screening. Swimming Lessons (animated short), Think Indie Film, New York, NY

2005
Screening. Sleepwalking (animated short), Think Indie Film, New York, NY

2004
Screening. Sleepwalking, CUNY TV, New York, NY

2002
Are You Interested? Smart Gals Productions, Los Angeles, CA.
F*CK ROMANCE: New Romanticism in L.A. Coagula Projects, Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Chris Sicat

2001
Outside Views. Antelope Valley College, Lancaster, CA
MAEF Exhibition. Baltimore Museum of Art, MD
Wagner Show. Los Angeles, CA
Getty Underground. The Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA
ARIA. Artplace, Los Angeles, CA . Curated by Holly Myers

lectures/teaching
2009
Lecture. Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts
Gallery Talk, College of New Rochelle
Workshop, Booklyn Artists Alliance, Brooklyn, NY

2008
Workshop, Booklyn Artists Alliance, Brooklyn, NY
Teaching Assistant to Kurt Kauper, Painting I, Queens College, CUNY

curatorial projects
2010
Nose to Nose, The Reinstitute, Millerton, NY

awards
2009
Drawing Center Viewing Program

2002
E.D. Foundation Grant

2001
Maryland Artists' Equity Foundation Exhibition Award
Biennale Internazionale dell'Arte Contemporanea (invited)

1998
Bates Traveling Fellowship (Rome, Italy)
Ellen Battel Stoekel Fellowship (Yale-Norfolk Summer School of Art)

1997
Maryland Artists' Equity Foundation Exhibition Award

1996
Vermont Studio Center Residency

bibliography
2010
Frances Yee. “Open Studio: Jen P Harris,” Curve Magazine (forthcoming)
“When Girls Were Boys and Boys Were Girls,” Boog City, March 2010
The New York Times, Metropolitan p.13; Calendar (image), January 31, 2010
Victoria Donohoe. “Credit card art, emotional oils,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 22, 2010

2009
Carina Evangelista. “Jen P Harris: Conversations,” exhibition brochure, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, December 4, 2009