Jeremy Harrison

Artist

Experience

1988 – 2020 Art Teacher

The Rivers School

•Taught four classes per term, three terms per year, September – June. 

•Classes include foundation-advanced levels of Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Digital Photography.

•Academic advisor, six-eight students per year

•Art gallery coordinator, Davenport Gallery/Bell Gallery responsible for eight-nine exhibitions per year

Education

1985 Masters of Fine Arts

University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

•Printmaking major, under Mauricio Lasansky and Keith Achepohl

•Drawing minor, under Ben Moss and Howard Rogovin

1982 Bachelor of Arts

Kenyon College, Gambier, OH

•Fine Arts major

•Religion major

Exhibitions

2024 •”Square,” International photography exhibition, Decode Gallery, Tucson, AZ

2022 •”Trees,” Group online Exhibition, photography, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX

2021 •”40th Annual Adirondacks National Exhibition of American Watercolors,” View, Center for Arts and Culture, Old Forge New York

2021 •”Impressions IV,” printmaking group show, (three etcings, one resin engraving), Twist Gallery, Lexington, MA

2021 •”Into the Woods,” International open art competition, (one watercolor, one pastel), Cultural Center of Cape Cod, Yarmouth, MA

2021 •”Denver Month of Photography: Architectural Photography,” The Art Gym, Denver, CO

2021 •”MembersPrize Show”, Cambridge Arts Association, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA

2020 •”Dynamic: Shadow and Light,” International photography exhibition , Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR

2020 •”Mary Schein Fall Salon,” Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA 

2020 •Solo Exhibition, painting, printmaking, photography, handmade paper, The Bell Gallery, The Rivers School, Weston, MA

2020 • Members Prize Show, Cambridge Arts Association, University Place Gallery, Cambridge, MA

2020 •”Winter,”International photography exhibition, The Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow, Scotland

2020 •”Liminal Spaces,” Group exhibition, painting, Town Common Gallery, Cambridge College, Cambridge, MA

2020 •”Water,” Group Exhibition, photography, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX

1988 – 2019 •Arts Faculty Group Exhibitions, painting, printmaking, photography Annually Bell Gallery, The Rivers School, Weston MA

2018 •Group Exhibition, VanDernoot Gallery, painting, Lesley University/College of Art and Design, Cambridge, MA

2017 •Group Exhibition, painting, printmaking, Zullo Gallery, Medfield, MA

2016 •Group Exhibition, painting, printmaking,  Zullo Gallery, Medfield, MA

2014 •Group Exhibition, painting, printmaking,  Zullo Gallery, Medfield, MA

2013 •Solo Exhibition, painting, printmaking, Nest Gallery, Dedham, MA

2011 •Solo Exhibition, painting, McEvoy Gallery, Portsmouth Abbey School, Portsmouth, RI 

2012 •Solo Exhibition, painting, Raytheon Room, Wayland Public Library, Wayland, MA

2009 •Solo Exhibition, painting, photography Fleming Gallery, TASIS School, Thorpe, Surrey, England

2009 •Solo Exhibition, painting, Davenport Gallery, The Rivers School, Weston, MA

2008 •Solo Exhibition, painting, Winsor Art Gallery, The Winsor School, Boston, MA

1995 •Group Exhibition, Arts Worcester Biennial, Worcester, MA

1994 •”Books: Works of Art,” handmade books from handmade paper, Rugg Road Papers and Prints, Sommerville, MA

1994 •Group Exhibition, paper painting, Paper/Fiber XVII National, Iowa City, IA

1992 •Group Exhibition, The Print Club of Albany, 19th National, Albany, NY

1991 •Solo Exhibition, painting, printmaking, Julia Saul Gallery, Sudbury, MA

1990 •Group Exhibition, International Exhibition of Miniature Art, Toronto, Canada

1985 •Group Exhibition, printmaking International Biennial Print Exhibition, Taiwan, China

1985 •Group Exhibition, printmaking, Ybor City International Print Competition, Ybor City, FL

1985 •MFA Exhibition, printmaking, The University of Iowa, Art Museum

Awards

2016-2019 •William F. Gallagher Teaching Chair, The Rivers School 

2013 •Senior Teacher Award, The Rivers School

1982 •Peterson Printmaking Prize, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH

Memberships

2021-present •Boston Printmakers

2020-present •Cambridge Arts Association, Artist Member

2020-present •Shepherd & Maudsleigh Studios

2019-2020 •Cambridge Arts Association, Associate Member

Publications

2020 •Between Lakes, by Jeffrey Harrison, cover, watercolor

2008 •Caribou and the North, by Monte Hummel and Justina Ray, three photographs

2008 •Arctic Inspired A Tribute to the Tundra, Tim Irvin ed., Six paintings, four photographs

2008 •Above and Beyond Canada’s Arctic Journal, two photographs

1986 •The Singing Underneath, by Jeffrey Harrison, Relief etching Front piece, The Windhover Press

1985 •The Veil, by Indira Ganesan, Three aquatint print illustrations, Mt. Ararat Press

Grants

2015 •The Color of Light, Maine Media Workshops, seven-day photography course taught by Arthur Meyerson; Granted by The Rivers school

2013 •Introduction to Digital Photography, Maine Media Workshops, seven-day photography course taught by Terry Abrams; Granted by The Rivers school

2010 •Les Tapies Art Teacher workshop, Toulette, France, two-week residency; Granted by The Rivers school

2008 •Peter S. Reed Foundation grant recipient in painting

2006 •Arctic Canoe Journey, Ten days, led by Alex Hall on Clark and Thelon Rivers, NWT, Canada; Granted by The Rivers school

1996 •Drawing into Painting, six-day course at School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; Granted by The Rivers school

1995 •Introduction to Photoshop, six-day course at School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; Granted by The Rivers school

Sabbaticals

2008-2009 •Granted by The Rivers School; One year, half salary; Lived in London, England for a year, created portfolio of watercolor paintings

1997 •Granted by The Rivers School; One term, full salary with grant to work at Blackstone Press, Worcester, MA; Created portfolio of oil paintings and etchings