Lisa-Marie Harris is a contemporary artist from Trinidad & Tobago, living and working in London. Her practice addresses the objectification of women by interrogating how their bodies are re-framed as things, and are reduced to functional surfaces meant to be separated, stretched, and reassembled. Challenging the positioning of women's bodies as sites of desire, labour, and extraction, Harris' practice asserts the physical autonomy of women, whilst inverting the agentic denials set upon their bodies. Taking an interroceptive (internally sensing) approach, her work is concerned with locating and releasing the flesh memories held within the body as a way of understanding its core existence, or its 'bodyhood,' as termed by Harris.
Harris received her MA (distinction) in 2021 from Central Saint Martins, London UK, and her B.Sc. (summa cum laude; highest hons.) in 2012 from The New School, New York City, USA. She is the recipient of The Ingram Prize (2022) The Helen Scott Lidgett Award (2022), and the Jane Carole Clarke Award (2021). Recent solo exhibitions include: Highly Strung, MiArt, Milan IT (2024); The Pusher and The Pull, Lightbox Museum, Woking UK (2023); RESPONSES (To Things I've Been Told About My Body) Cooke Latham Gallery, London UK (2023). Selected group exhibitions include: Contested Bodies, Stanley and Audrey Burton Galleries, University of Leeds, UK (2023); RAW NERVES, Hannah Barry Gallery, London UK (2022); and Curved Space, Peer Gallery, London UK (2022). Her works have been acquired by the UAL Arts Collection, The Ingram Collection, and the Marcelle Joseph Collection.
C.V.
EDUCATION
2021
M.A. | Central Saint Martins – London, UK
Distinction
Contemporary Photography: Practices & Philosophy
2012
B.Sc. | The New School – New York, USA
Summa Cum Laude | Highest Hons. / 1st Class
Visual Culture, Media Studies & Aesthetics
AWARDS
2022 | Ingram Prize (London, UK)
2022 | Helen Scott Lidgett Award (London, UK)
2021 | Jane Carole Clarke Memorial Award (London, UK)
2008 | The New School Graduates Award (New York, USA)
1998 | SanFest National Arts Award (San Fernando, TT)
GRANTS
2023 | DYCP Arts Council UK
2021 | Central Saint Martins KE Projects
2009 | The Drawing Center New York
2008 | ISE Foundation Program
RESIDENCIES
2022 | ACME Studios (London, UK)
2021 | KE x ArtHaus (London, UK)
2016 | Luise Kimme Sculpture Museum (Mt. Irvine, Tobago)
SOLO SHOWS
2024 | High Strung……………… MiArt | Milan, IT (Forthcoming)
2023 | The Pusher and The Pull……………… Lightbox Gallery Museum | Woking, UK
2023 | Responses (To things I’ve been told about my body)………Cooke Latham Gallery | London UK
2022 | Detritus……………… Tension Gallery | London, UK
2022 | Ingram Prize Show……………… Unit 1 Gallery | London, UK
2022 | Curved Space……………… PEER Gallery | London, UK
2022 | The Body We Are In……………… Confer Karnac | London, UK
2022 | Curated II - WOMXN……………… Unit 1 Gallery | London, UK
2022 | FILM LIME……………… Studio 108 | London, UK
2021 | Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival………………Alice Yard | Belmont, TT
2021 | What Have We Done?………………Lethaby Gallery | London, UK
2021 | Final, not Over………………Unit 1 Gallery | London, UK
2020 | Homeward Bound………………Alexandra Palace | London, UK
2020 | I Promise You………………Apiary Studio | London, UK
2020 | Big Space………………1 Granary Sq. | London, UK
2019 | On Making………………Ofr. | Copenhagen, DK
PERFORMANCES
2024 | Cotton Candy 001……………… (Forthcoming)
2024 | Bone of the Egret……………… QPS, Port of Spain T&T
2023 | Cover Yourself ………………London Gallery Weekend; Cooke Latham Gallery | London, UK
2021 | Destination LOG…………DHL Shipping Depots: London UK, Caroni T&T, Appeldoorn NL
2020 | The Hair Shop………………Tate Exchange, Tate Modern | London, UK
2020 | Steups UK………………Digital pop-up GIF sale
2017 | TA[S]TE………………Tate Exchange, Tate Modern | London, UK
2017 | SITUATIONALS: A Body is Here………Picasso Museum | Paris, FR
RESEARCH PROJECTS
2022 | Real Hair, Fake Here………………UCL, The Philosophy Institute | London, UK
2017 | TASTE………………UCL, SOAS, University of Westminster | London, UK
2016 | Dehumanized Perception………………UCL & UCLA | Los Angeles, USA
2011. | Thomas Dang Vu x ISE Foundation………………New York, USA
2011 | Billy Omabegho: Writings………………New York, USA
2010 | Global Africa Project…………Museum of Art & Design (MAD Museum) | New York, USA
ARTIST PUBLICATIONS
2024 | The Studio Review (Forthcoming)
2024 | Taking Space (Forthcoming)
2024 | Cover Yourself (Forthcoming)
2024 | The Pusher and The Pull (Forthcoming)
2023 | Responses (To things I’ve been told about my body)
2023 | Au Courant Vol. 06
2022 | Root of the Womb
2022 | Au Courant Vol. 05
2020 | Last Monday
2020 | The Golden Hour
TALKS + PRESENTATIONS
2024 | ACAVA TALKS……………… ACAVA | London, UK (Forthcoming)
2024 | Performing Gender as You See Fit……………… University of Leeds x LUL Galleries | Leeds, UK
2023 | Mind The Gap - RES ARTIS Conference Speaker……………… ACME x UCL | London, UK
2023 | The Pusher and The Pull – Artist Talk……………… Lightbox Museum Gallery | Woking, UK
2023 | Cover Yourself – Artist Talk……………… Cooke Latham Gallery | London, UK
2022 | The Studio - Duchamp & Sons……………… Whitechapel Gallery | London, UK
2021 | Film on Digital Panel………………Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival – Alice Yard | Belmont, TT
2021 | On Bodyhood ………………Considering Art | New York, USA
RECENT MEDIA
2023 | The Art Newspaper……………… London Gallery Weekend 2023 Critics Pick
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/06/01/london-gallery-weekend-our-critics-picks
2023 | Apollo Magazine……………… London Gallery Weekend Highlights
https://www.apollo-magazine.com/london-gallery-weekend-2023-highlights/
2023 | Evening Standard……………… What To See London at Gallery Weekend
https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/exhibitions/london-gallery-weekend-highlights-what-to-see-b1083205.html
INDUSTRY PRACTICE
2022 | Collections Advisor……………… University of the Arts, London, UK
ACADEMIC PRACTICE
2022 | Visiting Research Academic……………… Central Saint Martins, London UK
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Ingram Collection
UAL Art Collection
Marcelle Joseph Collection