Draft:Jesse Harrod

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Jesse Harrod
NationalityCanadian
Alma materNova Scotia College of Art & Design University (BFA, 2006); School of the Art Institute of Chicago (MFA, 2010) [1]
Known forSculpture, Macramé, Tapestry
Notable workTaught Tight Tender Sway (2017) [2]; Flaggin' 1, 2, 3 (2018) [3]; Hatch (2019) [4]; BonBon (2019) [5]; To Marie with Love (2022) [6]
Awards2020 Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Visual Arts Fellowship [7]
Websitejesseharrod.com

Jesse Harrod is a visual artist working in sculpture, painting, textiles and fiber art (specifically macramé), ceramics, stained glass, and other media.[7] Harrod explores the potentials of abstraction, feminist and queer histories, and embodiment through multimedia works that often employ colorful paracord, a commercially available synthetic cord used in parachutes.[8][9][10] Harrod is represented by Fleisher/Ollman Gallery in Philadelphia, PA, and works as Associate Professor and Program Head of Fiber & Material Studies at Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University (Philadelphia, PA).Fleisher/Ollman Gallery » Artists » Jesse Harrod[11]

Early Life, Education & Career[edit]

Early Life & Education[edit]

Born in South Africa, Harrod moved with her family to Toronto, Canada, as a child.[12] Harrod is nuerodivergent and from a young age made art as a way of managing disability and illness.[12] Harrod received a BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University and an MFA from the department of Fiber & Material Studies at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.[8]

Career[edit]

Detail of paracord macramé sculpture by Jesse Harrod (2023)

Renowned for her work in sculpture and macramé and for her contributions to queer and feminist art production[13][14], Harrod has shown work as part of solo and group exhibitions internationally and her work is in the permanent collections of the John Michael Kohler Arts Center (Sheboygan, WI)[15], Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art (New York, NY)[16], and Mark Rothko Art Centre (Daugavpils, Latvia).[8]

Notable exhibitions include Jesse Harrod: Tough Nut (2023)[17] and Mending and Repair in Response with Lisi Raskin (2019)[18][19], both at Fleisher/Ollman Gallery (Philadelphia, PA); Hatch (2019-2020) at Bowtie Projects (Los Angeles, CA)[20], Flaggin’ 1,2,3 (2018) at Socrates Sculpture Park (Queens, NY)[21]; Toxic Shock and Hotdog (2016) at Vox Populi (Philadelphia, PA)[22][23][24], and Low Ropes Course (2015) at NurtureArt (Brooklyn, NY)[25], for which a publication of the same name featuring writing by art historian Jenni Sorkin and artist Allyson Mitchell, amongst others, was published by Publication Studio.[26] Harrod's work has also been included in such notable group exhibitions and publications as In Practice: Material Deviance (2017) at SculptureCenter (Queens, NY)[27][28][29]; Haptic Tactics (2018)[30][31] and the traveling exhibition Queer Threads: Crafting Identity and Community (2014-2016), both organized by Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art (New York, NY)[32][33]; and Even Thread Has a Speech (2019-2020) at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center (Sheboygan, WI).[34]

Harrod has participated in several artist residencies and visiting artist programs including John Michael Kohler Arts Center's Art/Industry program; Fire Island Artist Residency[35]; the Icelandic Textile Center[36]; the Vermont Studio Center[37]; Recycled Artist in Residency - Philadelphia[38]; the Museum of Art and Design[39], and MacDowell Residency[40], among others. In 2022, Harrod was invited by Transart Institute to participate in the "What Knots Knot Knots" research symposium at The 8th Floor in New York, NY, amongst such artists and collectives as Zachary Fabri and The Institute of Queer Ecology.[41]

In 2020, Harrod was awarded a Visual Arts Fellowship by the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ https://www.fleisher-ollmangallery.com/uploads/10300103/1683654408205/Jesse-Harrod-CV-2023-05.pdf
  2. ^ "When the Language Meant to Prop up Art Makes It Fall over". 15 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Jesse Harrod".
  4. ^ "Hatch".
  5. ^ "Expanding 'outside,' Lisi Raskin and Jesse Harrod's 'Mending and Repair in Response' at Fleisher Ollman". 9 October 2019.
  6. ^ "To Marie with Love – John Michael Kohler Arts Center".
  7. ^ a b c "Jesse Harrod | The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage". www.pewcenterarts.org. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  8. ^ a b c "Fleisher/Ollman Gallery » Artists » Jesse Harrod". www.fleisher-ollmangallery.com. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  9. ^ ""Color"—Out Now! | Surface Design Association". Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  10. ^ "The Eroticism of Materials And Political Nature Of Abstraction". Posture Media. 2018-04-09. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  11. ^ "Jesse Harrod". Tyler School of Art. 2014-09-05. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  12. ^ a b "Jesse Harrod's road to macramé through the American South". Artblog. 2023-03-07. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  13. ^ Fountain, Daniel (2021-12-13). "Survival of the Knittest: Craft and Queer-Feminist Worldmaking". MAI: Feminism & Visual Culture. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  14. ^ Salomone, Andrew (2017-03-10). ""Knotty" Macramé Works Bind Feminism, Queerness, And Diversity". Vice. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  15. ^ "To Marie With Love – John Michael Kohler Arts Center". Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  16. ^ "Jesse Harrod (she/her)". lohman.zetcom.net. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  17. ^ "Fleisher/Ollman Gallery » Exhibitions » Jesse Harrod: Tough Nut". www.fleisher-ollmangallery.com. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  18. ^ "Fleisher/Ollman Gallery » Exhibitions » Mending and Repair in Response". www.fleisher-ollmangallery.com. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  19. ^ "Expanding 'outside,' Lisi Raskin and Jesse Harrod's 'Mending and Repair in Response' at Fleisher Ollman". Artblog. 2019-10-09. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  20. ^ "Hatch". Clockshop. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  21. ^ "Jesse Harrod". Socrates Sculpture Park. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  22. ^ Populi, Vox. "Vox Populi > Jesse Harrod – Toxic Shock and the Hotdog". Vox Populi. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  23. ^ phillygaynews (2015-06-11). "Artistry, diversity on display from new collective members". Philadelphia Gay News. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  24. ^ Kimball, Michael Anthony Farley Whitney (2016-06-21). "We Went to Philly Part 1: Vox Populi". Art F City. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  25. ^ "Jesse Harrod: Low Ropes Course". Artsy. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  26. ^ Studio, Publication. "Publication Studio". publicationstudio.biz. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  27. ^ Rodney, Seph (2017-03-15). "When the Language Meant to Prop Up Art Makes It Fall Over". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  28. ^ "In Practice: Material Deviance". www.sculpture-center.org. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  29. ^ "Jesse Harrod : Romanov Grave". Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  30. ^ "Haptic Tactics". leslielohman.org. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  31. ^ "Haptic Tactics". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  32. ^ "Queer Threads: Crafting a Community On View at Leslie-Lohman Museum". www.out.com. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  33. ^ Tietjen, Alexa (2017-05-15). "Samples of the Works in 'Queer Threads: Crafting Identity and Community'". WWD. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  34. ^ "Even thread [has] a speech – John Michael Kohler Arts Center". Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  35. ^ "People". Fire Island Artist Residency. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  36. ^ Center, Icelandic Textile. "2017". Icelandic Textile Center. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  37. ^ "Visiting Artist: Jesse Harrod". Vermont Studio Center. 2018-11-06. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  38. ^ "Jesse Harrod". RAIR. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  39. ^ "Jesse Harrod". madmuseum.org. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  40. ^ "Jesse Harrod - Artist". MacDowell. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  41. ^ "What Knots Knot Knots - e-flux Education". www.e-flux.com. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
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