Nationality: Irish
Pat Harris was born in Dublin in 1953. He spent a year as an evening student at the National College of Art and Design before pursuing a full time painting course from 1973 to 1978. He won a scholarship to the National Higher Institute of Fine Arts, Antwerp graduating in 1981. He has held numerous solo shows in Belgium, Ireland, throughout Europe and the USA. He is currently a lecturer in painting at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp.
Public Collections Include
The Arts Council of Ireland
The Gordon Lambert Collection, IMMA
Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin
The Contemporary Irish Arts Society
The National Self Portrait and Contemporary Art Collection, Limerick
University College, Dublin
The Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle
The Boyle Civic Art Collection
A.I.B Collection, Dublin
The University of Antwerp, UFSIA Library
Recent Solo Shows
Selected Group Exhibitions
Selected Bibliography
SIAR 50 (Irish Museum of Modern Art, 2005)
In the time of shaking - Irish artists for amnesty international (Art for Amnesty, 2004)
Dunne, Aidan, 'Painting in Ireland now', Circa 109 (2004)
Pat Harris: Passings, catalogue (Taylor Galleries Dublin, 2003)
Living Landscape: European Topographies (West Cork Arts Centre, 2002)
Lernout, Geert, Pat Harris: Where the horses walk, catalogue essay (Taylor Galleries Dublin, 2001)
Pat Harris was born in Dublin in 1953. He spent a year as an evening student at the National College of Art and Design before pursuing a full time painting course from 1973 to 1978. He won a scholarship to the National Higher Institute of Fine Arts, Antwerp graduating in 1981. He has held numerous solo shows in Belgium, Ireland, throughout Europe and the USA. He is currently a lecturer in painting at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp.
Public Collections Include
The Arts Council of Ireland
The Gordon Lambert Collection, IMMA
Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin
The Contemporary Irish Arts Society
The National Self Portrait and Contemporary Art Collection, Limerick
University College, Dublin
The Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle
The Boyle Civic Art Collection
A.I.B Collection, Dublin
The University of Antwerp, UFSIA Library
Recent Solo Shows
| 2005 | Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast | |
| 2004 | Fenton Gallery, Cork | |
| 2003 | Passings, Taylor Gallery Dublin | |
| 2003 | Gallery S65, Aalst, Belgium | |
| 2002 | Elzenveld Sint - Jorispand, Antwerp | |
| 2001 | Where the Horses Walk, Taylor Gallery, Dublin |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2005 | Across Boundaries, various venues, Ireland | |
| 2005 | Moment in Time, Temple Bar Galleries Dublin,Ireland | |
| 2005 | SIAR 50, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland | |
| 2004 | Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast, Ireland | |
| 2004 | In the time of shaking, Irish artists for Amnesty International, | |
| 2004 | IMMA, Dublin, Ireland | |
| 2002-03 | Living Landscape: European Topographies, West Cork Arts | |
| 2003 | Centre, Ireland, An Tuireann Arts Centre, Isle of Sky, Scotland | |
| 2003 | Inverness Art Gallery and Museum,Inverness, Scotland, Iona | |
| 2002 | Gallery, Kingussie, Scotland | |
| 2001 | EV+A, Limerick, Ireland ( curator Salah M. Hassen) | |
| 2001 | Passages from Ballinglen, List Gallery, Swarthmore Collage, Pennsylvania, USA |
Selected Bibliography
SIAR 50 (Irish Museum of Modern Art, 2005)
In the time of shaking - Irish artists for amnesty international (Art for Amnesty, 2004)
Dunne, Aidan, 'Painting in Ireland now', Circa 109 (2004)
Pat Harris: Passings, catalogue (Taylor Galleries Dublin, 2003)
Living Landscape: European Topographies (West Cork Arts Centre, 2002)
Lernout, Geert, Pat Harris: Where the horses walk, catalogue essay (Taylor Galleries Dublin, 2001)
Pat Harris
- Available Works
- Past Exhibitions
- Past Exhibitions
Pat Harris was born in Dublin in 1953. He spent a year as an evening student at the National College of Art and Design before pursuing a full time painting course from 1973 to 1978. He won a scholarship to the National Higher Institute of Fine Arts, Antwerp graduating in 1981. He has held numerous solo shows in Belgium, Ireland, throughout Europe and the USA. He is currently a lecturer in painting at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp.