1961 Born Cleveland, OH
1986 BFA, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
1988 MFA, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
One Person Exhibitions
2007
"Anne Harris: New Work," Alexandre Gallery, New York
2006
"Eighty-six Drawings," Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA
2003
"Without Likeness, Paintings by Anne Harris," Bowdoin College Art Museum, Brunswick, ME; Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
2002
D.C. Moore, New York, NY
2000
"Blue-eyed People and Other Strangers," Nielsen Gallery, MA
"Anne Harris," DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY (catalog)
1999
"Anne Harris: Works on Paper," Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA
1998
"Anne Harris: Work In Progress," Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM
1997
"With Max 1995-1997," Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA (catalog)
"Max Newborn," Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, ME
1994
Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA
1993
Lillian Immig Gallery, Emmanuel College, Boston, MA
1991
Concord Public Library, Concord, MA
Group Exhibitions
2007
“Beyond Likeness,” North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, North Dakota
2006
“Couples Discourse,” Palmer Art Museum, University Park, PA
“The Figure in American Painting and Drawing 1985-2005,” Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Ogunquit, ME
2005
"Looking at Herself", with Susanna Coffey and Susan Hauptman Lyme Academy of Fine Art, Old Lyme, CT
2004
"Endless Love", curated by Mark Greenwold, D.C. Moore, New York, NY
2003
"Biennial", Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
2002
"Painting in Boston: 1950-2000", DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
"Portraits: More Than Skin and Bones," Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA
2001
Yale School of Art Alumni Exhibition; Yale University’s 300th Anniversary", New Haven, CT
"Re-Presenting Representation", Corning Gallery, New York, NY
"Biennial", Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
2000
"The Figure: Another Side of Modernism," Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY
"The Likeness of Being: Contemporary Self Portraits by 60 Women," D.C. Moore Gallery, New York, NY.
"Celebrating Contemporary Art in New England: Recent Acquisitions," DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
"Undoing of Motherhood," Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME
1999
Exhibition in Tribute to Stephen D. Paine, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
"Front Line: Contemporary Draughtsmen in New England," The Boston Athenaeum, Boston, MA
"The Nude in Contemporary Art," The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT.
"Nielsen Gallery 35th Anniversary Exhibition – New Work," Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA.
1998
Portland Museum of Art First Biennial, Portland, ME
"Smart," Peter Tatistcheff Gallery, New York, NY
"Best Buys: New Acquisitions," DeCordova Museum & Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
"Seasons of Change: Maine Women Artists and Nature," Art Gallery, The University of New England, Westbrook College Campus, Portland, ME
"Knowing Children" David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
"Invitational: Portraits," Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA
Boston International Fine Arts Show, Boston, MA
"New Acquisitions," Walker Arts Center, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
1997
"The Juried Show: Maine Debuts Since 1979," Maine Coast Artists Gallery, Rockport, ME
"11 Faces," The Painting Center, New York, NY
"Realism in 20th Century American Painting," Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Ogunquit, ME
1996
"Contemporary Master Drawings," Lewiston-Auburn College, University of Southern Maine, Lewiston, ME (catalog)
"Beyond Recognition: Contemporary Women and the Self-Portrait," Akus Gallery, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT and Montserrat College of Art Gallery, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA and The Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT (catalog)
"9 Artists / 9 Visions," The DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA (catalog)
"5 Women / 5 Rooms," Women’s Caucus Invitational, Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA
"Narcissism: Artists Reflect Themselves," California Center for the Arts Museum, Escondido, CA (catalog)
1995
"Inside Out: Psychological Self-Portraiture," The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT (catalog)
"Re-presenting Representation II," Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY
"Ordinary Object - Extraordinary Experience," Summer Invitational, Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA
1994
Two Person Exhibition, Area Gallery, University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME
Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA
"The Luster of Graphite," The Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, ME
1993
"Crossing the Line: Abstraction/Figuration," Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA
"Paper Pieces," Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA
"SELF - aMUSED," Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
Boston University School of the Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition, Boston, MA
"The Drawing Show," Juried Exhibition, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
Maine Coast Artists Gallery, Juried Exhibition, Rockport, ME
1992
"Vital Signs - Women of the 90’s," Hammond Galleries, Lancaster, OH
Babcock Gallery, Newton, MA
"New Acquisitions Show," Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
"Visiting Artists Series," Cantor Art Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
1991
"Works on Paper," Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
"The Boston Drawing Show," Juried Exhibition, curated by Clifford Ackley, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
Juried Exhibition, curated by Gabriel Ladderman, First Street Gallery, New York, NY
Concord Public Library, Concord, MA
"New American Artists," Hammond Galleries, Lancaster, OH
Boston University School of Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition, Federal Reserve Bank Gallery, Boston, MA
1990
Minnesota Arts Association, Red Wing, MN
1989
Juried Exhibition, curated by Richard Field, Margaret Ford Trahern Gallery, Austin Peay University, Clarksville, TN
Portland School of Art, Faculty Exhibition, Baxter Gallery, Portland, ME
1988
Thesis Exhibition, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
Portland School of Art, Faculty Exhibition, Baxter Gallery, Portland, ME
Public Collections
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
The DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
Estabrook Foundation, Carlisle, MA
Fogg Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Margaret Ford Trahern Gallery, Austin Peay University, Clarksville, TN
New York Public Library, New York, NY
Olin Arts Center, Bates College, Lewiston, ME
Walker Arts Center, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
Wellington Management Co., Boston, MA
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
Honors and Awards
2005
Illinois Arts Council Artists Fellowship for Painting
1997
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Award
1993
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for Works on paper
Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation Grant
1991
Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
1989
Purchase Prize, Larson Biennial National Drawing Exhibition
1988
Ely Harwood Schless Memorial Fund Prize
1987
Yale Norfolk Teaching Fellowship
1986-88
Tuition Scholarship, Yale University, New Haven, CT
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