Kira Lynn Harris

Education Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, 1999, Studio Program, New York, NY MFA, California Institute of the Arts, 1998, Program in Art, Valencia, CA BA, University of California at Santa Cruz, 1996, Studio Art Occidental College, Fine Art, , CA (transferred, no degree) Other certificates, etc.: CORO Arts Leadership Fellows Program, 1994 – 95 Certificate of Completion, Southern California Institute for Educators in the Arts, 1993

Area(s) of Specialization: Installation, Drawing, Photography

Teaching, Academic Appointments

College / University

2007, 2008 Adjunct Assistant Professor, City University of New York / John Jay College Introduction to Drawing and Painting 1997-98 Teaching Assistant, California Institute of the Arts Graduate Studio Critique Black Art, French Theory 1996-97 Teaching Assistant, California Institute of the Arts Studio Discussion / Critique for Foundation (Year One) undergraduate course

Visiting Artist Lectures, Workshops

2006 Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Pennsylvania, Visiting Artist Seminar Present my own and other artists’ work at my studio. 2006, 2005 Montclair College, New Jersey Present my own and other artists’ work 2005 St. Mary’s College, Maryland, Artist in Residence Present my own and other artists’ work, Individual studio visits / critiques with undergrad and grad students 2004 Yale University, Connecticut, Guest Lecture for Architecture and Art in African Cultures Lecture on my own work Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Pennsylvania, Visiting Artist Seminar Present my own and other artists’ work, Individual studio visits / critiques with undergrad and grad students 2003 University of California at Irvine, CA Guest Lecture, AfroFuturism Present my own and other artists’ work, Individual studio visits / critiques with undergrad and grad students 1999 School of Visual Art, NY, Guest Lecture Studio critique, instructor: Franklin Sirmans Presentation of recent work and studio visits 1998 Otis Parsons School of Art, CA, Guest Lecture Political and site specific art, instructor: John Boskovich 1997 Pomona College, Claremont, CA Presentation of recent work 1996 California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA Conduct class on practical aspects of an art career California State University, Dominguez Hills Curator talk re: Aesthetic Interventions

Kira Lynn Harris curriculum vitae 1/4 High School, Middle School, Other

Arts Instructor (Part Time) Nightingale Bamford School New York, NY 1999 – present Upper and Middle School. Selective, private college preparatory school. Intro. to Sculpture, Figurative Sculpture and 3D / Interdisciplinary Art. Intro to Video and Life Drawing.

Arts Consultant, Education Program Whitney Museum of American Art New York, NY 1998 – 2002 Hetrick Martin Institute / Harvey Milk School. Alternative high school for LGBT teens. Teach classes on modern and contemporary art practices.

Artist in Residence Jackie Robinson Center Pasadena, CA. 1995-96, 1994 - 95 Two year residency at community center instructing children from low income neighborhood in art - drawing, collage and mixed media projects.

Selected Conferences/Symposia

2005 • Scope Art Fair, New York, Panelist, God in Art panel, organized by Ethan Cohen Fine Arts 2001 • New School University, New York Panelist Black Art at the Millenium, panel discussion, organized by Olu Oguibe

Selected Solo Exhibits and Projects

2009 • Solo Exhibit (to be titled) CUE Art Foundation Gallery, New York, NY 2006 • Impossible Spaces: an ongoing project Project Space, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art 2005 • Waterfall, a site specific project Project Space, PS 1 / MoMA, New York • Eva Slept Here Bruno Marina Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 1999 • Lo r s e r F e i t e l s o n A w a r d s E x h i b i t L o s A n g e l e s M u n i c i p a l A r t G a l l e r y , C A

Other Solo and Collaborative Projects

2006 • Artist’s Project Esopus magazine • Berlin Cobblestones collaborative project with designer, Istvan Francer of Theory clothing, trench coat for New Museum fundraiser 2005 • Via Sacra (set design)for original dance choreographed by Elisa Monte Dance • wePod.Harlem.Shuffle collaborative project with writer Brian Keith Jackson, commissioned by Studio Museum in Harlem magazine

Selected Group Exhibits

2007 • Black Light, White Noise Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX • The Color Line Jack Shainman Gallery, New York (traveling, TBA) • Interpreting Utopia Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY, New Paltz, NY • A Certain Slant of Light Rush Corridor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2006 • Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day The Proposition Gallery, New York, NY • When Artists Say We Artists Space, New York, NY • Chimera Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, NY • Made in Woodstock, III Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY • Moving Ahead Bruno Marina Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2005 • Open Secret Visceglia Gallery, Caldwell College, New Jersey

Kira Lynn Harris curriculum vitae 2/4 2004 • Remembering McSweeney Gallery, University of California, Riverside • Light and Atmosphere Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL • Harlemworld Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY • solitude & stillness: Nassau Art Project, New York, NY • FADE Luckman Fine Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA • Open Studio Art Omi, Omi, NY 2003 • Fresh Blood Center for Experimental and Perceptual Art, Buffalo, NY • Urban Aesthetics California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA • amigos: a showcase Associated Projects, New York, NY 2002 • Ironic Iconic Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY • Photosynthesis Red Clay at Skylight Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2001 • Freestyle Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY • Work Folin Riva Gallery, New York, NY 2000 • The Light Show GAle GAtes, et. Al, New York, NY • White Hot Smack Mellon, New York, NY • Open Studios, World Views Lower Manhattan Cultural Center 1999 • New York, New York, … Open Space, Milan, • Touring the Frame , Santa Monica, CA • Paradise Exit Art/ The First World, New York, NY • Open Studio Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, NY, NY • The Mourning After Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1998 • LACE Annuale 1998 Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Hollywood, CA • i Candy: LA in Flux Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica , CA • Resonant Forms Anacostia Museum, Smithsonian, Washington, DC • Smoke and Mirrors (Thesis exhibit) California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA 1997 • Testimony: Reconstructing Histories Montgomery Gallery, Pomona College, Claremont, CA • Black is a Verb! WORKS/San Jose Gallery, San Jose, CA 1996 • The Present (H)our Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA • Personal Conversations Watts Towers Art Center, Los Angeles, CA • Aesthetic Interventions California State University, Dominguez Hills

Grants / Fellowships / Residencies / Awards

Finalist, William H. Johnson Prize, 2006 Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Artist in Residence, 2005 St. Mary’s College, Maryland, Artist in Residence, 2005 Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY, Artist in Residence, 2004 Art Omi, Omi, NY Artist in Residence, International Artist Residency, 2003 Harvestworks, NY, Production Grant, 2003 The Studio Museum in Harlem, Artist in Residence, 2001-2002 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Artist in Residence, at the World Trade Center, 2000 Lorser Feitelson Emerging Artist Award, 1998 Phillip Morris Fellowship; Graduate Fellowship, California Institute of the Arts, 1996-97, 97-98 California Arts Council Grant, Artists in Communities residency in Pasadena, CA. 1995-96, 94-95 Education Abroad Fellowship, University of California, Santa Cruz. Togo, West Africa. Other: Nominee, Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Biennial Award, 2007, 2001 Nominee, Joyce Alexander Wein Prize, 2006 Nominee, Rema Hort Mann Visual Art Grant, 1999 - 2005

Catalogs and Brochures

• Black Light, White Noise, Valerie Cassel Oliver, Romi Crawford, Greg Tate, 2007 • The Color Line, Odili Donald Odita, N’Gone Fall, 2007 • Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day, 2006

Kira Lynn Harris curriculum vitae 3/4 • Light and Atmosphere, Cheryl Hartup, Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL, 2004 • Harlemworld, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY, 2004 • Ironic / Iconic: Bright Lights, Big City, Eungie Joo, for The Studio Museum in Harlem, 2002 • Freestyle, Essay by Susette Min, for The Studio Museum in Harlem, 2001 • Feitelson Fellowship: Kira Lynn Harris, Emmanuel Tet, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, CA 1999 • The Mourning After, Susette Min, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, CA 1999 • Annuale, 1998, Franklin Sirmans, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions • Resonant Forms, Deborah Willis-Kennedy, Smithsonian Institution, 1998 • Testimony: Reconstructing Histories, Rebecca McGrew, Montgomery Gallery, Pomona College, 1997 • The Present (H)our, Paul Tomidy, Oakland Museum, 1996 • Aesthetic Interventions, Kira Lynn Harris, California State University, Dominguez Hills, 1996

Other Articles, Interviews • Waves of Light, Hilarie Sheets, ARTnews, 2007 • Black Light, White Noise, Interview with Valerie Cassel Oliver, Margo Handwerker, Glasstire (online) July 2007 • Portfolio: 2004/2005 Woodstock A-I-R, Photography Quarterly, #95, 2006 • Snapshots, Brief Takes on Rising Artists, Bridget Cooks, International Review of African American Art Vol. 19 No. 2, 2003

Selected Reviews • Black Light, White Noise, Troy Schulze, Houston Press, July 2007 • The Color Line, Holland Cotter, New York Times, July 27, 2007 • PS1 Fall Exhibitions: Other Voices, Other Rooms, Roberta Smith, New York Times, Nov. 11,2005 • An Illuminating Experience, Roni Feirstein, South Florida Sun Sentinel, May 23, 2004 • Ironic / Iconic, Derek Murray, Art in America, March, 2003 • Ironic / Iconic, Holland Cotter, New York Times, August 2, 2002 • Studio Museum in Harlem, Ironic / Iconic, New Yorker Magazine, Sept. 9, 200 • A Full Museum Show Starts with 28 Young Artists and a Shoehorn: Freestyle, Holland Cotter, New York Times, 5/11,/01 • The Light Show, Franklin Sirmans, Time Out: New York, Oct. 12 – 19, 2000, Issue 264

Published Writings

• Survey: New York, Yard Magazine Premiere Issue, Fall 04, 2004 • Aesthetic Interventions, catalogue essay by Kira Lynn Harris (guest curator), California State University, Dominguez Hills, 1996

Professional Service

2007 Committee member, Dean of Students search, Nightingale Bamford School

2002 – present – National Portfolio Review Day, (Annual, fall) for California Institute of the Arts at Pratt Institute (Brooklyn, NY) Review portfolios of high school seniors and undergrad students planning to apply or transfer to art school

Professional Affiliations College Art Association, 1993 – present.

Curator Black is a Verb, WORKS/San Jose Gallery, San Jose, CA, 1997 Aesthetic Interventions, California State University, Dominguez Hills, 1996

Kira Lynn Harris curriculum vitae 4/4