Claire Harris (artist)
Claire Harris is a photographic and mixed-media artist from New Zealand. In 2016 she was part of the artists' collective Fantasing which held the Artist in Residence position at the Audio Foundation in Auckland, New Zealand.
Harris was raised in Gore and Christchurch in the South Island of New Zealand. She graduated from the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts in 2005, majoring in photography, and completed a Post Graduate Diploma of Fine Arts at Massey University in 2009. Harris specialises in video performance art and photography.Exhibitions
- A Horse Walks Into a Bar, Cur. Mark Williams, Media Gallery, The Film Archive, Wellington, New Zealand, 2010
- Knowing You, Knowing Me: New Artists Show, Cur. Emma Bugden, ARTSPACE, Auckland, New Zealand, 2010
- Typical Girls: Comedic Feminist Video from Wellington, Cur. Bryce Galloway, Media Gallery, The Film Archive, Wellington, New Zealand, 2011
- Through The Keyhole, Enjoy Public Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand, 2013
Awards and recognition
- Best distribution , 2010 Black River Digital Eric Awards
- Celebrity Squares: Miley 2014, Parkin Drawing Prize finalist, 2015
