1967  Born, USA
Lives and works in Portland, Oregon, USA

EDUCATION

1996  UCSC, Certification in Ecological Horticulture and Sustainable Food Systems
1994  California College of Arts and Crafts, MFA, Interdisciplinary
1990  BFA, Photography, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS

2013

The Best Things in Museums are Windows, The Exploratorium, Pier 15, San Francisco

2012

BMW Tate Live: Performance Room 2012 artists Thursday 28 June, 20.00 – BMW Tate Live Performance Room #4: Harrell Fletcher

2011

Active Engagement . IDEA Space, Colorado Springs, CO. Working with a group of students from Colorado College, this exhibition reflected our collective understanding, based on first-hand research, of the intersections between the military community the broader Colorado Springs community.

2010

The Sound We Make Together (Melbourne) NGV, Melbourne
My War FACT, Liverpool.

2009

Made in India Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, Canada

2008

Born Out of Pleasure, Solo Exhibition at The Power Plant, Toronto

2007

The American War, LAXART, Los Angeles
The American War. Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta

2006

Where I lived and What I lived For,  Domaine de Kerguehennec Centre d’Art, Bignan, France
Some Translations, In Situ, Paris
Veda’s Bible, Sala Diaz, San Antonio, Texas
The American War, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, Oregon
Where I Lived, Domaine de Kerguéhennec Centre d’Art, Bignan, France
Orange, In Situ, Paris, France
The American War, White Columns, New York

2005

People, Jack Hanley Gallery, Los Angeles
The American War, Artpace, San Antonio, Texas
I’ll Follow You, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
With Our Own Little Hands, The Wrong Gallery, New York
Come Together (NYC), Apex Art, New York
Come Together (Austin), Test Site, Austin, Texas

2004

A Moment of Doubt, Christine Burgin, New York
Maintaining The Jazz, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco
Happiness Follows Us Like A Shadow, New Langton Arts, San Francisco
Hold My Hand I’ll Take You There. The Art Gym at Marylhurst University, Portland
Come Together (Austin).  Test Site, Austin, TX.  Come Together is an event format that I have created that integrates people from different areas of a community to gather and exchange perspectives with one another.
Come Together (NYC). Apex Art, New York City

2003

The Sound We Make Together, DiverseWorks, Houston, Texas
Now It’s A Party, Hartford, Connecticut
Reread Summerhill, Signal Art Center, Malmö, Sweden

2001

Everyday Sunshine, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, Oregon
48 Hours, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis

2000

Cars and Houses, The Physics Room, Christchurch, New Zealand
Saying I Love You Or Something Like That, Institution, California

1999

The Boy Mechanic, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
Boy, CoCA, Seattle

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012

The Shaping of New Visions: Photography, Film, Photobook. The Museum of Modern Art, New York City. April 2012.
The Northwest Biennial. Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma WA
Object Fictions. James Cohan Gallery, New York City
Children’s Films. International Project Space, Birmingham, England

2011

Social Media. The PACE Gallery, New York City
Roofless Motif Laurel Gitlen, New York
Children’s Films. Bielefelder Kunstverein, Waldhof, Luxembourg

2010

The More Things Change SFMoMA, San Francisco
Exchange Economies. IDEA Space, Colorado Springs, CO

2009

The Art of Participation: 1950-Now. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
Evading Customs. Brown Gallery, London
Assume Nothing, The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC Canada
The New Normal. Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, California
Land Wars. Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts, Pakuranga, Auckland, New Zealand.
New York Photo Festival. Dumbo Brooklyn. Brooklyn, New York.
The New Normal. Artist Space, New York City
The New Normal. Huarte Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Huarte, Spain
The New Normal. Canzani Center Gallery, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio

2008

Amateurs, curated by Ralph Rugoff, CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco

2007

Memorial to the Iraq War, ICA, London
Learning to Love You More. MU, Einhoven, Netherlands
Free Zone. The 6th Mercosul Biennial, Porte Alegre, Brazil
No Place: Artists Explore Utopia. Cheekwood Installation Gallery, Nashville, TN
Learning to Love You More; Harrell Fletcher and Miranda July with the Oliver Family. Bumbershoot, Seattle, WA
Come Together. Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Heros and Amateurs. Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Alberta, Canada.
Witness to War; Revisiting Vietnam in Contemporary Art. The International Center for the Arts at San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA.
true bearing. PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR.
Glimpses of Utopia. Red Dot Gallery, Los Angeles. This show was another Come Together event, focused on bringing different people from the community together to voice their visions for a better downtown.
Stealing Time. The Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery at Hunter College, NYC. Exhibition explored the contemporary work setting in a society where the rules of Work undergo constant change.

2006

The Observatory Vol II, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London

2005

Do Not Interrupt Your Activities, Royal College of Art, London

2004

2004 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
Near and Far, Domaine de Kerguéhennec Centre d’Art, Bignan, France

2003

Baja to Vancouver, The Seattle Art Museum, Seattle
Street Selections, The Drawing Center, New York

2002

Playground, Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA, Portland, Oregon
Yes We’re Excerpts, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York

2001

Fast Forward, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, California

2000

Of the Moment: Contemporary Art From the Collection, SFMOMA, San Francisco
Above and Beyond, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco

 

 

GRANTS, AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES

2012

Artist-in-Residence. Exploratorium, San Francisco. The Exploratorium is a museum of science, art, and human perception.

2011

Artist-in-Residence. Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
Travis Souza’s Walk Through California, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary art
Americans for the Arts 2011  Outstanding Public Artwork.  Project The Knowledge  was selected as one of 47 public art projects that represent the most compelling work for the year from across the country.
Capp Street Project Artist-in-Residence, California College of the Arts.
Pack Distinguished Scholar in Residence. Otterbein University, Westerville, OH

2009

Portland State University Civic Engagement Award For Excellence in Community-based Learning and Teaching Ox-Bow School of Art and Artist Residency, Visiting Artist and Lecturer

2006

Faculty Skowhegan School of Art
Artistic Director at The Kitchen’s Summer Institute

2005

Alpert Award in the Visual Arts Art Pace Residency

2003

Gunk Grant
Artslink Grant

2002

Creative Capital Grant

2000

Creative Work Fund Grant
Oxbow Visiting Artist Residency

1999

Artists and Communities Millenium Grant

1998

Headlands Center for the Arts Residency

1996

Creative Work Fund Grant

1994

Headlands Center for the Arts Post-Graduate Studio Award
California Arts Council Residency Grant
Bay Area Award

 

SELECTED SCREENING

2005

Blot Out The Sun, Transmediale, Berlin
The Problem Of Possible Redemption, WRO, Warsaw
Side By Side, Cinematheque, San Francisco

2004

The Problem of Possible Redemption, Videoex, Zurich
The Problem of Possible Redemption, Onion City Video Festival, Chicago
The Forbidden Zone, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Oregon PBS
The Problem of Possible Redemption, Aurora Picture Show, Houston, Texas
Hello There Friend, Socrates Scupltutre Park, Queens, New York
Blot Out The Sun, Limerick City Gallery, Limerick, Ireland

2003

Blot Out The Sun, 911 Media Arts Center, Seattle
Blot Out The Sun, PDX festival, Portland, Oregon

2002

Antony, Museuo Tamayo, Mexico City

 

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2010

The People’s Biennial, Curated by Harrell Fletcher and Jens Hoffmann, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, Oregon, 10 September – 17 October, 2010, Touring to: Dahl Arts Center, Rapid City, South Dakota, 14 January – 27 March, 2011, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 8 July -18 September, 2011, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, Arizona, 15 October – 15 January, 2012, Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania, 27 January – 2 March, 2012
The Magnificent Seven: Harrell Fletcher, Selections from the Life and Work of Michael Bravo, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco

2007

Abstract Things, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London

2003

Hello There Friend, Christine Burgin, New York

2001

A Love For All Animals, San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco

1999

Survivalist, Southern Exposure, San Francisco

1998

Whipper Snapper Nerd, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco

 

 

SELECTED PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS

2009

The Knowledge Portland, Oregon. This mural depicts a series of stacked books from the Portland State University Library. Titles include references to the adjacent educational community and local sustainability efforts, as well as topics of interest to the diverse student body

2006

Corentine’s Turtle, Domaine de Kerguehennec Centre d’Art, Bignan, France

2002

More Sunshine, Regional Art and Culture Council, Portland, Oregon

2000

School of Social Work U of Minnesota Art Commission, St Paul, Oregon
North Beach Parking Garage, San Francisco Art Commission, San Francosco

1999

Down in your Hang Outs of Market Street. San Francisco Art Commission, San Francosco

1998

Bus Shelter Project, Washington State Art Commission, University of Washington
Muni Key Stop Project, San Francisco Art Commission, San Francosco,

1997

This Fine Place: a public art project, City of Fairfield, California

1996

I Go To School…, Billboard, Claremont Middle School, Oakland, California

 

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Museum of Modern Art, New York
Collection du FRAC, Bretagne, France
The Kramlich Collection, New York
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
The New Museum, New York
M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francosco, California
Berkeley Art Museum, University of California
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California

 

CATALOGUES

2011

Hoffman, Jens, Fletcher, Harrell. The People’s Biennial . Independent. Curators International, p. 1-136.
Free Speech Zone: Michael Patterson-Carver Four Corners Books

2010

Harrell Fletcher: The Sound We Make Together National Gallery of Victoria

2008

Between Artists: Harrell Fletcher and Michael Rakowitz A.R.T Press

2007

Learning To Love You More Prestel
Harrell Fletcher Domaine de Kerguehennec
James F. Miles Is A Boyfriend And A Girlfriend Gallery 16

2006

American War, Artpace

2005

I’ll Follow You, Laura Bartlett Gallery

2004

A Moment of Doubt, Christine Burgin Gallery

2003

Now It’s A Party, Hartford Art School

2001

Everyday Sunshine, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art

1999

Museum Pieces, M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco
The Boy Mechanic, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco

1998

Whipper Snapper Nerd, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco

 

PRESS

2012

Leake, Maria D. “Art as Social Practice: Exploring the Contempoary.” Art Education,  vol. 65 no. 2, Mar 2012. p. 25-29.

2011

Scrase, Carl, Harrell Fletcher, Melbourne, and Transience in das Super Paper
Lawler, Lousie. “20/20: Harrell Fletcher.” Frieze , Sep 2011. p. 128.

2010

Power, Liza, The People’s Artist in The Age, Aug 20, Arts Section

2009

Oksenhorn, Stewart. “The accidental artists.” The Aspen Times , Jul. 4, 2009. Section A, p.3.
Smith, Jeremy Adam, Marsh, Jason. “Why We Make Art.” Greater Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life , Winter 2009. p. 14.
Higgs, Matthew. “Miranda July.” Interview Magazine , Aug. 2009. p. 71.

2008

Hoffmann, Jens. “You and Me.” Frieze , Issue 119, Nov-Dec 2008. p. 192-195.
Broadhurst, Cameron. “Land Wars.” Howick and Pakuranga Times , Feb. 28, 2008.
Stock, Nicole. “Land Wars.” achitecturenz, Mar. 2008.
Gifford, Adam. “More Than Dirt under Our Feet.” The New Zealand Herald , Mar. 6, 2008. Arts & Literature Section.

2007

Sooke, Alastair, Memorial to the Iraq War, Frieze, issue 109, September
Allsopp, Laura, Memorial to the Iraq War, ICA, London, in Art Review, September
O’Reilly, Sally, Memorial to the Iraq War, ICA, London, in Art Monthly, July/August
Patterson Carver, Michael and Fletcher, Harrell, Memorial to Iraq War, ICA, London, Newspaper Publication with ICA, May
Jeffrey, Ryan, Harrell Fletcher, LA><Art, Los Angeles,Frieze, Issue 107, May
Hanks, Robert, The Art of War: How the World’s Artists See The Conflict In Iraq, in The Independent, April 27

2006

McKinnon, John, Portrait: Harrell Fletcher, in Time Out, Chicago, 5 November
Row, D.K.. An Opposing View of War, in The Oregonian, 22 September
Davis, Lilian. Critics’ Pick, Artforum, September
Fletcher All Around, in Fans of Soft, July
Kimmelman, Michael. ‘The American War’: Harrell Fletcher’s Vietnam Photographs at White Columns, in The New York Times, June
Saltz, Jerry. Absalom, O Absalom: ‘Not for Inciting Hatred, but for Learning Lessons from History’, in The Village Voice, May Hall, Emily. Critics’ Pick, in Artforum, May

2005

Interview with Allan McCollum, July
Singer, Debra. A Post-Biennial Post-Script, in Parkett, No.73

2004

Sholis, Brian. Harrell Fletcher, in Flash Art, July
Helfand, Glen. Harrell Fletcher: New Langton Arts/Jack Hanley Gallery, in ArtForum, May
Cotter, Holland. Harrell Fletcher at Christine Burgin Gallery,in The New York Times, 28 May
Fineman, Mia. The Biennial That’s Not at the Biennial, in The New York Times, 02 May
Cotter, Holland. Multiplex, in New York Times, Feb 20
Slaton, Joyce. Average? Ordinary people, remarkable art, in San Francisco Weekly, January
Chun, Kimberly. No Irony, Just Art, The San Francisco Chronicle, January
Baker, Kenneth. Politics put outraged artist on ‘Periwinkle’ alert, in The San Francisco Chronicle, January
O’Neill-Butler, Lauren. Harrell Fletcher: Learning To Love Him More, in SuperNaturale

2003

Bowie, Chas. AND EVEN MORE EVERYDAY SUNSHINE, in The Portland Mercury, July

2002

Thompson, Chris. On the Fly: A day in the life with Harrell Fletcher, in Portland Phoenix, August

2001

Fowle, Kate. Everyday People, in [a-n] Magazine, July

1999

Baker, Kenneth. Collaborative Ideas At Yerba Buena, San Francisco Chronicle, July
Harvey, Doug. Whipper Snapper Nerd, inArt Issues, March
Porges, Maria. Fletcher and Rubin, in Art Forum, February

1998

Nakano, Craig. When Artists Become Anthropologists, in The San Francisco Chronicle, 22 May

 

ARTICLES AND REVIEWS AUTHORED

2011

Fletcher, Harrell. “Harrell Fletcher” Du , November 2011 no. 281. p. 54.
Fletcher, Harrell. “Objects of Affection.” Huck , July/August 2011. p. 88.
Fletcher, Harrell. “Harrell Fletcher’s Interviews with Children.” Dumbo Feather Magazine , Issues 27, 28, 29 and 30, Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall 2011.
Fletcher, Harrell. “Learning about the World at the Grocery Store.” Exchange , 2011. p. 30-33