About Pat Jacoby Harris
“There is no uncertainty about the watercolors, acrylics, Prismacolor® paintings of Pat Jacoby Harris. There is nothing tentative about the color or stroke. Her art is confident and expressive. There is passion and power and illumination in her grand sweeping paintings as well as in her small intense pieces. They are infused with information: the music, the poetry, the philosophies ~ the life of Ms. Harris has responded to. The observer is seduced.” Merrill Grinnell, Art Reviewer
Patricia Jacoby Harris was born in Peekskill, NY, September 15, 1940 and grew up in this Hudson River Valley area, 40 miles north of New York City. She was an art major at Hendrick Hudson HS, Montrose, NY. In 1959, Jacoby Harris enrolled in SUNY College of Art Education, Buffalo, NY and spent a semester in Sienna, Italy. Studies included fresco painting, sculpture, pottery, art history and Italian culture.
She lived in New York City during 1960’s and has divided subsequent years between Buffalo and Peekskill. In Peekskill 1986-1997, she opened PJH Showroom Gallery and had a studio in The Dempsey Flatiron Building in Peekskill’s Downtown Historic District.
Jacoby Harris is currently living and working in the Black Rock District of Buffalo. She has exhibited widely in New York State, Pennsylvania and the Western New York Area, receiving many awards and Best of Shows for her work.
Watercolors painted with unconventional techniques reach dimensions of between 4 to 6 feet. The brushstrokes and washes compose highly animated imagery using transparent colors and opaque gouaches. She also works in acrylics on canvas, board and paper, but another favorite medium is Prismascolor colored pencils and sticks. This medium is also used in a nontraditional manner. Abstract imagery is heavily built up of layers of pigment and burnishing which results in a highly glossy and rich surface.
In recent years the linear signature of these abstract paintings have found expression in fiber crafts and “Specious Artifacts”. The expression is in the creation of strands of fiber made from the reclaimed and unraveled wools, mohairs, linens, cottons, silks and acrylics of sweaters that are from all over the world. Hundreds of artifacts (mostly hats) have been sold at stores in Buffalo and New York City.
Jacoby Harris is a longtime member of The Buffalo Society of Artists and has exhibited in many of their juried shows.
Portfolio
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PAT JACOBY HARRIS ~EXHIBITIONS & AWARDS
2000-2023
December 6, 2019
Second The Stock Exchange Art Exhibition and Sale at artist’s studio. Over 42 pieces found owners.
September 15, 2018
First The Stock Exchange Art Exhibition and Sale at artist’s studio. Over 60 pieces found owners.
2008 TO 2015
Artist explored textile crafts with reclaimed fibers from knitted sweaters. Fibers were combined and reinvented into new combinations. Over 100 hundred sweaters were unraveled and over 200 one-of-a-kind creations were sold at Thin Ice, Turnstyle, Shabby Chic and Artsphere Studio in Buffalo, NY and Liberty House in New York City.
CORCORAN STUDIO, Retrospective Exhibition, Rhode Island Street, Buffalo, NY 4/2014
ARTSPHERE STUDIO, ARTISTS 10 YEARS IN HISTORIC BLACK ROCK EXHIBITION, MARCH 2013, CATALOG PUBLISHED
ARTIST’S STUDIO EXHIBITION, 616 AMHERST ST., 2009-2010 BUFFALO, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS, ARTSPHERE STUDIO/GALLERY, B LACK ROCK 2009-2010 BUFFALO, NY
ANNUAL MS ART EXHIBITION & LOTTERY, BUFFALO MUSEUM OF SCIENCE, 2008, BUFFALO, NY
BURCHFIELD MEMBERSHIP EXHIBITION, BURCHFIELD PENNY ART CENTER, 2008, BUFFALO, NY
ARTSPHERE STUDIO, SOLO EXHIBIT, SEPTEMBER 2008, “Making Faces”
ARTSPHERE STUDIO, WINTER EXHIBITION 2007-2008, BUFFALO, NY
PAINT THE TOWN, ERIE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY FUNDRAISER, 2007, BUFFALO, NY
ARTSPHERE STUDIO, SOLO EXHIBIT, FEBRUARY 2007, BUFFALO, NY, “Escaping Thoughts”
ANDERSEN GALLERY, 110TH BUFFALO SOCIETY OF ARTISTS CATALOG EXHIBITION 2006, BUFFALO, NY
ARTSPHERE STUDIO, SUMMER EXHIBITION 2006, BUFFALO, NY
* FINELINE GALLERY, BUFFALO SOCIETY OF ARTISTS SPRING EXHIBIT, 2006, BUFFALO, NY, AWARD: EMULSO AWARD
NATIONAL WOMEN’S EXHIBITION 2006, IMPACT GALLERY, BUFFALO, NY
IMPACT GALLERY, “ART, HEALING & MENTAL HEALTH”, 2005, BUFFALO, NY
NATIONAL ARTS PROGRAM AT BUFFALO 2005, CITY HALL
MARKET STREET GALLERY, 106TH BUFFALO SOIETY OF ARTISTS CATALOG EXHIBITION, 2002, LOCKPORT, NY
ART DIALOGUE, WESTERN NEW YORK ARTISTS GROUP MEMBERS, BUFFALO, NY
104TH BUFFALO SOCIETY OF ARTIST CATALOG SHOW, BUFFALO, NY
ELMWOOD VILLAGE FIRST ANNUALOUTDOOR ART FESTIVAL, 2000, BUFFALO, NY
FINELINE GALLERY, GROUP EXHIBITION, BUFFALO, NY
BUFFALO SOCIETY OF ARTISTS, KARPELS MANUSCRIIPT MUSEUM, BUFFALO, NY
1991-1999
PARTNERS IN ART, GROUP EXHIBITION, TONAWANDA, NY
ART DIALOGUE GALLERY, BUFFALO, NY
PJH SHOWROOM GALLERY, PEEKSKILL, NY, ARTISTS PERMANENT COLLECTION
PAT JACOBY HARRIS STUDIO, PEEKSKILL DOWNTOWN ARTISTS DISTRICT, PEEKSKIL, NY
ARTIST IN THE GARDEN, F. W. VANDERBILT GARDEN ASSOCIATION, 1997, HYDE PARK, NY,
JULIE TORMAN, M.D.OFFICE, SOLO EXHIBITION, 1997, CROTON-ON-HUDSON, NY
BLACK COW CAFÉ, SOLO EXHIBITION, 1997, CROTON-ON-HUDSON, NY
YORKTOWN MUSEUM GROUP EXHIBITION, 1997, YORKTOWN, NY
* HUNTER MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, CHATTANOOGA, TN, 1996, AWARD: HONORABLE MENTION
TOUCHSTONE GALLERY, SOLO EXHIBITION, 1996, BETHLEHEM, PA
THE GALLERY, ARTIST OF THE MONTH, 1996, SCHUYLKILL HAVEN, PA
PJH SHOWROOM GALLERY, PAT JACOBY HARRIS GALLERY, PEEKSKILL, NY
MARY BETH BARAN GALLERY, BETHLEHEM, PA, FEATURED ARTIST
WHITE HAWK GALLERY, GRUP EXHIBITION, 1995, MILLERSBURG, PA
GALLERY ALONG THE SUSQUEHANNA, COLUMBIA, PA
FRAMES ETC., GROUP EXHIBITION, 1995, FRACKILLE, PA
THE GALLERY, GROUP EXHIBIITON, 1995, SCHUYLKILL HAVEN, PA
* PARAMOUNT CENTER FOR THE ARTS, 1993, PEEKSKILL, NY “UNIVERSAL SYMBOLS”, AWARD: BEST OF SHOW
BEAGLE GALLERY, SOLO EXHIBITION, PEEKSKILL, NY
ART ATTACHE, BUFFALO, NY, FEATURED ARTIST
ARTS AT THE ARMORY, PEEKSKILL, NY, AUCTION EXHIBITION
1980 – 1990
GARRISON ART GALLERY, GARRISON, NY, ARTISTS ON LOCATION & AUCTION - TWO YEARS
THE BATAVIA PUBLIC LIBRARY, BATAVIA, NY
BENJAMIN GALLERY, BUFFALO, NY
BEAGLE GALLERY, SOLO EXHIBITION, PEEKSKILL, NY
* BURCHFIELD ART CENTER, 90TH BUFFALO SOCIETY OF ARTISTS ANNUAL EXHIBITION, BUFFALO, NY AWARD: 3RD PLACE BRONZE MEDALLION
HALLWALLS ART GALLERY, NY MEMBERS EXHIBITION, BUFFALO, NY
AA0/CLARZ-MINER GALLERY, “FULL SPECTRUM” SOLO EXHIBITION, BUFFALO, NY
BLACK MOUNTAIN II GALLERY, UNIV. OF BUFFALO, AMHERST, NY, SOLO “FULL SPECTRUM” EXHIBITION
PEOPLES ART GALLERY, CURATOR’S EXHIBITION, BUFFALO, NY
*2ND ANNUAL WATERFRONT VILLAGE EXHIBIT, BUFFALO, NY, AWARD: BEST IN SHOW/GOLDOME PURCHASE AWARD
*HALLWALLS MATRIX GALLERY, SOLO EXHIBITION MATRIX ROOM, BUFFALO, NY, 40TH WNY EXHIBITION, ALBRIGHT KNOX ART MUSEUM, BUFFALO, NY, AWARD: CHEMICAL BANK FOR WATERCOLOR
38TH WESTERN NY EXHIBITION, ALBRIGHT KNOX ART MUSEUM, BUFFALO, NY
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