‘I am concerned primarily with abstract imagery and the translation of drawn marks into cloth. By making work that is pieced, patched and assembled, I aim to create pieces that explore repetition, pattern and the disrupted or dissonant journey of line and image across and through the surface of cloth.’
‘I am concerned primarily with abstract imagery and the translation of drawn marks into cloth. By making work that is pieced, patched and assembled, I aim to create pieces that explore repetition, pattern and the disrupted or dissonant journey of line and image across and through the surface of cloth.’
A graduate of the textile course at Goldsmiths College, Matthew Harris creates work using painting, cutting, and hand stitching. He has worked with textiles since 2000, having previously created and exhibited drawings and works on paper. His work primarily explores abstract imagery and the translation of drawn marks into cloth. By piecing, patching, and assembling his work, he aims to create pieces that explore repetition, pattern, and the disrupted or dissonant journey of line and image across and through the surface of cloth.
Matthew Harris has shown his work in numerous group and solo exhibitions throughout the UK, Ireland, US, and Japan. The Whitworth Museum and Art Gallery and the Shipley Museum and Art Gallery in the UK have acquired his work, which is also included in numerous private collections. In 2014, he participated in Field Notes, a collaborative project with British composer Howard Skempton and the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. In 2009, he completed Scorched, a ten-meter-long Graphic Score for the newly refurbished Colston Hall music venue in Bristol.
Matthew Harris lives and works in Britain.
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