Steve Harris

Steve Harris was born in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1953 and is self-taught as an artist. He moved with his wife Karen and two daughters to Australia in 1991 and now resides in Jervis Bay, New South Wales. “Harris has become well known for his impeccably painted still life compositions, his skilful use of light, shadow and space being a hallmark of his approach. He generally tends to depict objects which have an everyday function or perhaps have even been discarded, but the work is about much more than simple representation. Harris is a master of understated realism which in turn evokes its own sense of ‘atmosphere’ and contemplative mood. His works have been described as ‘meditations in light’; and this is very much the feeling one has when attending one of Harris’s exhibitions – a type of reflective silence emanates from the paintings and imbues them with a spiritual quality that one would not, perhaps anticipate.” ~ Nevill Drury Images 2, Australian Contemporary Painting.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1981  Cargo Gallery, Lyttleton NZ

1982  Cargo Gallery, Lyttleton NZ

1983  Bealey Gallery, Christchurch NZ

1984  Rosslyn Gallery, Dunedin NZ

1984  Bealey Gallery, Christchurch NZ

Rosslyn Gallery, Dunedin NZ

1985  Bealey Gallery, Christchurch NZ

1986  Bealey Gallery, Christchurch NZ

1987  Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney Australia

1988  Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney Australia

1989  Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney Australia

1990  Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney Australia

Bealey Gallery, Christchurch NZ

1991  Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney Australia Bealey Gallery, Christchurch NZ

Ferner Gallery, Auckland NZ

1992  Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney Australia Melbourne Fine Art Gallery, Melbourne Australia Bealey Gallery, Christchurch NZ

1993  Ferner Gallery, Auckland NZ
Melbourne Fine Art Gallery, Melbourne Australia Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney Australia

1994  Melbourne Fine Art Gallery, Melbourne Australia Ferner Gallery, Auckland NZ

Bealey Gallery, Christchurch NZ

1995  Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney Australia

Cintra Galleries, Brisbane Australia

Ferner Gallery, Auckland NZ

1996  Ferner Gallery, Wellington NZ

Melbourne Fine Art Gallery, Melbourne Australia

Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney Australia

1997  Cintra Galleries, Brisbane Australia

1998  Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney Australia

1999  Ferner Gallery, Wellington NZ

Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne Australia

2000  Ferner Gallery, Auckland NZ

Bealey Gallery, Christchurch NZ

2001  Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney Australia

2002  Ferner Gallery, Auckland NZ Bealey Gallery, Christchurch NZ

2003  Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney Australia

2004  Bealey Gallery, Christchurch NZ

Ferner Gallery, Wellington NZ

2006  Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne Australia

Retrospective, Shoalhaven Regional Art Gallery, NSW Australia

Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney Australia

2007  Ferner Gallery, Auckland NZ

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1977  Benson & Hedges Award, Dunedin NZ

1978  Abernethy’s Gallery, Dunedin NZ

1979  Commonwealth Young Artists’ Exhibition, Royal Overseas League

Christchurch NZ and London UK Otago Art Society, Dunedin NZ

1980  Otago Art Society, Dunedin NZ

1983  Guest Artist, Ashburton Annual Exhibition, Ashburton NZ

1984  Montana Art Award, Auckland NZ

1985 Guest Artist, Timaru Annual Exhibition, Timaru NZ Rosslyn Gallery, Dunedin NZ

1988 Inaugural Australian Commercial Galleries Association Art Fair, Melbourne Australia 1993 A.C.T.A. Maritime Award, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Sydney Australia

P&O Maritime Award, Sydney Australia

12 Contemporary NZ Artists, Hong Kong Royal Country Club, Hong Kong 1996 NZ Realists, Robert McDougal Public Art Gallery, Christchurch NZ

Guest Artist, Inverlochy Exhibition, Wellington NZ
Dual Horizons, Studio of Contemporary Art, Auckland NZ Still Life, Group Exhibition, Ferner Gallery, Auckland NZ Super Art Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne Australia

2006  Lexus Mortimore, Dubbo Australia

2007  Dickerson Gallery, land, sea & sky, Melbourne Australia

Farm Feral and female, Bell Gallery, Berrima, NSW Australia

2011 Still Life exhibition Gallery One, Gold Coast 2014 Solo exhibition Gallery One, Gold Coast

COLLECTIONS INCLUDE

Deutche Bank, Sydney Australia, McDougal Public Art Gallery, Christchurch NZ, B-H.P. Collection, Melbourne Australia, Mclntosh Corporate Ltd. Sydney Australia, Baring Securities (Australia) Ltd, Sydney, Abbott Tout Russell Kennedy, Sydney, NZ Post, Wellington NZ, Sly and Weigall, Sydney, Huka Lodge Taupo NZ, D & D Tolhurst, Melbourne, Skellerup Corporation, Auckland NZ, Air New Zealand, Sydney, Air, New Zealand, Brisbane, Marubeni Australia Ltd, Melbourne, Sky Television, NZ, Merrill Lynch, Sydney, J.B. Were, Sydney, Australia, Deacons Graham & Jones, Sydney, Campbelltown City Art Gallery, Australia Shoalhaven Regional Art Gallery, N.S.W., Lowenstein, Sydney. Private Collections including: United States of America, United Kingdom, Germany, Bahamas, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, New Zealand, Japan, Hong Kong, Brunei, China