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DESCRIPTION:
Acrylic on ink jet print
12 x 9 in
2024
BIO:
Jana Harper is an interdisciplinary artist whose work investigates truth, trauma, and the human condition through a variety of visual media. Born and raised in Washington DC, Harper received an MFA in printmaking from Arizona State University, a BA in Political Science and Studio Art from The Evergreen State College, and was in the Core Fellowship Program at the Penland School of Crafts. Since 2006 she has regularly attended workshops and residencies led by the artist & educator duo Rosenclaire. Recent awards and exhibitions include a Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship, a Current Art Fund Award from Tri-Star Arts and the Andy Warhol Foundation, the inaugural Tennessee Triennial, a Mellon Foundation Fellowship, an Art Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the 13th Havana Biennial. Harper’s work is held in several public collections including the Library of Congress, the Sackner Archive for Visual and Concrete Poetry, the J.S. Blanton Museum, Proyecto Ace Print Collection, and the Janet Turner Print Collection. Jana lives in Nashville, TN where she teaches in the department of art at Vanderbilt University.
DESCRIPTION:
Acrylic on ink jet print
12 x 9 in
2024
BIO:
Jana Harper is an interdisciplinary artist whose work investigates truth, trauma, and the human condition through a variety of visual media. Born and raised in Washington DC, Harper received an MFA in printmaking from Arizona State University, a BA in Political Science and Studio Art from The Evergreen State College, and was in the Core Fellowship Program at the Penland School of Crafts. Since 2006 she has regularly attended workshops and residencies led by the artist & educator duo Rosenclaire. Recent awards and exhibitions include a Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship, a Current Art Fund Award from Tri-Star Arts and the Andy Warhol Foundation, the inaugural Tennessee Triennial, a Mellon Foundation Fellowship, an Art Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the 13th Havana Biennial. Harper’s work is held in several public collections including the Library of Congress, the Sackner Archive for Visual and Concrete Poetry, the J.S. Blanton Museum, Proyecto Ace Print Collection, and the Janet Turner Print Collection. Jana lives in Nashville, TN where she teaches in the department of art at Vanderbilt University.