Steve Harris Biography

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 NZ1983Bealey Gallery, Christchurch NZ; Rosslyn Gallery, Dunedin NZ
1984 Bealey Gallery, Christchurch NZRosslyn 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 NZMelbourne Fine Art Gallery, Melbourne AustraliaRobin Gibson Gallery, Sydney Australia
1994 Melbourne Fine Art Gallery, Melbourne AustraliaFerner 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

COLLECTIONS
Corporate, Public and private collections, including
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