Harris NIchols
Elizabeth Harris Nichols Biography, Artist Statement & C.V.
I was born in the Peace River Country, and spent my formative years on a cattle ranch. I have been educated at Emily Carr University of Art and Design, and have developed a strong background in facilitation of artist environments within society structures and independent studios and galleries. I have taught adult art education throughout British Columbia, and exhibit widely in both private and public galleries with work that reflects my ideas of relevance.
My art is an unique mix of contemporary aspirations and conceptual leanings with undercurrents of rural stoicism. Currently I am setting up studio and shop in Mount Pleasant, Vancouver B.C. To me, this is just one big art project all under one roof; having renovated a couple of houses, and built a few art environments, this should be a piece of cake. I am a multi media artist, and have found, that the ability to create dialogue in several mediums is what keeps my work alive. My conversations in art are an extrospective view of everyday life, with emphasis on the significance of nature.
Curriculum Vitae
Selected Exhibitions
2010 Drawing the Bears out of the Forest Stockhome Designs
2009 Emperor’s New Cloths, Basic Inquiry Gallery, Vancouver
2009 Lacuna / Time Passes, Plaskett Gallery New Westminster B.C.
2008 Fresh, 1000 Parker Street, Vancouver
2008 Figurative Works, Hycroft Gallery, South Grandville, Vancouver
2008 Spring Spirit, Feast Gallery North Vancouver
2005 Our Daily Bread, Peace Gallery North, Fort St John, BC
2005 KnickKnacks, Havana Gallery Vancouver
2002 Divine Bovine, Blackberry Gallery,Port Moody B.C.
2001 The Sleep Project, Seymour Art Gallery, Deep Cove B.C.
2000 Not About Cows, Peace Gallery North Fort St. John
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009 Art of Food, Media and Concourse Gallery, Emily Carr University, Vancouver
2007 Earth, Wind, Fire, Water, Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver
2004-2007 Doctor Vagari’s Gallery, Vancouver
2007 Wrapture, Blackberry Gallery, Port Moody BC
2003 Between the Narrows, City Scape Gallery, North Vancouver BC
2000 -2002 Mountain Craft Gallery, Whistler B.C.
2000 5 Square Miles, City Scape Gallery North Vancouver B.C.
1999 A Sense of Place, City Scape Gallery, North Vancouver B.C.
1998 Myriad: An Exploration of Flesh and Succulence, Open Gallery South Grandville, Vancouver
1997 Artists in Bloom, Ferry Building, West Vancouver
Representations
Stockhome designs Squamish B.C.
Feast in the Village North Vancouver
Dr Vigari Vancouver B.C.
Mountain Crafts Whistler B.C.
Installations and Projects
2009 Prayer for the Ocean Port Angeles, Washington USA
Farmwurx: Vehicle for installation, performance and intervention (Artists Series with TLC)
Bad Dog Arts: Facility for art-making, workshops and artist networking.
Famous Open Door Studio Society: Monday Nite life drawing, Open Air Sculpture Park.
Groundworks: Where craft and art meet, percentage to the environment.
Education
1989-1992, 2008-09 Emily Carr University BFA
2007 Metchosin International school oF Arts Residency Program
1989 Grande Prairie Regional College Fine Arts Degree
Publications
Georgia Straight Emperor’s New Clothes (2008)
Vancouver Sun: Kudos to a Menagerie of Growing Talent (1992)
Arts Alive: Angels and Divas (1999),Dreamers and Dreamweavers:The Sleep Project(2001),
Guerrilla Sculpture Show (2003),Catch the Spirit (2000),Performance Art (2004),Barking up the Right Tree (2005)
North Shore News Art Market (2003) Bright Lights/Symposium (2005) In your Dreams(2002) Pearfect! (2007)
The Now Bevy of Beauties(2002), Vandals Anything but Kind to Divine Bovine(2002)
North Peace News Art For Art’s Sake(1987), Cows Have Various Uses(2000)
Current Affiliations: Member, Basic Inquiry (Director of Special
Events), BC Ceramics Guild, Rhizome, rhizome.org, New York. USA
the farmhaus
