Roberta Harris Resume (PDF)
Magic Sticks Essay (PDF)
1997 MFAH Studio Show (PDF)
Other Essays and Statements:
Up Essay (.PDF)
Holdsworth Gallery Statement (.PDF)
Mary Ross Taylor Statement (.PDF)
VB Anderson Essay ( .PDF)
Roberta Harris was born in Passaic, New Jersey and grew up in Houston, Texas. She has lived in New York, Washington, D.C., and Santa Fe, New Mexico. She was chosen for the Independent Study Program, Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Harris studied at Parsonʼs School of Design and Hunter College in New York. Her paintings and sculptures have been exhibited nationally and internationally and are included in numerous private and corporate collections including MTV Corporation, New York; Chase Manhattan Bank, New York; Frito-Lay Dallas, Texas; Dynegy, Houston, Texas; Compaq (Hewlett- Packard), Houston, Texas and Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas. Harris has instructed at Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Houston. She has been a visiting lecturer at the Kimbell Art Museum, Ft. Worth, Texas; Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Brookhaven College, Dallas, Texas; the University of Houston, Houston, Texas; the Menil Collection, Houston, Texas, and has served as an Advisory member of the Art and Architecture Panel, Texas Arts Commission; Houston Arts Festival; Cultural Arts Council of Houston and the Art League of Houston.
Harris was honored with a retrospective at the Womenʼs Museum (an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution) in Dallas, titled ROBERTA HARRIS: “UP” 1985-2009. Harris lives and makes art in Houston, Texas.
