EDUCATION
2017 MFA Sculpture, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2014 BFA Sculpture and Latin American Studies, Purchase College, State University New York, Purchase, NY
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
* INDICATES SOLO EXHIBITION
2019, Künstlerhaus Hotel Pfaelzer Hof, Idar-Oberstein, "Pillars of the Facade", Idar-Oberstein, Germany*
2019, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, “Shady Acres”, Salt Lake City, UT
2018, Studio 106LA, “Unstitched Resources”, Santa Monica, CA
2018-19, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, "Site Lines", Salt Lake City, UT
2018, Nox Contemporary, "New Luxury Art Show in Downtown Salt Lake", Salt Lake City, UT*
2018, Flatland Gallery, "Dangerous Professors", Houston, TX
2018, Wassaic Project, "Summer Exhibition", Wassaic, NY
2018, Adler & Floyd, "Poor Kelsey Harrison...where have you been?", Chicago, IL*
2017-8, Open House Contemporary, “Infinite Games”, Chicago, IL
2017, Hyde Park Art Center, “The Biography of a Thing”, Chicago, IL
2017, Silent Funny, “A I R Tight”, Chicago, IL
2017, Collabo, “Our Rooms Share a Wall”, Chicago, IL
2017, Sullivan Galleries, “MFA Show”, Chicago, IL
2016, Public Access, "A Momentary Lapse of Reason", Chicago, IL
2016, Iridium, “Sap”, Chicago, IL
2015, Essex Flowers, “Cupid’s”, New York, NY
2015, The College of William and Mary, "109 Years Since the Jungle", Williamsburg, VA
2015, Knockdown Center, "Bloomsday", Maspeth, NY
2015, Glasshouse, "Sharing is Caring/Hatred of Solitude", Brooklyn, NY
2015, The College of William and Mary, "Capitalist Architecture in a Posthumanist World", Williamsburg, VA
2014, The Jewish Museum, "The Wind Up: Alphabet Party ",New York, NY
2014, Gallery 1989, "Metaphysician, Heal Thyself", Larchmont, NY*
2014, 1019B, “Metaphysician, Heal Thyself”, Purchase, NY*
2014, Governors Island, "Figment", New York, NY
2014, Abrons Art Center, "Premium Quality", New York, NY
2013, Greenway, "Figment", Boston, MA
2012, Forum Art Space, "I Should Have Been", Purchase, NY
2012, Forum Art Space, "Fuck You, I’ll See You Tomorrow", Purchase, NY
2012, " Rock N Roll Gallery, Piñata Factory", Berkeley, CA
2012, 518 Valencia, "Lotte Arts", San Francisco, CA
2012, The Artists Alley, "Pancakes and Booze", San Francisco, CA
2012, Suites Gallery, "Eccentric Abstraction", Purchase, NY
2012, 10 Jay St, "Downtown Cabaret", Brooklyn, NY
2012, The White Room, "House/Home", Purchase, NY
2011, SOMArts, "National Queer Arts Festival", San Francisco, CA
2011, Santa Cruz Rehearsal Studios, "Shop Mix Society", Santa Cruz, CA
2011, Aspect Gallery, "Untitled", San Francisco, CA
2011, The Artists Alley, "LGBTQ Art Show", San Francisco, CA
2007, Ore Projektz, “Inaugural”, San Francisco, CA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2017-Present, Assistant Professor (Non-Tenure Track), Department of Sculpture Intermedia, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
2018, Lecturer and Visiting Critic, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
2017-19, Selection Committee Member, Department of Sculpture Intermedia, University of Utah
2017, Curator, “Cantering Loop”, Ballroom Projects, Chicago, IL
2016, Lecturer and Moderator, Glazed Olympus: Transcendental Urban Architecture, ARCHTHEO '16/10th International Theory and History of Architecture Conference, Istanbul, TR
2016, Lecturer, Glazed Olympus: Transcendental Urban Architecture, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2016, Coordinator and Founder, Theories of Space and Things Reading Group, Chicago, IL
2015, Lecturer, Tony Hawk Pro Skater: Dummy Muscle Memory, Words & [ ], The Darling Foundry, Montreal, QC
2015, Performer, Fall to Earth, Aspect-Ratio, Chicago, IL
2015, Performer, Fall to Earth, New Museum, New York, NY
2013, Organizer and Facilitator, Micro-Grant Dinner and Artist Talk, Miranda Arts Project Space, Port Chester, NY
2012, Organizer and Facilitator, Micro-Grant Dinner and Artist Talk, Purchase College, Purchase, NY
RESIDENCIES
2018-9, Utah Museum Of Contemporary Art Artist in Residence, Salt Lake City, UT
2018, betOnest Open Residency, Angermünde, Germany
2017, Wassaic Project Artist Residency, Wassaic, NY
2017, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
2014-5, Brooklyn Wayfarers, Brooklyn, NY
2014, Peters Valley School of Craft, Layton, NJ
2014, School of Making Thinking, East Branch, NY
2013, Collaborative Workspace Resident, Miranda Arts Project Space, Port Chester, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Myers, Alison. "Sticks and Stones with Kelsey Harrison – Daily Utah Chronicle." Daily Utah Chronicle. January 29, 2019. Accessed February 03, 2019. http://dailyutahchronicle.com/2019/01/27/sticks-and-stones-with-kelsey-harrison/.
Funtanilla, Michaela. "Assistant Professor Transforms Timbers from Historic Hotel into Thoughtful Sculptures." College of Fine Arts. January 14, 2019. Accessed January 22, 2019. https://www.finearts.utah.edu/news/the-finer-points-blog/item/480-assistant-professor-transforms-timbers-from-historic-hotel-into-thoughtful-sculptures.
Staiber, Jörg. "Gastraum Soll Als Galerie Genutzt Werden: Im Früheren Hotel Pfälzer Hof Fühlen Sich Künstler Wohl." Rhein-Zeitung. January 21, 2019. Accessed January 22, 2019. https://www.rhein-zeitung.de/region/lokales/nahe-zeitung_artikel,-gastraum-soll-als-galerie-genutzt-werden-im-frueheren-hotel-pfaelzer-hof-fuehlen-sich-kuenstler-wohl-_arid,1924984.html.
Staiber, Jörg. "Fassadenstützen Zu Skulpturen Verarbeitet: Amerikanische Künstlerin Kelsey Harrison War Zu Gast Im „Pfälzer Hof“." Nahe-Zeitung(Idar-Oberstein), January 4, 2019.
Roka, Les. “Recent SLC Art Happenings: Utah Museum of Fine Arts’ Site Lines.” The Utah Review. October 26, 2018
Wichert, Geoff. “Post-Modern Je Ne Sais Quoi: Kelsey Harrison Nails It at Nox Contemporary.” 15 Bytes, Artists of Utah, 21 Sept. 2018, artistsofutah.org/15Bytes/index.php/post-modern-je-ne-sais-quoi-kelsey-harrison-nails-it-at-nox-contemporary/.
“Poor Kelsey Harrison...where Have You Been?” The Visualist, 10 Mar. 2018, www.thevisualist.org/2018/03/poor-kelsey-harrisonwhere-have-you-been/.
Levitt, Aimee. “A ‘Dinner Party’ with no food, only smells.” Chicago Reader. Chicago Reader, 10 Apr. 2017. Web. 15 Apr. 2017.
Kelsey Harrison, “Earthbound Moon at Ballroom Projects.” Sixty Inches from Center, 20 Nov. 2016. Web. 01 Dec. 2016.
"VISUALIST." A Momentary Lapse of Reason: Kelsey Harrison, Stephen Lichty, Steve Reinke, Susanne M. Winterling. The Visualist, 10 Nov. 2016. Web. 05 Apr. 2017.
Lisa Jardine. "CREATIVE COLLABORATORS IN PORT CHESTER." . Hometown Media Group, 14 Nov. 2013.
2017 MFA Sculpture, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2014 BFA Sculpture and Latin American Studies, Purchase College, State University New York, Purchase, NY
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
* INDICATES SOLO EXHIBITION
2019, Künstlerhaus Hotel Pfaelzer Hof, Idar-Oberstein, "Pillars of the Facade", Idar-Oberstein, Germany*
2019, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, “Shady Acres”, Salt Lake City, UT
2018, Studio 106LA, “Unstitched Resources”, Santa Monica, CA
2018-19, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, "Site Lines", Salt Lake City, UT
2018, Nox Contemporary, "New Luxury Art Show in Downtown Salt Lake", Salt Lake City, UT*
2018, Flatland Gallery, "Dangerous Professors", Houston, TX
2018, Wassaic Project, "Summer Exhibition", Wassaic, NY
2018, Adler & Floyd, "Poor Kelsey Harrison...where have you been?", Chicago, IL*
2017-8, Open House Contemporary, “Infinite Games”, Chicago, IL
2017, Hyde Park Art Center, “The Biography of a Thing”, Chicago, IL
2017, Silent Funny, “A I R Tight”, Chicago, IL
2017, Collabo, “Our Rooms Share a Wall”, Chicago, IL
2017, Sullivan Galleries, “MFA Show”, Chicago, IL
2016, Public Access, "A Momentary Lapse of Reason", Chicago, IL
2016, Iridium, “Sap”, Chicago, IL
2015, Essex Flowers, “Cupid’s”, New York, NY
2015, The College of William and Mary, "109 Years Since the Jungle", Williamsburg, VA
2015, Knockdown Center, "Bloomsday", Maspeth, NY
2015, Glasshouse, "Sharing is Caring/Hatred of Solitude", Brooklyn, NY
2015, The College of William and Mary, "Capitalist Architecture in a Posthumanist World", Williamsburg, VA
2014, The Jewish Museum, "The Wind Up: Alphabet Party ",New York, NY
2014, Gallery 1989, "Metaphysician, Heal Thyself", Larchmont, NY*
2014, 1019B, “Metaphysician, Heal Thyself”, Purchase, NY*
2014, Governors Island, "Figment", New York, NY
2014, Abrons Art Center, "Premium Quality", New York, NY
2013, Greenway, "Figment", Boston, MA
2012, Forum Art Space, "I Should Have Been", Purchase, NY
2012, Forum Art Space, "Fuck You, I’ll See You Tomorrow", Purchase, NY
2012, " Rock N Roll Gallery, Piñata Factory", Berkeley, CA
2012, 518 Valencia, "Lotte Arts", San Francisco, CA
2012, The Artists Alley, "Pancakes and Booze", San Francisco, CA
2012, Suites Gallery, "Eccentric Abstraction", Purchase, NY
2012, 10 Jay St, "Downtown Cabaret", Brooklyn, NY
2012, The White Room, "House/Home", Purchase, NY
2011, SOMArts, "National Queer Arts Festival", San Francisco, CA
2011, Santa Cruz Rehearsal Studios, "Shop Mix Society", Santa Cruz, CA
2011, Aspect Gallery, "Untitled", San Francisco, CA
2011, The Artists Alley, "LGBTQ Art Show", San Francisco, CA
2007, Ore Projektz, “Inaugural”, San Francisco, CA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2017-Present, Assistant Professor (Non-Tenure Track), Department of Sculpture Intermedia, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
2018, Lecturer and Visiting Critic, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
2017-19, Selection Committee Member, Department of Sculpture Intermedia, University of Utah
2017, Curator, “Cantering Loop”, Ballroom Projects, Chicago, IL
2016, Lecturer and Moderator, Glazed Olympus: Transcendental Urban Architecture, ARCHTHEO '16/10th International Theory and History of Architecture Conference, Istanbul, TR
2016, Lecturer, Glazed Olympus: Transcendental Urban Architecture, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2016, Coordinator and Founder, Theories of Space and Things Reading Group, Chicago, IL
2015, Lecturer, Tony Hawk Pro Skater: Dummy Muscle Memory, Words & [ ], The Darling Foundry, Montreal, QC
2015, Performer, Fall to Earth, Aspect-Ratio, Chicago, IL
2015, Performer, Fall to Earth, New Museum, New York, NY
2013, Organizer and Facilitator, Micro-Grant Dinner and Artist Talk, Miranda Arts Project Space, Port Chester, NY
2012, Organizer and Facilitator, Micro-Grant Dinner and Artist Talk, Purchase College, Purchase, NY
RESIDENCIES
2018-9, Utah Museum Of Contemporary Art Artist in Residence, Salt Lake City, UT
2018, betOnest Open Residency, Angermünde, Germany
2017, Wassaic Project Artist Residency, Wassaic, NY
2017, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
2014-5, Brooklyn Wayfarers, Brooklyn, NY
2014, Peters Valley School of Craft, Layton, NJ
2014, School of Making Thinking, East Branch, NY
2013, Collaborative Workspace Resident, Miranda Arts Project Space, Port Chester, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Myers, Alison. "Sticks and Stones with Kelsey Harrison – Daily Utah Chronicle." Daily Utah Chronicle. January 29, 2019. Accessed February 03, 2019. http://dailyutahchronicle.com/2019/01/27/sticks-and-stones-with-kelsey-harrison/.
Funtanilla, Michaela. "Assistant Professor Transforms Timbers from Historic Hotel into Thoughtful Sculptures." College of Fine Arts. January 14, 2019. Accessed January 22, 2019. https://www.finearts.utah.edu/news/the-finer-points-blog/item/480-assistant-professor-transforms-timbers-from-historic-hotel-into-thoughtful-sculptures.
Staiber, Jörg. "Gastraum Soll Als Galerie Genutzt Werden: Im Früheren Hotel Pfälzer Hof Fühlen Sich Künstler Wohl." Rhein-Zeitung. January 21, 2019. Accessed January 22, 2019. https://www.rhein-zeitung.de/region/lokales/nahe-zeitung_artikel,-gastraum-soll-als-galerie-genutzt-werden-im-frueheren-hotel-pfaelzer-hof-fuehlen-sich-kuenstler-wohl-_arid,1924984.html.
Staiber, Jörg. "Fassadenstützen Zu Skulpturen Verarbeitet: Amerikanische Künstlerin Kelsey Harrison War Zu Gast Im „Pfälzer Hof“." Nahe-Zeitung(Idar-Oberstein), January 4, 2019.
Roka, Les. “Recent SLC Art Happenings: Utah Museum of Fine Arts’ Site Lines.” The Utah Review. October 26, 2018
Wichert, Geoff. “Post-Modern Je Ne Sais Quoi: Kelsey Harrison Nails It at Nox Contemporary.” 15 Bytes, Artists of Utah, 21 Sept. 2018, artistsofutah.org/15Bytes/index.php/post-modern-je-ne-sais-quoi-kelsey-harrison-nails-it-at-nox-contemporary/.
“Poor Kelsey Harrison...where Have You Been?” The Visualist, 10 Mar. 2018, www.thevisualist.org/2018/03/poor-kelsey-harrisonwhere-have-you-been/.
Levitt, Aimee. “A ‘Dinner Party’ with no food, only smells.” Chicago Reader. Chicago Reader, 10 Apr. 2017. Web. 15 Apr. 2017.
Kelsey Harrison, “Earthbound Moon at Ballroom Projects.” Sixty Inches from Center, 20 Nov. 2016. Web. 01 Dec. 2016.
"VISUALIST." A Momentary Lapse of Reason: Kelsey Harrison, Stephen Lichty, Steve Reinke, Susanne M. Winterling. The Visualist, 10 Nov. 2016. Web. 05 Apr. 2017.
Lisa Jardine. "CREATIVE COLLABORATORS IN PORT CHESTER." . Hometown Media Group, 14 Nov. 2013.