Alice Harrison, born in NYC and now living and working in NJ has made art in some form as part of her life- even when earning a living in other fields and raising a family.
Starting out traditionally and gradually becoming more abstract and evolving into using mixed media collage and assemblage.
She has exhibited widely in galleries and universities throughout the United States and has been shown in Europe, Mexico, South Africa, Israel, Dubai, and New Zealand. Alice has had more than two dozen solo shows and received numerous awards.
Her work is included in public collections such as Noyes Museum, Johnson & Johnson, Shaghaf Group, Dubai, Blue Man Group, Museum of Collage, Mexico, Turchin Center, NC, Art Colle, France and Tsank Laurenov National, Bulgaria.
She has received several Geraldine Dodge grants as well as a grant from Soaring Gardens, PA and been in several publications one of which is the book, Masters: Collage.
Artist Statement
Working in layers, technically, intellectually and spiritually I create images and sensations of movement, color, harmony and joy. Much of my work is inspired by the various materials I have collected, as well as by traditional materials in my studio.
The creative process for me is intuitive – starting with materials and/or marks that I make. I like putting things together – sometimes pieces that seem not to go together. Combining things with a former life with new materials is a wonderful challenge.
My work encompasses a variety of mediums – oil, acrylic, water, prints, found papers and objects, image transfer and encaustic. In each artwork there may be one medium, two or many media combined in one piece. Inspiration comes from the inside – based on my personal distillation of the external world