User:JennyFox/Jan Harrison

Jan Harrison (born December 18, 1944 in West Palm Beach, Florida) is an American painter and sculptor whose work, which primarily features animal imagery, centers on animal nature as it relates to human existence and the collective psyche. [[Jan Harrison, AskArt.com]] Her art is informed by the philosophy of deep ecology, and a monograph detailing her work describes it as “excavat(ing) the arcane kingdom of the human psyche, so long tyrannized by the repressive and oppressive forces of socialization." Jan Harrison, [Arcana Mundi: Selected Works 1979-2000, Jan Harrison and Linda Weintraub, Barrytown, Ltd. (2000) She is one of the artists whose work is featured in In The Making: Creative Options for Contemporary Art, Internal Sources of Inspiration: Soul-Genus Fusion,” in In The Making: Creative Options for Contemporary Art, Linda Weintraub, d.a.p./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc. (2003) and has exhibited widely in the United States and abroad. She currently lives and works in New York’s Hudson Valley.

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Arcana Mundi: Selected Works 1979-2000, Jan Harrison and Linda Weintraub, Barrytown, Ltd. (2000)

“Crossing Over to Jan Harrison,” George Quasha,, (2001)

“Internal Sources of Inspiration: Soul-Genus Fusion,” in In The Making: Creative Options for Contemporary Art, Linda Weintraub, d.a.p./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc. (2003)

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“Jan Harrison: Myths for Our Time,” Ann Pollak, Dialogue Magazine, (May 1989)

“Jan Harrison, Audrey Skoudas: Ten Solo Exhibitions, Wright State University Gallery,” Elizabeth Hoxie, New Art Examiner (April 1982)