Harris R Wiltsher

Foster-Tanner Fine Arts, East, Room 100A

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A Bronx, New York native and a product of Jamaican and African-American heritage, Wiltsher’s artistic endeavors span from being a Bronx Recognizes Its Own (BRIO) recipient, visiting artist, lecturer, independent curator, J. William Fulbright Scholar (South Africa), program administrator for the Florida Art in State Buildings Program, professor and gallery director at Florida A&M University.

In addition, his work is included in collections by the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Sande Webster Gallery Collection, Carver Federal Bank, Art Academy of Honolulu and The Meeks-Eaton Black Archives Research Center & Collection Reserve. Some of his notable highlights were serving as a session chair at College Art Association conference in New York, curating a traveling South African exhibition, advising a winner of the national Verizon HBCU Student Art Competition, guiding a Fulbright winner to Ghana for dance and writing two grants for the Visual Arts Program totalling over $150,000.

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ARTIST STATEMENT

To address specific elements of black history or its community certainly is attainable but the position of my work is to provide a cultural and/or educational meaning to dialogue with my audience and document my personal experiences within the framework of the African Diaspora.

Currently, the focus to broaden the scope of my viewpoint is emphasized through my return to tactile art forms like collage to discuss recent tensions in the United States.

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• Full Professor • 2020 - Present
  Florida A&M University (FAMU), Tallahassee, FL
  
  
• Associate Professor • 2014 - 2020
  Florida A&M University (FAMU), Tallahassee, FL
  
  
• Assistant Professor • 2010 - 2014
  Florida A&M University (FAMU), Tallahassee, FL
  
  
• Visiting Assistant Professor • 2007 - 2010
  Florida A&M University (FAMU), Tallahassee, FL
  
  
• Adjunct Professor • Spring 2007
  Florida A&M University (FAMU), Tallahassee, FL

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RECENT EXHIBITIONS 

• Harris Wiltsher: Visual Conversations (solo), Union Bank Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
• Pressing Matters IX, Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Atlanta, GA (Honorable Mention)
• NudeNite, Central Florida Fairgrounds - Warehouse, Orlando, FL
• Black History Month Exhibition, Apalachicola Center for History, Culture and Art, Apalachicola, FL
• 26th Parkside National Print Exhibition: Its NOT Small Anymore!, University of Wisconsin - Parkside Galleries, Kenosha, WI
• 2019 Creative Tallahassee, City Hall Art Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
• Odds&Ends, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
• 2019 Waterloo Arts Juried Exhibition, Waterloo Arts Gallery, Cleveland, OH
• 31st Annual Art in Gadsden, Gadsden Arts Center, Quincy, FL (Best in Show)
• 33rd Artist League Summer Annual, FSU Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL
• Emerging Artists Residency - Harris Wiltsher: New Concerns & Crowns, Portal Gallery, Atlanta, GA
• Blue!, Webster Arts Center, St. Louis, MO
• 20th Annual - The Will's Creek Exhibition of Fine Art, Saville and Schwab Galleries, Cumberland, MD
• The Schwa Show: A National Juried Art Exhibition, Emerge Gallery, Greenville, NC
• Creative Diversity & Inclusion Collection, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
• Exceptional Talents Exhibition, Mona Niko Gallery, Mission Viejo, CA
• Arts Council of Wayne County 40th National Juried Art Show, Main Gallery, Goldsboro, NC

 

EXHIBITIONS (CURATED)

• "Sicula Sixhentsa Xa Sisonke: The South African Aesthetic", (artists: Bongekile Bengu, Hamilton Budaza, Ricky Dyaloyi, Thembinkosi Goniwe, Sipho Hlati, Billy Mandindi, Vuyasani Mgijima, Sophie Peters), traveled to New York, Michigan, Florida and Mississippi, 1996
  
  
• "The Art of Resonating Fiber", (artists: Faith Ringgold, Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson & Valerie Goodwin), Foster-Tanner Fine Arts Gallery, Tallahassee, FL, October 26 - December 5, 2008
  
  
• "Voices of FAMU Art Program: A Collection of SIX Decades of Art", Foster-Tanner Fine Arts Gallery, Tallahassee, FL, February 24 - April 5, 2020 (Featured 38 alumni)
  
  
• "IN WHAT WE SEE: A Printmaker's Response", 2022 - 2023 traveling exhibition featuring 12 printmakers from the African Diaspora

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• 2021, Sabbatical, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL.
• 2019, Emerging Artist Residency Award, Atlanta Printmakers Studio, Atlanta, GA.
• 2016, Faculty Travel Grant to China, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.
• 1995–1996, Bronx Recognizes Its Own (BRIO) Fellowship Award, Bronx Council of the Arts, Bronx, NY.
• 1993–1994, J. William Fulbright Scholarship Award, South Africa.
• 1991–1993, Philip Morris Fellowship Award, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI.

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• ART4928 Advance Workshop: Painting the Live Model
• Advertising Design
• ARH 2000 Art Appreciation
• Colloquium in Art

• ART 2300 Drawing I

• ART 2301 Drawing II

• ART 2330 Life Drawing
• Fundamentals of Design I
• Fundamentals of Design II
• Introduction to Printmaking
• Silkscreen Printmaking
• Senior Portfolio
• Textile Design

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• HarrisWiltsher.com

• Harris Wiltsher | LinkedIn