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1967
Born, USA

Lives and works in Portland, Oregon, USA

1996 UCSC, Certification in Ecological Horticulture and Sustainable Food Systems
1994 California College of Arts and Crafts, MFA
1990 San Francisco Art Institute, BFA, Photography


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010
The Sound We Make Together (Melbourne) at NGV, Melbourne, Australia

2009
Made in India at Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, Canada

2008
Collective Learning, Solo Exhibition at The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada

2007
The American War, LAXART, Los Angeles

2006
Veda's Bible, Sala Diaz, San Antonio, Texas
The American War, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, Oregon
Where I Lived, Domaine de Kerguehennec Centre d'Art, Bignan, France
Orange, In Situ, Paris, France
The American War, White Columns, New York

2005
People, Jack Hanley Gallery, Los Angeles
The American War, Artpace, San Antonio
I'll Follow You, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
With Our Own Little Hands, The Wrong Gallery, New York
Come Together (NYC), Apex Art, New York
Come Together (Austin), Test Site, Austin, Texas

2004
A Moment of Doubt, Christine Burgin, New York
Maintaining The Jazz, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Fransisco
Happiness Follows Us Like A Shadow, New Langton Arts, San Fransisco

2003
The Sound We Make Together, DiverseWorks, Houston, Texas
Now It's A Party, Hartford, Connecticut
Reread Summerhill, Signal Art Center, Malmo, Sweden

2001
Everyday Sunshine, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, Oregon
48 Hours, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, Minnesota

2000
Cars and Houses, The Physics Room, Christchurch, New Zealand
Saying I Love You Or Something Like That, Institution, California

1999
The Boy Mechanic, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Fransisco
Boy, CoCA, Seattle, Washington


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011

The More Things Change SFMoMA, San Francisco,
Roofless Motif Laurel Gitlin, New York

2010
My War FACT, Liverpool

2009
Assume Nothing, The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, BC

2008
Amateurs, curated by Ralph Rugoff, CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco,

2007
Memorial to the Iraq War, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (with Michael Patterson Carver)

2006
The Observatory Vol II, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London

2005
Do Not Interrupt Your Activities, Royal College of Art, London

2004
2004 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of Contemporary Art, New York

Near and Far, Domaine de Kerguehennec Centre d'Art, Bignan, France

2003
Baja to Vancouver, The Seattle Art Museum, Seattle
Street Selections, The Drawing Center, New York

2002
Playground, Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA, Portland, Oregon
Yes We're Excerpts, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York

2001
Fast Forward, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, California

2000
Of the Moment: Contemporary Art From the Collection, SFMOMA, San Francisco
Above and Beyond, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco


GRANTS, AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES

2011
Travis Souza’s Walk Through California, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary art

2009
Civic Engagement Award, Portland State University

2006
Skowhegan Artist in Residence Artistic Director at The Kitchen's Summer Institute

2005
Alpert Award in the Visual Arts Art Pace Residency

2003
Gunk Grant, Artslink Grant

2002
Creative Capital Grant

2000
Creative Work Fund Grant, Oxbow Visiting Artist Residency

1999
Artists and Communities Millenium Grant

1998
Headlands Center for the Arts Residency

1996
Creative Work Fund Grant

1994
Headlands Center for the Arts Post-Graduate Studio Award
California Arts Council Residency Grant
Bay Area Award


CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2010
The People's Biennial, Curated by Harrell Fletcher and Jens Hoffmann, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, Oregon, 10 September – 17 October, 2010, Touring to: Dahl Arts Center, Rapid City, South Dakota, 14 January - 27 March, 2011, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 8 July -18 September, 2011, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, Arizona, 15 October - 15 January, 2012, Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania, 27 January - 2 March, 2012
The Magnificent Seven: Harrell Fletcher, Selections from the Life and Work of Michael Bravo, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco

2007
Abstract Things, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London

2003
Hello There Friend, Christine Burgin, New York

2001
A Love For All Animals, San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco

1999
Survivalist, Southern Exposure, San Francisco

1998
Whipper Snapper Nerd, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco


SELECTED PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS

2010
The Knowledge, Portland, Oregon

2005
Corentine's Turtle, Domaine de Kerguehennec Centre d'Art, Bignan, France

2002
More Sunshine, Regional Art and Culture Council, Portland, Oregon

2000
School of Social Work U of Minnesota Art Commission, St Paul, Oregon

North Beach Parking Garage, San Francisco Art Commission, San Francisco

1999
Market Street Art in Transit San Francisco Art Commission, San Francisco

1998
Bus Shelter Project, Washington State Art Commission, University of Washington

Muni Key Stop Project, San Francisco Art Commission, San Francisco

1997
This Fine Place: A Public Art Project, City of Fairfield, California

1996
I Go To School... Billboard, Claremont Middle School, Oakland, California


PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Museum of Modern Art, New York
Collection du FRAC, Bretagne, France
The Kramlich Collection, New York, USA
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA
The New Museum, New York, USA
M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco
Berkeley Art Museum, University of California
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco


CATALOGUES

2011
Free Speech Zone: Michael Patterson-Carver Four Corners Books

2010
Harrell Fletcher: The Sound We Make Together National Gallery of Victoria

2008
Between Artists: Harrell Fletcher and Michael Rakowitz A.R.T Press

2007
< Learning to Love You More, Harrell Fletcher and Miranda July

2006
American War, Artpace, J & L Books

2005
I'll Follow You, Laura Bartlett Gallery

2004
A Moment of Doubt, Christine Burgin Gallery

2003
Now It's A Party, Hartford Art School

2001
Everyday Sunshine, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art

1999
Museum Pieces, M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, SF
The Boy Mechanic, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, SF

1998
Whipper Snapper Nerd, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, SF


ARTICLES AND REVIEWS

2011
Scrase, Carl, Harrell Fletcher, Melbourne, and Transience, das Super Paper

2010
Power, Liza, The People’s Artist, The Age, September

2009
Hoffmann, Jens, You and me, Frieze, October
Baker, Alex, It’s All About You, Melbourne Art Journal

2008
Hoffmann, Jens, Harrell Fletcher, in Frieze, Issue 119, Nov-Dec

2007
Sooke, Alistair. Memorial to the Iraq War, ICA, London, in Frieze, September
Allsopp, Laura. Memorial to the Iraq War, ICA, London, in Art Review, September
O'Reilly, Sally. Memorial to the Iraq War, ICA, London, in Art Monthly, July/August
Patterson Carver, Michael and Fletcher, Harrell. Memorial to the Iraq War, ICA, London, Newspaper Publication with ICA, May
Ryan, Jeffrey. Harrell Fletcher, LA >< Art, Los Angeles, in Frieze, May
Hanks, Robert. The Art of War: How the World's Artists See The Conflict In Iraq, in The Independent, April 27

2006
McKinnon, John. Portrait: Harrell Fletcher, in Time Out, Chicago, 5 November
Row, D. K.. An Opposing View Of War, in The Oregonian, 22 September
Davis, Lillian. Critics' Pick, Artforum, September
Raymond, Jon. Schisms: Less Gloom In Doom Town, in Modern Painters, September
Fletcher, Harrell. (curated) A Small Sampling From The Collection, curated by Harrell Fletcher, in Art Papers, July/August 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fletcher All Around, in Fans of Soft, July
Kimmelmann, Michael. 'The American War': Harrell Fletcher's Vietnam Photographs at White Columns, in The New York Times, June
Saltz, Jerry. Absalom, O Absalom: 'Not for inciting hatred, but for learning lessons from history,' in The Village Voice, May
HALL Emily, Critics' Pick, in Artforum, May

2005
Interview with Allan McCollum, July
Singer, Debra. A Post-Biennial Post-Script, in Parkett, No.73

2004
Sholis, Brian. Harrell Fletcher, in Flash Art, July
Halfand, Glen. Harrell Fletcher: New Langton Arts/Jack Hanley Gallery, in Artforum, May
Cotter, Holland. Harrell Fletcher at Christine Burgin Gallery, in The New York Times, 28 May
Fineman, Mia. The Biennial That's Not at the Biennial, in The New York Times, 2 May
Cotter, Holland. Multiplex, in The New York Times, 20 February
Slaton, Joyce. Average? Ordinary People, Remarkable Art, in San Francisco Weekly, January
Chun, Kimberly. No Irony, Just Art, in The San Francisco Chronicle, January
Baker, Kenneth. Politics Put Outraged Artist on 'Periwinkle' Alert, in The San Francisco Chronicle, January
O'Neill-Butler, Lauren. Harrell Fletcher: Learning To Love Him More, in SuperNaturale

2003
Bowie, Chas. AND EVEN MORE EVERYDAY SUNSHINE, in Portland Mercury, July
Thompson, Chris. On the Fly: A day in the life with Harrell Fletcher, in Portland Phoenix, August
Fowle, Kate. Everyday People, in [a-n] Magazine, June

1999
Baker, Kenneth. Collaborative Ideas At Yerba Buena, in San Francisco Chronicle, June
Harvey, Doug. Whipper Snapper Nerd, in Art Issues, March
Porges, Maria. Fletcher and Rubin, in Artforum, February
Nakan, Craig. When Artists Become Anthropologists, in San Francisco Chronicle, 22 May