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


Exhibitions

Solo

2007
The American War, LAXART, LA, USA

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, OR
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, CA

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


Selected Group

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

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, UK

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, WA
Street Selections, The Drawing Center, New York, USA

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

2001
Fast Forward, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA

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


Grants Awards and Residencies

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

Ongoing
Learning to Love You More - Online Curatorial Programme, Exhibitions, Publications

2007
Abstract Things, Group show curated by Harrell Fletcher at Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
Learning to Love You More, MU, Eindhoven

2003
Hello There Friend, Christine Burgin, New York,USA

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

1999
Survivalist, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA

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


Selected Public Art Commissions

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

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

2000
School of Social Work U of Minnesota Art Commission, St Paul, OR
North Beach Parking Garage, San Francisco Art Commission, San Francisco, CA

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

1998
Bus Shelter Project, Washington State Art Commission, University of Washington
Muni Key Stop Project, San Francisco Art Commission, San Francisco, CA

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

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


Public Collections

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, CA
Berkeley Art Museum, University of California
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA


Catalogues

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

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