Harris, Peter D.

b. 1974
Peter D. Harris was born in London, Ontario in 1974, and currently lives and works in Kitchener, Ontario. He completed a degree in Fine Arts at the University of Waterloo in 1997. In the last 10 years he has exhibited his oil paintings in group and solo exhibitions in Canada and the United States. He has won several awards for his continuing series of urban inspired landscape paintings, including an Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation grant and a Waterloo Region Arts Fund project grant. His work can be found in private collections in Canada, the United Stated and Europe. He is represented by the Mira Godard Gallery in Toronto.

Street Car

20" x 30"

Oil on canvas

2007

2007

 

 

 

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Into the valley

30" x 48"

Oil on canvas

2007

2007

 

 

 

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Night lot 2am

30 x 48"

Oil on canvas

2012

2012

 

 

 

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Solo Exhibitions

2014           New Paintings, Galerie d´Este, Montreal, ON

2013          New Paintings, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, ON

Urban Landscapes, The Arts Centre, Blue Mountain Foundation for the arts, Collingwood, ON

2011          New Paintings, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, ON

2010          Montreal suite, Shayne Gallery, Montreal, QC

2009          New Paintings, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, ON

2008          New Paintings, Shayne Gallery, Montreal, QC

            Urban Landscapes, Marten Arts, Bayfield, ON

2007          New Paintings, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, ON

2006          The Spaces Between, Robert Langen Gallery, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON

2002          Inside5, Rotunda Gallery, Kitchener City Hall, Kitchener, ON

2000          Urban Planner, Robert Langen Gallery, Sir Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON

                              Sunday Dinner Series, Rotunda Gallery, Kitchener City Hall, Kitchener, ON

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

 

           2012          Toronto International Art Fair, (Mira Godard Gallery), Toronto, ON

SF Fine Art Fair, (Ian Tan Gallery), San Francisco, CA, USA

           2011           Preview 2011, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, ON

Winter Group show, Ian Tan Gallery, Vancouver, BC

Toronto International Art Fair, (Mira Godard Gallery), Toronto, ON

2010           Landscape-Cityscape, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, ON

Fiat Luxe, Oxford Gallery, Rochester, New York, USA

                              Toronto International Art Fair, (Mira Godard Gallery), Toronto, ON

2009           Review 2009, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, ON

New Paintings,(2 person w/ Sharon Gordon) Oxford Gallery, Rochester, New York, USA

Toronto International Art Fair, (Mira Godard Gallery), Toronto, ON

                              Preview 2009, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, ON

                              Night, Oxford Gallery, Rochester, New York, USA

2008           Toronto International Art Fair, (Mira Godard Gallery), Toronto, ON

                              Reflections on Spring, Oxford Gallery, Rochester, New York, USA

2007           Review-2007, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, ON

                              Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, ON

                              Toronto International Art Fair, (Mira Godard Gallery), Toronto, ON

2006           Toronto International Art Fair, (Mira Godard Gallery), Toronto, ON

                              Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, ON

2005           Lost Paradise, Oxford Gallery, Rochester, New York, USA

                              Landscape-Cityscape, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, ON

                              Three New Artists, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, ON

Winter Landscapes, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, ON

                              Toronto International Art Fair, (Mira Godard Gallery), Toronto, ON

                              Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, ON

 

PRESS

Review from: 'CITY Newspaper', Rochester, USA, September 23, 2009, p24

 

Reviews/Media

10.10.00           Landscape/Cityscape, David Balzer, ARTnews, P.133

09.09.23           The Space between, Rebecca Rafferty, CITY Rochester

08.01.04          tv Interview, Designer Guys, Episode 14, HGTV

06.09.30           >The Spaces Between@, Robert Reid, The Record, C1

05.02.05           tv interview, Bravo

05.03.05           Urban Lifestyle, Robert Reid, The Record, P. C1

02.01.03          Domestic Destiny, Robert Brandstetter, Echo, P.9

01.10.22          >Work of three artists forms AConvergence@, Beacon Herald staff, The Beacon Herald

01.10.20          >Gallery 96 features three Kitchener Artists=,  Record Staff, K-W Record, P. F8

00.08.10          ‘So much meat on the wall=, Lynn Jackson, K-W Record, P. D19

00.08.02           tv interview, On the Beat, CKCO-TV

99.09.30           Of ABizzareries and Delicatesse:@, Karoline Varin Jarkowski, Echo, P.16

96.05.03           Sometimes a Banana is Just a Banana, D. Zachariah, Imprint, P.20