Artist:
Harriet Johns
From www.h-johns.com:
Harriet Johns began working in enamel in the early 70s at the Pioneer
Enamel Plant in Seattle. This medium, largely ignored by the fine
art world, was a revelation. Johns knew she had found her natural
medium. A lifetime of travel, looking and questioning plus an intuitive
feeling for the expressive power of color provide her shifting but
internally consistent subject matter.
She works on
multiple scales, from monumental to miniature. But her most ambitious
pieces, architectural commissions, and multiple steel panels have
always been produced in commercial enamel-on-steel plants. In this
tough industrial atmosphere, Johns utilized commercial processes
and high temperatures to realize her intensely personal, and abstract
vision.
Exhibitions:
Bank of America
World Headquarters, San Francisco
University of San Francisco
Boise Gallery of Art
L'Art de l'Emeil, Biennale Internationale, invitational, Limoges,
France
Houston Museum of Fine Art
Source Gallery, San Francisco
Art Showplace, Seattle
Shaw-Rimington Gallery, Toronto
Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley California
Richmond Art Center, Berkeley California
Oakland Museum, Oakland California
Corporate Collections:
Hanover Capitol,
New York
Clorox Corporation, Oakland
Crocker National Bank, San Francisco
Aluminex, San Francisco
Transamerica, San Francisco
Hyatt Regency, San Francisco
Barclays Bank, San Francisco
Architectural
Commissions (large-scale enamel and enamel mural installations):
IBM, San Jose
California
US Naval Credit Union, San Diego
Central Federal Savings, San Diego
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Dearborn Michigan
Woodlands Inn, Houston Texas
Sheraton-Harbor Island Hotel, San Diego
Plaza Mall, Sacramento Californian
and numerous private residences
