RAMEY FINE ART
JOIN US! ARTIST RECEPTION WITH MARK YALE HARRIS
THE EL PASEO ART WALK PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA FIRST FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2024 4-7 PM
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Artist Reception MARK YALE HARRIS
JOIN US!
THE EL PASEO ART WALK FIRST FRIDAY February 2, 2024 4-7 PM
The El Paseo Art Walk is back! Ramey Fine Art is participating with a meet and greet reception featuring renowned sculptor Mark Yale Harris.
RAMEY FINE ART corner of El Paseo and Ocotillo 73-111 El Paseo Suite #109 Palm Desert, Californa +1 760 / 341 3800
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Mark Yale Harris realized his true passion in the Southwest. Santa Fe became his home in the late 1990s and synchronously stone carving became his life’s work. He dedicated himself to creating in 1996 and, with much to learn, the artist chose a mentor whom he had long admired, sculptor Bill Prokopiof (Aleut, 1944-1999), to assist with honing his burgeoning artistic skills. In the spirit of the nation’s most recognized Native American artist Allan Houser (Chiricahua Apache, 1915-1994), Prokopiof and sculptor Doug Hyde (Nez Perce) took Harris under their wings and generously shared their immense knowledge, talent, and vision. Inspired by the geographical region and grounded in the wisdom of his teachers, he began zealously creating sculpture.
Transitioning into the life of a full-time artist required Harris’s dedication to enveloping himself in all aspects of his new profession. Prior to this shift, Harris spent many years in the area of sustainable urban development (specifically real estate and hotels), a conventional career in which he was quite successful, but not fully satisfied. The adjustment to a wholly fulfilling vocation was both challenging and exciting. The artistic passion that had existed just beneath the surface of Harris’s long-established business persona was finally able to present itself in tangible form.
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He accessed the invaluable tutelage of his mentors, along with his own vision, to create an evolving body of work in alabaster, marble, limestone, and bronze, often combining different elements to express his take on the inherent duality in mans’ essence. Over the past fifteen years, Harris has continued to challenge himself as a sculptor, finding it important to continue learning and teaching. Several intensive workshops, including studies with Terry Allen, Jo Harvey and James Surls, expanded his understanding immensely.
A new and very interesting adjunct to his art practice has been the introduction of Virtual Reality programs for creating sculpture. While continuing to hone his skills, he also introduced the technology to other artists with a series of workshops held in various locations in Colorado.
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Of the 250+ exhibitions outlined on his resume, Harris has the distinction of 90+ solo shows in gallery, museum and international exhibitions. Exhibition (recent and upcoming) include the Royal Scottish Academy of Art and Architecture, Edinburgh, Scotland; Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, Massachusetts; International Art Museum of America, San Francisco, California; Price Sculpture Garden, Whidbey Island, Washington; Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Ventana Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Ramey Fine Art, Palm Desert, California; University of Southern Mississippi Gallery of Art and Design, Hattiesburg, Mississippi; Booth Western Art Museum, Cartersville, Georgia; Marin MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art), Novato, California; High Desert Museum, Bend, Oregon; Fredric Remington Art Museum, Ogdensburg, New York; International Sculpture Center, Hamilton, New Jersey; National Sculpture Society, New York, New York; Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas; Cutter and Cutter Fine Art, St. Augustine, Florida; Chloe Gallery, San Francisco, California; SculptFest, Round Rock, Texas; Royal Academy of Arts, London, England; National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson Hole, Wyoming; Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, Montana; Millicent Rodgers Museum, Taos, New Mexico; Museum of the Southwest, Midland, Texas; Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, California; Austin Museum of Art, Austin, Texas; Open Air Museum, Ube, Japan; Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art, Biloxi, Mississippi; Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, Florida; and The Village Green Sculpture Park, Cashiers, North Carolina.
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110+ publications have featured his sculpture (books, magazines, newspapers) in the past 10 years, including Artwork Gallery Magazine, Kyiv, Ukraine; American Art Collector; Abstract: Contemporary Expressions; Fine Art Connoisseur; Sculpture News; Southwest Art Contempo Annual; LandEscape Contemporary Art Review (London); ART UP MI (Milan);
Imitation Fruit Literary Journal; Superpresent Magazine; Modern Renaissance Magazine; RipRap Literary Journal; Flyway: Journal of Writing & Environment; Art Web List; Art Folio; The Uncoiled (Thane, India); Rapsodia (Bologna); Otoliths (Queensland, Australia); Monograph (Calcutta); The Working Artist; Dream Noir; Jet Fuel Review; MVIBE; Woven Tale Press; Aji Magazine; Apricity; Art Magazineium; Magazine 43 (Berlin, Hong Kong and Manila); Peripheral ARTeries; USA Today; Santa Fean; and Art Daily News. In addition, ARTWORKinternational Inc. Press published Mark Yale Harris: Figurative Abstractions (2010), Mark Yale Harris: Untamed (2011) and Mark Yale Harris, A Retrospective
(2006, updated/reissued in 2013). He has been interviewed on the radio program Art World Innovators. His work is streaming on Loupe/Mark Yale Harris Channel and was featured on the Holland Cruise Lines.
In 2023, Harris was selected for The Art in Architecture Program: U.S. General Services Administration National Artist Registry, Washington, D.C. His work was shown in the National Sculpture Society’s 88th Annual Awards Exhibition, New York, in 2021. He was awarded First Place, Cover Apero Catalogue, April 2020 and selected by State of New Mexico Art in Public Places and the Military teams of New Mexico Arts for: Essential(s) Poster Series (featured artist) for COVID.
Harris’s sculpture is represented by nineteen prominent galleries in the US and UK. Current works can be found in many permanent public collections, including: Hilton Hotels; Rock Resorts; Booth Western Art Museum, Cartersville, Georgia; La Posada Hotel, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Hermann Memorial Hospital, Houston, Texas; State of New Mexico, Ruidoso, New Mexico; Four Seasons Hotel, Chicago, Illinois; and City of Roanoke Historic District, Roanoke, Virginia.
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Mark Yale Harris in his studio, Roaring Fork Valley, Colorado - Photo credit: Ashton Ray Hansen
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