Details

First Name

Faye

Last Name

Harnest

Username

fayeh

Bio

Faye Harnest is an artist new to Brooklyn, NY, coming from Toronto, Canada. Harnest’s tactile works made of felt, and her illustrations on paper, are investigations into grief, motherhood, depression, anxiety, and disability identity. They use layers upon layers to represent the confusion and chaos of these experiences, while using color to its fullest to create excitement and joy.

Harnest is a certified braille transcriber and often uses embossed braille and forms made to be touched. She is a co-creator of The Braille Project, a series of large scale tactile paintings that has been exhibited in Los Angeles, Virginia, and Dubai, and Toronto. Her work as appeared in the Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), Tangled Art + Disability Gallery (Toronto), in public installations in Brooklyn, and in publications such as SICK magazine, Riff Raff Anthology (from The Gutter), and A Handmade Assembly, an anthology of craft from Struts Gallery and Owen’s Art Gallery (New Brunswick, Canada). She is a former resident artist at Socially Distant Art, a program centred around accessibility and disability justice.

Website

http://www.fayeharnest@me.com

Country of residence

United States (US)

Statement

Statement

MY PLANS DURING THE RESIDENCY

I want to make art works that care for people. During my residency at Uncool I’ll let my 3D felt works jump off the wall as soft sculptures that people can play with and be hugged by. I’ll be busy experimenting and problem solving to build up larger forms for maximum impact and surprise.

Exhibitions

Exhibitions

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

BROOKLYN

Uncool Artist

TORONTO

Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO)

Tangled Art + Disability x Critical Design Lab

Spadina Museum

Propeller Gallery

Artscape Youngplace

The Clarke Centre for the Arts

City of Toronto Assembly Hall Gallery

Likely General (SOLO)

CAMBRIDGE, CANADA

Cambridge Art Gallery x Bridge Centre for

Architecture + Design x Idea Exchange

LOS ANGELES

Cantor Fine Art

DUBAI

Gallery of Light

 

PUBLIC INSTALLATIONS

Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn, NY

Coffey Park, Brooklyn, NY

Toronto Subway, Toronto, CAN

Mosaic District, Fairfax, VA

 

ART FOR DISABILITY AND HEALTH ADVOCACY IN COLLABORATION WITH

Brain Injury Society of Toronto

Ontario Brain Injury Association

Canadian National Institute for the Blind

Arts in Health x The Drake x

Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto

Healthcare Excellence Canada

Patients for Patient Safety

Heart of Healthcare

Twentytwenty Arts

Toronto Transit Commission

Canadian Mental Health Association

 

GRAPHIC LITERATURE ANTHOLOGIES+MAGAZINES

The Suburban Review (upcoming)

Feels Magazine (upcoming)

The Divide Anthology (upcoming)

Riff Raff: The Gutter Anthology 1

A Handmade Assembly Anthology

Sick Magazine

Until Magazine

Poetry is Dead

Illiterature Chapbook

The Capilano Review

Eat It Anthology

Echolocation

The Maze Chapbook

The Rusty Toque

Rampike Magazine

 

ART BOOKS/ZINES

BEFORE/AFTER, paper

WHERE ARE YOU, paper, PVC

FOR A SECOND, paper

GOODBYE, vellum, digital print

BIG TIME PYJAMAS, vellum, digital print

SNAKES & LADDERS, felt

ANY PROGRESS?, felt

JUST SITTING, felt

THANK YOU, paper

SOME DAYS, paper

 

Interests and medias

Interests

Illustration, Sculpture, Textile art

Textile medias

wool

Sculpture medias

Textile