Resident Artist Faye Harnest
Resident ArtistDetails
| 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. |
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| 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 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 ADVOCACYÂ 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 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
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Interests and medias
| Interests | Illustration, Sculpture, Textile art |
| Textile medias | wool |
| Sculpture medias | Textile |