Roberta Harris Art

Roberta Harris was born in Passaic, New Jersey, and grew up in Houston, Texas. She has lived in New York, Washington, D.C. and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Harris studied at Parsons School of Design and Hunter College in New York. She was chosen for the Independent Study Program at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Her paintings and sculptures have been exhibited nationally and internationally and are included in numerous private and corporate collections including, MTV Corporation, New York; Chase Manhattan Bank, New York; Frito-Lay Dallas, Texas; Dynegy, Houston, Texas; Compaq (Hewlett- Packard), Houston, Texas and Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas. Harris has instructed at The Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and the Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Houston. She has been a visiting lecturer at the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas; Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Dallas College Brookhaven Campus, Texas; the University of Houston, Houston, Texas; The Menil Collection, Houston, Texas. Harris has also served as an Advisory Member of the Art and Architecture Panel, Texas Arts Commission; Houston Arts Festival; Cultural Arts Council of Houston and the Art League of Houston. Harris was honored with a retrospective at the Women’s Museum (an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution) in Dallas, titled “ROBERTA HARRIS: “UP” 1985-2009.” Harris lives and makes art in Houston, Texas.