# Jan Harrison

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**Jan Harrison** (born December 18, 1944, in [West Palm Beach, Florida](/source/West_Palm_Beach,_Florida)) is an American painter and sculptor whose work, which primarily features animal imagery, centers on the animal soul, consciousness and voice as they relate to [human existence](/source/Human_existence) and the collective psyche.[1] Her art is informed by the philosophy of [deep ecology](/source/Deep_ecology), and a monograph detailing her work describes it as “excavat(ing) the arcane kingdom of the [human psyche](/source/Human_psyche), so long tyrannized by the repressive and oppressive forces of socialization."[2] She has exhibited widely in the United States and abroad, and her work is featured in *In The Making: Creative Options for Contemporary Art*.[3] Harrison speaks and sings in a language of vocables, "Animal Tongues," which she performs with her visual art. She has received six grants in the arts, and is the [Inaugural Recipient](https://current.nyfa.org/post/188834621308/introducing-jan-harrison-receives-inaugural?mc_cid=f8a097baf7&mc_eid=1d59730478) of the Recharge Foundation Fellowship for New Surrealist Art, New York Foundation for the Arts, NYFA, 2019. She currently lives and works in New York’s [Hudson Valley](/source/Hudson_Valley).

## Select bibliography

- *Arcana Mundi: Selected Works 1979-2000*, Jan Harrison and [Linda Weintraub](/source/Linda_Weintraub), Barrytown, Ltd. (2000)
- “Internal Sources of Inspiration: Soul-Genus Fusion,” in *In The Making: Creative Options for Contemporary Art*, Linda Weintraub, d.a.p./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc. (2003)
- "Singing in Animal Tongues: An Inner Journey," Jan Harrison, *Performing Arts Journal*, 97:28-38 (2011)

## Select reviews

- ["Jan Harrison's Dream Animals"](https://hyperallergic.com/591893/jan-harrisons-dream-animals/) [Carter Ratcliff](/source/Carter_Ratcliff), *Hyperallergic* (October 3, 2020)
- ["Jan Harrison's thoroughly modern surrealism"](https://hudsonvalleyone.com/2019/11/26/jan-harrisons-thoroughly-modern-surrealism/) Lynn Woods, *Hudson Valley One* (November 26, 2019)
- ["Life or Death"](https://blog.praxiscenterforaesthetics.com/life-or-death/) by Brainard Carey, *Praxis* (January 19, 2018)
- “Crossing Over to Jan Harrison,” [George Quasha](/source/George_Quasha), [\[1\]](http://www.quasha.com/html/writing_harr.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20081120120209/http://www.quasha.com/html/writing_harr.html) 2008-11-20 at the Wayback Machine, (2001)
- “Jan Harrison: Myths for Our Time,” Ann Pollak, *Dialogue Magazine*, (May 1989)
- “Jan Harrison, Audrey Skoudas: Ten Solo Exhibitions, Wright State University Gallery,” Elizabeth Hoxie, *New Art Examiner* (April 1982)

## References

1. [Jan Harrison, AskArt.com](http://www.askart.com/askart/h/jan_harrison/jan_harrison.aspx)

1. Jan Harrison, *Arcana Mundi: Selected Works 1979-2000*, Jan Harrison and Linda Weintraub, Barrytown, Ltd. (2000)

1. Internal Sources of Inspiration: Soul-Genus Fusion,” in *In The Making: Creative Options for Contemporary Art*, Linda Weintraub, d.a.p./[Distributed Art Publishers](/source/Distributed_Art_Publishers), Inc. (2003)

## External links

- Jan Harrison’s website:[\[2\]](http://www.janharrison.net/)
- Ask ART:[\[3\]](https://www.askart.com/askart/h/jan_harrison/jan_harrison.aspx)
- Performing Arts Journal podcast interview:[\[4\]](https://www.mitpressjournals.org/podcast/episode8_paj)

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