ARTIST INTERVIEW: CHLOE HARRIS
Chloe Harris
Please introduce yourself. What first sparked your interest in printmaking? How has your passion developed into a career?
I wanted to make images which didn’t take too long. After oil painting and spending hours on a single image, I needed something quicker. Printmaking -( Monoprinting) was so similar to drawing, and I knew I did that quickly. After studying, I moved to a new city and started on a new series of work. This I thought, would be a great career: moving to cities, printing these, and showing them as a series.
I would say it’s the start of a career definitely, just one that takes a lot of time to develop. I will get there in time!
You have created numerous cityscapes, what attracts you to the cities in your artwork?
Interaction.Whether that’s line or what the scenes I work from contain. I like picking out what the components are in a cityscape scene.
Which city series has been your favourite to work on, and why?
The ASIA PRINT SERIES (one I am working on now), or, the EXETER PRINT SERIES 2020. Temples and grand mosques that European cities don’t have an abundance of are making this series interesting to depict. The EXETER series was just such a launch pad for deciphering line, printmaking, and abstract impressions. These decided the route I was going to explore.
Tell me about the process for creating your most recent piece of work? What inspired you to create it?
It’s within the ASIA print series, “OFFCIE BLOCK TEMPLE”. a scene of people, the subway, and an architecturally undeniably Asian office block. It made a modern but strongly culturally rooted appeal to me.
Office Block Temple
What are the characteristics of an interesting scene to capture?
Something ambiguous, something suspended in line/shape, and something obvious.
Your work is often very busy, does this reflect you as an individual? What feelings would you like to evoke from the viewer?
YES DEFO! I love balancing a lot at once and having something to think about whilst walking / getting on with daily tasks. I’d love to think my work evokes a sense of curiosity and action.
Who is your greatest artist inspiration? If you could ask them one question, what would it be?
Rachael Jones. Abstract absolute goddess. Geniously gorgeous work. I’d probably ask her to do me a massive piece of work based on the feeling of visiting a tropical place. Something nostalgic and introspective is my reaction to her work. Don’t know how she does it.
Would probably ask: Do you get the same feeling as me when you look at your work?
What are your future aspirations as an artist?
I'd love to exhibit with other big artists in joint shows. Do collaborations with brands also. Encourgage buying art to be more of a common thing.
Why do you think art is important in society?
It’s communication. Reaching someone inside wherever they may be, from walking about town, in a new place, or on a postcard. Without words, being moved.
