The Skin Exhibit

ID: A promo image for The Skin Exhibit featuring black text on a white background. The text reads "October 3 - November 10/ The Skin Exhibit/ Reception October 4th 6-8pm/ curated by Christopher E Harrison/ Fresh Eye Gallery | 4238 Nicollet Ave, Mpls 55409

Fresh Eye Gallery presents The Skin Exhibit, curated by Christopher E. Harrison.

Skin serves as a covering, protection, an identifier in material and metaphor. How does skin inform our existence, define the world around us and within us? The Skin Exhibit asks us to examine our experience as to how we explore, connect, and imagine the “skin that we’re in.”The Skin Exhibit will be on view from October 3rd - November 10th.

Participating Artists

Del Bey, Kathryn Blommel, Kristen Brown, gwen charles, Chris Cinque, Kordula Coleman, Claude Cooper, Abigail K. Cushing, Kelly Devitt, Dave Fallon, Jo Garrison, Darrell Hagan, Christopher E. Harrison (curator), Camille Hempel, Justice Jay, Matthew King, CL Martin, Shea Maze, Nadine Mercil, Roya Nazari Najafabadi, Steve Ozone, Kelly Pals, Juan Diego Perez la Cruz, Christopher Quiñones, Sarah Sampedro, John Schuerman, PD Stonecarver, Xavier Tavera, & Gail Wallinga.

About the curator Christopher E. Harrison

ID: Christopher Harrison stands next to his artwork. The piece to the left of him is a yellow, green, brown, and black abstract. The pieces behind him are three black, heavily textured paintings. He is smiling and wearing a maroon cardigan with a black shirt underneath.

Photo by Scott Streble

Christopher E. Harrison is a fine artist, public artist and designer based in Minneapolis. His concepts are inspired by historical flashpoints from the past and present that chronicle the Black experience the U.S. and globally. He received his BFA in 1987 Retail Advertising from the Columbus (OH) College of Art and Design.

Harrison had a successful 15+ year career as a graphic designer/art director in the publishing and advertising industries as he continued to develop his fine art skills through exhibits and commissions, eventually leaving it to pursue his practice full time in 2016. He received an MFA in Studio Arts, Painting from the Art Academy University, San Francisco (CA) in 2021. He has exhibited his work in solo and group exhibitions including MIAD (WI), Nemeth Art Center (MN), Soo Visual Art Center (MN), the Duluth Art Institute (MN), Ridgewater College (MN), Smack Mellon (NY) and the DeVos Art Museum (MI).

Harrison has created public art for sites around Minneapolis as well. His work has been supported with grant funding by Jerome Foundation, Minnesota State Arts Board, the City of Minneapolis, the Elizabeth Murray Foundation, the Pollock Krasner Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation and MRAC Next Step. He is currently an adjunct Lecturer of Drawing at the University of MN-Twin Cities.