Bio/Contact

Born in Durham North Carolina and raised in Philadelphia, HILARY HARP has lived and worked in New York, NY; Worcester MA; Los Angeles, CA; Pittsburgh, PA and now Phoenix, AZ. No matter the city, Harp creates sculptures and media projects that are playful and multi-faceted. Using a wide range of materials from plastic and steel to honey and bread she uses a visceral materiality to reconsider icons of popular culture and high art. Her work has been exhibited at the Gale Gates Gallery, The Sculpture Center, White Columns and Esso Gallery in New York. She has had solo exhibitions at the Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, The Philadelphia Art Alliance and the Samuel Fleisher Art Memorial. She was the recipient of a Pew Fellowship in the Arts and a Heinz Creative Heights Grant, and has been artist in residence at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA and the Kohler Center for Arts and Industry in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. She is currently Assistant Professor of Sculpture at Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ. Since 2003, she has worked collaboratively with Suzie Silver. Their collaborative projects can be viewed by clicking on “Back to Harp and Silver” above.

Contact:
hilary.harp@asu.edu