About me

I am a highly trained practitioner now based in South London. I use photography, paint, sound and installations with extensive experience working with reputable arts facilities, most recently as a co founding member of independent arts collective, NOPARKING setting up exhibitions and projects within empty retail units, festivals like FORMAT as well as established venues like QUAD and DEDA.

I have taken commissions to work with Jazz Musicians like Corey Mwamba within his various projects, Artists including Del Coombs - documenting their works, Organisations like QUAD, Q-Arts, DEDA, Bathysphere Digital Arts and Derby Jazz.
Front of House Work

I have nine years experience of working within art galleries as a Gallery Assistant / Customer Services Assistant and most recently I was employed by the QUAD Arts and Cinema Centre in Derby.
Duties including

‘First contact' with artists, visitors and clients; Sales & invoicing for screenings, events and retail, both requested and generated; Collation of information for artists, visitors & Clients; Vigilance for the safety & security of property, visitors and art work

Selected Exhibitions
2011 ‘Never Let me Go' - commission to produce an Art Work - QUAD - Derby
2010 ‘...and then there were four' - NOPARKING Collective Sideshow Nottingham

2010 ‘The Other Place' - Future Focus QUAD -Derby
2009 ‘Buildings Without Walls' - NOPARKING Collective Deda - Derby
2009 ‘NOPARKING Collective' - Format International Photo Festival Derby
2008 ‘Shelter Secret Art Auction' - Shelter HQ Old Street - London
2008 ‘A Selection of Night Works' - Les Projections ‘Off O8' Nantes - France

2008 ‘A Visceral Place Prts 1, 2 & 3' - NOPARKING Collective, Cheapside - Derby

2007 ‘Unspecified' - Derby Jazz Week Assembly Rooms - Derby

2006 ‘Groundswell Two' University of Derby Green Lane site
2005 ‘The Waiting Room' - Format 05 Festival Derby *

2003/04 ‘Parallel' Derby Dance Centre *

2003 ‘Groundswell' University of Derby Green Lane site *

2003 ‘Islands' Ten Gallery - St. Ives / Cornwall
1999 ‘Shots from the Hip' Acorn Theatre Cafe / Penzance / Cornwall

* Arts Council Funded

Skills

Strong, focused, customer/client centred approach with a keen sense of attention to detail, Time management with the ability to adapt jobs at the last minute., Event and Exhibition Organisation, High Resolution Negative, Photo Scanning & Photo Restoration, Performing and Management in a public environment including DJing and Band Performance., Research and Information collating information, using knowledge to facilitate the experience of others., Design of publications for exhibition and publicity - Catalogues, Booklets and Posters & Flyers., Box Office and Administration Software - Patron Base, Excel and Microsoft Word., Image making software - Photoshop CS3, Adobe In Design, Dreamweaver on PC and MAC., Website design - I built my own website in 2004 which is still in operation at www.georgeharrisphoto.co.uk, Traditional Darkroom and Camera Equipment - Large Format 5/4, Medium Format and 35mm.

Awards

Education, 2007 City and Guilds Cert level 3 in Delivering Learning Derby College, 1999 2002 BA (hons) in Photography - 2.1 University of Derby, 1998 1999 HND in Graphic Design - Distinction Cornwall College, 1997 1998 HNC in Multi Media Design - Distinction Cornwall College, Awards, 2003/2005 Arts Council Funding Awards for three Exhibitions*, 2003 Topographical Award at the Derby City Open for 'The Village' November

Clients

Antoinette Burchilll, Banks Mill, Bathysphere Digital Arts, Borderline Guerillas, Clive Wheeler, Corey Mwamba, DEDA, Del Coombs, Derby Jazz, Gemma Marmalade, Gustavo Espinosa, Makif, Moule Family, Mustache Festival, Q-Arts, QUAD, Susumi Bar, The Dust Collectors, Walt Shaw