About

Conscious and subconscious behavior is the essence of much of my work, magnified in the solitary, sometimes absurd or determined subjects I create, where exaggeration and symbolism play a significant role.  I am attracted to the hard-edged, precise techniques found in pop art, graphic design, and comic art, and use these techniques in all of my drawings and paintings.

Elyse Harrison December 2024

Elyse Harrison has been exhibiting her art since the mid 1970’s in the Washington, DC area. Her work includes paintings, mixed media sculptures and commercially commissioned site-specific murals. She has received numerous awards and grants throughout the years and maintains an active studio and a micro gallery in downtown Bethesda, Maryland. She was the owner-operator of Gallery Neptune, a regional contemporary gallery from 2003-2010, and the owner-operator of Studio Neptune, an art education program for children from 1990-2017, also located in downtown Bethesda, Maryland. Her art has been reviewed in The Washington Post, The Gazette Newspapers, Modernism Magazine and The Baltimore City Paper.

Recent exhibitions include “Elyse Harrison, Current Work” in 2024 at Radius Gallery, Missoula, Montana, “Pools in Museums”, “ModBird” and “A Visit to The Rice Bark Tree” in 2023 at The Peripoint in Bethesda, Maryland, “All Woman” in 2021 at Maison 10 in NYC and “Communicating Vessels” in 2020 at the American University Museum in Washington, DC.

A complete CV is available upon request.

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