Savannah Harris

Savannah Harris (b. 1999) practice can be read as a stream of consciousness that ebbs and flows into complex environments. Her works are intuitively entangled with geometric shapes, texture and colour. Informed by geological and archaeological processes that have shaped and reshaped the earth. The act of painting becomes performative as she continuously deconstructs the space of the canvas; mimicking the faults, folds and traces present within the earth. The context and matter of the works reflects a porosity and mutability found within intricate geological landscapes, these reflections also present themselves in the slow build up of the multi-layered paintings. Often incorporating sand, tying to her Caribbean and Cuban heritage and a symbiotic reference to deep time, the works become organic renderings of a journey toward becoming. Revived from buried memories, the sand in her paintings invoke a history of lived experience.

31.5 × 24 inches 

80 x 60 cm 

Courtesy of the Artist and Harlesden High Street Gallery