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Jesse Harrod (she/they) is an Associate Professor in Fibers & Material Studies at the Tyler School of Art, Temple University, specializing in multidisciplinary artistic exploration of gendered, sexual, and disabled embodiment through sculpture, painting, and stop-motion animation. Currently on administrative leave for Fall 2024, Harrod maintains an active international exhibition profile and studio practice split between Philadelphia and New York.
Education:
- MFA, Fibers & Material Studies, The Art Institute of Chicago, 2010
- BFA, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, 2006
Harrod's research interrogates materiality as a framework for reimagining bodily experience, particularly through textile-based interventions that challenge normative constructs of gender and ability. Her neurodivergent perspective informs a practice where art-making functions as both personal coping mechanism and political commentary, resulting in works exhibited globally from Socrates Sculpture Park to the Hangaram Art Museum in Seoul. Fleisher/Ollman Gallery represents her professional output.
Awards and Professional Recognition:
- Visual Arts Fellowship, Pew Center for Arts & Heritage (2020)
- Temple University Faculty Award for Creative Achievement (2020)
- Vermont Studio Center Residency (2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
- Textile Art Symposium, Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre (2016)
- Haystack Open Studio Residency (2016)
- Icelandic Textile Center Residency (2017)
- MacDowell Artist Colony Residency (2017)
- Fire Island Artist Residency (2017)
- Museum of Art and Design Residency (2019)
Harrod's grant portfolio demonstrates sustained institutional support for experimental art practices, particularly through residency programs providing critical studio resources. While the text does not specify student advising roles, her 2020 Temple University Faculty Award recognizes significant creative contributions within the academic context. Major commissions include the John Michael Kohler Arts Center's 2021 Eugene Von Bruenchenhein collection response project.
