DAESHA DEVÓN HARRIS (b. 1979, Saratoga Springs, NY; lives and works in Saratoga Springs, NY) Harris’s work focuses on the links between freedom, identity, and history in African American communities, including themes of erasure and gentrification, particularly in her hometown of Saratoga Springs, NY. Harris has had solo exhibitions at the Elsie B. Rosefsky Memorial Art Gallery, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY (2023); Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY (2019); Blue Sky, Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts, Portland, OR (2018); and the Courthouse Gallery, Lake George Arts Project, Lake George, NY (2018). She has been in notable group exhibitions including the FotoFocus Biennial, Cincinnati, OH (2022); and the En Foco exhibition Dos Mundos: (Re)Constructing Narratives, Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY (2021). She holds a BFA in studio art from the College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY (2002) and an MFA in visual art from the University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY (2007).
–Body Maps: Works from the University at Albany Fine Art Collections in Conversation with Past Exhibiting Artists