Kenny Harris
Envisivivarium
December 2 – December 22, 2023

In Envisivivarium, Kenny Harris presents a menagerie of meticulously crafted paper figures designed in harsh contrast of pure white and deep black. Each figure presented in the space represents a different mythological being, demonstrating the diversity and ingenuity of human imagination through overwhelming numbers. These figures welcome the viewer, engaging the audience in a conversation of imagination and creativity. The figures’ shadows present a unique frieze of ambiguous forms, providing the audience with an opportunity to create new figures, narratives, and interactions, engaging in the creative process that has inspired humans for millennia. Each installation of Envisivivarium is unique, responding to the space, location, history, and community in which the work is installed.

About the Artist:

Kenny Harris was born in Syracuse, New York, and attended Jamesville-Dewitt High School. He earned his BFA in painting and his BS in psychology from SUNY Brockport in Brockport, New York, while organizing a small non-profit community theatre organization. He went on to earn his MFA in Studio Art from Moore College of Art and Design in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with a thesis focusing on mythology and its role in contemporary art, as well as its role in contemporary media. Kenny currently works as an adjunct professor at Onondaga Community College in Syracuse, New York and has shown in multiple group and solo exhibitions throughout the United States. His solo shows include exhibitions in Garrison, New York, Syracuse, New York, Eastport, Maine, and Barre, Vermont. His artwork explores the cultural and psychological connectivity of mythology through whimsical, graphic, figurative forms.