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Originally from Chicago, Illinois. Harris received his BFA from Columbia College Chicago and has recently graduated from Yale School of Art in Painting and Printmaking.

Erol Scott Harris is a multidisciplinary artist who creates identity-based work. Enchanted by the ground beneath his feet, his projects function simultaneously as imprints, performance relics, concretions of lived experiences, and materializations of possibility. “It started as an obsession for me that has never ended,” explains Erol Harris.  “I start at the top of the floor and work down. That gets into call-and-response. One color calls forth another. Color dictates the structure, not the other way round.”

Deriving inspiration from his grandparents, who migrated to the United States from Guanajuato, Mexico. Their work as floorers and railroad workers in Chicago, Illinois continues to shape his perception of synthetic world building. Erol describes his approach as a slow, deliberate process of following the work, rather than forcing it, and sees printmaking and drawing as crustal tools in the process.

Forming an impression also depends on how materials impress on us. It can be a belief (“to be under an impression”). It can be an imitation or an image (“to create an impression”). Or it can be a mark on the surface (“to leave an impression”). We need to remember the ‘press’ in an impression…for it is a reminder to think in terms of action.