Misha Harrison

Misha Harrison explores materiality and process through intricately cut and assembled plywood artworks. Still life, portraiture, and abstraction are rethought and reimagined into contemporary formats. Each work comprising of carefully cut and layered plywood, painted with vibrant colours juxtaposed and highlighted with textile inlays and stitching.

Harrison transforms mundane materials like plywood and wool into vibrant assemblages of shapes and forms. Cutting, carving, sanding, painting, gluing, and stitching are some of the labour-intensive exercises involved in her process. The artist is forever developing her familiarisation with the plywood and textiles, allowing her to push these mediums further, challenging the boundaries of materiality.

Reminiscent of a jigsaw puzzle, every different piece of the artwork has been drawn onto the wood, painted, cut and finished to fit in its place. The woodblock artworks represent the journey coming together and aesthetics in the chaos.

Flora Group Exhibition Catalogue, September 2022.