Tara Harris

Tara Harris is a contemporary British painter based in Birmingham, UK. She returned to painting full time in 2024, following an earlier career in fine art and arts education.

Working primarily in oil on wood panel, Harris creates atmospheric, otherworldly landscapes exploring memory, place and transformation. Her paintings move between the recognisable and the imagined, using fragmented forms, shifting spaces and intuitive marks to create landscapes that feel both familiar and uncertain.

Her practice is influenced by Surrealism and her background in printmaking. She develops paintings through layering, scraping, erasure and reworking, allowing unexpected forms and relationships to emerge. Her work often considers the relationship between the natural world and the structures we create within it.

Since returning to painting, Harris has exhibited across the UK, including London and Birmingham, and has received recognition through national and international exhibitions, awards and publications.

BA (Hons) Fine Art – Newcastle Polytechnic, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1991
Specialising in Printmaking

Fine Art – Bournville College of Art, Birmingham

Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE), 1993

2026

Inner Worlds – Duo Exhibition, Seventh Circle Gallery, Birmingham

Auto Amor Vol. 8 – Traction Projects, Exeter

Auto Amor Vol. 3 – Terrace Gallery, London

Cycles – Espacio Gallery, London

Friends Exhibition – Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Birmingham

Upcoming 2026

Unmapped – Solo Exhibition, Birmingham Midland Institute, Birmingham

Euphoria – Indra Gallery, London

Vista – Courtyard Gallery, Solihull

Surreal Solihull – Midlands Arts Centre (MAC), Birmingham

Small Blue Dot – Espacio Gallery, London

2025

Open Exhibition – Royal Cambrian Academy

Friends Exhibition – Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Birmingham

Summer Exhibition – University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire

Surreal Solihull – Solihull

Belongings – Courtyard Gallery, Solihull

Ascent of Man – The House of Smalls

Light – Birmingham Open Exhibition

Lands Beyond – Solo Exhibition, nook gallery

Summer Camp Open – Eastside Projects, Birmingham

2024

Friends Exhibition – Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Birmingham

Winterness – D31 Online Exhibition

Miniatures Revisited – Cupola Gallery, Sheffield

Hiraeth and Eros – Old Lock Gallery, Cromford

Blue – Tebbs Contemporary, Online

Harmony, Sublime and Solace – LSA Art Rooms, Leamington Sp...