Originally from Louisiana, Ms. Lawler currently resides in New Mexico’s mountains in the USA. She also lived and worked in New York City for 20 years. Universities attended were Louisiana State University/Baton Rouge, LA (BFA degree in sculpture), Parson’s/NYC, and New York University/NYC. Harriette has founded/directed two non-profit artists’ cooperatives: Matters of the Art in Baton Rouge/New Orleans and currently Art Jemez in New Mexico. In addition to originating the concepts and coordinating the events for those groups, she curated their exhibits. Working as an independent curator outside NM, her latest project was the international show “Corrections” in San Francisco in 2009 with associate Frank Ettenberg of Vienna. Her magazine work in design includes Rolling Stone, The Village Voice, and Popular Mechanics, winning several American Design awards.

Harriette’s work relates to the changing mental, spiritual, and emotional landscapes that we traverse in life. Spaces are defined to convey a particular realm of existence, quest, moment in time, or saga. Pieces are often cut from one flat sheet of metal, torched, and then the sculpture pulled out into a 3D work. This process produces a fluid and often musical quality, which transforms the metal’s natural rigidity. Most works represent passages through hardships or transitions. Such images as doorways, ladders, and windows are often utilized. However, in some work, the calmness and harmony achieved after these difficult transits are expressed. In particular, her Arcs/Restrung Bows series portray that “aftermath.” The influence of her Native American heritage is strongly reflected in these works. Inspired by her late Indian father’s old hunting bow, which hangs in her studio, these works are “bows” that have been reshaped and restrung in unorthodox fashion to “play” visual songs.

Selected Exhibitions and Commissions:

100 Artists 100 Dreams: International juried group show. Opens October 2011. Installation and festival: film (of the participating artists), performance, and concert. La Leona Arts, Kingston, NY, USA.

Planet Earth Planet Art: Featured artist in Mirca Art Group book. Published March 2010. 95 international artists present their artwork and personal statements in support of Friends Of The Earth International. Mirca is based in Skogas, Sweden.

Earth Narratives: 2-person show. August 2009. Matrix Fine Art Gallery, Albuquerque, NM, USA.

City of Albuquerque Public Art Purchase Program: "Waterfall of the New Moon" sculpture selected for purchase and installation. June 2009. Albuquerque, USA.

Corrections: Juried international show, 10 countries represented. March 2009. SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Shelter In Place: Juried show. August 2008. Mission Street Gallery, Jemez Springs, NM, USA.

Journey: Invitational. November 2007. Iron Willow Gallery, Canon, NM, USA

2 pi r: Artists in the Round: Four-person show. July 2007. SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Jemez In Focus: 20 Perspectives: Juried invitational. April 2007. Sandoval County Historical Society, Bernalillo, NM, USA.

Luminescence: A Light in the Dark: Juried invitational. December 2006. Art Jemez Gallery, Jemez Springs, NM, USA.

The Long Road Home: Solo show. September 2001-November 2001. KAOS Gallery, Wilmington, VT, USA.

The Mask: Magic Or Menace: Juried invitational. July 2000. City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ, USA.

Holocaust Resource Center: Solo installation. 12 sculptures. 8/1999 - 8/2001. Five pieces purchased by the Center and on permanent display. Manhasset, Long Island, NY, USA.

B.J. Spoke Gallery: Invitational. September 1999. Art League of Long Island, Huntington, NY, USA.

Passing Through Again: Solo show. May 1996. Jemez Views Gallery, Jemez Springs, NM, USA.

Salon Des Refuses: Invitational. March 1993. Gallery at the Rep, Santa Fe, NM, USA.

Sculpture New Mexico: Invitational. February 1993. Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, NM, USA.

Fuller Lodge Art Center: Juried Invitational. March 1992. NM Sculptors Guild, Los Alamos, NM, USA.

Abstract /Abstraction: Juried group show. March 1992. Kino Gallery, Albuquerque, NM, USA.

Time And Place: 12 person juried invitational. August 1991. Dartmouth Gallery, Albuquerque, NM, USA.

!Magnifico!: Juried show. May 1991, Albuquerque Convention Center, Albuquerque, NM, USA.

Reptilian Hearts: February 1989. Private commission. NYC, USA.

Paperworks: Juried invitational. October 1986. Private loft, Hoboken, NJ

Hoboken Heroes: Juried invitational. November 1984. Private loft, Hoboken, NJ, USA.

Cityscapes: Juried invitational. March 1982. Private loft, NYC, USA.

Hermas Out! II: Sculpture commission for Just William, Inc. March 1981. NYC, USA - shipped to London, England.

Hermas Out! I: Sculpture installation for Just William, Inc. September 1980. NYC, USA - shipped to Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Passing Through: Three-person exhibit. June 1977. Matters of the Art Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.

Serpentine: Solo show. March 1976. Matters of the Art Gallery, Baton Rouge, La, USA.