American, b. 1947
Harriet Korman was born in Bridgeport, CT in 1947. She studied at Queens College and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. From the beginning of her career starting with her first exhibition at Galerie Ricke in Cologne in 1970, Korman focused on abstract painting based on a few selected aspects: simplicity of means, purity of color, and the intended, stimulating imbalance of the picture’s composition are her main criteria. She established her artistic approach in the 1960s at Queens College. At a time when others proclaimed the “abandoning of the picture”, Korman dedicated herself to perpetually exploring the picture plane. The result of her examinations are paintings of different qualities – painterly, organic or geometrical.
Korman has received grants and awards from the Guggenheim Museum (1971), the National Endowment for the Arts (1974, 1987, and 1993), Yaddo Residency (1996), the Edward Albee Foundation (1997), the American Academy of Arts & Letters (2003), the Pollock Krasner Foundation (2008), and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship (2013). Korman is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Fine Arts at the Fashion Institute of Technology (1989–present). She lives and works in New York City.
Korman has received grants and awards from the Guggenheim Museum (1971), the National Endowment for the Arts (1974, 1987, and 1993), Yaddo Residency (1996), the Edward Albee Foundation (1997), the American Academy of Arts & Letters (2003), the Pollock Krasner Foundation (2008), and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship (2013). Korman is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Fine Arts at the Fashion Institute of Technology (1989–present). She lives and works in New York City.
