Harry Garner

About

Harry Garner, 1998, was born in rural Leicestershire into a multi-generational farming family. He left the family farm and studied Fine Art at Liverpool Hope University. Harry’s work has been exhibited across the UK, but he continues to live and work in Liverpool.Harry's work explores contemporary themes of faith and uncertainty. He creates paintings that allude to narrative, and tell stories through implication. He is fascinated by the idea that painting can provide information, but not answers.Using figurative painting allows him to stage vignettes, often derived from a historical context, that balance between the ambiguous and the specific. His subject matter defies straightforward interpretation, and often shifts between portrait and still life genres. This provokes the viewer to become more than a passive consumer, instead taking an active role, adding their own narrative to each scene.CVEducationArt Technician Training Certificate - Coventry University
BA Honours Fine Art & Art History - Liverpool School of Creative & Performing ArtsSelected Exhibitions
2026:
Connections, The Lake Gallery, West Kirby
2025:
Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Mall Galleries, London
Williamson Open, Williamson Gallery, Birkenhead
The Monday Group, Start Yard / Independents Biennial, Liverpool
TALP Prize Exhibition, Patchings Art Centre, Nottingham
2024:
Lake Gallery Open, The Lake Gallery, West Kirby
Emerging Vision, Zari Gallery, London
The Town is the Gallery, Convenience Gallery, Birkenhead
RBSA Portrait Prize Exhibition, RBSA Gallery, Birmingham
The City and the Self, Homotopia / The Royal Standard, Liverpool
2023:
Chain Reaction, Cornerstone Gallery, Liverpool
Crafted, Kirkby Gallery, Kirkby
The Drawing (Paper) Show, Bridewell Gallery, Liverpool
Shuffle, Make, Liverpool
2022:
International Postcard Show, Surface Gallery, Nottingham
2021:
INPUT, OUTPUT Gallery, Liverpool
Small Pleasures, All Mouth Gallery, London
In Residence, Attenborough Art Centre, Leicester
2020:
Hagridden, The Royal Standard, Liverpool
2019:
Summer Evenings, Corke Gallery, Liverpool
Liverpool Hope Fine Art Degree Show, Creative Campus, LiverpoolAwards
RBSA Portrait Prize, 2024
International Postcard Show First Prize, 2022
Corke Gallery Prize, 2019
Liverpool Womens’ Hospital Purchase Prize, 2019
Liverpool School of Creative & Performing Arts Prize, 2019
Liverpool Hope University Academic Excellence Scholarship, 2016Shortlisted:
TALP Prize, 2025
The Homiens Art Prize, 2024