Gabi Harris is a French-Australian contemporary jeweller whose photographic background informs her exploration of light, shadow, and texture. Her process-driven practice investigates line, space, and form through a restrained palette and contrasting surfaces, creating depth and emotion. A subtle rhythm of repetition and a play on material ambiguity invite multiple interpretations.
Through continuous experimentation and drawing from cross-cultural experiences, she has developed a distinctive abstracted aesthetic that blends biomorphic and geometric forms. Architectural elements and aerial perspectives inspire linear compositions that distil personal identity into tactile, abstract objects, evoking memory and place.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Apr-May 2025 - Grow, Grey Street Gallery, South Bank QLD
Mar-May 2025 - Profile 2025, Australian Design Centre, Darlinghurst NSW
Jan-Feb 2025 - Attachements and Fasteners, Project Gallery, South Bank QLD
Nov-Dec 2024 - National Contemporary Jewellery Award 2024, Griffith Regional Art Gallery NSW
Oct-Nov 2024 - Elemental, Brisbane Institute of Art, Windsor QLD
Oct 2024 - Review. React. Respond, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Oct 2024 - Reflect I Refract, Mossenson Galleries, Subiaco, WA
May 2024 - Both Sides of Here, Project Gallery, South Bank QLD
Apr 2024 - Conscious Adornment, Grey Street Gallery, South Bank QLD
Oct 2023 - Flow - JMGQ Member Exhibition, Impress Gallery Wooloowin, Brisbane QLD
Jun 2023 - Aerobia, Brisbane Institute of Art, Windsor QLD
Dec 2022 - QCA Collective Origins 15, Grey Street Gallery, South Bank QLD
Jun 2022 - Remagine Art Prize Exhibition 2022, Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre, Hornsby NSW
AWARDS
Finalist - Contemporary Wearables ‘25, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba QLD
Finalist - Profile 2025, Australian Design Centre, Darlinghurst NSW
Finalist - National Contemporary Jewellery Award 2024, Griffith Regional Art Gallery NSW
Finalist - Reflect I Refract, Mossenson Galleries, Subiaco, WA
Finalist - Remagine Art Prize 2022, Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre, Hornsby NSW
OTHER
Master of Visual Arts - Griffith University QCAD - estimated completion 2026
Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia, Queensland (JMGQ) - Treasurer