Gabi Harris is a French-Australian contemporary jewellery artist currently based in South-East Queensland. With a photographic background informing her metalsmithing practice, she investigates the materiality of light's meeting point with textured surfaces, instinctively prioritising purity of form and balance of elements.
Playing with ambiguity of material and subject matter resonates deeply, leading her work to straddle the boundary between what you see and what could be other things. She has developed a strong abstracted aesthetic combining biomorphic and geometric elements. Working in a subdued colour palette, she often uses repetition of form and contrasting texture as a means to create depth and convey rhythmic emotion.
She is currently completing a Master of Visual Arts at Queensland College of Art and Design, Griffith University, focusing on contemporary jewellery.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Aug-Nov 2025 - Contemporary Wearables ‘25, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba QLD
Jul 2025 - Coming of Age, Grey Street Gallery, South Bank QLD
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 2027
Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia, Queensland (JMGQ) - Treasurer 2024/2025