Harry Underwood is a self taught painter living in Nashville Tennessee. Born in Miami during 1969 and raised in the rural "Redlands" farming area near the city of Homestead Florida. His father was a Carpenter and his mother worked at a Supermarket. He has one sister. With his family he attended the Church of God pentecostal church until 1982. As a teenager he cleaned swimming pools at many of the Motels in the area and bussed tables at the Capri Italian Restaurant in Florida City. Uprooted by Hurricane Andrew in 1992 he lived in New Orleans and Austin, eventually settling in Nashville where he worked in the construction industry until 2005. His artwork has been shown by galleries in United States, France and England.
Solo ExhibitsJan 11-Mar 1 2019 Different Trains Gallery, Atlanta Sept 1, 2018 Yard Dog, Austin Sept 29, 2017, Halcyon Bicycle Shop, Nashville July 1, 2016, Lindsay Gallery, Columbus. Sept 10, 2016, Yard Dog, Austin. 2016, Belcourt Theater, Nashville 2015, Julia Martin Gallery, Nashville 2014, Infinity Cat Records, Nashville 2014, Belcourt Theater, Nashville 2013, The Principle of Refreshment, Lindsay Gallery, Columbus 2013, Life’s Big Sequel, Skypac Performing Arts Center, Bowling Green 2012, The Power of Reflection, The Arts Company, Nashville 2011, The Brightest of the Seasons, Lindsay Gallery, Columbus 2011, Reveries and Reflections, Just Folk, Summerland Ca 2010, An Atmosphere For Living, Estel Gallery, Nashville 2009,The Very Tremendously, Boundless and Romantic, Perpetual History of Light, Estel Gallery 2009,The Very Tremendously, Boundless and Romantic, Perpetual History of Light, Lindsay Gallery 2008, The Logic of Wishful Thinking, Estel Gallery, Nashville 2008, A Pictorial History of Wishful Thinking, Lindsay Gallery, Columbus 2008, Nashville International Airport 2007, A Pictorial History of Wishful Thinking, Estel Gallery, Nashville |
Group Exhibits2015-16, Halle Saint Pierre Museum, Paris
2015, Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville 2008-present, Outsider Art Fair, NYC 2010, Metro Arts Commission, Nashville 2009, J. P. Ritsch-Fisch Gallery, Strasbourg France 2009, Art Chicago, Lindsay Gallery, Columbus 2009 Rosemarie Koczy/ J. P. Ritsch-Fisch Gallery- Strasbourg 2009, Art Paris, J. P. Ritsch-Fisch Gallery 2008, Ruby Green, Nashville 2007, 2011 Intuit Show of Folk and Outsider Art, Chicago 2007, Fresh Faces, Judy Saslow Gallery, Chicago 2005, Plowhaus Artist Cooperative, Nashville |