JAH (aka Judith Harvey)

JAH, also known as Judith Harvey’s, practice is driven by an idea she first experimented with in 2017, meshing her knowledge of screen printing and music composition. Since 2017, Harvey has woven together music and fine art theory’s’, documented in her 2018 manifesto. Succeeding this, 2019 brought historical context to her theorem through completing her honours thesis.

Harvey has exhibited nationally and internationally in group shows and awards since 2015. Notable achievements include the 4th Xi’an International Printmaking Workshop in 2017, a group exhibition showcasing students from globally esteemed universities in the East Gallery of the Xian Academy of Fine Art, in Xi’an, China. Harvey has also exhibited in The Art Space, Singapore, and currently has work showing in the Clyde and Co Law firm on George Street, Sydney and Megalo Print Studio's Online Screen exhibition. 

Harvey has won notable prizes such as the 2018 New South Wales Royal Agricultural Society Medallion for Excellence in Printmaking, in addition to receiving first place in the Printmaking class in the Arts and Crafts section of the Royal Easter Show. She was also a finalist in the 2017 Mosman Youth Art Prize, 2018 Waverley Art Prize, and 2018 & 2020 Fisher's Ghost Prize. Most recently, Harvey had her debut solo exhibitio, Music Meets Screen Print, at M2 Gallery Surry Hills, Sydney. 

#12 | Heroism - Action Analysis Series, 2018, Visual Transposition screen print from 42 stencils on BFK Rives, edition of 8. 56.5 x 76.2 cm. $800 (framed), $500 (unframed)

This Visual Transposition print is from a series used to explore a theme based element in soundtracks and film. Using my theorem of 'Visual Transposition’, I analysed Brian Tyler’s As the Hammer Falls, from Marvel’s Thor: The Dark World, to compare and reveal the impact of music on film. Soundtracks offer multi-sensory depth to cinematic visuals, by investigating a multitude of scores the theorem represents many different composers' depiction of emotions. This series of prints also touch on how music and emotion abstractly may be compared visually.