‘Offshoot Collaborations’ at Gallery Kayafas features the work of two parent-child teams who don’t usually collaborate By Cate McQuaid Globe Correspondent

“Obviously there is a metaphor in here that one table with one leg will not stand up by itself,” says Harries, a professor at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts who teaches sculpture and installation. “It is a metaphor for people getting together and creating something that functions. It might not function in the normal way, but it functions anyway.”

Mags Harries, One Legged Table: Revisited at Boston Sculptors Gallery 2008/2019

Mags Harries was born in Wales, graduated from the Leicester College of Art and Design, received her MFA at Southern Illinois University, and teaches at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. She is a multimedia artist who uses found objects, drawing, photography, performance, new technology, and 3D printing to fabricate visually.

Mags Harries' Glove and Trash drawings from the 70's and 80's sparked what would become her widely know public art pieces, Asaroton, 1976 in Haymarket, Boston and Glove Cycle in Porter Square Station, Boston.

Thinking about Water: Artists Reflect
Group show featuring work by Mags Harries "reflects on the beauty of our most precious natural resource and on the impact of global climate change." Metropolitan Waterworks Museum
2450 Beacon Street
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

Opening Reception: Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at 7pm

Addressing themes of global warming to the survival of humankind, Mags Harries’ new solo exhibition Adrift will feature sculptural and two-dimensional works depicting subjects ranging from life vests to icebergs. In response to the political environment created by the Trump administration, Adrift alludes to the tide of uncertainty in which we are caught. Sensing a threat to our democracy, the planet, and its inhabitants, Harries grapples with glacial melts, and the turning back of migrants who have come here to establish a better life. The artist, an immigrant herself, asks, “How does one ignore these changes? How does one understand this uncertainty? How does an artist deal with these issues?”

Mags Harries recent solo shows at Gallery Kayafas and the Boston Sculptors Gallery were reviewed in the November 2016 issue of Sculpture Magazine.

Submerge a video collaboration by Mags Harries & Catherine Siller is on view on the Boston Convention Center Marquee as part of the 18th Round of Art on the Marquee

Mags Harries & Catherine Siller collaborated on Submerge for the 18th round of Art on The Marquee at the Boston Convention Center. It will be on view through August 2016.

The Globe lists Mags Harries "Precautionary Tales" at Gallery Kayafas in Week Ahead

Cate Mcquaid reviewed Mags Harries "Precautionary Tales", calling the work "climate-conscious to cosmic", in the Boston Globe.

Mags Harries Precautionary Tales will be on view at Gallery Kayafas March 4th - April 9th, 2016.
Artist Talk "Nothing Is What It Appears To Be" Saturday April 2nd, 2:30 - 4:00pm.
The show features photography, and 3D printed sculptures.

On Thursday September 17, 2015 Drones Are Changing How We See - And Think About - Our World aired on WBUR's The ARTery. Curt Nickisch and Greg Cook included a conversation with Mags Harries about her recent drone collaboration with Boston Virtual Imaging on The Disappearing Drumlin.

Mags Harries work will be in The Sculptor's Eye: Prints, Drawings, and Photographs from the Collection

Oct 03, 2015 - Mar 20, 2016

deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum
51 Sandy Pond Road
Lincoln, MA 01773

Mags Harries' The Disappearing Drumlin will be in "34" at Boston Sculptors Gallery

Opening Reception: Sunday July 26th, 3–5pm

SoWa First Friday Reception: Friday, August 7th, 5–8pm

34 is a show curated by Liz Devlin about the Boston Harbor Islands. Mags Harries' work The Disappearing Drumlin focuses on Sheep Island. The piece features video by Boston Virtual Imaging.


Isles Arts Initiative

July 22, 2015 - August 16, 2015

Boston Sculptors Gallery
486 Harrison Ave
Boston, , MA 02118
United States

Review of Sculpture Embraces Horticulture show at Blithewold in Artscope Magazine. Sculpture Embraces Horticulture Review in Artscope Magazine

Mags Harries' show Level was reviewed by Christine Temin in Sculpture Magazine issue September 2013

Cate McQuaid reviews Mags Harries' exhibition Levels in The Boston Globe: “What’s up at Boston-area art galleries”