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Harrison Wayne (b. 1997) is an artist born and raised in Georgia. Harrison draws on his background as an industrial chemist and his lifelong passion for poetry to inform an approach that enmeshes analytical forms and iterative experimentation with an obsessive focus on the private inner workings of the heart. Across durational chemical sculptures, collaborative ventures, and obtuse personal performances, Harrison works within self-imposed, open-ended systems of rules and private rituals. Harping over time on selected materials and gestures for their elemental power as poetic analogues, disparate visual forms are treated as branches of an expansive, mercurial writing practice. Harrison Wayne is an artist born and raised in Georgia. After receiving his Bachelor's in chemistry from Georgia State University, Harrison continued his work as an industrial research chemist at a local manufacturing plant. Harrison's work has been exhibited both locally and nationally within institutional bodies, while concurrently his practice has often manifested itself in alternative contexts outside of traditional exhibition frameworks. Harrison has been the recipient of residencies at Stove Works (Chattanooga, TN) and the Hambidge Center (Rabun Gap, GA). Harrison was selected as a 2025 Atlanta Artadia Awardee, and in the same year he was the recipient of a grant from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts (New York, NY). As a writer, Harrison has published several books of poetry and has written for Burnaway, Institute 193, and the Royal Society of Chemistry.