About
Ronah Harris was born in 1977 in New York, NY. She studied art and technology at
The New School, New York (BA, 1999), and Teachers College, Columbia University
(Doctorate, 2017). She is the founder of Play Pattern LLC, a digital platform for
curious children to learn arts and technology. She earned Two Daytime Emmys for
her work in children’s television shows Sesame Street and The Electric Company. For
many years, Ronah has been commissioned to create private works.
Ronah became an art and design teacher in 2018, before taking on a full time studio practice.
Working predominantly in fiber and ceramics, her work engages topics of play and
identity, black portraiture, and the psychology of erasure from the American art
canon. Ronah’s work has been exhibited recently at the exhibitions in Brooklyn, NY
and Princeton, NJ.
She currently lives and works in the Princeton area.