Harriet Watson

Harriet Watson is an Indiana based artist who has predominantly worked in 2-D abstraction throughout her artistic career. She is a member of the Eighteen Art Collective, formed after a project in which eighteen Black artists collaborated to create the Black Lives Matter street mural on the historic Indiana Avenue. Watson's art is inspired by Black female artists from the 70's such as Faith Ringgold and Emma Amos. Watson owns her own business, Harriet Watson Art LLC, where she sells her art and clothing brand.

Early life and education Harriet Watson was born on December 25, 1994, in Indianapolis, Indiana. The bottom half of the letter had the phrase "Know Justice, Know Peace" written out. This piece of the mural painted by Watson draws inspiration from Faith Ringgold's piece "Our Flag is Bleeding".

Putnam County selected Watson to participate in a mural festival in September 2022. For this project, six artists painted murals around the county in order to provide art to communities that are less likely to be exposed to public art. Watson painted her mural on a building in Roachdale Community Park hoping to provide a piece that would be a part of childhood play in the park. The festival went on from September 11 to September 24, 2022. The show was titled "Studio Notions" and was made up of a collection of Watson's pieces that showed a new and "experimental" artistic switch for her as she began to embrace abstract expressionism. The show highlighted the artist's interest in the use of miscellanies resources and unpredictability in art.