Alex Harris

Alex Harris, born and raised in Berkeley, California, is an artist interested in using art and technology to look at how humans interface with the natural world. He is the author of Heyday’s Birds of Lake Merritt, a full-color field guide that introduces readers to fifteen waterbirds easily found in the urban wildlife refuge of Lake Merritt in Oakland, California. Harris has a BA in environmental studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and previously worked as the web editor and electronic communications manager at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. He lives and works in Oakland.