Nicholas Harding (b.1956)

Biography

1956 Born UK
1965 Came to Australia
1975 Studied Bachelor of Arts
1977 Travelled to Europe & UK

Solo Exhibitions

1992,93,95,97,99,2001,02,04,05,06,07,09 Rex Irwin Art
Dealer, Sydney
1997 Theo Waddington Fine Art, London
2004,06 Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
2005,07 Crossley Scott, Melbourne
2008 Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne

Group Exhibitions

1980, 2003, 07 Sulman Prize, AGNSW
1982, 83, 85, 89, 90 Sydney Morning Herald Art Prize
1985 Faber-Castell Art Prize, Rex Irwin Art Dealer
1992-2006 Important Works on Paper, Rex Irwin
1993, 94, 2001 Kedumba Drawing Award, NSW
1993, 94, 98, 99, 2000, 01 Mosman Art Prize, Sydney
1993, 95, 2007 Salon des Refuses, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
1993, 94, 96, 98, 99, 2000, 01 Dobell Prize, AGNSW
1994, 96, 98, 2003 Wynne Prize, AGNSW
1994-2006, 09 Archibald Prize, AGNSW
1994 Urban and Urbane, Rex Irwin Art Dealer
- Gold Coast City Conrad Jupiter Prize, Qld
- Australian Contemporary Art Fair 4, Melbourne
1998, 2000 Redlands Westpac Art Prize, Sydney
1999 Universities and Schools Club Prize, Sydney
2000, 02 Favourites, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2000 Inaugural Exhibition, Dickerson Scott, Melbourne
- Images of Sydney, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
2001, 02, 03, 05 Extinction Denied, Sydney
2001 Grant-Pirrie Artist-In-Residence
2002 Briefcase 50, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney
- Jacaranda Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW
- The Year in Art, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2003 Ned Kelly Framed, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2004 Contemporary Australian Prints, AGNSW
- Still Life, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
- Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, State Library of NSW
- Dobell Drawing Prize: The First Ten Years, AGNSW
2005 Australian Icons Framed, S.H. Ervin Gallery, NSW
- Open Bite (Cicada Press), COFA, Sydney
- Important Works On Paper, Crossley and Scott,
Melbourne
-The Sea, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
- Thai-Australian Contemporary Prints, Chiangmai University Art Museum,Thailand
- Robert Jacks Drawing Prize, Bendigo Regional Gallery
2006 Doug Moran Portrait Prize, State Library of NSW
- Inaugural Exhibition, Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne
- Kilgour Prize, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, NSW
2007 Australian Works on Paper, Rex Irwin Art Dealer
- The View From Here: Margaret Olley, William Robinson & Nicholas Harding, Lismore Regional Art Gallery
2008 Figure in the Landscape, Rex Irwin Art Dealer
- Led Zeppelin World Tour, S.H. Ervin Gallery & Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
- Important Drawings, Sculpture & Ceramics, Rex Irwin Art Dealer
- Nicholas Harding: On Drawing and Painting, Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne
- Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Melbourne Art Fair
- The Kedumba Collection of Contemporary Australian Drawing, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
2009 Heads, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
-Doug Moran Portrait Prize, State Library of NSW
-Figurative Painting, Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide

Awards

1993 Mosman Art Prize
1994 Kedumba Drawing Award
1998 Commended, Archibald Prize
1999 Universities and Schools Club Prize
2000 Lane Cove Drawing and Print Prize
2001 Archibald Prize
2001 Dobell Drawing Prize
2001 Grant-Pirrie Artist-In-Residence
2001 Hills Grammar Prize
2001 Kings School Art Prize
2003 Centenary Medal
2005 Highly Commended, Archibald Prize
2005 Peoples Choice, Archibald Prize
2006 Kilgour Prize

Collections

National Gallery of Australia
Art Gallery of NSW
Kedumba Gallery of Contemporary Drawing, NSW
Newcastle Region Art Gallery, NSW
Opera Australia
University of NSW
University of Sydney Union
Mosman Municipal Council
University and Schools Club
Private and Corporate Collections in Australia, Asia, UK and USA