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Nicholas Harding Nicholas Harding 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, 10, 11 Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney 1997 Theo Waddington Fine Art, London 2004, 06, 09, 12, 14 Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane 2005, 07 Crossley Scott, Melbourne 2008 , 10, 13, 15 Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne 2010 Drawn to Paint 25 Year Survey Exhibition, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide 2013, 15 Olsen Irwin, Sydney SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 1980 Sulman Prize, AGNSW 1982 , 83, 85, 89, 90 Sydney Morning Herald Art Prize 1985 Faber-Castell Art Prize, Rex Irwin Art Dealer 1993, 94 Kedumba Drawing Award, NSW 1993, 94, 98, 99, 2000, 01 Mosman Art Prize, Sydney 1993 , 95, 2007, 14 Salon des Refuses, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney 1993, 94, 96, 98, 99, 2000, 01 Dobell Prize, AGNSW 1994 , 96, 98, 03, 12 Wynne Prize, AGNSW 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, 01 Favourites, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney Inaugural Exhibition, Dickerson Scott, Melbourne - Images of Sydney, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney 2001, 02, 03, 05 Extinction Denied, Sydney 2001 GrantPirrie Artist-In-Residence 2002 Briefcase 50, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney - Jacaranda Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Gallery NSW - The Year in Art, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney 2003 , 07 Sulman Prize, AGNSW Ned Kelly Framed, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney 2004 Contemporary Australian Prints, AGNSW - Still Life, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney - Dobell Drawing Prize: The First Ten Years, AGNSW 2004, 09, 11 - Moran Portrait Prize, State Library of NSW 2005 Australian Icons Framed, SH 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 1992-2006 Important Works on Paper, Rex Irwin 1994 – 2006, 09, 11 Archibald Prize, AGNSW 2006 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, SH 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 -Figurative Painting, Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide -Hazelhurst Art Award, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery -Shilo Project, Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne -Controversy and Acclaim: Highlights of the Mosman Art Prize 1947-2007, Mosman Art Gallery -Idle Hours, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra 2010 Melbourne Art Fair, Sophie Gannon Gallery -Beleura National Works on Paper Award, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery -Paper Trail, Newcastle Region Art Gallery -Works on Paper: Recent Acquisitions from the MRAG Collection, Maitland Regional Art Gallery 2011 Gallery Artists, Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne -30 to Collect, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney -BIG/small, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney 2012 Harding & Newis: Paintings, Osborne Samuel, London UK - Kedumba Collection of Contemporary Australian Drawing, Orange Regional Gallery 2012, 14 - Melbourne Art Fair, Sophie Gannon Gallery 2013 - 20 Years of the Dobell Prize for Drawing, touring Grafton Regional Gallery, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, Orange Regional Gallery, National Art School Gallery, Tweed Regional Gallery - Drawing Margaret’, Tweed Regional Gallery Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Sophie Gannon Gallery and Olsen Irwin Gallery 2014 ‘Arcadia: Sound of the sea’, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, and tour. Tradition and Transformation: Taiwan-Australia Watercolour Exhibition, Quanhua Watercolour Art Gallery, Shanghai, China and Shenzhen Fine Art Museum, Shenzhen, China 2015 - Important works on paper and sculpture, Olsen Irwin COLLECTIONS: National Gallery of Australia National Portrait Gallery Art Gallery of New South Wales Kedumba Gallery of Contemporary Drawing Newcastle Region Art Gallery Tweed Regional Art Gallery Maitland Regional Art Gallery Opera Australia APRA/AMCOS University of NSW University of Sydney Union Private and Corporate Collections in Australia, Asia, UK, Europe and USA AWARDS / COMMISSIONS: 1993 Mosman Art Prize 1994 Kedumba Drawing Award 1999 Universities and Schools Club Prize 2001 Archibald Prize 2001 Dobell Drawing Prize 2001 Hills Grammar Prize 2001 Kings School Art Prize 2001 Australian Centenary Medal 2005 Highly Commended, Archibald Prize 2005 Peoples Choice, Archibald Prize 2006 Kilgour Prize .
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