Nicholas Harding

1956 Born, London
1965 Came to Australia
1975 Studied Bachelor of Arts
1977 Travelled to Europe and UK

AWARDS
2006 Kilgour Prize
2005 People’s Choice Award, Archibald Prize, AGNSW (Bob’s Daily Swim) Highly Commended, Archibald Prize, AGNSW
2003 Centenary Medal
2001 The King's School Art Prize
2001 Hills Grammar School Art Prize
2001 Dobell Drawing Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
2001 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW ( Portrait of John Bell )
1999 Universities & Schools Club Prize
1998 Commended, Archibald Prize, AGNSW
1994 Kedumba Drawing Award (Joint Winner)
1993 Mosman Art Prize

Solo Exhibitions
2010
Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide
S H Ervin Gallery, 25 year Survey Exhibition, Sydney
2009
Philip Bacon Galleries, Fortitude Valley
Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
2008
Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne
2007
Crossley + Scott, Melbourne
Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
2006
Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
2005
Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
Crossley + Scott, Melbourne
2004
Phillip Bacon Galleries , Brisbane
Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
2002
Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
2001
Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
1999
Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
1997
Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
Theo Waddington Fine Art, London
1995
Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
1993
Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
1992
Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney

SELECTED Group Exhibitions
2009
Figurative Painting 2009, Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide
2008
Figure in the Landscape, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
Led Zepplin World Tour, SH Ervin Gallery & Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
Important Drawings, Sculpture & Ceramics, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
Nicholas Harding: On Drawings and Painting, Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne
Melbourne Art Fair, Rex Irwin Art Dealer
The Kedumba Collection of Contemporary Australian Drawing, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
2007
Finalist: Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
Finalist: Salon des Refuses, SE Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Australian Works on Paper, Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney
The View from Here: Margaret Olley, William Robinson & Nicholas Harding, Lismore Regional Art Gallery
2006
Finalist: Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales & tour of regional galleries
Finalist: Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, State Library of NSW
Winner: Kilgour Prize, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, NSW
Inaugural Exhibition, Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne
2005
Finalist: Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales & tour of regional galleries
Australian Icons Framed, SH Ervin Gallery, NSW
Open Bite (Cicada Press), COFA Sydney
Important Works on Ppaer, Crossley and Scott, Melbourne
The Sea, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
Thai-Australian Contemporary Prints, Chiangmai University Art Museum, Thailand
Robert Jacks Art Prize, Bendigo Regional Gallery
Extinction Denied, Sydney
2004
Finalist: Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales & tour of regional galleries
Finalist: Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, State Library of NSW
Still life, Still Lives, Rex Irwin Art Dealer
Dobell Drawing Prize: The First Ten Years, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2003
Finalist: Sulman Prize , Art Gallery of New South Wales
Finalist: Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales & tour of regional galleries
Ned Kelly Framed, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Extinction Denied, Sydney Finalist: Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
Trees, Rex Irwin Art Dealer
2002
Finalist: Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales & tour of regional galleries
Finalist: Jacaranda Drawing Prize, Grafton Regional Gallery & tour
2002 - The Year in Art, S H Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Extinction Denied, Sydney
Briefcase 50, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney
2001 Finalist: Kedumba Drawing Award, Katoomba, NSW
Finalist: Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales & tour of regional galleries
Finalist: Dobell Drawing Prize , Art Gallery of NSW
Finalist: Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Town Hall , NSW
Favourites, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Extinction Denied, Sydney
GrantPirrie Artist in Residence
2000
Finalist: Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales & tour of regional galleries
Finalist: Redlands Westpac Art Prize, Sydney
Finalist: Dobell Drawing Prize , Art Gallery of NSW
Finalist: Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Town Hall, NSW
Favourites, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Inaugural Exhibition, Dickerson Scott, Melbourne
Images of Sydney, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
1999
Finalist: Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales & tour of regional galleries
Winner: Universities & Schools Club Prize, Sydney
Finalist: Dobell Drawing Prize , Art Gallery of NSW
Finalist: Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Town Hall , NSW
1998
Finalist: Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales & tour of regional galleries
Finalist: Redlands Westpac Art Prize, Sydney
Finalist: Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Town Hall , NSW
Finalist: Dobell Drawing Prize , Art Gallery of NSW
Finalist: Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
1997
Finalist: Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales & tour of regional galleries
1996
Finalist: Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales & tour of regional galleries
Finalist: Dobell Drawing Prize , Art Gallery of NSW
Finalist: Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
1995
Finalist: Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales & tour of regional galleries
Finalist: Salon des Refuses, SW Ervin Gallery, Sydney
1994
Winner: Kedumba Drawing Award, Katoomba, NSW
Finalist: Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales & tour of regional galleries
Finalist: Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
Finalist: Dobell Drawing Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
Finalist: Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Town Hall, NSW
Finalist: Gold Coast City Conrad Jupiter Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery
Urban & Urbane, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
Four Sydney Painters', Rex Irwin Art Dealer
Australian Contemporary Art Fair 4, Melbourne
1993
Finalist: Kedumba Drawing Award , Katoomba, NSW
Finalist: Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Town Hall , NSW
Finalist: Salon des Refuses, SW Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Finalist: Dobell Drawing Prize , Art Gallery of NSW
Sight Regained, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney

Collections

National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of NSW, Hills Grammar School Collection, Kedumba Gallery of Contemporary Drawing, NSW Mosman Municipal Council Collection, Newcastle Region Art Gallery Collection, Sydney Opera House Collection, University of NSW Collection, Kings School Collection, University of Sydney Union, University & Schools Club Collection