Malcolm Harding

      

        

          

            
Artist Statement
       

            
Nature, and its depiction
            through art and science, is the focus of both my realistic and
            abstract paintings. The flower images, loosely based on native
            and exotic plants, use multiple layers and glazes of oil paint.
            These works suggest they may be sections from much larger paintings
            and their blurred backgrounds imply the field of focus created
            by the camera lens.

            
The abstract works
            substitute the camera lens for the microscope and telescope,
            exploring the similarities between macroscopic and the microscopic
            visions of nature. The disparate elements suggest cells, amoeba,
            planets or stars. These elements float on the canvasses, alluding
            to life under a glass slide or the infinity of outer space. A
            finely etched grid is used to give the paintings a sense of scientific
            credibility.

            
Malcolm Harding,
            2006
          
        
      
April 22 - May 17, 2006

Malcolm Harding

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Robin Gibson Gallery Sydney 2006 Soda Gallery Sydney 2005 Stop Gallery Blackheath 2004 Intrude Contemporary Melbourne 2004 Tin Sheds Gallery Sydney 2003 Stop Gallery Blackheath 2003 Barry Stern Gallery Sydney 2003 Barry Stern Gallery Sydney 2002 Barry Stern Gallery Sydney 2001 Barry Stern Gallery Sydney 2000 Barry Stern Gallery Sydney 1999 Barry Stern Gallery Sydney 1998 Tin Sheds Gallery Sydney 1997 TAP Gallery Sydney 1996 TAP Gallery Sydney 1995 TAP Gallery Sydney 1993

PRESS

Paul Cosgrave Blue Mountains Gazette, 06-07-05 Lis Bastian Blue Mountains Gazette, 17-11-04 Adam Dutkiewicz The Adelaide Advertiser, 28-06-04 Lenny Anne Low Sydney Morning Herald, 16-08-03 Dominique Angeloro Sydney Morning Herald, 15-08-03 Art and Australia Exhibition Commentary, Vol 3 1998 Bruce James Sydney Morning Herald, 19-09-97 Daniel Cunningham Sydney Star Observer, 11-09-97 Bronwyn Watson Sydney Morning Herald, 12-11-93

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

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Macquarie University Gallery Sydney 2006 Stop Gallery Blackheath NSW 2005 Libby Edwards Galleries Melbourne 2005 Libby Edwards Galleries Melbourne 2004 Hill-Smith Fine Art Adelaide 2004 Libby Edwards Galleries Sydney 2004 Dickerson Gallery Melbourne 2004 Barry Stern Gallery Sydney 2003 Barry Stern Gallery Sydney 2002 Newspace Gallery Sydney 1999 Barry Stern Gallery Sydney 1998 TAP Gallery Sydney 1994 Roslyn Oxley Gallery Sydney 1988

COLLECTIONS

Artbank Sydney' Private Collections Australia, USA, France, Italy, New Zealand, Thailand, Holland

Blackheath Art Prize 2005
NSW Ministry for the Arts Marketing Grant 2001 
University Postgraduate Research Scholarship 2001
NSW Ministry for the Arts Marketing Grant 1997
Pat Corrigan Artist Grant 1993

Master of Visual Art University of Sydney 2000
Post Graduate Diploma University of Sydney 1991
Diploma of Education University of Sydney 1989
Bachelor of Visual Art Sydney College of the Arts 1987

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