Curriculum Vitae: Matthew Harding

EDUCATION

1995Bachelor of Arts - Visual (Hons),Australian National University, Canberra, ACT

1985Art Certificate (Hons),Hamilton TAFE,Newcastle, NSW

1983Carpentry & Joinery Apprenticeship (Hons), Tighes Hill College of Tafe, Newcastle, NSW

SELECTED PUBLIC & CORPORATE PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS

2017Sails, Rosebud Gateway Sculptures, Rosebud VIC

Sanctuary,Liturgical artist for Our Lady of Good Council, Deepdene, VIC

Spire, Lachlans Line, Macquarie Park, North Ryde, NSW

Springtime, Floriade Spring Festival, Commonwealth Park, Canberra, ACT

Entwined, Mirvac Development, Elwood, VIC

Ewe Two,Saint Vincent’s Catholic Aged Facility, Bathurst, NSW

Camouflage, Gateway Sculpture Edmondson Park South, Edmondson, NSW

2016Pipedreams,Pipemakers Park, Maribyrnong,VIC

Iconic,Old Treasury Building,Arts Consultant: Form,Client: Mirvac,Perth CBD, WA

The Rock, St Peters Catholic High School, Maitland, NSW

2015Seeds of Friendship,Australian Turkish Friendship Memorial,Kings Domain, Melbourne, VIC

Degrees of Separation,MAMA - Murry Art Museum Albury,Albury Gallery Façade,Albury, NSW

567 Collins St,Forecourt Sculpture,Melbourne CBD, VIC

Growth,Kenmore, QLD

Bloom, Bloom Estate, Clyde North, VIC

2014Ship to Shore,Honeysuckle Development Corp, Newcastle, NSW

Nest,The Forum Westfield,Mt Gravatt, QLD

Centricity II, Façade entrance Footscray Plaza,Footscray,VIC

2013Fruition,Corner of Flemington Rd & Royal Park, City of Melbourne, VIC

Reels of Industry, St Clair Development,Adelaide, SA

45 Williams St,45 Williams St, Melbourne CBD, VIC

2012Aperture,52 Martin Place, Sydney CBD, NSW

2011Longitude, Veteran’s Park Memorial Sculpture,Canberra, ACT

Scarp, Kalamunda Cultural Community Centre entrancein collaboration with Malcolm Harris,Kalamunda, WA

2010MONA Museum of Old and New Art,Collaboration with Fender Katsalidis,Hobart, TAS

Ebb and Flow, Canberra CBD, ACT

Chrysalis,Port Hedland, WA

2009Tryst, Freshwater Place, South Bank, VIC

Falling,Atrium Chadstone Shopping Centre, Chadstone, VIC

2008Galleria Entrance Sculpture Mirror, Melbourne CBD, VIC

Gasworks ArtPark Sculpture, Gasworks Arts Park, Melbourne, VIC

2007Incolink Entrance Sculpture, Melbourne, VIC

National Mabo Memorial, Townsville City Council,Townsville, QLD

2006The ACT Memorial, ACT Government, Canberra, ACT

2005Garden of Remembrance Veteran Affairs,Woden Cemetery, ACT

Sculptural Foyer Seating, Playhouse Theatre,Newcastle, NSW

2003Accessible Arts, Sandstone sculpture project, Newcastle University, Newcastle, NSW

Madonna & Child,Calvary Hospital,Canberra, ACT

Centricity, Craft ACT Entrance,Foyer and Stairwell Project in collaboration with Mark Woolston, Craft ACT,Canberra, ACT

2002Kambah Shopping Village Artworks, Canberra, ACT

2001Casuarina Pod, Arts ACT Art & Soul City Sculpture Walk, Binara Park, Canberra, ACT

2001The Cushion and The Wedge, ACT Government, Garema Place, Canberra, ACT

2001Stage II artworks for Curtin Shopping Centre, ACT Government,Canberra, ACT

2001Bogong Moths,Museums landscaping, Collaboration with Ngunnawal artist Jim Williams Arts,Canberra, ACT

2000Honeysuckle Creek Tracing Station Artworks, Namadgi National Park, NASA Nerve Centre for the First Luna Walk,Canberra, ACT

Dickson Shopping Centre Artworks, Dickson, ACT

Commemorative Gift for The Duke of Edinburgh, ACT Government,Canberra, ACT

Tracks and Traces, Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve & Visitors Centre,Environment ACT, Canberra, ACT

INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS

2017Prive,PriveResidential Development, Miami,Florida USA

Panorama, Residential Towers, Singapore

2015Ovoid,Client: Baohua Marriott, Baohua, China

2014Figments and Filaments,Consultants Urban Art Projects Shanghai, Client: Dynasty on the Bund,Shanghai, China

2013Ovoid,Arts Consultant: UAP Shanghai, Shanghai, China

2012Sculptural Projection Screens, South Korea World Expo, design consult & fabrication for Alistair Flemming, DEFAT, Yeosu, South Korea

2011 Neo, Four Seasons Atrium, 103 Story Tower, Commissioned through Urban Art Projects, Guangzhou, China

2010Pods Foyer Sculptures, Australia Pavilion for the World Expo,Collaboration with TCL,Shanghai, China

2004Sculptural Privacy Screen, MGT Architects, for Wing Tia Holdings,Singapore

2001Hemisphere Mist Sculpture, Commissioned by Eastcom/Motorola, ACT/Hangzhou Governments,Hangzhou, China

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2015 Scale,curated by Steven Joyce,Despard Gallery, Hobart, TAS

2011 Synchronicity, Despard Gallery, Hobart, TAS

SELECTED Group EXHIBITIONS

2017 Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture, (New) Public Artwork Design Concept Award (Crafting City of Literature), Melbourne, VIC

Artisans in the Gardens, The Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, Sydney, NSW

Montalto Sculpture Prize, Montalto Vineyard & Olive Grove, Red Hill South, VIC

Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture,Melbourne, VIC

Sculpture by the Sea,Bondi, NSW

Steel: Art Design Architecture,The Jam Factory Touring Exhibition, Adelaide, SA

2016Lorne Sculpture Biennale,Lorne, VIC

Sculpture by the Sea,Bondi, NSW

2014Lorne Sculpture Biennale,Lorne, VIC

McClelland National Sculpture Survey and Award, McClelland Sculpture Park,Langwarrin, VIC

2013Sculpture by the Sea,Aarhus, Denmark, VIC

Mt Buller Sculpture Award,Mt Buller, VIC

Group Sculpture Exhibition, Mars Gallery, Mezzanine of World Trade Centre, Melbourne, VIC

2012McClelland National Sculpture Survey & Award, McClelland Gallery,Langwarrin, VIC

Synchronicity, Joint exhibition with Meg Jenkins, Despard Gallery,Hobart, TAS

Toyota TCSG Sculpture Exhibition, Toyota, Melbourne,VIC

2011Lorne Sculpture Biennale,Lorne, VIC

Sculpture by the Sea. Sydney, NSW

Elemental, Craft ACT,Canberra, ACT

2010McClelland National Sculpture Survey & Award, McClelland Gallery,Langwarrin, VIC

Sculpture by the Sea. Sydney, NSW

2009Lorne Sculpture Biennale,Lorne, VIC

Fringe Furniture Alumni Exhibition. Melbourne Museum, Carlton, VIC

SILVER: Fringe Furniture 2009,Melbourne, VIC

Aqueous Bloom, Gasworks, Melbourne, VIC

Sculpture 2009, Australian Art Resources,Melbourne, VIC

Colin & Cecily Rigg Design Award, Ian Potter Centre NGV,Melbourne, VIC

2008Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney, NSW

Melbourne Fringe Furniture, Melbourne Fringe Festival, Melbourne Museum,Carlton, VIC

Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award,Werribee Park, VIC

Palmer Environmental Sculpture exhibition,Palmer, SA

Home Beautiful Designer of the Year Awards, Westfield Bondi Junction, Sydney, NSW

Latitude at Designex,Sydney, NSW

Contempora 08, Docklands, Melbourne, VIC

University of Western Sydney Sculpture Prize,UWS, NSW

2007Pacific Connections, Del Mano Gallery,Los Angeles, USA

McClelland National Sculpture Award, McClelland Gallery,Langwarrin, VIC

Shy Boy, She Devil, & Isis: The Art of Conceptual Craft, Boston Museum of Fine Art Ron Wornic Collection,Boston, USA

Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize,Woollahra, NSW

The Edge, The International Australian Furniture Fair,Sydney, NSW

Melbourne Fringe Furniture, Melbourne Fringe Festival, Melbourne Museum,Carlton, VIC

Site Unseen, Ephemeral Sculpture Installations at Dights Falls & Quarry Park,Melbourne Fringe, VIC

Contaminations, Gasworks Art Park,Albert Park, VIC

Sculpture 2007, Australian Art Resources,Melbourne, VIC

Workshopped 07, Sydney Design Week,Sydney, NSW

2006Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award,Werribee Park, VIC

Sculpture by the Sea,Sydney, NSW

Workshopped 06, Sydney Design Week,Sydney, NSW

2005Masterpieces in Wood, Narek Galleries,Tanja, NSW

Masters of Wood, Sydney Convention Centre,Sydney, NSW

2004SOFA, represented by Narek Galleries,Chicago USA

Form & Spirit, ITE International Turning Exchange,Philadelphia, USA

Curv-iture, Red Gallery, Savannah, USA

Pioneering Craft, Pei Ling Chan Gallery, Savannah, USA

Workshopped 04, Sydney Design Week,Sydney, NSW

Curve, Craft ACT,Canberra, ACT

Collect, Victoria & Albert Museum,London, UK

Cromwell’s Art Prize, Sydney Biennale, Jackson Gallery & Australian Embassy,Sydney, Melbourne and Washington DC, USA

Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award,Werribee Park, VIC

2003National Sculpture Prize, National Gallery of Australia,Canberra, ACT

Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award,Werribee Park, VIC

Salone Satellite, Milan Furniture Fair,Milan, Italy

2002SOFA, represented by Narek Galleries,Chicago, USA

Sculpture by the Sea,Sydney, NSW

Hands On, Object Galleries,Sydney, NSW

Surface & Form, International Fine Wood Exhibition, Defining Futures Forum at Craftwest,Perth, WA

Defining the Object IV, Quadrivium Gallery, QVB,Sydney, NSW

Rocking Chairs, An exhibition of concept rocking chairs, Sotheby’s,Milan, Italy

Creative Fellows, An exhibition by (Arts Award) ACT Churchill Fellows, Links Gallery,Canberra, ACT

Black, White & Grey Matter, Craft ACT, with Michael Cammack - Australia Council Mentorship Program Exhibition, Canberra, ACT

2001Selected Visions: Public Art in Canberra from Federation to Today, Canberra Museum & Gallery,Canberra, ACT

Rings of History, National Touring Exhibition, Craft ACT,Canberra, ACT

2000Sculptural Furniture, Brisbane City Art Gallery,Brisbane, QLD

PROFESSIONAL and INTERNATIONAL RELATED EXPERIENCE

2017 Invited Panelist,Sculpture in Public Space,Sydney Sculpture Conference, Bondi, NSW

2011Participant,Masterpieces of World Culture, International Sand Sculpting Festival,St. Petersburg, Russia

2010Guest Speaker: AGLdeas Conference, Melbourne, VIC

2008Joint,International Wood & Furniture Design Collaboration,Mariestad, Sweden

2004International Artist: Emma 2004, Collaborative Workshop & Conference. Emma Lake, Canada

Speaker: Annual Furniture Society Conference, Savannah, USA

Resident Artist: ITE International Turning Exchange,Philadelphia, USA

2002Speaker: International Designing Futures Forum, Form,Perth, WA

2001Artist: Collaborationz 2001, Workshop & Conference,Whangarei, New Zealand

2000International Artist: Emma 2000, Collaborative Workshop & Conference,Emma Lake, Canada

GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS

2014McClellandNational Sculpture Award,McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park,Langwarrin, VIC

2011Peoples Choice Award, McClelland National Sculpture Survey,McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park,Langwarrin, VIC

2010Helen Lempriere Scholarship, Sculpture by the Sea,Sydney, NSW

2007Concept and Innovation Award, The Edge, The Australian International Furniture Fair,Sydney, NSW

2005Inaugural Sem Foundation Scholarship, Residency at Studio Sem,Pietrasanta, Italy

2005Rosalie Gascoigne Award CAPO,Canberra, ACT

2004People’s Choice Award, Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award. Melbourne, VIC

Wyndham City Council Sculpture Award, Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Prize,Melbourne, VIC

2003artsACT Creative Arts Fellowship,Canberra, ACT

Canberra Critics Circle Award,Canberra, ACT

2001First Prize - Inaugural 'Outsite' site-specific sculpture symposium. Alice Springs, NT

1998Churchill Fellowship,to develop Carving, Figurative Sculpture and Furniture Design Practice,Europe and USA

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS