Nicholas Harding was a British-born Australian artist, known for his paintings, in particular portraits.
11 Facts About Nicholas Harding
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Nicholas Harding won the Archibald Prize in 2001 with a portrait of John Bell as King Lear.
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Nicholas Harding won the People's Choice Award at the 2005 Archibald, with Bob's Daily Swim.
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Nicholas Harding was a finalist in the Archibald Prize for thirteen years in a row from 1994 to 2006, and in 2009,2011,2016,2017,2018, and 2020.
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Nicholas Harding was exhibited in the finalists for the Sulman Prize in 1981,2003,2006 and the Wynne Prize in 1994,1996,1998,2003,2016, and 2017, winning in 2022 with Eora.
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Nicholas Harding won the Dobell Drawing Prize in 2001 with Eddy Avenue.
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Nicholas Harding's painting Robert Drewe was a 2006 Archibald Prize finalist and was purchased in 2010 by the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra for its permanent collection which includes his portraits Hugo at Home 2011, Richard Roxburgh 2014, and John Olsen AO 2017.
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Nicholas Harding's painting Beach life 2006 won the inaugural Kilgour Prize at the Newcastle Art Gallery in 2006.
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Nicholas Harding's work has been the subject of more than 40 solo exhibitions since 1992 and has been included in over 100 group exhibitions since 1982.
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Nicholas Harding's work is included in many public collections, including the National Gallery of Australia, National Portrait Gallery, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of South Australia, Tweed River Art Gallery, Newcastle Art Gallery, Maitland Regional Art Gallery and Trinity College, Melbourne.
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Nicholas Harding documented his cancer journey in a self-portrait entitled Treatment, day 49.