This Monday 12th October. 6pm for a 6.30pm Start.
c.a.s.e. inc and Byron School of Art are delighted to welcome Brisbane based artist
Nicholas Harding
Painting Presence
"I like to paint presence. Landscape, still life and people.
It's my way of attending to our physical being: we were here, once."
Image: Nicholas Harding working on a series of portraits created during his residency at the Moya Dyring studio, the Cité
Internationale des Arts, Paris in 2013
This talk is a collaborative event between contemporary art space and education Inc., Byron School of Art and Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre.
Where and When: At The Courthouse Hotel, Mullumbimby. 6pm for a 6.30 pm start. Monday 12th October.
Come and enjoy the talk, pictures and discussions over a glass of something from the bar or a delicious plate of food from the Courthouse kitchens. There is no charge for the talk.
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More about Nicholas Harding:
Nicholas Harding (b. 1956) is a highly regarded British-Australian artist known for his large scale lush painted portraits, landscapes and textured pen and ink drawings.
Since 1994 he has been a regular exhibitor in the Archibald, Wynne, Dobell, and Sulman prizes. In
2001, Harding won the Dobell Drawing Prize as well as the Archibald. Harding is represented in many public collections including the National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales,
Newcastle Art Gallery and Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre.
In 2013 Nicholas was awarded a study scholarship by the Art Gallery of NSW and spent 2 months in Paris in the Moya Dyring studio at the Cité Internationale des Arts. Nicholas’s most recent solo
exhibition Blood and Bone was held at the Olsen Irwin Gallery in July this year and his work features in the NPG travelling exhibition Arcadia: sound of the sea on show at the Tweed Regional Gallery from 2 October – 15 November 2015.
For a link to Nicholas Harding's website click here
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