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1956              Born UK
1965              Came to Australia
1975              Studied Bachelor of Arts
1977              Travelled to Europe & UK
1978-2000     Worked as freelance animator

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1980, 2003, 07 Sulman Prize, AGNSW

1982, 83,85,89,90  Sydney Morning Herald Art Prize

1985   Faber-Castell Art Prize, Rex Irwin Art Dealer

1992-2006,08 Important Works on Paper, Rex Irwin Art Dealer

1993,94, 2001 Kedumba Drawing Award, Kedumba Contemporary Drawing Gallery, Katoomba, NSW

1993,94,98,99, 2000,01 Mosman Art Prize, Sydney

1993, 94, 96, 98, 99, 2000, 01 Dobell Drawing Prize, AGNSW

1994, 96, 98, 2003 Wynne Prize, AGNSW

1994-2006, 2009 Archibald Prize, AGNSW

1994, 95, 2007 Salon des Refuses, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney

1994   Urban and Urbane, Rex Irwin Art Dealer
Four Sydney Painters, Rex Irwin Art Dealer
Gold Coast City Conrad Jupiter Prize, Gold Coast Art Gallery     
Australian Contemporary Art Fair 4, Melbourne

1998, 2000  Redlands Westpac Art Prize

1999   Universities and Schools Club Prize, Sydney

2000,02 Favourites, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney

2000   Inaugural Exhibition, Dickerson Scott Gallery, Melbourne   
Images of Sydney, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney

2001,02  Extinction Denied, Volvo Gallery, Sydney

2002   Briefcase 50, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney
Jacaranda Aquisitive Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Gallery NSW
The Year in Art, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney

2003   Ned Kelly Framed, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Contemporary Australian Prints , AGNSW
Dobell Drawing Prize: The First Ten Years, AGNSW
Still Life, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, State Library of NSW, Sydney

2005   Australian Icons Framed, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Open Bite (Cicada Press), COFA, Sydney
Important Works On Paper, Crossley and Scott, Melbourne
The Sea, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney 
Thai-Australian Contemporary Prints, Chiangmai University Art Museum, Thailand
Robert Jacks Drawing Prize, Bendigo Regional Gallery

2006, 2009 Doug Moran Portrait Prize, State Library of NSW, Sydney

2006, 2008 The Art of Music, AGNSW

2006   Cicada Press Prints, Michael Nagy Gallery, Sydney
Inaugural Exhibition, Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne
Kilgour Prize, Newcastle Regional Art Gallery
Australian Works on Paper, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
William Robinson, Margaret Olley and Nicholas Harding, Lismore Regional Gallery, NSW

2008   Figures in Landscape, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
Nicholas Harding: Drawing and Paint, Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne
Sordid Tales, NG Gallery, Sydney
Melbourne Art Fair, Rex Irwin Art Dealer
The Kedumba Collection of Contemporary Australian Drawing, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
Led Zeppelin World Tour, SH Ervin Gallery & Mornington Peninsula Regional
Gallery

2009   Heads, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1992,93,95,97,99,2001,02,04,05,06,07,09 Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
1997 Theo Waddington Fine Art, London
2004,06 Philip Bacon Gallery, Brisbane
2005,07 Crossley & Scott, Melbourne
2008 Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne

AWARDS

1993 Mosman Art Prize, Sydney, NSW
1994 Kedumba Drawing Award, Katoomba, NSW
1998 Commended, Archibald Prize, AGNSW
1999 Universities and Schools Club Prize
2000 Lane Cove Drawing and Print Prize
2001 Archibald Prize, AGNSW
2001 Dobell Drawing Prize, AGNSW
2001 Hills Grammar Prize, Sydney, NSW
2001 Kings School Art Prize, Sydney, NSW
2003 Centenary Medal
2005 Highly Commended, Archibald Prize, AGNSW
2005 People’s Choice, Archibald Prize, AGNSW
2006 Kilgour Prize, Newcastle Region Art Gallery

COLLECTIONS

National Gallery of Australia
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Kedumba Gallery of Contemporary Drawing, Katoomba, NSW
Newcastle Region Art Gallery, NSW
Opera Australia
University of NSW
University of Sydney Union
Mosman Municipal Council
University and Schools Club, Sydney
Private and Corporate Collections in Australia, Asia, UK and USA