Exhibition 2004 Workshops&seminars Matthew Harding | Matthew Harding |
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Matthew Harding is an established furniture designer/maker, wood carver and sculptor from Australia with over twenty years of experience working in wood and arts related fields. His works encompass large-scale public sculpture, furniture design, fine art exhibitions and lecturing. Description of the Presentation:Furniture design is for me a playground for manipulating a wide range of materials and processes, forging links between industrial and traditional craft. To this forum I bring my aesthetic influences, which stem from the natural world and geometry, A trade background has led to the integration of industrial processes within my furniture design, including the 'Concentric' series, featuring laser-cut and CNC-routed components. The intention of this series was to orchestrate a theme played out by a machine. Whereas this body of work dealt with my limited knowledge of simple CNC programming, I feel the significance of computer-aided design is critical to our survival as designers and makers of furniture. Historically there have been cycles of evolution within our field brought about by new materials, production methods and thinking. Computer aided design is the new revolution which is restructuring the way we approach and think within our field. Harding's aesthetic influences are from the natural world and geometry. He views his art as a playground for manipulating a wide range of materials and processes, forging links between cutting edge technologies such as laser cutting and computer controlled routing to more traditional craft based skills such as carving. Harding has exhibited his art extensively in Australia and overseas and has received numerous grants, commissions, and awards including the 2003 artsACT Creative Arts Fellowship. Harding was also awarded a Churchill Fellowship to research carving, sculpture, and furniture design in Europe in 1998. EDUCATION 1992-95 Bachelor of Arts -Visual (1st class Honors), Canberra School of Arts, Australian National University1984-85 Art Certificate (Honors) Hunter Street School of Art and Design, Hamilton TAFE, Newcastle 1980-83 Carpentry and Joinery Apprenticeship (Honors), Tighes Hill College of TAFE, Newcastle RECENT EXHIBITIONS 2004 SOFA, Narek Gallery Navy Pier, Chicago2004 Curv-iture Red Gallery, Savannah USA 2004 Pioneering Craft, Furniture Society Conference, Savannah USA 2004 Represented at Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia 2004 Workshopped, Strand Arcade, Sydney 2004 Curve, Craft ACT 2004 Form and Spirit. Wood Turning Centre, Philadelphia 2004 Cromwell's Art Prize 2004. Sydney Biennale, Jackman Gallery, Melb, Australian Embassy, Washington DC 2004 'Collect' Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2004 Represented at Salone Satellite, Milan Furniture Fair, Milan. Italy 2004 Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, Werribi Park, Victoria 2004 Birmingham Gift Fair, Austrade, UK 2003 National Sculpture Prize, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. 2003 Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, Werribi Park, Victoria 2003 Salone Satellite, Milan Furniture Fair, Milan. Italy 2003 Esquisse, Samowa Gallery, Sydney 2002 SOFA Chicago 2002, represented by Narek Galleries, Chicago, USA 2002 Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi Beach, Sydney 2002 Surface and Form, International Fine Wood Exhibition, Defining Futures Forum at Craftwest. Perth RECENT PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COMMISSIONS 2004 MGT Architect - private commission for a sculptural wooden screen in Singapore2003 Veteran Affairs - Garden of Remembrance, ACT - Sculptured Symbolic Marble Skipping Stones 2003 Newcastle University- Accessible Arts sandstone sculpture project 2003 Calvary Hospital, ACT- Sandstone Madonna and Child entrance sculpture 2002-3 Craft ACT, Entrance, Foyer and Stairwell Project.-Large illuminated beacon (stainless steel and LED), feature wall (glass and optic fiber) and entrance display wall and cabinets. Collaboration- Mark Woolston 2002 Kambah Shopping Centre Artworks. 7 chain-woven sheep, a large granite beetle and sculptural poles. 2001 Eastcom Mist Sculpture, ACT and Hangzhou Govt. (Eastcom/Motorola) China. Design and construction of a 12-meter diameter stainless steel water sculpture incorporating 1500 meters of stainless steel cable. 2001 Bronze 'Casuarina Pod' Sculptures, Binara Park. ACT. - A grouping of 3 bronze 'Casuarina Pod' sculptures within Casuarina grove, with internal fiber-optic lighting. Arts ACT 'Art and Soul' City Sculpture Walk 2001 The Cushion and The Wedge, Garema Place /ACT Govt., Large sculptural stainless steel "Cushion" on sandblasted and textured granite platforms with engraved poetry by Marion Halligan. 2001 Stage II artworks for Curtin Shopping Center. ACT Govt. Laser cut handrails and 3 large fiberglass bird sculptures on carved wooden poles. 2001 Concrete Bogong Moths, New National Museum of Australia, Canberra. Arts ACT- Five 7 tonne concrete Bogong Moths in Museums landscaping. Collaboration with Ngunnawal artist Jim Williams RECENT PROFESSIONAL and RELATED EXPERIENCE 2004 Artist Demonstraion at SOFA, Chicago2004 Emma Lake Conference, Saskatchewan, Canada 2004 Resident artist, International Turning Exchange, Philadelphia. 2004 Guest speaker at The Eight Annual Furniture Society Conference, Savannah, Georgia 2003 Designing Futures Artist Residency - Craftwest, Perth 2002 Speaker at the International 'Designing Futures' Forum at Craftwest. Perth RECENT GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, PRIZES AND AWARDS 2004 Wyndham City Council Award, Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award Exhibition, Werribee2003 artsACT Creative Arts Fellowship 2003 Canberra Critics Circle Award, Canberra ACT 2001 First Prize at the Inaugural 'Outsite' site-specific sculpture symposium in Alice Springs |
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