BIO
I'm Kath Harding, a surrealist artist and architect based in Sydney, Australia.
I’m curious about shifting truths and perceptions, the places where the ordinary becomes distorted, and the extraordinary arises from the mundane. These thresholds tell the stories of our collective truths.
Influenced by Surrealists and the diverse tapestry of Australian painters, I am a storyteller, weaving visual narratives that defy logic and embrace the irrational. Each brushstroke or manipulation of materials is a deliberate act to disrupt the conventional, opening thresholds to the fantastical. I seek profound insight into the limits of our uniquely human condition.
To me, there is nothing more beautiful than this act of revelation. The opportunity to share this journey with others is truly priceless.
ARTIST Curiculum Vitae
awards
2024 1st Prize International Women’s Day Art Prize
2022 2nd Prize International Women’s Day Art Prize
2020 2nd Prize International Women’s Day Art Prize
2009 Master Builder’s Award for Community Spaces
2008 Berkeley Prize for Architecture
residencies
2024 Broken Hill Art Exchange Residency
2023 AARTS Bundanon Arts Residency
publications
2023 Arts Zine nov issue
RELEVANT EDUCATION
Masters Degree in Architecture - University of Sydney.
Bachelor of Design – University of Sydney.
Bachelor of Fine Arts – Western Sydney University.
Skills and Practices in Fine Arts
COS Arts and Media
Diploma of Project Management – Tafe NSW
Pittwater Sustainable Summer School Intensive
White Card - No.CGI1274093SEQ01
Newtown Performing Arts High School
RELEVANT ARTS EXPERIENCE
2022-23 Senior Planner – City of Sydney
2019 Heritage Officer – Central Coast Council
2019 Volunteer at Gosford Regional Gallery
2018 Artytexture Art Classes
2016 University of Technology Design Critique Tutor
2015 Katatonic Studios – Events Photographer
2014 -15 University of Sydney Studio Tutor
2013 Ton Timmer (Artist collaboration)
2008 Architectural Designer – Stevenson and Turner
2006 Working for the Dharuk Indigenous.
2003-2004 CEI – Photography.
2002 Ran Local Indigenous Art Classes.
2000 VSO Museum of Contemporary Art.
2000-2001 Managing Endeavour Photographics
2000 Kodak Australasia – Olympics Press.
1999-2001 UWS Student Union Photographer.
1991-1992 Newtown Actors Group – Stage Manager.
1992 Sydney Theatre Company – AsM
1992 The Performance Space – AsM
1992 New Theatre – AsM
EXHIBITIONS
2024 Bent Art Exhibition, Rex Livingston Gallery, Katoomba
2024 International Women’s Day Art Prize - Tap Gallery
2024 New Gems - Tap Gallery
2024 Part of Us - Tiliqua Tiliqua Gallery
2023 Fairfield Art Prize
2023 Exhibition of the Horse – Tap Gallery
2023 Pyrmont Art Prize
2022 Macquarie Towns Art Society – Autumn Exhibition
2022 Hawkesbury Art Show
2022 Macquarie Towns Art Society Annual Exhibition
2022 The Anthropocene Extinction Event? – Tap Gallery
2022 International Women’s Day Art Prize – Tap Gallery
2020 International Women’s Day Art Prize – Tap Gallery
2019 TLAS Women in Art
2015 Graduating Exhibition, Tin Sheds Gallery
2014 Future of School, Haberfield Public School
2013 Ton Timmer collaboration and exhibition
2012 Vanish Point Gallery, Newtown, NSW, Australia
2011 The F Word, Enmore, NSW, Australia
2008 Graduating Exhibition, Tin Sheds Gallery
2005 Verge Arts Festival, Verge Gallery
2004 Ambiguity, Nepean School of Art and Design
2002 Graduating Exhibition, University of Western Sydney
1998 Graduating Exhibition, Nepean School of Art & Design
1998 Click Scribble Splash, Nepean School of Art & Design
1998 Overnight Exhibition, Nepean School of Art & Design
1998 Myself & another animal, Nepean School of Art & Design
1997 Prime Passe, Nepean School of Art & Design
ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTS