NIGEL HARRISON CV

 

56

 

Born in Leeton NSW

 

TEACHING & EXPERIENCE

86

Grad Dip Visual Arts SCA University of Sydney

83

Grad Dip Education University of Sydney

79

B Vis Arts Sydney College of the Arts

04-07

Head of sculpture Department National Art School Sydney

01-03

HSC Course Coordinator National Art School

99-00

Lecturer national Art School

89-90

Art Teacher Caringbah Selective High School

81-88

Teacher of Ceramics Boys Town Engadine

80

Teacher Visual Arts Waverley College Sydney

02

Artist-in-residence Art Omni New York USA

01

Guest Artist Art Omni New York USA

Assistant Sculptor to Australian artist, Robert Klippel

 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

07

‘Connection’ Hazelhurst Regional Gallery Sydney – solo

05

Defiance Gallery Sydney NSW

05

Defiance Gallery @the Seymour Centre Sydney NSW

05

‘Sculpture by the sea’ Bondi NSW

04

FONAS Parliament House Sydney NSW

04

University of Western Sydney Sculpture Competition Sydney NSW

04

Defiance Gallery @ The Seymour Centre Sydney NSW

03

‘Sculpture by the sea’ Bondi NSW

03

‘Sculpture 2003′ Defiance Gallery Sydney NSW

03

‘Sculpture 2003′ Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery Campbelltown NSW

03

National Sculpture Prize’ National Gallery of Australia ACT

02

‘Sculpture 2002′ Defiance Gallery Sydney NSW

02

‘Woollahra Sculpture Prize’ Sydney NSW

02

‘Sculpture by the sea’ Bondi NSW

02

‘Sculpture’ Michael Sourgnes Gallery Brisbane Queensland

02

‘The Lady Ethel Nock Sculpture Collection’ Defiance Gallery Sydney NSW

01

‘Sculpture by the sea’ Bondi NSW

00

Defiance Gallery Sydney – solo

00

Sculpture 2000 Access Contemporary art Gallery Sydney NSW

00

‘Sculpture from the sea’ Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery , Hazelhurst Regional Gallery NSW

00

‘Sculpture by the sea’ Bondi NSW

00

‘Sculpture by the sea’ Hobart Tasmania

99

‘Still life’ Defiance Gallery Sydney NSW

99

‘Five easy pieces’ Defiance Gallery Sydney NSW

99

‘New ten in transition’ Project Contemporary art Space Wolllongong NSW

99

‘New 9′ Sir Herman Black Gallery University of Sydney NSW

98

‘3 up’ Defiance Gallery Sydney NSW

98

‘Figure in the landscape’ King St & Defiance Gallery Sydney NSW

97

‘The biggest little sculpture show in town’ Defiance Gallery Sydney NSW

97

‘The Defiant 6”’ Defiance Gallery Sydney NSW

97

‘It’s a box II’ Defiance Gallery Sydney NSW

97

‘Sculpture by the Sea’ Bondi NSW

96

‘Size is not important’ Defiance Gallery Sydney NSW

95

Art Furniture Inhabitat Sydney NSW

92

Ceramics Eaglehawk Gallery Sydney NSW

91

Ceramics Articles Gallery Stanwell Park NSW

90

Ceramics Articles Gallery Stanwell Park NSW

89

Paintings & Ceramics Art Look Gallery Sydney NSW – solo

88

Ceramics Leura Gallery Leura NSW

87

Boys Town Mural sponsored Sutherland Shire NSW

86

Postgraduate Exhibition University of Sydney NSW

 

PRIZES & AWARDS

03

Finalist National Sculpture Prize National Gallery of Australia ACT

02

Artist-in-residence Art Omi New York USA

01

Winner, Sydney Water Prize ‘Sculpture by the sea’ Bondi NSW

99

Australian Tactile Art Exhibition Australia

62

Wagga Wagga & Campbelltown Prizes

61

Marrickville Prize

57

Blake, Bathurst & Mosman Prizes

 

COLLECTIONS

Campbellton City Bicentennial Art Gallery

Paul K Cooper Collection Tasmania

The Niland Collection Australia

Ronald Ooi Collection Singapore

Tetsuya Wakuda Australia & United Kingdom

Royal Blind Society Australia

Private Collections Throughout Australia