Matthew Harding

Matthew Harding is a Melbourne based sculptor who has been practicing for over two decades. He completed a Bachelor of Visual Art [Honours] at the Canberra School of Arts, Australian National University, Canberra. Harding's work has been exhibited widely as part of solo and group exhibitions in Australia, London, Italy, Japan, Canada and the United States. He has received several grants, fellowships and awards including 'First Prize' in the Inaugural 'Outside' site-specific Sculpture Symposium, Alice Springs, NT, 2001; an artsACT Creative Fellowship, Canberra Act, 2003; Wyndham City Council Sculpture Award and the 'People's Choice Award' for the Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, 2004; Rosalie Gascoigne Award, 2005 and the Concept and Innovation Award, Latitude AT Designex, NSW, 2008.

Matthew Harding's work is part of several important public and corporate collections nationally and internationally, including National Gallery of Australia; Artbank; Australian National University, ACT; The Royal Collection, England; Inami Sculpture Park, Japan; Vanuatu Parliament, Vanuatu; Wing Tai Holdings, Singapore and private collections in Australia, Cambodia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, United Kingdom and the United States.

Matthew Harding is a diverse and innovative Australian artist and designer engaged in a practice spanning sculpture, public art and design. His training in the visual arts, construction industries and various craft traditions enabling him to push boundaries of materials and process. Harding's work encompasses cutting edge technologies through to traditional methods in wood, stone and bronze. Whether carving delicate fine art pieces, prototyping designs for production or working on large-scale public sculpture, Matthew's desire is to make objects that feed the spirit.