CV

Born 1988, nipaluna/Hobart.

Lives and works in Huon Valley, lutruwita/Tasmania

Education

2024 Master of Fine Art by Research (Candidate), UNSW, Art, Design and Architecture, Sydney

2011 Graduate Diploma in Fine Arts (Painting), UTAS, School of Creative Arts, nipaluna/Hobart

2010 Bachelor of Fine Art with Honours (Painting), UTAS, School of Creative Arts, nipaluna/Hobart

2009 Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting/Photography), UTAS, School of Creative Arts, nipaluna/Hobart

Solo Exhibitions

2025 Homing Instincts (upcoming), Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf, Double Bay, NSW

2024 Interior Topographies, Bett Gallery, nipaluna/Hobart

2022 A Hopeful Mirage, Bett Gallery, nipaluna/Hobart

2021 Split Vision, Exhibition Room, Glover Country, Deddington, lutruwita/Tasmania

2020 Breaking Horizons, Bett Gallery, nipaluna/Hobart

2018 Middleground, Bett Gallery, nipaluna/Hobart

2017 Shadows on the Wall, Anna Pappas Gallery, Naarn/Melbourne

2017 Homeland, Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport

2016 Outside the Garden Wall, Bett Gallery, nipaluna/Hobart

2016 Many Sided Face, Contemporary Art Tasmania, nipaluna/Hobart

2014 Beyond the Gate, Bett Gallery, nipaluna/Hobart

2014 Half Full/Half Empty, Sawtooth ARI, Launceston; Archive Space, Sydney

2013 Quixotic Habitation, MOP Projects, Sydney

2012 Spaces Between, Bett Gallery, nipaluna/Hobart

Group Exhibitions

2025 There Are No Straight Lines (upcoming - touring), Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf, Double Bay, NSW, and Piomena Art Gallery, Launceston, lutruwita/Tasmania, Rosny Barn, Rosny Farm Arts Centre, lutruwita/Tasmania

2025 When the Fog Clears (upcoming), curated by Loren Kronemyer in partnership with Constance ARI and Ten Days on the Island, Franklin Watershed, lutruwita/Tasmania

2024-2025 Discovery Collection 23/24, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, lutruwita/Tasmania

2024 S.I.T.E Richmond (Something In The Exchange), curated by Jade Irvine in partnership with Clarence City Council, Richmond, lutruwita/Tasmania

2024 PressWEST Launch exhibition, curated by Raymond Arnold, Queenstown, lutruwita/Tasmania

2024 Summer Salon, curated by Paul Snell, Piomena Art Gallery, Launceston

2023 Always Tomorrow, Moonah Arts Centre, lutruwita/Tasmania

2023 f i g m e n t, curated by Eliza Burke and Maria Kunda, Lady Franklin Gallery, lutruwita/Tasmania

2022 Settings for Uncertainty, Schoolhouse Gallery, Rosny Farm Arts Centre

2022 Relationships and Limitations, curated by Penny Burnett, Piomena Art Gallery, Launceston and RANT Arts, Devonport

2022 A show of strength, Bett Gallery, nipaluna/Hobart

2022 The Butterfly Effect, curated by Paul Snell, Piomena Art Gallery, Launceston

2021 Disappearing, curated by Carol Bett, Gerard Castles and Pete Hay, Bett Gallery, nipaluna/Hobart

2021 Paint, curated by Paul Snell, Piomena Art Gallery, Launceston

2021 Collected, The Barracks, Derwent Valley Arts and Lady Franklin Gallery, Lenah Valley

2020 Dream Sequence, Kings, Naarn/Melbourne

2020 Conglomerate, curated by Lou Conboy, Q Bank Gallery, Queenstown

2019 On Belonging(s), curated by Erin Wilson, Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport

2019 The flower show, curated by Dr. Malcolm Bywaters and Dr. Kim Lehman, Academy Gallery, University of Tasmania, Launceston

2019 Maatsuyker Collection, Long Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, nipaluna/Hobart

2019 would move me more than glitter, Good Grief Studios, nipaluna/Hobart

2019 Because Everyone Sleeps, curated by Ciara O’Meara, Sawtooth, Launceston

2019 Art Money curated by Georgia Hobbs, Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Sydney

2019 Artemisia Collection, Moonah Arts Centre, nipaluna/Hobart

2019 Ravenswood Art Prize Winner’s Exhibition, Gordon, Sydney

2018 Suburbia, Cement Fondu, curated by Megan Monte and Josephine Skinner, Sydney

2018 Wild: flora and fauna in Australian art, curated by Diana Robson, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Windsor, New South Wales

2018 Dear Kunyani, Salamanca Arts Centre, nipaluna/Hobart

2018 Beyond the Backyard, curated by Paul Snell, Poimena Art Gallery, Launceston

2017 Group Show, Anna Pappas Gallery, Naarn/Melbourne

2017 Glover in Arcadia, coordinated by Constance ARI and Clarence Arts and Events, Rosny Farm Arts Centre, nipaluna/Hobart

2017 Never Even, Visual Bulk, nipaluna/Hobart

2017 Corrupted Spaces, curated by Victor Medrano-Bonilla, Alternating Current Art Space, Naarn/Melbourne

2017 Home Show, Constance, nipaluna/Hobart

2016 Front Up, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney

2016 Appropriate Inappropriate Idea, The Curated Shelf, nipaluna/Hobart

2015 Ken Urban, Contemporary Art Tasmania, nipaluna/Hobart

2015 Under Kunyani, Bett Gallery, nipaluna/Hobart

2015 Long Weekend, curated by Joshua Simpson, Trocadero Art Space, Naarn/Melbourne

2015 Sawtooth Review, curated by Gillian Marsden, 146 ArtSpace, nipaluna/Hobart

2014 Open House, Arts Factory, nipaluna/Hobart

2014 Take Home Archive, Archive Space, Paddington, Sydney

2013 Poets and Painters, Bett Gallery, nipaluna/Hobart

2013 Forged Environments, 146 ArtSpace, Arts Tasmania, nipaluna/Hobart

2013 Affordable Art Fair, Gaffer, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong

2011 25 Year Anniversary Show, Bett Gallery, nipaluna/Hobart

2010 Magna & Magister, Graduate Exhibition, Plimsoll Gallery, Tasmanian School of Art, nipaluna/Hobart

Curatorial

2024 Between buildings as between stars, Schoolhouse Gallery, Rosny Farm Arts Centre, lutruwita/Tasmania

2023 Always Tomorrow, Moonah Arts Centre, lutruwita/Tasmania

2020 Dream Sequence, Kings, Naarn/Melbourne

Awards

2024 Arts Tasmania, Support for Groups Grant, Recipient for There Are No Straight Lines

2022-2023 Tidal 22: City of Devonport Tasmanian Art Award, Devonport Regional Gallery

2022 Arts Tasmania, Support for Groups Grant, Recipient for figment

2022 Arts Tasmania, New work for new markets grant, Recipient for When the Fog Clears

2022 Women’s Art Prize Tasmania, Finalist, touring exhibition: Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston; Devonport Regional Gallery; Moonah Arts Centre

2021 Arts Tasmania, Creative Support Small Grants Fund, Recipient for studio materials

2021 Arts Tasmania, Support for Individuals Grant, Recipient for developing sculptural works

2020 Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship, UNSW, Sydney

2019 Arts Tasmania, Support for Individuals Grant, Recipient for Dream Sequence

2019 Women's Art Prize Tasmania, Finalist, touring exhibition, lutruwita/Tasmania

2018 Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize, Winner (Emerging), Gordon, Sydney

2018 Arts Tasmania, Artsbridge Grant, Recipient for Suburbia

2018 Bruny Island Art Prize, Finalist, Alonnah, lutruwita/Tasmania

2018 Nominated Tasmanian Young Achiever Awards, Finalist (Arts)

2018 Arts Tasmania, Artsbridge Grant, Recipient for Ravenswood Winners Exhibition

2018 Albany Art Prize, Finalist, Vancouver Arts Centre, Western Australia

2017 The Churchie National Emerging Artist Prize, Finalist, QUT Museum, Brisbane

2016 Portia Geach Memorial Award, Finalist, S.H Ervin Gallery, Sydney

2016 Albany Art Prize, Finalist, Vancouver Arts Centre, Western Australia

2016 Arts Tasmania, Artsbridge, Recipient for Rosamond McCulloch Residency, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris

2016 Tidal: National Art Award, Finalist, Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport

2016 Redlands Art Prize, Finalist, Redlands Art Gallery, Cleveland, Queensland

2015 Tasmanian Portrait Prize, Winner, Sponsors Choice, Touring lutruwita/Tasmania

2014 Young Tasmanian Achiever of the Year, Nominated (Arts)

2013 Australian Artists Grant, Recipient, National Association of Visual Arts

2013 Glover Prize, Finalist, Evandale, lutruwita/Tasmania

2013 SOYA Visual Art Award, Highly Commended, Gadigal Land/Sydney

2013 Paddington Art Prize, Finalist, Gadigal Land/Sydney

2013 Arts Tasmania, Artsbridge Grant, Recipient for Quixotic Habitation

2012 Shotgun mentorship program, Contemporary Art Space Tasmania

2012 ArtStart, Australia Council for the Arts

2011 Zonta Emerging Artist Prize, Winner, Tasmanian Regional Arts

Residencies

2023 Artist in Residence, Dominic College, Glenorchy, lutruwita/Tasmania

2023 Poatina Arts (with Laura Purcell), Arts Tasmania Residency Program, Poatina

2021 QBank (with Kelly Austin), Queenstown, lutruwita/Tasmania

2020 Glover Country, Arts Tasmania Residency Program, Deddington, lutruwita/Tasmania

2018 Arts Tasmania, Educational Residency, Saint Michael’s Collegiate, nipaluna/Hobart

2018 Artist in Residence, Launceston Church Grammar School, Launceston

2016-2017 Artist in Residence, 146 Art Studio, Arts Tasmania, nipaluna/Hobart

2016 Rosamond McCulloch Studio Residency, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris

2016 AiR, Artist in Residence at Don College, Arts@Work and Australia Council

2015 Artist in Residence, Contemporary Art Tasmania, nipaluna/Hobart

2012-2014 Artist in Residence, 146 Art Studio, Arts Tasmania, nipaluna/Hobart

2012 Artist in Residence, University of Tasmania, nipaluna/Hobart

2010 Artist in Residence, School House Studios, Naarn/Melbourne

Bibliography

Andrew Harper, Leave your assumptions at the door, Tas Weekend, The Mercury, November 16-17, 2024

Andrew Harper, Using fiction as a scalpel: notes around SITE, Make and Do | September 2024.

Andrew Harper, A Site to truly behold, Visual Arts, Tas Weekend, The Mercury, September 21-22, 2024

Briony Downes, Interior Topographies, Island Magazine, Volume 171, 2024, cover image and p. 38-44

Andrew Harper, A riotous voyage inward, Visual Arts, Tas Weekend, The Mercury, Febuary 24-25, 2024

Andrew Harper, Interior Topographies, Make and Do, February 2024

Briony Downes, The Balancing Act, catalog essay for Interior Topographies, February 2024

Andrew Harper, So much to be amazed by in 2023, Visual Arts, Tas Weekend, The Mercury, December 16-17, 2023

Andrew Harper, Call to a new world order, Visual Arts, Tas Weekend, The Mercury, November 4-5, 2023

Nancy Mauro-Flude, You Never Know How The Past To Come May Turn Out, catalog: Always Tomorrow, October 2023

Andrew Harper, Some thoughts of Figment, Make and Do, online art journal, Aug 15 2023

Andrew Harper, Navigating a strange past, Visual Arts, Tas Weekend, The Mercury, June 10-11, 2023

Dr. Maria Kunda, ‘our little museum… not yet quite completed’, catalog essay for figment, June 2023

Andrew Harper, Chaos in face of uncertainty, Visual Arts, Tas Weekend, The Mercury, Sep. 10-11, 2022

Dr. Steven Carson, Precarious objects for perilous days, catalog essay for Settings for Uncertainty, August 2022

Pippa Mott, A Hopeful Mirage, catalog essay, Bett Gallery, July 2022

Andrew Harper, Beauty within the chaos, Visual Arts, Tas Weekend, The Mercury, July 23-24, 2022

Dr. Toby Juliff, Amongst Friends, catalog essay for Split Vision, March 2021

Dr. Eliza Burke, catalog essay for Breaking Horizons, July 2020

Erin Wilson, catalog essay for On Belonging(s), August 2019

Dr. Eliza Burke, catalog essay for Middleground, October 2018

Andrew Harper, Lost in No Space, catalog essay for Shadows on the Wall, November 2017

Undertow Magazine, Amber Koroluk-Stephenson, artist interview, September 2017

Miriam McGarry, There’s No Place Like Homeland, Cat. Essay for Homeland

Andrew Harper, Fragments of Place, Island Magazine, Volume 146, Sep-Dec 2016, p. 62-69

David Greenhalgh, A conversation with the Past & a Vocabulary for the Future, catalog essay, March 2016

Briony Downes, Outside the Garden Wall, Art Guide Australia, March/April 2016, issue 100, p.55

Andrew Harper, It’s hard to look away, TasWeekend, The Mercury, April 2-3, 2016 p.21

Dr. Lucy Hawthorne, catalog essay for Beyond the Gate, Bett Gallery, nipaluna/Hobart, 2014

Lucy Hawthorne, Australian Art Collector, TasWrap, Issue 61, October-December 2012, p. 241

Ashley Crawford, Australian Art Collector, 50 Things Collectors Need to Know 2012

Professional Development

2024-ongoing Contemporary Art Tasmania Program Committee, nipaluna/Hobart

2024 BSB40920 Certificate IV in Project Management Practice, Link Education

2024 Ecotone - West Coast Painting - three day collage and painting workshop with Jo Chew, PressWest, Queenstown, lutruwita/Tasmania

2023 Creative Arts Festival, Producer in collaboration with Dominic College, Moonah Arts Centre, lutruwita/Tasmania

2023 Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, pARTicipate - painting workshops for Behind the Layers exhibition, nipaluna/Hobart

2022-2023 Creative Producer, When the Fog Clears, Franklin Watershed

2022 Glover Prize Judge, Evandale

2022 Clarence Open Prize, Judge, Rosny Farm Arts Centre

2021-ongoing Painting tutor, Colour Circle Inc, Mt Nelson, nipaluna/Hobart

2020 Peer Assessor, Arts Tasmania, Department of State Growth

2019-2020 Gallery Assistant, Despard Gallery, nipaluna/Hobart

2016 Mentorship with Danie Mellor, Arts Tasmania

2015-2017 Board Member, Constance Artist Run Initiative, nipaluna/Hobart

2014 Invigilator and Front of House Volunteer, 19th Biennale of Sydney

2013 Sessional Tutor (Painting), University of Tasmanian, nipaluna/Hobart

2011-2016 Invigilator and Front of House, Museum of Old and New Art, nipaluna/Hobart

2009-2010 President, Painting Society, Tasmanian School of Art, nipaluna/Hobart

Collections

Artbank, Gadigal Land/Sydney

Artemisia Collection, lutruwita/Tasmania

Glover Country, Deddington, lutruwita/Tasmania

Maatsuyker Collection, lutruwita/Tasmania

Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, lutruwita/Tasmania

Ravenswood School for Girls, Gordon, Sydney

Saint Michael’s Collegiate, nipaluna/Hobart

Tasmanian State Collection (Art for Public Building Scheme)

Private collections, Australia and United States of America

Represented by Bett Gallery, nipaluna/Hobart