D Harding
D Harding (b. 1982) works in a wide variety of media to explore the visual and social languages of their communities as cultural continuum. A descendant of the Bidjara, Ghungalu and Garingbal peoples, they draw upon and maintain the spiritual and philosophical sensibilities of their cultural inheritance within the framework of contemporary art internationally.
Harding’s work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne (2021); Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, Aotearoa New Zealand (2021); Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne (2019); Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane (2019, 2015); and Milani Gallery, Brisbane (2019, 2018, 2017, 2016). Recent group exhibitions include Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki (2022); Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2022); Tate Modern, London (2021); Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo (2020); Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane (2019); PAC Milano, Milan (2019); Lyon Biennial, Lyon, France (2019); Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE (2019); Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm (2018); Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, UK (2018); and TarraWarra Biennial, Healesville, Victoria (2018). Their work can be found in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Artspace Mackay, Mackay; Darebin Art Collection, Victoria; Griffith University Art Collection, Brisbane; Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane; Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane; Monash University Museum of Art; Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Tate Modern, London, UK; University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane; and University of Sydney, Sydney. In July 2019 Harding was awarded a Doctorate of Visual Arts from the Queensland College of Arts, Griffith University. They are currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at QCA. Born in 1982 in Moranbah, Australia, Harding lives and works in Brisbane.