Alexis Harding

1973

Born in London



1992-95	

Goldsmiths College, BA (Hons) Fine Art



Awards                       

1st Prizewinner, John Moores 23, exhibition of contemporary painting



Solo Exhibitions



2008                

Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco



2007                 

Mummery + Schnelle, London 



2006                          

Rubicon Gallery, Dublin

Allerart, Bludenz, Austria



2004		

Marella Arte Contemporanea, Milan



2003		

Andrew Mummery Gallery, London



2002		

Rubicon Gallery, Dublin

Galerie Katherina Kröhn, Basel



2001		

Galeria Pedro Cera, Lisbon



2000		

Andrew Mummery Gallery, London



1998		

Rubicon Gallery, Dublin

Andrew Mummery Gallery, London	

	

1997		

Project Room, Galerij S65, Aalst, Belgium



Selected Group Exhibitions



2008                       

Georgia Scherman Gallery, Toronto

‘Same as it ever was’, painting at Chelsea 1990-2007



2007            	

Painting in the Noughties, Letterkenny Arts Centre, Ireland

Driven, Fieldgate Gallery, London

Strange geography, Kingsgate Gallery, London

‘Paint’, Two Rooms, New Zealand



2006                 

Linda Aloysius, Alexis Harding, Warren Neidech, Andrew Mummery Gallery



2005

The Tower of Babel. LAF, London		

Time Share: Site Specific Paintings, Eagle Gallery, London

Remarkable, Andrew Mummery  Gallery, London

Alexis Harding and Peter Lynch, Galerie Katharina Krohn, Basel

Alexis Harding and Andrew Bick, Galerie Hollenbach, Stuttgart

The Red Carpet, Kunst in Schloss Untergröningen,Germany

Controlled, Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery, Bury St Edmunds

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition (invited Artist)



2004	

John Moores 23: exhibition of contemporary painting,

      Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. (Winner of the First Prize)

Painting as Process: re-evaluating Painting, 

      Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore (curated by Eugene Tan)

In the Time of Shaking, IMMA, Dublin



2003		

Colour Chart, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast 

Before and After Science, Marella Arte Contemporanea, Milan

Vacant, Reg Vardy Gallery, Sunderland

Drawn to be Alive, Hales Gallery, London

The Drawing Room, London



2002		

The day I had no cigar, Platform Gallery London

Last Chance to Paradise, Andrew Mummery Gallery London

Prima facie, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, USA		

Shimmering Substance,  Arnolfini Gallery Bristol & Cornerhouse Manchester

The Image in Use, Kunsterhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis Bregenz

Andrew Mummery@Collective, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh



2001		

Showcase:  No.05, Courtauld Institute London

British Abstract Painting 2001, Flowers East London	

Galerie Hollenbach, Stuttgart

Croma, Galerie Kröhn, Badenweiler, Germany



2000	

British Art: Not Enough, VELAN, Turin. (Curated by Victor de Circasia) 

Pump House Gallery, London (with Mali Morris) 

Frameworks Gallery London (with Linda Aloysius)

Painting in Europe: Different Perspectives, Premio Michetti 2000,

    Francavilla al Mare, (Chieti) Italy, Curated by Gianni Romano) 

Movin’ on Up Part I, Andrew Mummery Gallery London  

Colour Codes, Rubicon Gallery Dublin



1999		

Super-Abstr-Action, The Box Associati Turin, 

    Les Filles du Calvaire Art Contemporain Paris 

John Moores Liverpool Exhibition 21, Walker Art Gallery Liverpool  

Galerie Hollenbach, Stuttgart  					

GalerieTanya Rumpff Haarlem, The Netherlands   

Fantastic Overload, Rubicon Gallery Dublin  

Hoxton New Music Days Exhibition, Andrew Mummery Gallery London 

(with Maria Chevska and Composers Deirdre Gribbin & Peter Wiegold)



1998		

first eleven, The NatWest Art Prize (Short listed Artist), Lothbury London

Still, (Curated by Jenefer Winters), Laurent Delaye Gallery London

  

1997		

John Moores Liverpool Exhibition 20, Walker Art Gallery Liverpool  

Stepping Up, Andrew Mummery London  

Finish, Spacex Gallery Exeter



1996		

Loaded (Curated by Terry Shave), Ikon Gallery Birmingham

Small Truths, John Hansard Gallery Southampton, Todd Gallery London,

    Leeds City Art Galleries, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Arts Sunderland 

Die Yuppie Scum (Curated by Martin Maloney), Karsten Schubert Gallery, London  

Wet Paint, Rubicon Gallery Dublin 	

Painting (with Yinka Shonibare), Stephen Freidman Gallery London  

New Contemporaries’96, Tate Gallery Liverpool and Camden Arts Centre, London  

Nine Lives, Alternative Arts Space 26 Chiltern St, London

  	

1995		

Multiple Orgasm, Lost in Space Gallery London  

Group Show, Stephen Freidman Gallery London



Catalogues & Publications:



2006 		

New British Art, Chris Townsend, Thames and Hudson p.40-48 isbn 0-500-28606-X

Twisting Into true, text by Martin Holeman, published by Rubicon Gallery 



2005 		

Royal Academy Illustrated, p.154 (Summer Exhibition)



2004 		

John Moores 23 exhibition of contemporary painting, Walker gallery Liverpool

Painting as Process. Earl Lu Gallery, Lasaille-Sia college of the arts, Singapore



2003		

Painting by the Skin of Your Eyes, text by JJ Charlesworth. Published by Andrew Mummery Gallery.

Before and After Science, Marella Arte Contemporanea, Milan



2002		

Alexis Harding Selected Works 2001-2002, text by Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith, 

published by Rubicon Gallery Dublin

Shimmering Substance, published by Arnolfini Gallery Bristol



2001		

British Abstract Painting 2001, published by Flowers East Gallery London



1999		

Super-Abstr-Action, published by The Box, Turin and Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire Paris

John Moore’s Liverpool Exhibition, 21, published by Walker Art Gallery Liverpool



1998		

Alexis Harding `. . . not fade away’, text by Mark Gisbourne , published by 

Andrew Mummery Gallery London



1997		

John Moore’s Liverpool Exhibition, 20, published by Walker Art Gallery Liverpool

Loaded, exhibition guide, published by Ikon Gallery Birmingham

Finish, exhibition guide, published by Spacex Gallery Exeter

Small Truths: Repetition and the Obsessional in Contemporary Art, text by Nick de Ville

The Rhetoric of Obsession, published by John Hansard Gallery Southampton



1996		

New Contemporaries 96, published by the New Contemporaries, Tate Gallery Liverpool

Die Yuppie Scum, text by Martin Maloney, published by Karsten Schubert Gallery London



Collections:



Arts Council of England; Caldic Collection, Rotterdam; Simmons & Simmons, London; 

Bank of Spain, Madrid; National Museums Liverpool; The Walker; UBS Warburg, London; 

Irish Museum of modern Art, Dublin; Goldman Sachs, London

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