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Tertiary Qualifications:

2011 - 2012: Master of Visual Art (Sculpture) - School of Art, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, ACT - graduated High Distinction

2008 - 2010: Diploma of Art (Sculpture) - School of Art, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences

1983 - 1988: Bachelor of Arts (Visual) - Graphic Investigation Workshop, Canberra School of Art

Awards, Grants and Sponsorship:

2020: ArtsACT Grant

2020: The Sculptors Society Sensory Sculpture Prize, Sculpture in the Garden, Mudgee NSW

2017: Axolotl Sponsors for Sculpture by the Sea

2017: Indoor Main Prize winner, Sculpture in the Valley NSW

2018: Indoor Main Prize winner, Sculpture in the Valley NSW

2015: AMP Tomorrow Fund recipient (for production of bronze sculpture)

2015: WABA/Mulligans Flat Artist-in-residence

2014/2015: Sculpture in the Paddock Main Prize Winner

2010-2102: Whitehorse Industries, Allstrut

2011-ongoing: Sponsorship: Bondall/Boncrete (major sponsor)

1999: ACT Arts Grant

1992-1999: Archival Oil Sponsorship, Chroma Acrylic Sponsorship

Recent Solo and Group Exhibitions:

2021: You Want It Darker, Belconnen Arts Centre

2020: Mudgee Sculpture in the Garden, finalist and prize winner

2020: Blue Thylacine, solo exhibition, Helen Stephens Gallery Collector NSW

2018: Sculpture in the Valley NSW (main prize winner indoor category)

2018: Sculpture in the Paddock NSW

2018: Scenic World Sculpture event, Blue Mountains, NSW

2018: Sculpture by the Sea, Cottlesoe, WA

2017: Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW

2017: Lucern Video work ANU

2017: Lakelight Sculpture, Jindabyne NSW

2016: Queanbeyan Clearwater Sculpture Prize NSW

2016: Equus Homo, Tuggeranong Arts Space ACT

2016: Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, Perth

2016: Sculpture on the Edge, Bermagui NSW

2015: Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi NSW

2015: Floriade Sculpture installation/exhibition, ACT

2015: Wildlife and Botanical Artists/Mulligans Flat: Artist-in-Residence, 2015

2015: Random, group exhibition, CSA Gallery, ACT

2015: Scenic World Sculpture event, Blue Mountains, NSW

2015: Imaginarium- installation, curated by Amanda Stuart, Belconnen Arts Centre, ACT

2015: Racoon-eyed Woman and Rat Boy, short film, YouTube: Stephen’s Super 8

2014: Granddad’s Sculpture, short film, YouTube.

2014: Steampunk Show (invited guest), Marsden Arts Group Watson Art Centre, ACT

2014: Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW

2014: Canberra Grammar Sculpture Prize, ACT

2014: Hidden Rookwood Sculpture Prize, NSW

2014: Sculpture in the Paddock, (main prize winner), Yass, NSW

2014: Installation of outdoor sculpture, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, NSW

2014: Harrison Art Show, ACT

2014: Sculpture on the Edge, Bermagui Sculpture Prize NSW

2014: Sculpture Installation, Downer Shops ACT

2013: Sculpture in the Garden, Lambrigg Estate, Tharwa NSW

2013: Sculpture in the Street, Director and exhibitor, Downer ACT

2013: Sculpture in the Paddock, Yass NSW

2013: Splinters-Massive Love of Risk, Canberra Museum and Gallery, ACT

2013: Intersections, Belconnen Arts Centre, ACT

2013: Pop-up sculpture/Installation, Canberra School of Art, ANU

2013: Harrison Art Show, Harrison, ACT

2013: Sculpture on the Edge, Bermagui Sculpture Prize, NSW

2013: Canberra 100, The Front gallery, ACT

2012: Graduate Season Masters Exhibition, Canberra School of Art gallery

2012: Sculptural Installation, Chifley Library, ANU

23 more solo and 42 group exhibitions since 1987

Notable past exhibitions:

‘Screaming Red Dingo’, ‘Blood on the Wings’, ‘Angels and Aeroplanes’, ‘Nights of Wine and Steel’, and ‘Mr Kafka’s Core’ ‘Shakespeare’s Girls, The Blood Babies and The Gnarled Blackened Castles of the Golden City of Prague' ‘Blue Thylacine, other drawings and the Decayed City Sculptures’ Collections: Australian National University, Canberra Museum and Gallery, National Library of Australia, ACT Legislative Assembly, Phoenix Pub, Canberra, Numerous private collections.



Recent Workshops by Stephen Harrison:

2021: Belconnen Arts Centre - Cartooning, Drawing and Beyond by Stephen Harrison

2016: WABA/Mulligans Flat artist in residence, series of sculpture workshops adults and kids

2015: Sculpture by the Sea Education program teacher: sculpture workshops adults and kids

Collections:

Australian National University

Canberra Museum and Gallery

National Library of Australia

ACT Legislative Assembly

Phoenix Bar Canberra City

Numerous private collections in Australia and overseas

Travel:

2002: Lived, worked in Prague, Czech Republic

1993: Lived, worked and exhibited in Paris, France

1986 - Present: Ongoing extensive travel in Australia, Europe, Scandinavia, America, Japan, Asia