
Curriculum Vitae
Email : stephenharrison156@hotmail.com
Website : harrison.mogkat.com
Phone: 0405 924 437
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