Bio

Gwen Hardie is represented in many private and public art collections in Europe and America. Since moving to New York in 2000, she has shown with The Lennon Weinberg Gallery, Dinter Fine Art and has been awarded Residencies at Yaddo in 2004.2005 and 2006 and in 2006 a Bogliasco Fellowship at The Liguria Study Center in Italy. She lived in London between 1990 and 2000 and had 6 solo shows with galleries such as Annely Juda Fine Art, Beaux Arts and Fischer fine Art. In 1997 her painting was awarded a prize at the John Moores biennial, Liverpool and was included in "the New British Painting", which toured America in 1986. Hardie left her native Scotland in 1984 when she was awarded a DAAD Scholarship to study with Georg Baselitz in Berlin. A documentary was broadcast on Scottish television about her in Berlin in 1987. At Edinburgh College of art, she was awarded the Richard Ford Award to study the paintings of Velasquez at the Prado Museum and received a first class honours degree in 1983.

Awards

2008
2007
2006
2006
2005
2004
2003
2003
2002
2000
2000
1997
1986
1984-85
1983-84
1983

Residency at Virginia Creative Center for the Arts,Virginia
Residency at Virginia Creative Center for the Arts,Virginia
Yaddo Residency, Saratoga Springs, New York
Bogliasco Fellowship, for residence at the Liguria Study Center, Bogliasco, Italy
Yaddo Residency, Saratoga Springs. New York
Residency at The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH
Residency at The Ragdale Foundation,Lake Forest, Illinois
Residency at Virginia Creative Center for the Arts,Virginia
Residency at Virginia Creative Center for the Arts, Virginia
Membership of the Elizabeth Foundation of the Arts Studio Center, New York
Prizewinner of the 20th John Moores Liverpool Exhibition, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
'Annual Award', King Edward the 7th British German Foundation, Berlin
'DAAD Extension'
'DAAD Annual Art Scholarship', Berlin, West Germany ; to study with Baselitz
'Richard Ford Award', Royal Academy, London, to study Velasquez, Prado Museum, Madrid

Education

1984-85
1984
1979-1983

Hochshule Der Kunste, study with Baselitz.
Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland (post graduate diploma with distinction)
Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland (first class honours degree)

Solo Shows

2005
2004
2001
1999
1996
1994
1994
1990
1988
1988
1987
1986

Dinter Fine Art, New York (catalog)
Alpan Gallery, Huntington
Lindsey Brown, New York
Beaux Arts, London (catalogue )
Jason & Rhodes, London (catalogue)
Annely Juda Fine Art, London
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
Talbot Rice Arts Centre, Edinburgh (catalogue)
Fischer Fine Art, London
Kettles Yard, Cambridge, England
Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland (touring UK) (catalogue)
Paton Gallery, London

Group Shows

2008
2007
2007
2006
2006
2006
2005
2004
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2000
2000
1998
1997
1993
1988-1990
1987
1987
1986

McTears Auction and Galleries, Glasgow, Scotland
"The Dutch Barn Show", Rose Burlingham Fine Art, Lindsey Brown Studio, Clinton Corners, NY
"Radius", Metaphor Contemporary, Brooklyn, NY
'Close', Dinter Fine Art, Chelsea, New York
'Closer', Alpan Gallery, Huntington, New York
'Drawn', Dinter Fine Art, New York, NY
'Brooklyn Artists', Alpan Gallery, Huntington
'London Art Fair', Stephen Lacey Gallery'
'Landscape', Lindsey Brown Gallery, New York
'Narcissus', Scottish National Gallery of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
'Abstraction and Immanence', Times Square Gallery, Hunter College, New York
'Five', Lennon,Weinberg, New York
'Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Studio Center' Open Studios, New York
'Tech', Jason & Rhodes, London and 'Galerie oef', Paris
'The 20th John Moores Liverpool Exhibition', Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, (prizewinner)
'Prospect 93', Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt
'The New British Painting', The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati and touring America
'The Vigorous Imagination', Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
'The Self Portrait- A Modern View', Artsite, Bath
'Identity-Desire', Scottish Arts Council touring show

Collections

British Council, London. Contemporary Art Society, London
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
City Art Collection, Edinburgh
Metroplitan Museum of Art, New York
Kasen Summer Collection, Connecticut
Gulbenkian Collection, Lisbon
Scottish Arts Council, Edinburgh
Glaxo Group Research Ltd, London
Manchester Museum of Modern Art

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2006
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1999
1999
1998
1998
1997
1997
1996
1995
1993 -1996

Master Class at The Essential School of Painting, Bethnal Green, London
Master Class at The Essential School of Painting, Bethnal Green, London
Private Painting Instruction, Bridge St Studio Center, Brooklyn
Visiting artist and tutor, MICA, Baltimore,Maryland.
Visiting artist , New York Studio School, New York
Tutor in Painting and Sculpture at Ottawa University, Canada
Visiting artist and tutor, Cleveland University, U.S.
Visiting artist and tutor, Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Visiting artist and tutor, Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland
Tutor in painting, First year of Degree Course, modular system, Guildhall University, London
Visiting artist and tutor, Winchester School of Art, England
Visiting artist and tutor, Royal College of Art, London
Visiting artist and tutor , St Martins School of Art, London
Tutor in Visual Arts, First Year of Degree Course, modular system, Oxford Brookes University