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Andrew Harding (b. 1995) is a project-based artist based in Toronto. His works explore hybridity through sculpture by using found imagery and fabricated forms. Harding received his MFA from York University (2022) and is the recipient of awards from the Ontario Arts Council and SSHRC. Harding has exhibited his art in solo and group exhibitions in Toronto, Canada and is included in exhibitions upcoming in 2024 at Hearth (Toronto), Weatherproof (Chicago) and in 2025 at the Visual Art Centre of Clarington (Bowmanville).

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS


Auto Dealer Dream - Andrew Harding and Yan Wen Chang - Weatherproof - Chicago (2024)

Milestone Nerve - Group Exhibition - Visual Arts Centre of Clarington - Clarington (2025)


SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

Intravenous Dove - Solo Exhibition - Blouin Division - Toronto (2024)

Not All Dogs Go To Heaven - Gales Gallery - Toronto (2022)

Tethers - Andrew Harding and Luke Maddaford - Between Pheasants Contemporary - Kerns Township (2021)

Untitled - Queen Specific - Toronto (2021)


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

New Strata: Five Years- Group Exhibition - Hearth - Toronto (2024)

The Choice - Red Owl Boxing - Toronto (2022)

New Strata - Hearth  - Toronto (2019)

The Bald Eagle’s Claw - Xpace - Toronto (2019)

Why the @#&! Do You Paint? - Gladstone Hotel - Toronto (2017)

Exist = Resist - Open Sesame - Kitchener (2017)

SHOW.17 - Idea Exchange - Cambridge (2017)

GRADEX 102 - OCAD University - Toronto (2017)

10x10 - OCAD University - Toronto (2016)

Anishinaabe, Nongom! - L-Space Gallery, Humber College - Toronto (2014)



AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Toronto Arts Council - Individual - Visual Artists: Creation (2024)

Métis Nation of Ontario - Culture Based Economic Development Grant (2024)

Ontario Arts Council - Visual Artist Creation Projects (2024)

Ontario Arts Council - Exhibition Assistance (2024)

Ontario Arts Council - Career Catalyst: Project Grants for New Generation Artists (2022)

SSHRC Canada Graduate Research Scholarship (2021 - 2022)

York University Graduate Studies Research Cost Fund (2021 - 2022)

York University Graduate Entrance Scholarship (2020)

Gallery 44 x OCAD U Career Launcher Award (2018 - 2019)

OCAD U - Anne Adler Kagan Thesis Award (2017)


PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS


New Strata at Hearth Garage - Review - Peripheral Review

Hearth opens with New Strata - Review - ArtToronto.ca


CONTEMPORARY ART AUCTIONS

C Magazine Annual Contemporary Art Auction (2022)

Peripheral Review Fundraiser (2022)


SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

OCAD U Faculty of Art Visiting Artist (2019 & 2022)


EDUCATION

Masters of Fine Arts - Visual Arts - York University (2022)

Bachelor of Fine Arts - Drawing and Painting - OCAD University (2017)