d harding works in a wide variety of media to explore the visual and social languages of their communities as cultural continuum. A descendant of the Bidjara, Ghungalu and Garingbal peoples, they draw upon and maintain the spiritual and philosophical sensibilities of their cultural inheritance within the framework of contemporary art internationally.
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harding’s work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at Murray Art Museum, Albury (2025); the Bergen Kunsthall, Norway (2022); Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne (2021); Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth (2021); Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne (2019); Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane (2019, 2015); and Milani Gallery, Brisbane (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019). Their work has also been included in group exhibitions throughout Australia and overseas, including at the Bourse des Commerce – Pinault collection, Paris (2024); Van Abbemuseum, Netherlands (2024); The Venice Biennale (2024); Galerie Cité internationale des arts, Paris (2024); Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul (2024); the Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, QAGOMA, Brisbane (2024); Lisson Gallery, London (2023); Palais des Tokyo, Paris (2022); Tate Modern, London (2021); Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (2020); PAC Milano, Milan (2019); Lyon Biennial, Lyon, France (2019); Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE (2019); Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm (2018); Liverpool Biennial (2018); TarraWarra Biennial (2018); Documenta 14, Athens and Kassel (2017).
Their work can be found in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago; MCA/Tate Modern, London; Griffith University Art Collection, Brisbane; Queensland Art Gallery ǀ Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane; University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane; Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; and National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
In July 2019 harding was awarded a Doctorate of Visual Arts from Queensland College of Art, Griffith University.
Exhibitions
Off-site Exhibitions
![<span class="artist">Vernon Ah Kee</span><span class="title"> Unwritten</span><span class="year"> 2008</span>, <span class="medium">Charcoal on canvas</span>, <span class="dimen">150 x 90 cm</span>]( "<span class=\"artist\">Vernon Ah Kee</span><span class=\"title\"> Unwritten</span><span class=\"year\"> 2008</span>, <span class=\"medium\">Charcoal on canvas</span>, <span class=\"dimen\">150 x 90 cm</span>")
Nov 29 – Feb 15, 2026d harding, Vernon Ah Kee‘Unfolding: First Nations Works on Paper’Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery![]()
Nov 8 – Mar 31, 2026d harding‘Does the flower hear the bee? 15th Shanghai Biennale’Power Station of Art, Shanghai![<span class="artist">d harding</span><span class="title"> 23 blue breaths</span><span class="year"> 2020</span>, <span class="medium">lapis lazulite, hematite, graphite on arches paper</span>, <span class="dimen">110 x 110 cm</span>]( "<span class=\"artist\">d harding</span><span class=\"title\"> 23 blue breaths</span><span class=\"year\"> 2020</span>, <span class=\"medium\">lapis lazulite, hematite, graphite on arches paper</span>, <span class=\"dimen\">110 x 110 cm</span>")
Nov 6 – Feb 15, 2026d harding‘24th Bienal de Arte Paiz: The World Tree’Fundación Paiz. Guatemala
