Gwen Hardie

Gwen Hardie (born 1962) is a Scottish artist.

Biography

Gwen Hardie was born in Scotland in 1962. She spent her childhood in Aberdeenshire. She studied art at Edinburgh College of Art. She lived in London and Berlin before moving to the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York.[1]

Awards and distinctions

Hardie has been given residencies at the Bogliasco Foundation, Italy; and at Yaddo, MacDowell, the VCCA and the Bogliasco Foundation in America.[2] She was the youngest artist to have a solo show at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh.[2]

Museums and galleries

Hardie's work is in collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art,[2] New York, the British Council,[3] the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, the Gulbenkian Collection, Lisbon,[2] Leicestershire County Council, City of Edinburgh Council, Aberdeen Art Gallery, the Highland Council, Manchester City Galleries, and the University of Edinburgh.[4] She was one of the Scottish artists whose portraits were painted in the 1980s by Alexander Moffat.[5]

Exhibitions

References

  1. "Portrait of an Artist: Gwen Hardie". Face to Face. Smithsonian Institution. 15 January 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Bio". Gwen Hardie. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  3. "Gwen Hardie (1962 – )". The British Council. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  4. "Gwen Hardie paintings". BBC. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  5. "Gwen Hardie". National Galleries of Scotland. Retrieved 8 November 2015.

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