JOHN HART john-hart@hotmail.com.au EDUCATION 2010 - Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours), Australian National University (ANU) School of Art, Canberra, ACT SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2024 - Current Obsession (Batteries), Lancaster Press, Fiji 2021 – Recent Work by John Hart, Studio Studio, Canberra, ACT 2020 – Current Obsession (Vacuum Tubes), Goulburn Regional Gallery, Goulburn, NSW 2020 – Current Obsession (Capacitance), Bette Noir, Canberra, ACT 2018 – At Home with Ohm, Canberra Contemporary Artspace (Manuka), Canberra, ACT 2018 – There but for an Imperfect Symmetry, Helen Stephens Gallery, Collector NSW 2017 – Chasing Callot, The Press Gallery, Queanbeyan, NSW 2016 – Ever in Error: An Embarrassed Loop, The Art Vault, Mildura, NSW 2016 – Casaubon’s Folly, 98 Chairs, Goulburn, NSW 2012 – Daumier’s Mandolin: An Inattentive Automatist, Meeniyan Art Gallery, Meeniyan, VIC 2011 – Conversations of the Mind, ANU School of Art, Canberra, ACT SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2025 – The Together Union, ANCA, Canberra, ACT 2025 – Paper and Print, Civic Art Bureau, Canberra, ACT 2025 – Paper Contemporary (Sydney Contemporary) – Carriageworks, Sydney, NSW 2025 – Backbone – ANU School of Art and Design Gallery, Canberra, ACT 2024 – Wayzgoose, Megalo Print Studio, Canberra, ACT 2024 – Goulburn Art Award, Goulburn Regional Gallery, Goulburn, NSW 2024 – Inhabited, Studio Studio, Canberra, ACT 2023 – ANCA Tenants Exhibition, ANCA, Canberra, ACT 2023 – Hillvale Photo Trophy, Hillvale Gallery, Brunswick, VIC 2022 – Goulburn Art Award, Goulburn Regional Gallery, Goulburn, NSW 2022 – An Australian Alphabet, Basil Sellars Gallery, Moruya, NSW + Nancy Sever Gallery, Canberra, ACT 2021 – SBS Portrait Prize, Southern Buoy Studios, Mornington, VIC 2021 – Entrancing Others, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, VIC 2020 – Goulburn Art Award, Goulburn Regional Gallery, Goulburn, NSW 2020 – Australian Bushlands, Helen Stephens Gallery, Collector, NSW 2019 – EGAG WRAP Small Artwork Prize, East Gippsland Art Gallery, Bairnsdale, VIC 2019 – On Holiday, Jacombe ARI, Myrniong, VIC 2019 – Alternative Space Weekend, City-Wide-Open-Studios, New Haven, CT, USA 2019 – Connections Pt II, CSIRO Discovery Centre, Canberra, ACT 2019 – Place Less, M16 Artspace, ACT 2019 – Continuum, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, NSW and Griffith Regional Gallery, Griffith, NSW 2019 - Festschrift: A Celebration in Print, ANU School of Art and Design, Canberra, ACT 2019 – LMP exchange, Marquee Gallery, Connecticut, USA 2019 – Tag der Druckkunst, Kölner Graphikwerkstatt, Cologne, Germany 2018 – Dead Matter Press, Two Stroke Coffee, Portland OR, USA 2018 – Goulburn Art Award, Goulburn Regional Gallery, Goulburn, NSW 2017 – Continuum, Goulburn Regional Gallery, Goulburn, NSW 2017 – Space Dungeon, Goulburn Club, Goulburn, NSW 2017 – Call that a Print? Photocopy Works by Staff and Alumni of the ANU Printmedia and Drawing Workshop, Megalo Print Studio, Canberra, ACT 2017 – Imprinted Print X, The White Cottage, Wiltshire, UK 2017 – Exchange: Celebrating 21 years of the Southern Highlands Printmakers, Griffith Regional Gallery, Griffith, NSW 2017 – Underneath Tomorrow, M16 Artspace, ACT 2017 – I Intercambio 69, Museo de la Ciudad de Cuernavaca, Cuernavaca, MEXICO and BelleArtes Gallery, Cáceres, SPAIN 2016 – Kings, Lull Gallery, Canberra, ACT 2016 – 8 th Ex Libris and Small Graphic Art Competition: The Dreams of Gdańsk Neptune, Gdańsk Library of Polish Academy of Sciences, Gdansk, Poland 2016 – Deconflicted: Megalo Staff Exhibition, Spiral Gallery, Bega, NSW 2016 – Proof, Spiral Gallery, Bega, NSW 2016 – Bonsai / Print, Megalo Print Studio, Canberra, ACT 2016 – I Am Here, Meeniyan Art Gallery, Meeniyan, VIC 2015 – Gippsland Print Award, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, VIC 2015 – Hey Buddha, better get the kettle on; we’re coming for you!, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Manuka, ACT 2015 – Exchange: Celebrating 21 years of the Southern Highlands Printmakers, Megalo Print Studio, Canberra, ACT and Sturt Gallery, Bowral, NSW 2015 – Unconflicted: Megalo Staff Exhibition, M16 Artspace, ACT 2014 – M16 Drawing Prize, M16 Artspace, ACT 2014 – 25th Annual International Small Print Exhibition, Chicago Printmakers, Chicago, USA 2014 – Random, ANU School of Art, Canberra, ACT 2014 – NEW(S), Shoalhaven City Arts Centre, Nowra, NSW and Coffs Harbour, NSW 2014 – Megalo Rocks, Megalo Print Studio, Canberra, ACT 2013 – Yes let’s, my lovely horse, Meeniyan Art Gallery, Meeniyan, VIC 2012 – Conflicted: Megalo Staff Exhibition, Megalo Print Studio, Canberra, ACT 2012 – True Grit: The Art of Lithography, Megalo Print Studio, Canberra, ACT 2012 – Collage Assemblage Centennial: 1912 - 2012, IMCAC, Colorado, USA 2011 – Press Print 2, Megalo Print Studio, Canberra, ACT 2011 - Objectiv Collectiv, Meeniyan Art Gallery, Meeniyan, VIC 2010 - Graduate Exhibition, ANU School of Art, Canberra, ACT 2010 - Spectacular Sights: Postcards from Places yet to be Seen, Galleri KG 52, Stockholm, Sweden 2010 - Jan Brown Drawing Prize, ANU School of Art Foyer Gallery, Canberra, ACT 2009 - Graduate Exhibition, ANU School of Art, Canberra, ACT 2009 - Cut & Paste: Altered Postcard Exhibition, Galleri KG 52, Stockholm, Sweden 2007 - Jan Brown Drawing Prize, ANU School of Art Foyer Gallery, Canberra, ACT RESIDENCIES 2024 - Artist in Residence, Lancaster Press, Fiji 2016 – Artist in Residence, The Art Vault, Mildura, NSW 2014 – Printmaker in Residence, The Art Vault, Mildura, NSW 2013 – Artist In Conference, AABC National Bonsai Convention, in partnership with the ACT Government Centenary Project, ‘Youth and Artists in Conferencing Project’ PRIZES/AWARDS 2024 - Goulburn Art Award, Highly Commended 2022 - Goulburn Art Award, finalist 2021 - SBS Portrait Prize, finalist 2020 - Goulburn Art Award, finalist 2018 - Goulburn Art Award, finalist 2014 - M16 Drawing Prize, finalist 2010 - Jan Brown Drawing Prize, finalist 2007 - Jan Brown Drawing Prize, finalist COLLECTIONS National Gallery of Australia, National Library of Australia, Charles Sturt University, Megalo Print Studio, Gdańsk Library of Polish Academy of Sciences, China Printmaking Museum, Brooklyn Art Library, Lancaster Press Fiji, private collections in the UK, UAE, Fiji, and Australia
INTERVIEWS, PANELS + PRESENTATIONS2024 – Inhabited, Artist Talk: Studio Studio, Mitchell ACT, Panellist
2022 – Sustainable Creative Careers: Independent Vs Represented: ANU Research School of Social Sciences, Panellist
2020 – ArtSound FM (Oct 27), Interview with Neil Doody
2020 – Gallery Chat, Interview with Hannah Gee, Goulburn Regional Gallery, Interview
2018 – Master Printmakers – A Necessary Evil: Australian Print Triennial, Panellist
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS2025- Present: Founder and President, Canberra Printmakers
2023 - Present: Senior Technical Officer ANU School of Art and Design
2022 - 2023: Technical Officer ANU School of Art and Design
2018 – 2019: Woden Arts Officer, Tuggeranong Arts Centre
2016 - 2018: President, Southern Highlands Printmakers
2015 – 2019: Founder, @Megaprintmakers
2014 - 2016: Vice President & Exhibition Officer, Southern Highlands Printmakers
2012 - 2017: Sessional Lecturer, Screenprinting, ANU School of Art and Design
2012 - 2019: Studio Manager, Megalo Print Studio and Gallery
2011: Technical Officer, Megalo Print Studio and Gallery
2009 - 2011: Founder, Editor, Compiler, Distributer, Collagista! Magazine