Nicole
HARBERGER
Born in South Africa in 1967, Nicole returned there from Austria to study painting, ceramics and photography and graduated from Pretoria Technicon in 1989 with a diploma in Fine Art. She then worked as a studio assistant for Austrian artist Arnulf Rainer until 1993 when she moved to the west of Ireland where she became an associate member of Artspace Studios in Galway. In 2002 she relocated to Wales and is currently teaching art to Primary School children.
EXHIBITIONS
2002
'Wildflowers'
Solo Exhibition
Nimmos, Galway
1999
Group Exhibition
Stable Gallery, Roundstone
1998
'Art Market'
Group Show
Logan Gallery, Galway
1997
Group Exhibition
Lambay House Contemporary Art Gallery
Howth, Dublin
Artspace Open Days Exhibition
during Galway Arts Festival
1996
RHA Annual Exhibition
Dublin
Artspace Group Exhibition
Town Hall Theatre, Galway
Art Office Exhibition
Design Concourse, Galway
Summer Exhibition
An Damlann Gallery
Spiddal, Co Galway
Artspace Christmas Show
Galway
1995
Artspace Christmas Show
Galway
1994
Solo Exhibition
IPGP Gallery, Vienna
RESIDENCIES
1996
German, Portuguese and Irish Arts Symposium
Roundstone, Co Galway
1998
Roundstone Arts Week
Co Galway
COMMISSIONS
1996
Mosaic Project for Galway Railstation
Collaborative piece created together with
four other artists
1999
Poster for Roundstone Arts Festival
|
'Wildflowers' and 'Cape Daisies' are part of a series of flower drawings which at first glance resemble prints. The mixed-media technique is similar in some ways to the printmaking process, and these drawings share tightly controlled boundaries. In the initial stage, the motif is painstakingly engraved into paper, but this control is surrendered to a certain degree by entirely covering the drawing in wax and paint. These layers are then scraped away with a sharp blade to reveal the underlying design. It's a cathartic process which introduces uncertainty, accident and instinct to liberate the work from it's original laboured precision.
