H. J. Wedge b. 1958

Also known as Harry Wedge
  • Artist (Painter)
Harry Wedge is a Wiradjuri artist whose work has been exhibited widely within Australia and internationally. His painterly, garishly coloured figurative paintings express the artist's childhood memories of mission life and provide commentary on a range of social and political issues, often presented in dream-like narrative form.
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Culture Warriors
Date
2007 - 2008
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.nga.gov.au/Exhibition/NIAT07/
exhibited at
The Plot Thickens: Naratives in Australian Art
Date
2004
Place
Heide Museum of Modern Art, Bulleen, VIC
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Holy Holy Holy
Date
2004
Place
Flinders University City Gallery, Adelaide, SA
Description

Exhibition travelled to NSW, VIC, QLD, Alice Springs

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Harry and the Potters
Date
2003
Place
Western Foyer, Sydney Opera House, Sydney, NSW
Description

Exhibition as part of Message Sticks Program, H. J. Wedge paintings along with work by Hermannsburg Potters

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Sydney Biennale
Date
2002
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
torque
Date
1995
Place
Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth, WA
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
True Colours
Date
1994
Place
Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
Urban Focus: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art from the Urban Areas of Australia
Date
1994
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Budapest Autumn Festival
Date
1993
Place
Budapest, Hungary
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Wiradjuri Spirit Man
Date
1992
Place
Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Centre, Adelaide, SA
Description

also shown at Boomalli

Type
Exhibition

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References [<ExternalResource: Wedge, Harry J (1997), 'Wiradjuri Spirit Man', Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd.>, <ExternalResource: Jonathon Jones (2005), 'H. J Wedge', Tradition Today: Indigenous art in Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, p. 170.>]