Fahn
(James Bruce Gardiner)
1973: Sydney, Australia
Lives and works in Sydney, Australia (Gadigal)
Education and Training
2024: Master of Fine Art, National Art School, Sydney
2010: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Architecture. SIAL, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne
2004: Bachelor of Architecture (1st class Honors), University of Technology Sydney
Masters Post Grad show, National Art School 2024
Photo James Gardiner
Solo Exhibitions
2025: Presence, Art Atrium 48, Milsons Point, Sydney
2024: Presence, Fourth Wall Gallery, Stanmore, Sydney
2019: Scape exhibition, Arthouse Gallery, Rushcutters Bay, Sydney
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026: Kedumba Drawing Award, Kedumba Gallery, Wentworth Falls, NSW
2026: Winter Salon, Gallery Lane Cove, Lane Cove, Sydney
2026: Sovereign Asian Art Prize (exhibition 2), Phillips Asia Headquarters, West Kowloon Cultural District, Hong Kong
2026: Sovereign Asian Art Prize (exhibition 1), H Queen’s, Central, Hong Kong
2025: Kedumba Drawing Award, Kedumba Gallery, Wentworth Falls, NSW
2025: Summer Sojourn 2025, Art Atrium, Botany, Sydney
2025: Fenestration (The Drawing Collective), Draw Space, Sydney
2025: 24th Japan International Art Exchange Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tokyo
2025: Harvey Galleries NAS Award Exhibition, Harvey Galleries, Seaforth, Sydney
2024: Summer Sojourn 2024, Art Atrium, Botany, Sydney
2024: Masters Post Grad show, National Art School, Darlinghurst, Sydney
2024: In Parallel, DRAW Space, Newtown, Sydney
2024: 23rd Japan International Art Exchange Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tokyo
2024: Terrain, Art Garage gallery, Edgecliff, Sydney
2024: Fabrication, DRAW space, Newtown, Sydney
2024: Drawn Together, DRAW Space, Sydney
2023: Home, Saywell Gallery, Marrickville, Sydney
2023: The Biggest Little Thing in Town, Defiance Gallery, Paddington, Sydney
2023: Olive Cotton Award, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW
2023: Omnia Art Prize (finalist), St Kevin’s, Melbourne
2023: Landscape and Psyche, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Rushcutters Bay, Sydney
2022: May Street Art Show, Baker Miller Pink, Sydney
2022: Cessnock Contemporary, The Kiosk, Cessnock, NSW
2020: Bushfire Appeal, Arthouse Gallery (online), Sydney
2019: Sydney Contemporary (Arthouse Gallery booth), Everleigh, Sydney
2018: Summer Salon, Arthouse Gallery, Rushcutters Bay, Sydney
2018: Sculpture by the Sea Bondi, Tamarama, Sydney
2016-2018: Shapeshifters (travelling exhibition), Australian Design Centre
2018: The Sculptors Society Exhibition, Darling Park, Sydney
2018: Taking a line for a walk, Sydney Road Gallery, Sydney
2018: Port Lincoln Art Prize, Nautilus Art Centre, Port Lincoln, SA
2016-17: Out of Hand –Materialising the Digital, Museum of Arts & Sciences (MAAS), Ultimo, Sydney
2013: 3D-Print 3 dimensional things (translation), Museum of Design, Zürich
2010-11: Full Print 3D. Printing Objects (translation), Musee Del Disseny, Barcelona
‘Out of Hand’ exhibition Museum of Arts & Science Sydney MAAS 2016 (World first 3D printed Artificial Reef)
Performance
2025: Floor Drawing (Live performance), Art Atrium 48, Milsons Point, Sydney
2024: Floor Drawing (Live performance), DRAW Space, Sydney
Awards, Grants and Residencies
2026: Highly Commended, Kedumba Drawing Award
2026: Finalist, Sovereign Asian Art Prize
2025: Finalist, Kedumba Drawing Award
2024: Harvey Galleries National Art School Graduate Award (Masters)
2023: Finalist, Olive Cotton Award
2023: Finalist, Omnia Art Prize
2018: Finalist (1 of 3), NSW Creative Achievement Laureate (Create NSW)
2018: Artist in Residence, UNSW Art and Design, Sydney
2018: Finalist, Port Lincoln Art Prize
Collections
Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (MAAS), Sydney, Australia
City of Sydney, Australia
Private collections
Affiliations
2024 - 2025: Board member – Draw Space, Newtown, Sydney
23rd Japan International Art Exchange Exhibition 2024, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tokyo