Fahn

Fahn (James Bruce Gardiner)

1973: Sydney, Australia

Resides and works in Sydney, Australia 

Education and Training

2024: Master of Fine Art, National Art School, Sydney

2022: Bachelor of Arts (1st year), 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

2002: Bachelor of Arts (Architecture), University of Technology Sydney

1997: Diploma Arts (Interior Design), Enmore Design Centre, Sydney Institute of Technology, Sydney

Solo Exhibitions

2025: Presence, Art Artium 48, Milsons Point, Sydney

2024: Presence, Fourth Wall Gallery, Stanmore,  Sydney

2024: Floor Drawing (Live performance), DRAW Space, Newtown, Sydney

2019: Scape exhibition, Arthouse Gallery, Rushcutters, Sydney

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025:Harvey Galleries NAS Award Exhibition, Harvey Galleries, Seaforth, Sydney

2024:Summer Sojourn, Art Artium, 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 MetropolitanMuseum 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 (finalist), Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah< NSW

2023: Lethbridge Landscape Prize, Salon De Refusés, Lethbridge Gallery (online)

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, East Sydney

2018: The Sculptors Society Exhibition, Darling Park, Sydney

2018: Stanthorpe Art Prize Exhibition, Stanthorpe Art Gallery (online)

2018: Multiple exhibitions (Jan, Feb, March, April), Sydney Road Gallery, Sydney

2018: Contemporary Art Awards (online)

2018: Port Lincoln Art Prize (finalist), 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

2010: Open Agenda, Customs House, Sydney

2009: Nascent Present Exhibition, State of Design Festival, Melbourne 

2007: NSW Graduate Medal finalist exhibition (2006) Australian Institute of Architects, Sydney

Collections

Museum of Arts and Sciences, Sydney, Australia

City of Sydney, Australia

Private collections

Residencies, Grants and Awards

2024: Harvey Galleries National Art School Graduate Award (Masters)

2018: Finalist (1 of 3), NSW Creative Achievement Laureate (Create NSW)

2018: Artist in Residence, UNSW Art and Design, Sydney

2014: BRW Most Innovative Companies 2014: 8 LaingO'Rourke (Freefab Wax), Business Review Weekly

2010: Sustainable Ocean Innovation Award (Inaugural), Sustainable Oceans International, Victoria

2010: Open Agenda Award, University of Technology Sydney

2005: Byera Hadley Travelling Scholarship, NSW Architects Registration Board, Sydney

2004: Jack Greenland Travelling Scholarship, University of Technology Sydney

1997: Commendation of Excellence, Enmore Design Centre, Sydney Institute of Technology, Sydney

Draw Space Board member 2024 - Present