Heidi Yardley

Heidi Yardley in current issue 115 of Art Collector – Melbourne Art Fair special edition ‘If I could have’ ‘Naarm/Melbourne-based Heidi Yardley has established herself as one of Australia’s most compelling figurative painters, mining imagery from vintage media, psychological archives and esoteric traditions to create evoc­ative paintings that explore porous boundaries between memory, identity and…

“Each piece of Heidi’s work could be a snapshot from a film or a hazy memory. There’s so much beauty and mystery in every painting which invites us as viewers to imagine the narrative behind the work rather than read it explicitly.” Rebecca Harding

Heidi Yardley’s ‘Femme en fourrure’ is exhibited in ‘Synchron City’ at Gippsland Art Gallery from 6 December to 22 February.   Curated by special guest Cassie May, Synchron City leads visitors on a strange and immersive journey through contemporary art where artworks disrupt and question everyday life. The concept of ‘synchronicity’, according to Carl Jung…

Heidi Yardley’s ‘Untitled (woman in white)’ has been acquired by Bendigo Art Gallery. The work was exhibited in Nicholas Thompson Gallery’s presentation at this year’s Spring1883 Art Fair in the Dame Nellie Melba Suite at the Hotel Windsor. Bendigo Art Gallery is one of the oldest and largest regional galleries in Australia, established in 1887.…

Heidi Yardley’s paintings ‘The door’ and ‘Psychique’ are currently exhibited in the 20th – 21st Century Australian Art Gallery at the National Gallery of Victoria’s Ian Potter Centre, Federation Square. Both works were exhibited at Nicholas Thompson Gallery in 2022 and acquired by the National Gallery of Victoria for the Melbourne Now exhibition in 2023.…

Heidi Yardley is exhibited in the National Gallery of Victoria’s landmark exhibition ‘Melbourne Now’, with an installation of three paintings – including two acquired by the NGV from her 2022 exhibition at the gallery . The inaugural 2013 ‘Melbourne Now’ exhibition was an unprecedented survey of some of the most exciting local contemporary practitioners. Ten…

Celebrating new and ambitious local art and design, Melbourne Now will cross a range of contemporary disciplines including fashion and jewellery, painting, sculpture, architecture, ceramics, video, performance, printmaking and publishing. The inaugural 2013 exhibition was an unprecedented survey of some of the most exciting local contemporary practitioners. Ten years on, Melbourne Now 2023 will again highlight the…

Heidi Yardley’s ‘Void Ratio’ is exhibited in ‘Re-gathering’ at Benalla Art Gallery until 20 June 21 . Featuring figurative and portrait-based works from both the Benalla Art Gallery Collection and RACV Art Collection, Re-gathering provides a framework through which the community can explore its individual and collective experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Heidi Yardley is a finalist in the Paul Guest Prize 2020 at Bendigo Art Gallery with her work ‘Always the same ghost’ . The Paul Guest Prize is an award and exhibition held biennially that highlights contemporary drawing practice in Australia. The Prize was initiated by former Family Court Judge and Olympic rower, The Honourable…