NICHOLAS THOMPSON GALLERY SPRING1883 EXHIBITION REVIEWED FOR MEMO BY AMELIA WINATA

… the spirit of Spring: the mix of kitsch… and old-world luxury… Downstairs at Nicholas Thompson, for example, the suite was excessively crammed with works—to good effect. Heidi Yardley’s sexy lady paintings (Babylon and Design for Scandal, both 2023) were placed on chairs that had been draped with the room’s silky curtains. Think sleazy boudoir.…

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HEIDI YARDELY EXHIBITED IN ‘MELBOURNE NOW’ AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF VICTORIA

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…

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HEIDI YARDLEY EXHIBITED IN FORTHCOMING 2023 ‘MELBOURNE NOW’ AT NATIONAL GALLERY OF VICTORIA

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…

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HEIDI YARDLEY EXHIBITED AT BENALLA ART GALLERY IN ‘REGATHERING’

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.

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HEIDI YARDLEY FINALIST IN THE PAUL GUEST PRIZE 2020 AT BENDIGO ART GALLERY

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…

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HEIDI YARDLEY FINALIST IN THE ‘2020 NATIONAL WORKS ON PAPER’ AT MORNINGTON PENINSULA REGIONAL GALLERY, CURRENT 5 DEC 2020 TO 21 FEB 2021

Heidi Yardley ‘Strangers to ourselves’ 2020 charcoal on primed paper 76 x 56cm The Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery’s National Works on Paper was established in 1998 and incorporated the former Spring Festival of Drawing and the Prints Acquisitive which began in 1973. MPRG will hold the prestigious 2020 National Works on Paper (NWOP) acquisitive exhibition from 5…

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