Born in Melbourne, 1991

harry-hay@hotmail.com

Education

RMIT University
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours)

• Painting 
• Expanded Studio Practice

Solo Exhibitions

Four Eight Four Presents 2025

Beyond Public Scrutiny

Carlton North, VIC, Aus

Four Eight Four Presents 2023

Dirty Postcards,

Carlton North, VIC, Aus

Four Eight Four Presents 2021

Full of Malarkey, 

Carlton North, VIC, Aus

Brancaster Chronicles 2019

Kings Lynn, United Kingdom

Chamber Presents 2018

No Needle!

Brunswick, VIC, Aus

Block K, Bell Yard Mews 2017

Brancaster Chronicles 

Bermondsey, London, UK

Garden Shed Gallery 2016

Diffuse Handling 

Northcote, VIC, Aus

Trophy Shop 2013

Fleas  

Preston, VIC, Aus

First Site Gallery 2012

Cardboard Cabin

Melbourne, VIC, Aus

Group Exhibitions

McLelland Gallery 2024

Rick Amor Drawing Award Finalist

Langwarrin, VIC, Aus

City Library 2023

Jury Duty

Melbourne CBD, VIC, Aus

NGBE 2022

Stray Pages Group Exhibition

Brunswick, VIC, Aus

Abcrit Gallery 2021

Painting, Sculpture and Textiles

Bermondsey, London, UK

Linden Hall Studio 2020

Making Painting Abstract

Deal, Kent, UK

Four Eight Four Presents 2019

Mixed Grill

North Carlton, VIC, Aus

Rubicon Ari 2019

Museums of Platitudes and Aphorisms Part 2, curated by Dr. Phil Edwards

North Melbourne, VIC, Aus

C3, Abbotsford Convent 2019

Museums of Platitudes and Aphorisms, curated by Dr. Phil Edwards

Abbotsford, VIC, Aus

Chamber Presents 2018

Heavy

Brunswick, VIC, Aus

Chamber Presents 2018

I Can Breed No More

Brunswick, VIV, Aus

Tributary Projects 2017

Sometimes Things That Look Awful On The Outside Look Different When You Get Up Close (with Simon Gardam, curated by Oscar Capezio)

Canberra, ACT, Aus

Chamber Presents 2016

Various Findings

Brunswick, VIC, Aus

RMIT University Library 2015

RMIT 700's Festival

Melbourne, VIC, Aus

Bus Projects 2015

Binate Variations (with Simon Gardam)

Collingwood, VIC, Aus

Constance ARI 2014

Trophy Shop (with Simon Gardam, Tyler Clarke and Ryan Wilson)

Hobart, TAS, Aus

Kings ARI 2014

Superfictions (curated by Peter Hill)

Melbourne, VIC, Aus

Trophy Shop 2014

A Brush With The Law

Preston, VIC, Aus

Kings ARI 2014

Trophy Shop (with Lillian Addie, Mary Barton and Simon Gardam)

Melbourne, VIC, Aus

Project Space 2014

Future Strategies (curated by Peter Westwood)

Carlton, VIC, Aus

PICA, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art 2013

Hatched: National Graduate Exhibition

Perth, WA, Aus

NGV, Ian Potter Centre 2010

VCE Top Arts

Melbourne, VIC, AUS

Published Writings

Abcrit.org

Heavy With the Weight of History, Harry Hay Writes on "The Cringe" and Australia's Peculiar Relationship to Abstract Art, published April 2018

Harry Hay Writes on Simon Gardam at Fort Delta, published August 2017

Harry Hay Writes on Brancaster Chronicles at Greenwich, Published April 2017

Harry Hay Writes on Philip Guston, Henri Matisse and the Politics of the Idle, published September 2016

Samizdat Online Art Journal

Harry Hay in Conversation with Simon Gardam at Fort Delta Part I, published September 2017

Harry Hay in Conversation with Simon Gardam at Fort Delta Part II, published October 2017

Selected Work