Curriculum Vitae - Harry Copas

Education:

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) - University of New South Wales, Art and Design, 2017 - 2021.

Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary)/Bachelor of Visual Arts - Australian Catholic University, 2010 - 2015.

Masters of Public Art and New Artistic Strategies - Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, 2024 - current.

Solo Exhibitions:

This room could be a room, tunnel19 Gallery Berlin, 2025 (Upcoming). 

All that remains, IRRE Space Weimar, 2025.

Opening the loop, ANCA Gallery Canberra, 2023.

Where we were, Prop Gallery Sydney, 2023.

Unbroken lines, Three Foot Square Sydney, 2021.

In hOmiyage to, Studio Kura Itoshima, 2020. 

Compositive, AD Space Sydney, 2019. 

Group Exhibitions: (Selected)

Found and Felt, Crash Space, Hong Kong, 2025. 

Unboxing Bauhaus, Kunstraum Potsdam, 2025.

Unboxing Bauhaus, Kunstverein KunstHaus Potsdam, 2025.

Die Kunst der Reparatur, Galerie Stockwerk Weimar, 2025.

Schweiss, Bauhaus University Weimar, 2025.

Upside backwards, Top Space Berlin, 2025.

Fluchtpunkt Factory, Bauhaus University Weimar, 2025.

Centre of life, Atrium Gallery Weimar, 2025.

Plinth-us, IRRE Space Weimar, 2025.

Hyperreal Amble, Bankstown Art Centre, 2024.

Hidden, Rookwood Cemetery, 2023. 

Rhizome, Articulate Gallery Sydney, 2023.

Reading into things, Pari Sydney, 2023.

Ceramics and emotions, Comber Street Studios Sydney, 2022. 

The Annual, UNSW Galleries Sydney, 2021.

Residencies:

Artist-in-residence, Studio Kura Itoshima Japan, 2020.

Artist-in-residence, Fowlers Gap Research Station Australia, 2019. 

Artist-in-residence, Watch This Space Alice Springs Australia, 2018.

Artist-in-residence, Broken Hill Art Exchange, 2018. 

Awards/Grants:

Recipient, Ian Potter Cultural Trust Emerging Artist Grant, 2024.

Deans List, UNSW Art and Design, 2021.

Finalist, Kudos Emerging Artist Award, Kudos Gallery Sydney, 2020.

Finalist, Inner West Contemporary Art Prize, Chrissie Cottier Gallery, 2019.

Recipient, Randwick City Council Grant, 2019.

Recipient, New Colombo Plan Scholarship, 2019. 

Recipient, AGL Cross Cultural Scholarship, 2018. 

Recipient, ARC UNSW Art and Design Grant, 2018.

Professional Experience:

Gallery Technician, The Art Gallery of NSW, 2023 - present.

Gallery Technician, UNSW Galleries, 2021 - 2024.

Install Technician, The Biennale of Sydney, 2020, 2022 editions.

Studio Assistant, Tony Albert, 2018 - 2019.

Guide, The Biennale of Sydney, 2018.