About

Kim Harding is an Australian visual artist living and working on a fine wool merino farm near Mudgee, NSW. Her representational oil paintings reflect a deep interest in memory, domestic life, pattern, and the emotional resonance of ordinary objects. 

Kim’s creative roots trace back to a remote childhood spent in Far North Queensland and then on Busuanga Island in the Philippines,  formative years that fostered her imagination, love of solitude, and early passion for drawing. After returning to Australia, she studied Graphic Design and later ran her own successful design business, skills that now inform the structure and composition of her visual art.

Today, Kim paints full-time from her studio in Ilford, primarily in oils onto canvas. Her work is held in private collections and regularly exhibited across regional galleries, including Satch & Co Gallery (Holbrook), AK Bellinger Gallery (Inverell), and Rosby Gallery (Mudgee).

Kim has received several regional art prizes, and was selected as a finalist for the 2025 Portia Geach Memorial portrait prize. 

Kim has a solo exhibition scheduled at Rosby Gallery in 2025, and her work will also be featured in a group show at Mudgee Regional Gallery in the same year. Kim has an upcoming interview with Christina Lowery in The Art of Making Art Podcast.

Alongside her studio practice, she teaches one-day painting workshops, with new sessions scheduled for late 2025. She welcomes commissions and is open to collaboration with curators, collectors, and fellow artists.

To view available work, make an enquiry, or stay up to date with upcoming events, visit the contact page on this site or follow @kim_harding_art on Instagram.