Richard Hards
Artist based in London.
Currently at Kingston University undertaking a practice-based PhD in Art.

Study
Royal College of Art, MA in Sculpture (2012-2014)
University of East London, Teaching PGCE (2010-12)
Goldsmiths College, BA in Fine Art (2005-08)
Central Saint Martins, Foundation (2004)

Awards / Residencies / Funding / Publications
ACE funding for ‘Acting up’, Deptford X festival (2019)
Artsadmin Artists’ Bursary Scheme (2016-17)
New Contemporaries (2015)
E.R.O.S. journal, ‘Palace of Wisdom’ (2013)

Solo Exhibitions
Trio’ - Pavilion, Pavilion, Glasgow (2021)
’No sign of abating’ - Atlas House, Ipswich (2018)
’Let’s decant’ - Chalton Gallery, London (2017)
’Dead supplement’ - Lacuna Space, London (2016)
’One eye is enough’ - Beaconsfield Gallery, London (2014)

Group Exhibitions and Screenings
’day for night’ - Hackesche Hofe Kino, Berlin (2021)
’Stop making sense’ - Deptford X festival, London (2019)
’Second Attention Awareness’ - SCAN, London (2019)
’failure’ - lítost, Prague (2018)
’This is where we fall’ - Thames-Side, London (2017)
’Liquid Love’ - Pando at Enclave Labs, London (2016)
’Do the Hokey Cokey’ - Espacio Aterial, Mexico City (2016)
’New Contemporaries’ - ICA, London (2015)
’New Contemporaries’ - Primary, Nottingham (2015)
’Cuts to Violence’ - Sunday Screenings, London (2015)
’Immersive Frames - Celda Contemporanea, Mexico (2015)
’Art Social 15’ - The House of Saint Barnabas, London (2015)
’FUSO’ (film festival) - Lisbon (2015)
’SHOW RCA 2014’ - Royal College of Art, London (2014)
’Camaradas’ - Museo Experimental El Eco, Mexico (2014)
’Life (Bildung)’ - Barbican Centre, London (2013)
’Addendum [On the Shortness of Life]’ - AVU, Prague (2013)
’M.:M.:M.:’ - Apiary Projects, London (2011)
’The Accidents of Form’ - LoBe Gallery, Berlin (2011)
’MO­VE­MENT**’ - James Taylor Gallery, London (2011)
’RHSP’ (w/ Seth Pick) - Lima Zulu, London (2010)
’Die Show Im Oktober’ - Transmission, Glasgow (2009)
’State of the Art’ - European Commission, Brussels (2009)
’Show One’ - Hold and Freight (2008)

Flat Deux project space organised w/ Philomène Höel (2014-5)
#1 - 'British Swiss' - Charlie Godet Thomas, Vicki Thornton, Guy Meldem.
#2 - 'Swiss British' - Luke Burton, Christina Jonsson, Stefan Karrer.
#3 - 'Off the A12' - Claire Baily, Sylvain Baumann, Philip Ewe.
#4 - 'There not here' - Jannik Giger, Florine Leoni, Tamsin Snow and Sarah Tynan.
#5 - 'Up a tree' - Olivier Castel, Richard Hards, Philomène Höel, Jacob Wolff.