NEIL HADDON, WAYMARKING / PAINTING / UNDERTOW

‘the migrant does not arrive once and for all but continues to arrive, each new situation demanding a new set of responses, almost a new identity’

 

- Paul Carter, Living in a New Country: History, Travelling, Language.   

 

This perpetual arrival, an ongoing negotiation of self within shifting landscapes, lies at the heart of Neil Haddon's work.  In this exhibition, Haddon delves further into the legacies of his migration to lutruwita/Tasmania, weaving personal biography with complex negotiations of identity, belonging, and spatial relationships. For migrants, notions of place and belonging are often experienced as a perpetual state of flux; I belong here but I also belong there. In the realm of visual art, migratory aesthetics provide a lens through which to evoke these intricate dynamics. For Haddon, making paintings is a migratory practice that shifts and evolves. The aim is to create paintings that move through narratives of belonging and place, unsettling the histories of each.

 

 

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    • Neil Haddon In olden times, 2024 oil & acrylic on aluminium panel 170 x 150 cm
      Neil Haddon
      In olden times, 2024
      oil & acrylic on aluminium panel
      170 x 150 cm
      AU$ 15,000.00
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    • Neil Haddon It's difficult (the wanderer), 2024 oil, acrylic, and lacquer on aluminium panel 140 x 130 cm
      Neil Haddon
      It's difficult (the wanderer), 2024
      oil, acrylic, and lacquer on aluminium panel
      140 x 130 cm
      AU$ 12,500.00
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  • …though it happened then it’s still happening now and won’t ever stop happening, and that writing about it, that writing...

    …though it happened then it’s still happening now and won’t ever stop happening, and that writing about it, that writing about anything, can’t be an opinion about what happened as if it had already happened when it is still happening, still unintelligible, still mysterious, and all writing is trapped in tenses when life isn’t.

    Richard Flanagan, Question 7

    • Neil Haddon Learning to row, 2023 oil, acrylic, and lacquer on aluminium panel 140 x 130 cm
      Neil Haddon
      Learning to row, 2023
      oil, acrylic, and lacquer on aluminium panel
      140 x 130 cm
      AU$ 12,500.00
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    • Neil Haddon It's difficult (small portals), 2024 oil, acrylic, and lacquer on aluminium panel 140 x 130 cm
      Neil Haddon
      It's difficult (small portals), 2024
      oil, acrylic, and lacquer on aluminium panel
      140 x 130 cm
      AU$ 12,500.00
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    • Neil Haddon The weight of leaves no.2, 2024 oil on aluminium, framed 50 x 44 cm
      Neil Haddon
      The weight of leaves no.2, 2024
      oil on aluminium, framed
      50 x 44 cm
      AU$ 3,500.00
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    • Neil Haddon The weight of leaves, 2024 oil on aluminium, framed 35 x 34 cm
      Neil Haddon
      The weight of leaves, 2024
      oil on aluminium, framed
      35 x 34 cm
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    • Neil Haddon The weight of leaves no.3, 2024 oil on aluminium, framed 33 x 31.5 cm
      Neil Haddon
      The weight of leaves no.3, 2024
      oil on aluminium, framed
      33 x 31.5 cm
      AU$ 2,500.00
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    • Neil Haddon Pink bough, 2023 oil & acrylic on aluminium, framed 40 x 37 cm
      Neil Haddon
      Pink bough, 2023
      oil & acrylic on aluminium, framed
      40 x 37 cm
      AU$ 2,750.00
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    • Neil Haddon There are places we have never been no.5, 2024 oil & acrylic on aluminium, framed 35 x 32 cm
      Neil Haddon
      There are places we have never been no.5, 2024
      oil & acrylic on aluminium, framed
      35 x 32 cm
      AU$ 2,500.00
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    • Neil Haddon There are places we have never been no.6, 2021/2024 oil & acrylic on aluminium, framed 35 x 32 cm
      Neil Haddon
      There are places we have never been no.6, 2021/2024
      oil & acrylic on aluminium, framed
      35 x 32 cm
      AU$ 2,500.00
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    • Neil Haddon A tree from home, 2024 oil on aluminium, framed 39 x 36 cm
      Neil Haddon
      A tree from home, 2024
      oil on aluminium, framed
      39 x 36 cm
      AU$ 2,750.00
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    • Neil Haddon Black Bough, 2023 oil, lacquer & acrylic on aluminium, framed 40 x 37 cm
      Neil Haddon
      Black Bough, 2023
      oil, lacquer & acrylic on aluminium, framed
      40 x 37 cm
      AU$ 2,750.00
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  • Neil Haddon’s career spans three decades, during which his paintings have been included in more than 100 exhibitions across Australia,...
    Neil Haddon’s career spans three decades, during which his paintings have been included in more than 100 exhibitions across Australia, Europe, and the USA, including 'Theatre of the World' at the Museum of Old and New Art in Tasmania, La Maison Rouge in Paris, 'Strange Trees' at The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, and 'Contemporary Encounters' at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne. Prior to relocating to Tasmania, Haddon lived in Barcelona, Spain, where he exhibited widely, including with the revered Galeria Carles Poy. Since moving to Tasmania, Haddon has undertaken research trips back to Spain and has been awarded prestigious residencies in New York and London.

    His works are held in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Victoria, The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Devonport Regional Gallery, The Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, The City of Whyalla Collection, and Art Bank in Sydney. A recipient of numerous awards, including the Hadley’s Art Prize, the Glover Prize, the Whyalla Art Prize, and the Tidal Art Prize, Haddon's paintings have also been featured in prominent national art prizes, such as the Sulman and Wynne Prizes at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, and the Arthur Guy Memorial Prize at Bendigo Art Gallery. Haddon holds a PhD from the University of Tasmania, where he serves as Associate Head of Art at the School of Creative Arts and Media and is Coordinator of the Painting Studio.