Newell Harry

Newell Harry (b. 1972, Sydney, Australia) is an Australian artist of South African and Mauritian descent who lives and works in Sydney. His research focuses on histories of postcolonial and neocolonial conflict, as well as on transnational solidarities between the Pacific region and South Africa during the 1970s and 1980s. Harry has participated in several significant biennials and institutional exhibitions worldwide, including the 17th Biennale of Sydney, Australia (2010); the 12th Istanbul Biennial, Turkey (2011); Suspended Histories, Museum Van Loon, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (2013); the 56th Venice Biennale, Italy (2015); the 3rd Montevideo Biennial, Uruguay (2016); Tidalectics, TBA21–Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna, Austria (2017); The Oceanic, NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore (2017); Language Is the Only Homeland, Nest, The Hague, the Netherlands (2018); Capital, Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Australia (2019); and This Is a Poem, Buxton Contemporary, University of Melbourne, Australia (2021).