[4] Raised in a Catholic family and going to Brigidine College Randwick, High school for girls,[5] informed her social conscience.
), Hardy also studied Arts Management at UTS Ultimo, as a post graduate subject, but to make ends meet she continued nursing until setting up Starfish Studio.
I care deeply about the society I live in.”[7] In July 1979 Hardy's work was featured on the cover of the first edition of the gay and lesbian community newspaper the Star Observer.
Photographic Exhibition, Surry Hills Library, 3 February – 27 March 2015[12][13][14][15][16]“Opening the vaults, City of Sydney presents their collection of C. Moore Hardy’s two decades of documenting the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras with this photographic exhibition.” 2014: Danger Will Robinson, AirSpace Projects, Marrickville, Sydney, 27–29 June[17] 2014: We are family All Women Exhibition including Michele Aboud, Deborah Kelly, A.M. Laerkensen, rea, The Twilight Girls, Waded, Australian Centre for Photography, March–May 2014 curated by C. Moore Hardy [18][19][20] Along with education online support by Phillipa Playford.
2013: Bookish, Marrickville Garage, Marrickville, Sydney, October the exhibition featured the work of artists: Paul Borderi + Jane Polkinghorne; Rowan Conroy; Mitchel Cummings;Ryszard Dabek;Sarah Goffman, Peter Jackson, and Jane Polkinghorne; C.Moore Hardy; Andrew Hazewinkel; Bronia Iwanczak; Anne Kay; Emma Lindsay; Peter Nelson; Elvis Richardson; and Elizabeth Wild [21] 2013: Mardi Gras Museum Exhibition, cnr Oxford and Palmer Streets, Darlinghurst, 30 January-3 March 2013[22] 1997: Leica/CCP Documentary Photography Award, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Sydney, 25 July-23 August 1997[23] 1994: Queerography, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, 9 February-5 March 1994[24] 1989: A fundamental attack, an exhibition of lesbian and gay art, Holdsworth Contemporary Galleries, presented in conjunction with Sydney Gay Mardi Gras, 31 January -23 February, curated by Catherine M. Phillips -- Hardy’s work features in various publications, selected titles include: Hardy's work is held in many institutions, most notably the Australian Queer Archives, who hold over 5000 works, the City of Sydney Archives, who hold 4,120+ images;[25] as well as the National Library of Australia,[26] Griffith University Art Museum,[27] and State Library of New South Wales.