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Biography of Aidan Hart

Aidan was born in England in 1957 and grew up in New Zealand. There he worked as a full-time sculptor after completing a degree in English literature. At the age of twenty-five, after becoming a member of the Orthodox Church and returning to live in England, he began painting and carving icons, which he has been doing professionally ever since.

His commissioned work has been primarily for panel icons, which are painted in the traditional way in egg tempera, but has also frescoed churches, illuminated on vellum and carved work in stone and wood for churches. He has over 700 commissioned works in private and church collections in over 15 countries of the world.

He has had numerous articles published on the subjects of iconography, ecology and Orthodox spirituality, has curated four icon exhibitions, and is a visiting tutor to The PrinceÕs School of Traditional Arts, London. He has spent a total of two years on Mount Athos, mainly at the Holy Monastery of Iviron.


Enquiries and orders for Icons
Aidan accepts orders for panel icons, frescoes, illuminated manuscript work, wood and stone carving, church interior consultation, and sculpture. You are very welcome to contact him with your enquiry by email at mail@aidanharticons.com or by phone or letter (see below for details).