Noel hart
Noel hart "Butterfly Effect", hand-blown glass
BioNoel Hart graduated from the Gordon Institute of Technology in Fine Art in 1975, and after a diverse career in graphics, construction and teaching has gone on to have a prolific professional artistic career, recognized in Australia and the USA.Hart conceived and established Back to Back Theatre (one of Australia's leading contemporary theatre companies) in 1986 with grants from the Australia Council and various philanthropic foundations. Back to Back Theatre stemmed from Hart's interest in Outsider Art and creativity beyond the mainstream. Since moving to the Byron Shire in 1988, Hart's creative output has included sculptures in blown glass and other materials, and abstract and figurative paintings with a variety of aesthetic approaches. The themes of his work move in cycles and includes references to his interests in primitivism and natural history. Selected solo exhibitions include Parrotesque at the Jane Sauer Gallery in Santa Fe, NM, USA and Harrison Galleries in Sydney, Psittaculture at the Tweed River Art Gallery and Compositions Gallery in San Francisco, and Parrotism at COSA Gallery in London and PISMO in Denver. Group exhibitions include FLUX at the New Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe, Glass Concepts at Lehigh University Art Gallery in Bethlehem, PA, USA, SOFA New York and SOFA Chicago with Jane Sauer Gallery, Palm Beach 3 with Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton FL. USA He has private collections in Australia, UK, France, Spain, Hong Kong, NZ, USA, Canada, Singapore, Japan, Germany and Ireland. He has corporate collection in Four Seasons Hotel in Hong Kong, Fujifilm in Tokyo and Mitsubishi Corporation in Australia. GalleryArtist statementNoel Hart is an Australian Artist who blurs the boundaries between conceptual abstract painting, avian art, and the contemporary studio glass movement with a narrative drawing on literature, natural history, art culture and hereditary memory.His recent paintings and blown glass objects throw lures via engaging translucent surfaces that draw the viewer to question their meaning, which can be seen as falling somewhere between an excitement about the possibilities of biodiversity, evolutionary biology, creativity, and an inquiry into the human condition. Education1975 | Fine Art - Gordon Institute of Technology - AustraliaAwards1990 | Coffs Harbour Painting PrizeExhibitionsSOLO EXHIBITIONS2008 | 'Parrotesque' - Jane Sauer Gallery - Santa Fe - NM - USA 2007 | 'Parrotism' - Kirra Galleries - Melbourne 2007 | 'Parrotesque' - Harrison Galleries - Sydney 2007 | 'Parrotesque' - COSA Gallery - London - UK 2006 | 'Psittaculture' - Tweed River Regional Art Gallery - Murwillumbah - Australia 2006 | 'Australian Parrot Abstractions' - Kirra Galleries - Melbourne 2006 | 'Parrotism' - PISMO - Denver - Co - USA 2006 | 'Parrotism' - COSA Gallery - London - UK 2005 | 'Psittaculture' Dickerson Gallery - Melbourne - Australia 2004 | 'Recent Work' Habatat Galleries - Boca Raton - Florida 2003 | 'Psittaculture' Compositions Gallery - San Francisco - USA 1991 | 'Bowerhaus Paintings' Network - Byron Bay - Australia 1990 | 'Bowerhaus Paintings' Network - Byron Bay - Australia 1987 | 'A Wide Angled View of A Wide Angled View' - Artery Gallery - Geelong - Australia 1983 | 'New Work' Iceberg Gallery - Melbourne - Australia 1978 | 'PhotoWorks' Works Gallery - Geelong - Australia GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2009 | Kunst & Antiquit__tenmesse - with Encore! Encore! - Vienna 2009 | Palm Beach 3 - with Habatat Galleries - Boca Raton - FL 2009 | Sculpture 2009 - Harrison Galleries - Sydney 2009 | Glass Artists - Kingfisher Gallery - Perth 2009 | SOFA New York - with Jane Sauer Gallery 2008 | 12x12 - Retrospect Galleries - Byron Bay 2008 | 26th Annual International Glass Invitational - Habatat Galleries - Boca Raton 2008 | FLUX - New Mexico Museum of Art - Santa Fe 2008 | Sculpture 2008 - Harrison Galleries - Sydney 2008 | Palm Beach 3 - Habatat Galleries - Boca Raton - FL. 2008 | SOFA New York - Jane Sauer Gallery 2008 | Glass Concepts - Lehigh University Art Gallery - Bethlehem - PA - USA 2008 | London Art Fair - with COSA Gallery - London 2008 | Marine Visions - Retrospect Galleries - Byron Bay 2008 | The Vessel Explored '08 - Habatat Galleries - Boca Raton 2007 | 25th Annual International Glass Invitational - Habatat Galleries - Boca Raton 2007 | Palm Beach 3 - Habatat Galleries - Boca Raton 2007 | The Vessel Explored - Habatat Galleries - Boca Raton 2007 | London Art Fair - COSA Gallery - London 2007 | Let Them Roam - Harrison Galleries - Sydney 2007 | Form Art Fair - COSA Gallery - London 2007 | SOFA Chicago - Kirra Galleries 2007 | KIAF- Seoul - Korea - Gaffer Studio Glass - Hong Kong 2007 | Mastery - Arthouse Singapore - Gaffer Studio Glass - Hong Kong 2006 | 24th Annual International Glass Invitational - Habatat Galleries - Boca Raton 2006 | COLLECT - V+A Museum - COSA Gallery - London 2006 | London Art Fair - COSA Gallery - London 2006 | 34nd Annual International Glass Invitational - Habatat Galleries - Royal Oak - Michigan - USA 2006 | Mastery - Gaffer Studio Glass - Hong Kong 2006 | SOFA Chicago - Kirra Galleries 2006 | Australian Glass 2006 - Sandra Ainsley Gallery - Toronto - Canada 2006 | Singapore Art Fair - Gaffer Studio Glass - Hong Kong 2006 | Art London - COSA Gallery - London 2005 | 23rd Annual International Glass Invitational - Habatat Galleries - Boca Raton 2005 | SOFA Chicago - Kirra Galleries 2005 | Two Cubes - Sherman Galleries - Sydney 2005 | COLLECT - V+A Museum - COSA Gallery - London 2005 | Contemporary Australian Glass. Gaffer Studio Glass - The Art House - Singapore 2005 | Contemporary Glass 2005 - Habatat Galleries - Boca Raton 2005 | 33nd Annual International Glass Invitational - Habatat Galleries -Michigan - USA 2005 | Olympia Art Fair - COSA Gallery - London 2005 | ArtsCape - Cape Byron - Byron Bay - Australia 2004 | 32nd Annual International Glass Invitational - Habatat Galleries - Michigan - USA 2004 | Contemporary Glass 2004 - Habatat Galleries - Boca Raton 2004 | COLLECT - V+A Museum - COSA Gallery - London 2004 | One Earth - One Human - One Bird - Gaffer Studio Glass - Hong Kong 2004 | New Work - Kirra Galleries - Melbourne 2004 | 1000 degrees Gallery - Avalon Beach - Sydney 2004 | SOFA Chicago - Kirra Galleries 2004 | International Glass 2004 - Habatat Galleries - Boca Raton 2003 | SOFA Chicago - Habatat Galleries Boca Raton 2003 | 31st Annual International Glass Invitational - Habatat Galleries - Michigan - USA 2003 | International Glass 2003 - Habatat Galleries - Boca Raton - Florida - USA 2003 | Blown - Kirra - Melbourne - Australia 2003 | International Glass Collectors Exhibition - Global Art - Seattle - U.S.A 2002 | S.O.F.A. Chicago - Compositions Gallery - San Francisco 2002 | Emerging Artists - Marta Hewett Gallery - Louisville - Kentucky - USA 2002 | 30th Annual International Invitational - Habatat Galleries - Royal Oak - Michigan - USA 2002 | Skin - The Art Company of Australia - Ocean Grove - Australia 2002 | Talls - Waywood Gallery - Byron Bay - Australia 2002 | Encased - Piece Gallery - Mullumbimby - Australia 2001 | Qdos - Lorne - Australia 2001 | International Glass - Habatat Galleries - Boca Raton - Florida - USA 1996 | Byron Regional Art Gallery - Byron Bay - Australia 1996 | Mullumbimby Art Gallery - Mullumbimby - Australia 1996 | Artworks - Brisbane - Australia 1995 | Wilsons Creek Sculpture Garden - Wilsons Creek - Australia 1994 | Epicentre Art Gallery - Byron Bay - Australia 1993 | Mullumbimby Art Gallery - Mullumbimby - Australia 1993 | Cape Gallery - Byron Bay - Australia 1993 | Byron Regional Art Gallery - Byron Bay - Australia 1993 | Lismore Regional Art Gallery - Lismore - Australia 1992 | Gold Coast City Art Gallery - Gold Coast - Australia 1992 | Museum of Contemporary Art - Brisbane - Australia 1991 | Bond University Art Gallery - Gold Coast - Australia 1991 | Kinsellas - Sydney - Australia 1989 | Tweed Regional Gallery - Murwillumbah - Australia 1989 | Artery - Geelong - Australia 1988 | Qdos - Lorne - Australia 1988 | Artery - Geelong - Australia 1987 | Deakin University - Geelong - Australia 1985 | Sculpture '85 - Melbourne - Australia 1985 | Maakom Foundation - Amsterdam 1983 | Iceberg Gallery - Melbourne - Australia 1980 | Gallery of Silence - New York 1978 | Works Gallery - Geelong - Australia CollectionsFour Seasons Hotel - Hong KongFujifilm - Tokyo - Japan Mitsubishi Corporation - Australia Also held in private collections in Australia - UK - France - Spain - Hong Kong - NZ - USA - Canada - Singapore - Japan - Germany - Ireland - Austria - Vienna - Zimbabwe Bibliography |