Regina Noakes
Contact Information
Education
1980 Art Students League, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, USA
1978 Dip. Associate of Music. Australia - piano performance, AmusA
1975 Studied music at UWA and piano with Mme Alice Carrard and John Hind – 4 years
1973 Studied painting / assistant to Professor Antonio Napoli, Capri, Italy
1972 Diploma of School Music and Art, Institute of Education, Singapore
Work Experience
2006-1998 Full time visual artist
Teaching painting at Fremantle Art Centre, WA - workshops
2004-1985 Accredited teacher
West Australian Music Teachers Assocation, WAMTA
Federal Australian Music Teachers Association, FAMTA
1998-1995 Visual Arts reviewer, Western Review Newspaper, Perth
Visual Arts reviewer, Art Seen In WA, www.artseenwa.com
Information Radio 990am 6RPH, WA
Arts Centre Working Party, City of Subiaco, WA
1994 Art demonstrator: Jolimont Primary School
Methodist Ladies’ College
1992 Stage set design / props for Subiaco Primary School Musical,"Nowhere Boy"
Artist's Statement
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My paintings can be categorizes into observed and imaginative works. I try to convey a range of emotions and complex psychological states in my figurative compositions. In both there is a sense of drama emanating from an interior space. I have been working on some images, many based in one way or another on the two books “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and "Through the Looking-Glass".
Carroll’s Alice has been a perennial muse for many painters and writers. For me it began with the "Fall down the Rabbit Hole" and then "Through the Looking-Glass." I have borrowed Carroll’s story elements involving nostalgia, a love of childhood vision and the use of parody or satire. Alice is always at the centre of the story encountering fools, mystics, and perhaps some of her own demons.
I do not attempt to dramatize the stories and often find myself recreating episodes and characters in my own visual language. The unreality of the tales has a wild familiarity. We have all had encounters with the absurd. The dreamlike shifts of place and time find Alice in situations where she seeks enlightenment. The journey takes the young girl into curiouser and curiouser encounters within the dream from which she ultimately awakes. There have been many analyses of the stories and of Carroll, and I have avoided all of them. Do not decipher the images: just experience them. That’s what they’re for.
Selected Exhibitions
Solo and Two / Three Person Exhibitions
2005 "Young Masters Series," Galeria Aniela, Kangaroo Valley, NSW
"Brief Acquantances," House of Phillips Fine Art, Sydney
2004 "The Warm Earth," Gomboc Gallery, Perth
"New Works," Red Hill Fine Arts, Brisbane
"The Australian Painter," Palazzo Correr, Venice, Italy
"World of Her Own," Libby Edwards Gallery, Melbourne
"Recent Works," Pearlers Row Gallery, Broome
"New Works," Hill Smith Fine Arts, Adelaide
2003 "The Journey," Gomboc Gallery, Perth
Possession," Libby Edwards Gallery, Sydney
"Equity Properties," New York - 2 person show
2002 "Reminescence," Libby Edwards Gallery, Melbourne
"The Secret," Galerie Atelier, New York
"Royal Jubilee Celebration," Hertsfordshire, UK - 3 person show
Palazzo Correr, Venice, Italy - 3 person show
2001 Galerie Atelier, NY
"Introducing Regina Noakes," Libby Edwards Gallery - 3 person show
"Secrets and the Child," Vanessa Wood Fine Arts, Sydney
2000 "Guys and Dolls," Gadfly Gallery, Perth
"Inside Out," Agora Gallery, New York
1999 "Time Out," Gadfly Gallery, Perth
"Three WA Artists," North Shore Fine Arts, Sydney
1998 "New Works’, North Shore Fine Arts, Sydney
"Vernissage," Accent Gallery, Perth
1997 "In Life," Accent Gallery, Perth
1996 "Birds in the Bush," Accent Gallery, Perth
1995 "Looking Out," Churchill Gallery, Perth
"Water and Moon," Art Heritage, Perth
Selected Invited Group Exhibitions
2005 Medial Art Biennial, London
2003 Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, Italy; Biennale Internationale Dell’ Arte Contemporanea, Florence; Traditions: Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL; Salec Minc Jewish Centre, Perth (cover artist); Soroptimist International, Fremantle, WA
2002 Gomboc Gallery 20th Anniversary, Perth; Australian Women Artists 1900 – 2002, Sydney; Exhibition on Paper, Pristiva Art Centre, Slovenia
2001 Queens Museum of Art, Fall Series, New York; Australian Women Artists 1900 – 2001; Sydney Garrison Spring Show, New York
2000 VAST, Max Lawson Gallery, Sydney; Artist Presentation Series: Katonah Museum of Art, NY; Salon 2000: Catskill, New York;
National Arts Benefit, New York; 7th Annual Members' Show, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL; Contemporary Fine Art Expo, Barrett Art Centre, Poughkeepsie, NY; Artis Spectrum, Soho, NY; New York Art Expo 2000, Jacob Javits Convention Centre
1999 Salec Minc Jewish Centre, Perth; His Majesty’s Theatre, Perth
1998 Westpac Redlands Art Exhibition, Sydney; Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth; Art Exchange International, London
Australian Artists: Ayre Gallery, London
Awards & Distinctions
Australian Trade Commission Grant
ARTWA, Arts Investment Program Grant, Ministry for Culture and Arts, WA
Pat Corrigan Artist Grant, National Association for the Visual Arts, Australia
Lorenzo Medici Gold Medal, City of Florence, Italy
"The Healing Power of Art," Showcase artist, winner 2003, New York
2002 Rotary Club of Armadale, WA – Award for Outstanding Performance and Contribution to Art
Arts Manhattan, "Her Story," winner 2002, NY
Perpetual Trophy and twice overall winner, WA Society of Arts
Selected Collections
Eric Clapton Collection; Fulham Palace, London; Ministry of Water Resources, Sultanate of Oman; Brooklyn Museum of Art, NY; Singapore Economic Board; Jean and Charles Schulz Information Centre, Sonoma State University, California; Visual Arts Centre, Eastern Washington University; University of Cambridge; University of Norwich; University of London; Perth Electoral Commission; Atelier International, NY; Women’s Aid Abroad, Malaysia; Balya Cancer Foundation, Perth; Data Analysis Australia; Toyota Australia; Toorak College, Victoria; Methodist Ladies College, Perth; Hale Boys School, Perth; Evans and Tate Wineries, Perth; Best Western Palms Resort, Broome.
Documentaries, Radio Interview
Channel 31 CTV, "Gallery Watch," Documentary: 30 minute interview, 19 September 2004
ABC Kimberley Radio Station, Broome, with Vanessa Mills, "Friday Afternoon Arts," 7 May 2004
Channel 31 CTV, "Gallery Watch," Documentary: 30 minutes interview, 19 August 2003
"Regina Noakes at Gomboc Gallery," with commentary by Robert Juniper and Judith McGrath (WA arts writer)
SONSHINE FM, Radio Interview with Jan Cannon, 18 September, 1996
Publications
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Judith McGrath, review "New Works of Regina Noakes," artseenwa.com September 2004
Christine Jones, Insite Magazine, Spring Edition, September 2004
Emma Leask, Feature article, Perth Women magazine, 03 December / 04 January Issue
Sarah McNeil, "Attic is Artists’ Haven," Feature article, Post Impressions, Perth August 2003
Simone Considine, "Bold Beauty," Western Suburbs Weekly, August 2003
Lynn DiCiero, Catalogue essay, "Women Working for Women," Soroptimist International, Fremantle, July 2003
Women’s Art Register, review for Gomboc Exhibition 2003
Lynne DiCiero, Feature article, "Art in Western Australia," The Artist’s Chronicle, September 2002
Maurice Taplinger, "Regina Noakes Encapsulates the Human Drama," NY review, Gallery and Studio, June 2002
Judith McGrath, Catalogue essay, June 2002
Renee Phillips, Catalogue essay, May 2002
"Spotlight," Sydney Morning Herald, March 2002
Biennale Internationale Dell’ Arte Contemporanea, 3rd Edition 2001, Citta di Firenze
Diana Simmonds, "Original Regina," Express Arts, The Sunday Telegraph, Sydney July 2001
"Eye Catching Show," Social Style , The Mosman Daily, Sydney 2001
Moondance Magazine Cover page, "Celebrating Creative Women," Summer 2001, Vol5 Ed.4 UK
"Regina Noakes Exhibition," ARTISspectrum, NY, Vol 11/7 Spring Issue 2000
VAST National Exhibition, Catalogue page, September 2000
ArtMine, The New York Expo Magazine, Cover page, March 2000
Barbara Booth, "Italian Frescoes Inspires Artist," Arts Today, The West Australian, July 1999
Lynn DiCiero, "Speaking of Success," The Artist’s Chronicle, Western Australia, July 1999
Eve Ackerman, "Time Out," (www.artseen.vbw.com.au) Western Australia, July 1999
Barbara Booth, "Windows of the Soul," The West Australian, July 1998
Gallery Round-Up, "Welcome Home," The West Australian, August 1998
Judith McGrath, "Messages In Colour," Sunday Times, April 1998
"Bold Images," The West Australian, April 1998
Arts Today, Cover page, The West Australian, September 1996
The Chronicle Newspaper, Western Australia, 1996, 1998
The Post Newspapers, WA 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
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