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Regina Noakes is Western Australian artist.
She studied at the Art Students League, MIT. Boston, USA; Institute of Education, Singapore, Dip.Ed. and was assistant to Professor Antonio, Capri, Italy.The latest canvasses can be categorizes into ‘observed’ and ‘imaginative’ works. The paintings convey a considerable range of emotions and complex psychological states in figurative compositions that are notable for their pared down power.
“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 and I wouldn't dream of closing the possibilities of these paintings to either myself or the viewer by analyzing or describing them. The fact that the viewer will always have their own perspective or feelings about the picture is as important as my own viewpoint"
Exhibitions
Australia and International.
Recent invited group exhibitions include: 2008 Perth Concert Hall ; Posh
Auction, Sydney ; 2007 Portia Geach Memorial Award exhibition, Sydney ;
Garrison Arts Centre, NY ; Friedrichstrausse Art Centre, Berlin ; Galerie
Seyffert-Stahl, Berlin; Deck Chair Theatre Auction, Perth ; Posh Auction, Sydney
; Australian High Commission New Delhi, with Gadfly gallery ; Singapore Art
Festival (with Gadfly gallery); Sydney Art Fair (Gadfly gallery);
Awards
4 Australian Visual Arts grants;
finalist 2007 Portia Geach Memorial Award;
Manhattan Arts Exhibition, NY winner 2002, 2003;
Rotary Club of Armadale, WA, award for Outstanding Performance and Contribution
to Art ;
Perpetual Trophy, WA Society of Art (overall winner 1998,1997);
BankWest Open Exhibition (2nd prize 1998) ;
Westpac Redlands Art Prize (1998) ;
BankWest Open Exhibition (highly commended 1997) :
Sir Charles Gairdner Art Prize (1997)
Collections
include: British Government Art collection; Eric Clapton, London and Bahamas (15 paintings) ; Ministry of Water Resources, Sultanate of Oman; Singapore Economic Board; Jean and Charles Schultz Information Centre, SSU, California ; Brunswick Corporation, Illinois; Fulham Palace, London; University of Cambridge; University of Norwich; University of London; Visual Arts Centre, Eastern Washington University; Perth Electoral Commission; Toyota Australia; WomanMade Inc. Chicago; Atelier International, New York; Data Analysis Australia; Hilton Hotel, Brisbane; Women’s Aid Abroad, Malaysia; Balya Cancer Foundation, Perth; Evans and Tate Wineries; Best Western Palms Resort, Broome; Hale Boys Grammar School, Perth;
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