About
Noel Hart
Noel Hart lives on the East Coast of Australia at Koala Beach, an estate surrounded by Nature Reserves. Previously he lived with his family for 30+ years in the nearby rainforested hinterland at Huonbrook. Both of these locations have fuelled his artwork due to the influences of the natural environments and the biological diversity within.
“My work usually has something to do
with nature. It’s what switches me on.”
Unusually, Noel is both a painter and a glass artist, but not limited creatively to either. Originally studying painting at art school in the 1970’s, he quickly found an interest in alternate forms of photography, with his first gallery exhibition showing infrared and painterly gum bichromate images of coastlines and adjacent rainforests. Hybridising artistic techniques became typical for his practice.
Moving forward to the 21st century Noel’s artwork blurs the boundaries between conceptual abstract painting and the contemporary studio glass movement with a narrative drawn from cave art, natural history and ideas around conservation ecology.
ARTIST STATEMENT
My work usually has something to do with nature. It’s what switches me on. Although I grew up in the city, and went to art school in the city, it was the countryside and the bush that I was drawn to. I went from the city to the land to live – to the forest to be exact, in the late 1980’s. This brought me into contact with other species – hundreds of other species. Snakes, epiphytes, insects, fungi, so many species of birds, rainforest trees, and marsupials. The energy of the forest and it’s geology lured me to tap into it as a source of artistic inspiration.
There was a lot to try and understand – why does the Satin Bowerbird create sculptures? Why do certain vines grow the way they do? Which are the prey species and which are the predators and how do they interact? What about the mushrooms that glow in the dark? Why the bright colours in parrot species? How did the boulders near the house get there? And how could I translate my fascination into art?
The diversity of species also brought me to conclude that it would be satisfying to be creative across a broad spectrum of mediums. Hence one day I’ll be painting, the next carving something with a chainsaw, and the next working with a team in a glassblowing studio – but all somehow connected by the environment where I was spending most of my time.
Now we’ve moved to the coast nearby. Some of the same species, some different. And a different landscape to explore. It all just expands my repertoire further.
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Virtual Studio Tour with Sandra Ainsley Gallery, Toronto, Canada
GROUP & OTHER EXHIBITIONS
Habatat 50th Anniversary Exhibition – Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
Glass Art Fair www.glassartfair.com
GROUP & OTHER EXHIBITIONS
Glass 48 – Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
WAMA – Inspiration Wild 6 Years On – Virtual Exhibition 2020
Nature Nurturing Art – WAMA – Online Exhibition
Wild at Heart – Mist Gallery, Cabarita Beach, NSW, Australia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
“Power Objects” – Gallery Sikabonyi, Vienna, Austria
GROUP & OTHER EXHIBITIONS
Contrasts – Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, California, USA
Beauty and Other Stories, Australian Contemporary, Melbourne, Australia
Art Meets Nature – WAMA @ Atrium, Sofitel, Melbourne, Australia
This Australian Life – National Art Glass Gallery, Wagga Wagga, Australia
The Other Art Fair – Sydney, Australia
Family and Friends – Daine Singer, Fitzroy, Australia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
“The Rewilding“- THE WALL Art Projects, Ulladulla, NSW
GROUP & OTHER EXHIBITIONS
Art Meets Nature – WAMA @ Lucy McEachern Gallery, Wingeel , Australia
The Cube – Mullumbimby, Australia
Red Moon Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
The Palette Show – MAT18, Murwillumbah, Australia
The Border Art Prize – Tweed Regional Gallery, Australia
Sarasota Glass Weekend – Galerie Sikabonyi, Sarasota, Florida, USA
The Other Art Fair – Sydney, Australia
Hofburg Art Fair – Gallery Sikabonyi, Vienna, Austria
SOLO EXHIBITION
“The Rewilding”, Tansey Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM, USA
“Noel Hart – Australische Glaskunst”, Galerie Sikabonyi, Vienna, Austria
GROUP & OTHER EXHIBITIONS
Sarasota Glass Weekend – Galerie Sikabonyi, Sarasota, Florida, USA
The Heirloom Makers – Qdos Gallery, Lorne, Australia
L.A. Art Show – Tansey Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM, USA
SOFA Chicago – Bender Gallery, Asheville, NC. USA
Hofburg Art Fair – Gallery Sikabonyi, Vienna, Austria
Toronto Art Fair – Sandra Ainsley Gallery, Toronto, Canada
GROUP & OTHER EXHIBITIONS
L.A. Art Show – Tansey Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM, USA
Sarasota Glass Weekend – Galerie Sikabonyi, Sarasota, Florida, USA
Houston Art Fair – Tansey Contemporary, Houston Texas, USA
SOFA Chicago, with Tansey Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM, USA
Rainforest to Reef – Kirra Galleries, Melbourne, Australia
GROUP & OTHER EXHIBITIONS
Fired – Arvada Arts Center, Denver, Colorado, USA
Expressions of Light – Gallery 511, Key West, Florida, USA
Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, with Tansey Contemporary, Palm Springs, Ca. USA
SOFA Chicago, with Tansey Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM, USA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
“Power Objects”, Tansey Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM, USA
‘Eyes Wide Open’, Lone Goat Gallery, Byron Bay, Australia
GROUP & OTHER EXHIBITIONS
Art Palm Beach, with Tansey Contemporary, Florida USA
WIKAM Artfair 2014 – with Galerie Sikabonyi, Vienna, Austria
Biodiversity & Human Impact on the Environment – Tansey Contemporary, Santa Fe, USA
An Elemental Approach – Tweed River Regional Art Gallery, NSW, Australia
WABA-CSIRO ‘Discover Wildlife: Art and Science’ Symposium, Canberra, Australia
SOFA Chicago, with Tansey Contemporary, Santa Fe, USA
Inspiration Wild – A Narrative, WAMA @ Sofitel Melbourne.
Art Palm Beach, with Jane Sauer Gallery, Florida USA
Small Scale Big Ideas – Tansey Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM, USA
Distant Visions 11, Duncan McClellan Gallery, St Petersburg, Florida
SOFA Chicago, with Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe, USA
Art and Antiques, Hofburg Palace, Vienna, with Galerie Sikabonyi
Art Santa Fe – with Jane Sauer Gallery
GROUP & OTHER EXHIBITIONS
Art Palm Beach, with Jane Sauer Gallery, Florida USA
WIKAM Art Fair 2013 – with Galerie Sikabonyi, Vienna, Austria
Distant Visions 11, Duncan McClellan Gallery, St Petersburg, Florida
SOFA Chicago , with Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe, USA
Art and Antiques, Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Galerie Sikabonyi.
Art Santa Fe, Jane Sauer Gallery, New Mexico, USA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
‘Avian and Other Stories’, Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, USA
GROUP & OTHER EXHIBITIONS
Director’s Choice, Kirra Galleries, Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne Sculpture Prize 2012 – Finalist, Royal Exhibition Hall, Melbourne.
Art Palm Beach, with Jane Sauer Gallery, Florida USA
WIKAM Art Fair 2012, with Galerie Sikabonyi , Vienna, Austria
SOFA Chicago, with Jane Sauer Gallery
Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair with Retrospect Galleries
Korean International Art Fair with Retrospect Galleries
Art Toronto, with Sandra Ainsley Gallery, Toronto, Canada
GROUP & OTHER EXHIBITIONS
Return to the Tropics, Habatat Galleries, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Animal Instincts, Glass Artists Gallery, Sydney, Australia
The Dying Art, Mullumbimby Civic Centre, NSW, Australia
Art London, with COSA / George Babbington Fine Art, London, UK
Artfelt Art Prize, Winner .Northern Rivers Art Gallery, Ballina, NSW, Australia
The Light and The Dark, Art Piece Gallery, Mullumbimby, NSW, Australia
Sculpture in the Paddock, Bangalow, NSW, Australia
SOFA West, Santa Fe, with Jane Sauer Gallery, New Mexico, USA
Glass Now, Mary Childs Studio Arts, Great Barrington, Ma. USA
Dusseldorf Art Fair, represented by Galerie Sikabonyi, Vienna, Austria
WIKAM 2011 Art Fair, with Galerie Sikabonyi, Vienna, Austria
Walk on the Wild Side, Harrison Galleries, Sydney
Wheaton Arts GlassWeekend, with Jane Sauer Gallery, Millville, New Jersey, USA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
‘Ornithology Abstracted’, Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe , NM, USA
‘The Call of The Wild’, Habatat Galleries, West Palm Beach, Fl, USA
GROUP & OTHER EXHIBITIONS
28th Annual International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, West Palm Beach
SOFA Chicago, with Jane Sauer Gallery
Kunst & Antiquitätenmesse, with Galerie Sikabonyi, Vienna, Austria
Crossfire 2, Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery, Australia
SOFA New York, with Jane Sauer Gallery
Artscape Sculpture Biennial, Byron Bay, Australia
WIKAM 2010 Art Fair, with Galerie Sikabonyi, Vienna, Austria
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
‘Avian and Other Stories’, Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, USA
GROUP & OTHER EXHIBITIONS
Blown Away – International Glass of the 21st Century. Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan, USA
Caldera Art, The Centre, Beaudesert, Australia
27th Annual International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, West Palm Beach
Day of the Dead, Retrospect Galleries, Byron Bay
Kunst & Antiquitätenmesse, with Encore! Encore!, Vienna, Austria
Art in the Gardens, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
Palm Beach 3, with Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, FL, USA
Sculpture 2009, Harrison Galleries, Sydney
Glass Artists, Kingfisher Gallery, Perth
SOFA New York, with Jane Sauer Gallery
SOFA West, Santa Fe, with Jane Sauer Gallery
SOFA Chicago, with Jane Sauer Gallery
S,M,L,XL , Waywood Gallery , Byron Bay, Australia
Art of Abstraction, Mullumbimby Civic Centre. Australia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
‘Parrotesque’, Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe , NM, USA
GROUP & OTHER EXHIBITIONS
26th Annual International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, USA
FLUX, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, USA
SOFA Chicago with Jane Sauer Gallery
Sculpture 2008, Harrison Galleries, Sydney
Palm Beach 3, with Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, FL.
SOFA New York, with Jane Sauer Gallery
Glass Concepts, Lehigh University Art Gallery, Bethlehem, PA, USA
London Art Fair, with COSA Gallery, London
The Vessel Explored ‘08, Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
‘Parrotism’, Kirra Galleries, Melbourne
GROUP & OTHER EXHIBITIONS
25th Annual International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton
Palm Beach 3, with Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton
The Vessel Explored, Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton
London Art Fair, with COSA Gallery, London
Let Them Roam, Harrison Galleries, Sydney
Form Art Fair, with COSA Gallery, London
SOFA Chicago with Kirra Galleries
KIAF – Seoul, Korea, with Gaffer Studio Glass, Hong Kong
Mastery, Arthouse Singapore, with Gaffer Studio Glass, Hong Kong
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
‘Psittaculture’, Tweed River Regional Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, Australia
‘Australian Parrot Abstractions’, Kirra Galleries, Melbourne
‘Parrotism’, PISMO, Denver, Co, USA
‘Parrotism’, COSA Gallery, London, UK
GROUP & OTHER EXHIBITIONS
24th Annual International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton
COLLECT, V+A Museum, with COSA Gallery, London
London Art Fair, with COSA Gallery, London
34nd Annual International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
Mastery, Gaffer Studio Glass, Hong Kong
SOFA Chicago with Kirra Galleries
Australian Glass 2006, Sandra Ainsley Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Singapore Art Fair, with Gaffer Studio Glass, Hong Kong
Art London, with COSA Gallery, London
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
‘Psittaculture’ Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
GROUP & OTHER EXHIBITIONS
23rd Annual International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton
SOFA Chicago with Kirra Galleries
Two Cubes, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
COLLECT, V+A Museum, with COSA Gallery, London
Contemporary Australian Glass – Gaffer Studio Glass, The Art House, Singapore
Contemporary Glass 2005, Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton
33nd Annual International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
Olympia Art Fair, with COSA Gallery, London
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
‘Recent Work’ Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, Florida
GROUP & OTHER EXHIBITIONS
32nd Annual International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
Contemporary Glass 2004, Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton
COLLECT, V+A Museum, with COSA Gallery, London
One Earth, One Human, One Bird – Gaffer Studio Glass, Hong Kong
New Work – Kirra Galleries, Melbourne
1000 degrees Gallery, Avalon Beach, Sydney
SOFA Chicago with Kirra Galleries
International Glass 2004, Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
‘Psittaculture’ Compositions Gallery, San Francisco, USA
GROUP & OTHER EXHIBITIONS
SOFA Chicago with Habatat Galleries Boca Raton
31st Annual International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
International Glass 2003, Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, Florida, USA
Blown – Kirra, Melbourne , Australia
International Glass Collectors Exhibition – Global Art, Seattle, U.S.A
GROUP & OTHER EXHIBITIONS
S.O.F.A. Chicago with Compositions Gallery, San Francisco,
Emerging Artists, Marta Hewett Gallery, Louisville , Kentucky, USA
30th Annual International Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, Mi, USA
Skin, The Art Company of Australia. Ocean Grove, Australia
Talls, Waywood Gallery, Byron Bay, Australia
Encased, Piece Gallery, Mullumbimby, Australia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
‘Psittaculture’ Compositions Gallery, San Francisco, USA
GROUP & OTHER EXHIBITIONS
Qdos, Lorne, Australia
International Glass, Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, Florida, USA
GROUP & OTHER EXHIBITIONS
Byron Regional Art Gallery, Byron Bay, Australia
Mullumbimby Art Gallery, Mullumbimby, Australia
Artworks, Brisbane, Australia
GROUP & OTHER EXHIBITIONS
Wilsons Creek Sculpture Garden, Wilsons Creek, Australia
GROUP & OTHER EXHIBITIONS
Epicentre Art Gallery, Byron Bay, Australia
GROUP & OTHER EXHIBITIONS
Mullumbimby Art Gallery, Mullumbimby, Australia
Cape Gallery, Byron Bay, AustraliaByron Regional Art Gallery, Byron Bay, Australia
Lismore Regional Art Gallery, Lismore, Australia
GROUP & OTHER EXHIBITIONS
Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast, Australia
Museum of Contemporary Art, Brisbane, Australia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
‘Bowerhaus Paintings’ Network, Byron Bay, Australia
GROUP & OTHER EXHIBITIONS
Bond University Art Gallery, Gold Coast, Australia
Kinsellas, Sydney, Australia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
‘Bowerhaus Paintings’ Network, Byron Bay, Australia
GROUP & OTHER EXHIBITIONS
Drawing the Line, Tweed River Regional Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, Australia
Artery, Geelong, Australia
GROUP & OTHER EXHIBITIONS
Qdos, Lorne, Australia
Artery, Geelong, Australia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
‘A Wide Angled View of A Wide Angled View’, Artery Gallery, Geelong, Australia
GROUP & OTHER EXHIBITIONS
Deakin University, Geelong, Australia
GROUP & OTHER EXHIBITIONS
Sculpture ‘85, Melbourne, Australia
Maakom Foundation, Amsterdam
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
‘New Work’ Iceberg Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
GROUP & OTHER EXHIBITIONS
Iceberg Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
GROUP & OTHER EXHIBITIONS
Gallery of Silence, New York
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
PhotoWorks’ Works Gallery, Geelong, Australia
GROUP & OTHER EXHIBITIONS
Works Gallery, Geelong, Australia
EDUCATION
Diploma of Art and Design (Fine Art), Gordon Institute of Technology, Geelong, Australia
Born Geelong, Australia 1955
Lives and works in Koala Beach, NSW, also works from studios in Mullumbimby NSW and Sunshine Coast, Q, Australia
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA, USA
Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Detroit, Mich., USA
Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, Ca, USA
National Glass Collection, Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery, Australia
Tweed River Regional Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, Australia
Amarillo National Bank, Amarillo, Texas, USA.
OZK Bank, Little Rock, Ar. USA
Williams & Connolly, LLP, Washington DC, USA
Four Seasons Hotel, Hong Kong
Fujifilm, Tokyo, Japan
Mitsubishi Corporation, Australia
Price Waterhouse, Melbourne
Epworth Hospital – Melbourne, Australia
Elements of Byron Resort – Byron Bay, Australia
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Australia, UK, France, Spain, Hong Kong, NZ, USA, Canada, Singapore, Japan, Germany, Ireland,
Austria, Zimbabwe , South Africa, Russia, China, South Korea, Saudi Arabia
AWARDS
1990 – Coffs Harbour Painting Prize – Winning Entry.
2011 – Artfelt Art Prize, Northern Rivers Community Art Gallery, Ballina, – First Prize
GRANTS
Theatre Board of the Australia Council -1986
Literature Board of the Australia Council -1986
Community Cultural Development Unit of the Australia Council – 1986
Regional Arts – NSW Ministry for the Arts – 1989
Myer Foundation – 1986
Lance Reichstein Foundation – 1986
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Inspiration Wild – Wildlife Art Museum of Australia
Parrot – by Paul Carter
Back To Back Theatre – by H. Grehan & P. Eckersall
Craft Art Magazine, Australia
National Liberty Museum – Glass Now, USA
American Style, USA
Santa Fean, USA
Art Collector, Australia
Flux – New Mexico Museum of Art, USA
Coast, Australia
Wild Byron, Australia
Northern Star Weekender, Australia
Courier Mail, Australia
Habatat Galleries International Exhibition Catalogues 2002, 03,04,05,06,07,08,09,10, 20 USA
World Of Glass, USA
Gallery
Get In Touch
For enquiries regarding Noel Hart’s artwork, please fill out the form below, or contact Helene Sheean by phone:
International + 61 2 6676 1797
Within Australia 02 6676 1797 / 0417 042 951
