vivonne thwaites
curator
brigid noone
Bridid Noone, Ray Harris
Twin tears, 2011
collaborative oil painting spliced with HD digital video still
Image credit: Ray Harris
Swallow me, 2009
Oil on linen
50 x 35 cm
Romance, 2010
Oil on paper
50 x 60 cm
Brigid Noone is currently an Adelaide based independent artist and curator. Brigid graduated from the South Australian School of Art with honors in 1998, majoring in painting. After being awarded the Ruth Tuck Scholarship she moved to Rotterdam in the Netherlands for a residency at Stichting Kunst & Complex. Living between Rotterdam and Adelaide her painting practice and curating has developed through exhibiting locally and internationally. Brigid had the opportunity to work for the Australia council for the Arts at the last Venice Biennale, she is also one of the co-founding directors of artist run initiative FELTspace, and is a committee member of Renew Adelaide. Brigid has recently completed a masters in Visual Arts by research at the University of South Australia where she has taught painting, professional practice and Indigenous Art and Design.
brigid noone - cv
| Education | |
| 2010 | Masters by Research in Visual South Australia School of Art |
| 1998 | Bachelor of Visual Arts Honours South Australia School of Art |
| 1997 | Bachelor of Visual Arts South Australia School of Art |
| 1997-98 | Deans Merit List |
| History / Qualifications | |
| 2010 | Keynote speaker, SALA Festival 2010 Adelaide, Art Gallery of South Australia |
| Tutor for Indigenous Art & Design, University of South Australia | |
| Artwest Curator, West End Association, Adelaide | |
| Visual arts Director and co-curator, Let me in, Visual arts stream, Format festival, Adelaide Fringe | |
| Line up – Drawing workshop facilitator, Prospect Gallery | |
| 2009 | Curator, Critical generosity, FELTspace, November, Adelaide |
| Casual Gallery attendant, SASA Gallery, University of South Australia | |
| Arts SA Professional development grant, Australia Council of the Arts, Exhibition Attendant | |
| Position at the Venice Biennale 2009 | |
| Selection committee for Format exhibition ‘Big’ | |
| SAYAB funding selection panel | |
| Experimental Art Foundation Board member | |
| Vasiff Kortun Curating workshop, Experimental Art Foundation | |
| Media and process second yr painting Lecturer South Australia School of Art | |
| 2008 | Artist lecture for the September festival Rotterdam, ‘Green Hands’ presented by |
| Gill & Moti Home Gallery | |
| Experimental Art Foundation Board member | |
| Media and process second yr painting Lecturer South Australia School of Art | |
| Painting Materials and Techniques first yr Lecturer South Australia School of Art | |
| Gifted Art Classes, Marryatville High School | |
| Artspeak, South Australian School of Art artist lecture | |
| Co- founding member and Board of directors FELTSPACE Adelaide artist ran initiative Conference presenter ‘Persons, Intimacy and love’ Salzburg, Austria | |
| Alternative Art Fair (International ARI’s) workshop participant, Rotterdam Netherlands | |
| 2007 | The Dream Republic Heri Dono SASA Gallery Artist Assistant South Australia School of Art |
| Painting Materials and Techniques first yr Lecturer South Australia School of Art | |
| Curator, Intent, Queens Theatre, Adelaide Fringe festival | |
| Gifted Art Classes, Marryatville High School | |
| 2006 | Curator, Ideal worlds, Port Adelaide |
| Gifted Art Classes, Marryatville High School | |
| Children’s Painting Classes at Wandana Community Centre | |
| 2005 | Kunst & Complex Artist Residency, Rotterdam Netherlands |
| Theatre, Visual Arts Puppet Maker Hotel Modern, Rotterdam Netherlands | |
| Womad Artist Workshop, with Cuban artists the Mora Brothers, CAN | |
| Community Arts Network | |
| 2004 | Curator pucker Adelaide Fringe Group Exhibition |
| Mandala Art Project for Amnesty International and Womadelaide | |
| Body Image community arts Project with Dale St Women’s Health Centre & Le Fevre High School | |
| Children’s Painting & Sculpture Classes, Wandana Community Centre | |
| Muslim Women’s Painting Workshops and Tour of Tandanya | |
| Member of the Port Adelaide & Enfield City Council Artist Consultation Group | |
| 2003 | Co-Founding member of The Institute, Port Adelaide Group Studio |
| Wandana Community Centre Children’s Art & Stobie Pole Project | |
| Children’s Painting Classes at Wandana Community Centre | |
| 2002 | Gallery and Project Assistant, Cill Railiag Art project Ballin Skelligs Co Kerry Ireland |
| Cill Railiag two months Studio Residency, Co Kerry Ireland | |
| Kunst & Complex Rotterdam Studio Residency, Rotterdam, Netherlands | |
| 2001 | Artist Assistant for Jeannette Ephraim. Kunst & Complex Rotterdam Netherlands |
| Large Scale Sculpture Forming and Assistance for Jeannette Duframe | |
| Six month Studio Residency. Kunst & Complex Rotterdam, Netherlands | |
| 2000 | Children’s Art Workshops, SPARK Resource Centre |
| Riceart Studio member Waymouth Street Adelaide | |
| 1999 | Volunteer, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia |
| Awarded Carclew Youth Arts SAYAB, Artist in Studio Grant | |
| Adelaide Central Studio Member | |
| Awards | |
| 2010 | Arts SA Project Development Grant, ‘Studio Intensive’ 2010 |
| Arts SA Emerging Curator project, 2010 | |
| 2009 | Arts SA Professional development grant/Australia Council for the Arts – Venice Biennale |
| 2008 | Arts SA Project Development Grant 2008 ‘intimate Portraits’ |
| 2007 | Grace Emily Portrait Prize |
| 2006 | Arts SA Project Development Grant 2006 Solo Exhibition |
| 2000 | Ruth Tuck Scholarship, 2001 |
| Comfort Pie, The Advertiser’s Best Emerging Artist Exhibition | |
| 1999 | SAYAB Studio Grant |
| Group Exhibitions | |
| 2010 | Crystal City, Structural Integrity, Next wave Festival with FELTspace, Melbourne |
| Shaw Hendry – Hermano Fan Club, FELTspace, Adelaide | |
| 2009 | Felt up, ARI swap with Seventh gallery, Gertrude St Melbourne |
| 2008 | Straight outta Compton founding members FELTspace launch show, Adelaide |
| The twins of self doubt and kissing business Artwest painting installation, Adelaide | |
| Strange Attractors, Liverpool Street Gallery Post graduate SASA exhibition in conjunction with the ACUADS conference | |
| Green Hands Gill & Moti Home Gallery, September Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands | |
| 2007 | Immerse, Craftsouth Port festival Exhibition, Newland Gallery, Port Adelaide |
| Intent, Queens Theatre, Adelaide Fringe festival | |
| 2006 | Ideal Worlds, Gaff Studio gallery, Port Adelaide |
| 2005 | Inhabitat, Gaff Studio Gallery, Port Adelaide |
| 2004 | Port Connections, Maritime Museum Port Adelaide, South Australian |
| pucker Fringe event 16 artists Group Exhibition (Curator & Participant) | |
| 2003 | International Artist Book Exhibition, Wexford Ireland |
| Sala Event, Laminate (Studio Group Show) The Institute Port Adelaide | |
| 2002 | Castles and Tea Sets, with Janet Searson, Ballin Skelligs Ireland |
| 2001 | Comfort Pie, 220 Hindley St Adelaide |
| 2000 | Sala Week, Riceart presents Ducky Lip, Studio Group Show, Fad Gallery |
| Wheelie, travelling Exhibition, Fringe Riceart Studio Project | |
| Community Mural, Port Adelaide Community Health Centre | |
| 1999 | Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia Members Show |
| 1998 | 20 by 20 Portrait Exhibition, University of South Australia |
| ARC, Honours Visual Arts Graduate Exhibition, South Australia School of Art | |
| 1997 | EnMass, Visual Arts Graduate Exhibition, South Australia School of Art |
| Amnesty International Human Rights Exhibition, Port Gallery | |
| Solo Exhibitions | |
| 2010 | My sweet heart the drunk, Metro space Adelaide |
| Heart shaped guts, FELTspace, Adelaide | |
| 2008 | Intimate Portraits Upstairs Grace Emily Gallery, Adelaide |
| Paint me warm, Painting installation at Seedling art space, Hawthorndene Adelaide | |
| 2007 | swan song, Liverpool Street Gallery, Adelaide |
| 2006 | Grace, Gaff Studio Gallery, Port Adelaide |
| 2005 | Crush me, Adelaide Central Gallery, Osmand Tce Norwood Adelaide |
| 2004 | Pretty enough, Shopart Sala event, 666 Torrens Rd Pennington |
| 2003 | Show and Tell, Project Space, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia |
| 2002 | Love Sick, Kunst & complex Studio Gallery Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| 2001 | Cream Puffs and Skeletons, Kunst & Complex Studio Gallery |
| 1999 | Happy Snaps, Recent Paintings, Adelaide Central Gallery |
| Curation | |
| 2010 | As above, so below, Co-curated with Riley O’Keeffe at Format, Adelaide |
| Let me in, Visual arts stream, Format festival, Adelaide Fringe | |
| 2009 | Critical generosity FELTspace, Adelaide |
| 2008 | Boys on love FELTspace, Adelaide |
| 2007 | Intent, Queens Theatre, Adelaide Fringe festival |
| 2006 | Ideal Worlds, Gaff Studio gallery, Port Adelaide |
| 2004 | pucker Fringe event 16 artists Group Exhibition the Institute Port Adelaide |
| Publications / Reviews | |
| Australian Art Review, Stephanie Radock | |
| Artlink, critical generosity, Lisa Harms | |
| Port Portraits Catalogue essay, Port faces, Port festival, Port Adelaide 2009 | |
| Art and Love Brigid Noone Catalogue essay Boys on love FELTSPACE, Adelaide July 02-26, 2008 | |
| Spill my heart shaped guts, Brigid Noone Adelaide Episode Eleven 2007 | |
| Fringe's essence in vibrant nutshells, Wendy Walker,The Australian, April 02, 2007 | |
| INTENT Queen’s Theatre, Stephanie Radok, Adelaide Review. 30-march 2007 Intentions serious in tents, Louise Nunn, The Advertiser March 22, 2007 | |
| Grace, Catalogue Essay, Sera Waters 08/2006 | |
| Grace, Catalogue Poem, Mark Neihus 08/2006 | |
| Crush Me, Sera Waters, dB magazine, April 19-May 5, 2005 | |
| Crush Me, Stephanie Radok, Adelaide Review, April 15-28, 2005 | |
| Necessities of Reoccurrence, Dylan Everett catalogue essay, Show and Tell, 2003 | |
| The Young Figure it out, Wendy Walker Advertiser article, July 29, 2000 | |
| Childhood Obsession, Anna Peace, Extra article, August 10 2000 | |
| Happy Snaps, David Hewitt, Broad Sheet, summer, 1999 | |