Kunst

Piet Noest          Born 09 September 1938, Boskoop, The Netherlands.

                             Arrived in Australia 1981. Australian citizenship 1985.

1951-1957           Gymnasium A (Classical Grammar School) (The Netherlands).

1957-1969           College of Art, (Gerrit Rietveld Academie) Amsterdam (NL).                       

                             Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (NL).

                             Qualifications in Art Education, The Hague (NL).

1964-1981           Art Teacher/Subject Master Secondary Schools.

1968-1970           Part-time Lecturer Painting, Extramural Studies, University of Leiden, Leiden(NL)

1982-1986           Instructor Division 1 (Painting/Drawing), Queensland College of Art

                              (Griffith University), Brisbane (Qld).

1988-1991           Instructor Division 1 (Painting/Drawing/Art History),

                             Townsville College of TAFE (James Cook University) (Qld).

                             Principal Teacher Art & Design, Mt.Gravatt College of TAFE, Brisbane (Qld).

1993-1994           Consultant/Curriculum Designer Painting and Sculpture for TAFE (Qld).

1968-1982           5 group + 8 solo exhibitions in Europe, including the Municipal Art Galleries

                             'The Lakenhal', Leiden and 'Gemeentemuseum', Arnhem (NL).

1982-2007           29 group + 17 solo exhibitions in Australia, including Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.

1991-1993           Painting trip to Europe, during which 4 group + 1 solo exhibitions in Belgium

                             and The Netherlands, including 'Lineart 1992', Gent (B).

Publications         Pieter A. Scheen (Ed.): Lexicon Nederlandse Beeldende Kunstenaars 1750-1950,

                             The Hague: P.A. Scheen N.V., 1970, vol.2, p.111, ill. 572.

                             Stichting Cultureel Centrum, Heerde : Piet Noest 1977, Heerde: S.C.C.H., 1977.

                             Patrick Diamond: 'The Orientalists: Light and Passion' in

                             Arts National. Sep./Oct. 1985, pp. 84-87.

                             Nevill Drury (Ed.): New Art 1. Sydney: Craftsman House, 1987, pp. 90-93.

                             Craig Douglas: Piet Noest - Brisbane Paintings. Brisbane: Paradise Press, 1988.

                             Klaas Holtman: 'Verslinden en Herscheppen' in Noord Nederlands Orkest Magazine,

                             Vol.2, Nov./Dec. 1993, cover, p. 11.

                             Nevill Drury (Ed.): Images in Contemporary Australian Painting.

                             Sydney: Craftsman House, 1992.

                             P.M.J.E. Jacobs (Ed.), Beeldend Nederland, Tilburg, Drs P.M.J.E.Jacobs BV, 2000, volume 4, p. 446.

                             Roel H. Smit-Muller: Kunstgalerij Lenten 40 jaar, Zwolle: Waanders, 2002, pp. 70-71.

                             Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische documentatie, The Hague, record no. 59788.

Commissions        1972, 2 triptychs, City Hall, Epe (NL).

(selected)             1986-1988, corporate sponsorship

                             1995, 5 paintings and 2 pastels, Hotel Conrad, Brisbane (Qld).

                             1996, Diptych, Lobby Telstra Office, Brisbane (Qld).

                             Paintings and drawings in public, corporate and private galleries

                             and collections in Australia and overseas.

1968                  ‘De Waag', Leiden (NL) (group).

1969                  Municipal Art Gallery ‘De Lakenhal', Leiden (NL).

1971                  City Hall Art Gallery, Epe (NL) (group).

1973                  Municipal Art Gallery ‘Gemeentemuseum', Arnhem (NL).

1973                  ‘De Kolk', Assen (NL).

1973                  City Hall Art Gallery, Epe (NL) (group).

1974                  Gallery ‘AU 540', Beekbergen (NL).

1976                  Raiffeisen Gallery, Wezel (Germany) (group).

1977                  ‘Dorpshuis', Heerde (NL) (group).

1978                  Gallery ‘Vastgoed', Bloemendaal (NL).

1979                  Gallery ‘Lenten", Epse (NL).

1980                  Gallery ‘Aan de Kippenlijn', Lunteren (NL).

1981                  ‘Dorpshuis', Heerde (NL).

1982                  Queensland College of Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld (group).

1983                  Noosa Regional Art Gallery, Tewantin, Qld (group).

1983                  Darling Downs CAE, Toowoomba, Qld (group).

1983                  Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, Qld.

1984                  Queensland College of Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld (group).

1985                  Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, Qld.

1985                  Brisbane City Hall, Brisbane, Qld (group).

1987                  Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, Qld.

1987                  Cooks Hill Galleries, Newcastle, NSW.

1988                  Cooks Hill Galleries, Newcastle, NSW (group).

1988                  Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, Qld.

1989                  Matilda Gallery, Fremantle, WA (group).

1990                  Art Incorporate, Sydney, NSW.

1992                  Magnus Fine Arts, Gent (Belgium) (group).

1992                  Di-Art, Lokeren (Belgium) (group).

1992                  Lineart, Gent (Belgium) (group).

1993                  Lamerus Gallery, Zuidhorn (NL);

                          Art auction ‘Kiwanis', Leeuwarden (NL) (group).

1994                  Andrew Vincent Galleries, Brisbane, Qld

1995                  Gilchrist Galleries, Brisbane, Qld.;

                          Performance at Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld.

1998                  Renard Wardell Gallery, Melbourne, Vic (group).  

1999                  Goya Galleries, inaugural solo exhibition ,Melbourne, Vic.

2002                  Nikon Summer Salon 2002, CCP, Melbourne, Vic (group).

2002                  Croydon Four, Maroondah Art Gallery, Melbourne, Vic (group).

2002                  Hotel Sofitel, Melbourne, Vic.

2003+2004       Marlene Antico Fine Arts, Sydney, NSW, (group 3x).

2004                  Michel Sourgnes Fine Arts, Brisbane, Qld.

2004                  Judith Pugh Gallery, Mount Macedon, Vic.

2004+2006       Art Gallery Collections, Surfers Paradise, Qld. (group).

2005                  Rinaldi Gallery, Melbourne, Vic (group).

2005                  Art Sydney 05 (Galeria Aniela), Sydney, NSW (group).

• 2006 Rinaldi Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
• 2007 Pollock Gallery, Melbourne, Vic. (group 2x).