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Drew (דורון) Tracy Noll - A Creative Bio 

 

2023

  • Writes blogpost about the October 7 terror attack and subsequent war experiences, in context with life, art, and living in Israel 

  • Exhibits several drawings and paintings in a small solo exhibition: "Breaking Distance," at Cramim High School, Binyamina, in order to 'break distance' with students  

  • Completes the Parsha Project, a year-long endeavor to learn the parsha of the week, then to create and publish a weekly commentary on a part of it via cartoon

  • Attends son's wedding, where hand-drawn caricatures of the happy couple greeted the guests

  • First grandchild is born to youngest son and his wife — mazal tov!

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  • Teaches English as a Foreign Language (EFL) to 5 point students in 10th, 11th, & 12th grades for Atid/Caramim High School in Binyamina

  • Teaches Conflict Resolution in the 11th grade Diplomacy major for Atid/Caramim High School in Binyamina

  • Teaches Introduction to the Diplomacy Major to 9th grade students at Atid/Caramim Middle School in Binyamina

  • Travels to the Sinai Peninsula and summits Mt. Sinai; photographs various landmarks and views

  • Travels to the Amazon Rainforest in Ecuador and gets caught briefly in a strike by indigenous locals for fair and equal treatment by the government 

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2022​​​​

  • Exhibits mural in: To and from Home, Distraction in the Public Space; Zikhron Yaakov's 140th anniversary; developed / curated by Revital Silverman with Tzipi Orovitz

  • Publishes new webpage — Comics — featuring HOME ZOO, an endeavor to illustrate dad jokes and unexpected contextualization incorporating life's daily adventures

  • Featured weekly parsha cartoon included (by a CBShlub biking cohort) in the newsletter of Kehillat Sulam Yaakov in Zikhron Yaakov, Israel (image: DALL·E)

  • Attends son's wedding and loses 'soul' on the dance floor - mazal tov!

  • ​​Participates in a Diplomacy Seminar at Givat Haviva between Arab and Jewish high school students

  • Teaches English as a Foreign Language (EFL) to 5 point students in 10th, 11th, & 12th grades for Atid/Caramim High School in Binyamina

  • Travels to Cyprus for two days; photographs various landmarks and views 

  • Travels to Morocco and tours much of the country by 4X4 vehicle for two weeks 

 

2021

  • Exhibits oil painting in group exhibition with a new local artist's collective: the Zikhron Artist House in Zikhron Yaakov, Israel

  • Publishes new webpage — Cairns - רוג'ום — a spontaneously built page from photos of spontaneously balanced stones while walking to and from work 

  • Teaches EFL full time in 10th & 11th grades for Atid/Caramim High School in Binyamina on campus and remotely from studio during coronavirus lockdowns

  • Travels to Iceland and camps in a van for two weeks while driving the Ring Road and Golden Circle  

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2020

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2019

  • Graduates from Gordon Academic College with international certificate to teach English as a foreign language

  • Teaches English as a Foreign Language (EFL) as a practicing teacher in the 7th, 8th, and 9th grades at Ort, Binyamina, part time while studying

  • Travels to Zakynthos, Greece and is inspired to write about discoveries made there

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2018

  • Paints mural on bedroom attic ceiling of starry night sky for a private client

  • writes as a guest blogger for Israel Travel Secrets about adventures as a new immigrant in the Middle East

  • Manages ceramic production facilities and kiln-firings at the Zichron Art Center

  • Teaches Ceramics in after-school program in the the loft at the Zichron Art Center

 

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2017

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2016

  • Paints mural on private home office walls of breaking wave and pool skateboarder

  • Lectures to AACI (Association of Americans & Canadians in Israel) on artworks, Israel, and Zikhron Yaakov

  • Travels to Madagascar and tours the country extensively for one month

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2015

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2014

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​​2013

  • Exhibits drawings in group show at GilArt Gallery in Zikhron Yaakov, curated by gallery owner: Gila Hamtzani

  • Is selected from GilArt group show by the editor for review in 'Magazine,' a local periodical in Zikhron Yaakov​​

 

2012

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2011

  • Transfers to marketing communications, website design/development, and document management at Beth-El Zikhron Yaakov Industries

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2010

  • Travels to Italy for the third time, and for lack of a painting studio is inspired to begin painting mural across kitchen cabinets in home

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2009

  • Attends intensive course at In OTHER Words LTD. and becomes certified as a technical communicator

  • Promoted to International Sales and Marketing at Beth-El Zikhron Yaakov Industries  

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​2007

​2006

  • Finishes woodworking projects, closes businesses, packs studios and household, and moves family to Israel two weeks prior to the 2nd Lebanon War

  • Works on factory-line making cabinets and furniture for Beth-El Zikhron Yaakov Industries in Zikhron Yaakov, Israel

 

2005

  • Travels to Israel for eldest son's barmitzvah and to tour for one month, one year before moving to the Middle East

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2002

  • Exhibits artworks in woodworking studio in Boulder Open Studios, a 2-day juried exhibition; oil paintings and functional art, Boulder, Colorado

  • Exhibits artwork in a group show at Exibitrek Gallery, Boulder, Colorado

  • Woodworking review in the Rocky Mountain News of custom kitchen in Boulder, Colorado

  • Moves woodworking studio into a 200 meter industrial space and spends the next few years building business

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​​2001

  • Exhibits artworks in woodworking studio in Boulder Open Studios, a 2-day juried exhibition; oil paintings and functional art, Boulder, Colorado

  • Exhibits functional artworks in a group show at the Flying Frog Gallery, Boulder, Colorado

  • Travels with Israeli friend to Sayulita near Puerto Vallarta in Mexico to surf, and then promptly impales both feet onto giant sea urchin spines 

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​2000

  • Exhibits artworks in painting studio in Boulder Open Studios, a 2-day juried group exhibition, Boulder, Colorado; mostly sells out the exhibition

 

1999

  • Exhibits artworks in painting studio in Boulder Open Studios, a 2-day juried group exhibition, Boulder, Colorado; sells out the exhibition 

  • Travels with family to Akumal and Chichen Itza in Mexico 

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1998

  • Exhibits sold out exhibition of oil paintings in a solo, juried exhibition at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado

  • Reviewed in Sunday Daily Camera, "Go and See: Today’s Best," by Daniel Zantzinger in Boulder, Colorado

  • Reviewed in the Boulder Weekly, Panorama Picks, Boulder, Colorado

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​​1996

  • Second son is born, becomes stay-at-home dad and provides parental supervision and care full time, between woodworking jobs

  • Father contracts a glioblastoma brain tumor and  passes away in October

  • Travels to Israel for the first time to attend a family wedding and tours the country extensively for one month

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​1994

  • Starts woodworking company, Big Sun Design, in suburban home's one-car garage using father's hand-me-down table saw, router, and various hand tools 

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1992

  • Exhibits "Living Room," a solo installation at Beyond Baroque Gallery in Los Angeles, California, about difficulties with family dysfunction

  • Reviewed in Artweek by Christopher Collette for "Living Room" installation at Beyond Baroque Gallery, Los Angeles

  • Moves family to Boulder, Colorado after Rodney King riots in LA; works for museums, galleries, in real estate & management, and learns cabinet making as employee

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​1991

  • Exhibits in group show at LACE: “Gods, Clowns, Devils, and Personal Icons”, Los Angeles, California

  • Exhibits in The Red Zone: “Right to Remain Silent," a 'gorilla installation / performance piece in Los Angeles

  • Begins work at the J. Paul Getty Museum as Exhibition's Preparator

  • First son is born

  • Mother is diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder and hospitalized

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​1990

  • Exhibits in the group show, “M.O.C.A. / Java,” at Java Coffee House, Los Angeles, California

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1989

  • Exhibits work in a group show at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery

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1988

  • Exhibits in the "V.E.X." group exhibition at the University of Southern California Gallery, Los Angeles, California

  • Exhibits graduate thesis exhibition juxtaposing minimalist wooden sculpture with intuitive mysticism in drawing and painting at the U.C. Irvine Gallery

  • Exhibits "Scrap Dog" plaster and found object sculptures in group show at the Bad Eye Gallery in Los Angeles, California

  • Awarded the faculty selected Fellowship Award from the University of California at Irvine

  • Teaches museum studies and woodworking courses as a T.A. at the University of California, Irvine

  • Teaches beginning drawing course at the University of California, Irvine

  • Graduates with a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of California at Irvine

  • Begins working for the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles as Exhibition's Preparator

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​​​​​​​​1987

  • Exhibits in a group exhibition at the U. C. Irvine Gallery

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1986

  • Exhibits work in honor's program Duel Exhibition at U.C. Santa Barbara Art Museum Auxiliary Gallery

  • Exhibits in solo exhibition at the California State Capital building in Sacramento

  • Awarded First Prize, University of Santa Barbara student exhibition

  • Reviewed in the Santa Barbara News and Review for mural created for the UCSB Art Museum

  • Reviewed on front page: Arts and Leisure section of Santa Barbara News Press for "Syndrome Throne"

  • Reviewed in the Los Angeles Times, Orange County Edition, by Cathy Curtis about UC Irvine graduate students

  • Graduates as Summa Cum Laude with Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Converts to Reform Judaism, becomes Doron ben-Avraham, marries in parent's backyard, and honeymoons in Israel for one month

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​​​​​​1985

  • Awarded faculty selected Honor’s recipient, University of California at Santa Barbara

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1984

  • Attends art school at the University of California, Santa Barbara

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1983

  • Travels on busses with a backpack for 2 weeks in the US and Canada, then flies to Europe and travels for months by train throughout the west, and to East Berlin

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1982

  • Exhibits work in a group show at the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, California

  • Attends art school at Laguna College of Art and Design in Laguna Beach, California

  • Attends art school at Orange Coast College in Irvine, California

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​1981

  • Awarded the Bank of America Award for artwork

  • Graduates from Laguna Beach High School, California

  • Is recipient of juried Festival of Arts scholarship (reapplied, interviewed, and received for 5 consecutive years)

  • Attends art school in the fall at Orange Coast College, Santa Ana, California

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1971

  • Awarded first place in primary school art contest and decides to become a professional artist, whatever that might have meant at the time

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1969

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1962

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