Noll Fine Art - doronoll.com

Drew (Doron) Tracy Noll - Bio

 

2021

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

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

• Teaches English full time in staj year to 10th & 11th grades for Atid/Caramim High School in Binyamina on campus and remotely from studio during corona lockdowns

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2020

• Publishes website's new homepage — Paint and Canvas — featuring most recently completed oil and acrylic paintings

• Publishes new webpage — Written Works — featuring written short stories and other creative writing projects

• Teaches English to 8th, 9th, & 10th grades at Ort, Binyamina, including to all 9th grade A1 & A2 students online from studio due to coronavirus lockdown in Israel

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2019

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

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

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

• Begins teaching English as an additional language at Ort, Binyamina, a public high school in Israel, in the 8th, 9th, and 10th grades

 

2018

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

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

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

• Paints mural on bedroom attic ceiling of starry night sky

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• Travels to Bali, Lembongan, Komodo, Flores, & Sumatra in Indonesia for a month, is inspired to teach English as a foreign language

• Zichron Art Center partnership disbands, transfers Teen Experimental Sculpture course and Drawing & Painting for Kids to home art studio

• Enrolls into intensive year-long program at Gordon Academic College to become a certified English teacher (TEFL) in Israeli public schools

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2017

• Exhibits in the group exhibition, "Regional Identity," by Ramat Hanadiv, that explores spatial identity and regional sustainability

• Establishes Zichron Art Center in business partnership & opens doors with grand opening including a speech by the mayor of Zikhron Yaakov

• Teaches Experimental Sculpture for young teens at Zichron Art Center

• Teaches a Creative Writing Lab for adults at the Zichron Art Center

• Teaches a Creative Sculpture and Multimedia Workshop for Adults at the Zichron Art Center

• Teaches Drawing and Painting privately through the Zichron Art Center

 

• Exhibits drawings in the Zikhron Library Gallery in a curated solo exhibition of selected works relating to the town of Zikhron Yaakov

• Reviewed in Gefen Magazine haMoshava by Yoel Emet on solo exhibition in the Library Gallery in Zikhron Yaakov

• Travels to Southern California and to Baja California, Mexico for three weeks

 

2016

• Paints mural on 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

• Exhibits drawings in group show at Tel Aviv University at the Green House Gallery

• Travels to Botswana, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe for one month, embarks upon new direction in work, and in life

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2014

• Exhibits drawings in solo exhibition at Café Kilimanjaro Gallery in Zikhron Yaakov, Israel

• Establishes doronoll.com

• Leaves Beth-El Zikhron Ya'akov Industries Ltd. and begins to make art full-time  

• Travels to Indonesia and Malaysia, visits Borneo and revisits undergraduate education in Animism through indigenous art and artifacts

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​​2013

• Exhibits drawings in group show at GilArt Gallery in Zikhron Yaakov, Israel

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

 

2012

• Mother dies in Northern California

• Sets up drawing table in living room and begins again to make art

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2011

• Transfers to marketing communications, website design, 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

• Originates and begins to post in "The Brave New Land" blog

• Converts to observant Judaism and marries wife again in the old city of Jerusalem

 

​2006

• Finishes woodworking projects, closes businesses, packs studios and household, and moves family to Israel

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

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2005

• Travels to Israel for eldest son's barmitzvah and to tour for one month

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2002

• Woodworking studio participates in Boulder Open Studios, a 2-day juried exhibition, oil paintings and fine cabinetry, Boulder, Colorado

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

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

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

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​​2001

• Woodworking studio participates in Boulder Open Studios, a 2-day juried exhibition, oil paintings and functional art, Boulder, Colorado; partially sells out exhibition

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

• Travels with Israeli friend to Puerto Vallarta in Mexico to surf  

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​2000

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

 

1999

• Painting studio selected to participate in Boulder Open Studios, a 2-day juried group exhibition, Boulder, Colorado; mostly sells out the exhibition 

• Travels to Akumal and Chichen Itza in Mexico, rediscovers influence of undergrad education in the art of indigenous peoples

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1998

• Exhibits and mostly sells 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

• Travels to Israel for a family wedding and tours the country for one month

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

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​1993

• Starts woodworking company, Big Sun Design, in garage with father's hand-me-down table saw and router

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1992

• Installs "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 to Boulder, Colorado; works for museums, galleries, in real estate, and learns cabinet making as employee

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​1991

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

• First son is born

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

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

• 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

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

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

• Becomes a teaching assistant in museum studies and for woodworking courses at the University of California, Irvine

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

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

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

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

• Moves to Hollywood/Santa Monica/Venice, California

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

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​​​​​​​​1987

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

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1986

• Awarded First Prize, University of Santa Barbara student exhibition

• 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

• 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"

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

• Attends the University of California, Irvine for graduate school; moves back to Laguna

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

• 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

• Backpacks across the US and Canada, flies to Europe, travels extensively through most Western European countries and to East Germany

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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

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

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

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​​1980

• Builds window frames with father, decides to continue to learn woodworking

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1971

• Awarded first place in primary school art contest, decides to become a professional artist

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1969

• Family moves from El Toro to Laguna Beach, California

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1962

• Born in October; Orange County, California

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