
Noll Fine Art - doronoll.com
Drew (Doron) Tracy Noll - Bio
2022
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Attends son's wedding and loses 'soul' on the dance floor
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Finishes studying Hirsch Khumash 'birth parsha,' Noakh; yesh ... yeah, lekhaim!
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Publishes new webpage — Comics — featuring HOME ZOO, an endeavor to illustrate dad jokes and unexpected contextualization incorporating life's daily adventures
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Teaches English as a foreign language full time for Atid/Caramim High School in Binyamina
2021
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Exhibits oil painting in group exhibition with a new local artist's collective: the Zikhron Artist House in Zikhron Yaakov, Israel
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Publishes new webpage — Cairns - רוג'ום — a spontaneously built page from photos of spontaneously balanced stones while walking to and from work
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Travels to Iceland and camps for two weeks while driving the Ring Road and Golden Circle
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Teaches English full time for Atid/Caramim High School in Binyamina on campus and remotely from studio during coronavirus lockdowns
2020
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Publishes website's new homepage — Paint and Canvas — featuring most recently completed oil and acrylic paintings
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Publishes new webpage — Written Works — featuring written short stories and other creative writing projects
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Finishes BoZa — Book of Zombie Apocalypse (a chapbook composed of zombie fiction couched within Jewish philosophy) and self publishes
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Teaches English in staj year to 8th, 9th, & 10th grades at Ort, Binyamina, including to all 9th grade A1 & A2 students online from studio due to coronavirus lockdowns
2019
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Teaches English as a practicing teacher, part time while studying, in the 7th, 8th, and 9th grades at Ort, Binyamina
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Graduates from Gordon Academic College with international certificate to teach English as a foreign language
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Travels to Zakynthos, Greece and is inspired to write about discoveries made there
2018
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Teaches Ceramics in after-school program in the the loft at the Zichron Art Center
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Manages production facilities and kiln-firings at the Zichron Art Center
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Begins writing as a guest blogger for Israel Travel Secrets about adventures as a new immigrant in the Middle East
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Paints mural on bedroom attic ceiling of starry night sky
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Zichron Art Center partnership disbands, transfers Teen Experimental Sculpture course and Drawing & Painting for Kids to home art studio
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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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Travels to Bali, Lembongan, Komodo, Flores, & Sumatra in Indonesia for a month, is inspired to teach English as a foreign language
2017
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Exhibits in the group exhibition, "Regional Identity," by Ramat Hanadiv, that explores spatial identity and regional sustainability
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Establishes Zichron Art Center in business partnership & opens doors with grand opening including a speech by the mayor of Zikhron Yaakov
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Teaches Experimental Sculpture for teens, a Creative Writing Lab for adults, and a Creative Sculpture and Multimedia Workshop for Adults at the Zichron Art Center
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Teaches Drawing and Painting privately through the Zichron Art Center
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Exhibits drawings in the Zikhron Library Gallery in a curated solo exhibition of selected works relating to the town of Zikhron Yaakov
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Reviewed in Gefen Magazine haMoshava by Yoel Emet on solo exhibition in the Library Gallery in Zikhron Yaakov
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Travels to Baja California, Mexico and SoCal for three weeks
2016
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Paints mural on home office walls of breaking wave and pool skateboarder
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Lectures to AACI (Association of Americans & Canadians in Israel) on artworks, Israel, and Zikhron Yaakov
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Travels to Madagascar and tours the country extensively for one month
2015
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Exhibits drawings in group show at Tel Aviv University at the Green House Gallery
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Travels to Botswana, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe for one month, embarks upon new direction in work, and in life
2014
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Exhibits drawings in solo exhibition at Café Kilimanjaro Gallery in Zikhron Yaakov, Israel
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Establishes doronoll.com
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Leaves Beth-El Zikhron Ya'akov Industries Ltd. and begins to make art full-time
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Travels to Indonesia and Malaysia, visits Borneo and revisits undergraduate education in Animism through indigenous art and artifacts
2013
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Exhibits drawings in group show at GilArt Gallery in Zikhron Yaakov, Israel
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Is selected from GilArt group show by the editor for review in 'Magazine,' a local periodical in Zikhron Yaakov
2012
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Sets up drawing table in living room and begins again to make art
2011
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Transfers to marketing communications, website design/development, and document management at Beth-El Zikhron Yaakov Industries
2010
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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
2009
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Attends intensive course at In OTHER Words LTD. and becomes certified as a technical communicator
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Promoted to International Sales and Marketing at Beth-El Zikhron Yaakov Industries
2007
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Originates and begins to post in "The Brave New Land" blog
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Converts to observant Judaism and marries wife again in the old city of Jerusalem
2006
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Finishes woodworking projects, closes businesses, packs studios and household, and moves family to Israel two weeks before the 2nd Lebanon War
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Works on factory-line making cabinets and furniture for Beth-El Zikhron Yaakov Industries
2005
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Travels to Israel for eldest son's barmitzvah and to tour for one month
2002
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Woodworking studio participates in Boulder Open Studios, a 2-day juried exhibition, oil paintings and fine cabinetry, Boulder, Colorado
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Woodworking review in the Rocky Mountain News of custom kitchen in Boulder, Colorado
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Exhibits artwork in a group show at Exibitrek Gallery, Boulder, Colorado
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Moves woodworking studio into a 200 meter industrial space and spends the next few years building business
2001
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Woodworking studio participates in Boulder Open Studios, a 2-day juried exhibition, oil paintings and functional art, Boulder, Colorado; partially sells out exhibition
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Exhibits functional artworks in a group show at the Flying Frog Gallery, Boulder, Colorado
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Travels with Israeli friend to Puerto Vallarta in Mexico to surf
2000
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Painting studio participates in Boulder Open Studios, a 2-day juried group exhibition, Boulder, Colorado; mostly sells out the exhibition
1999
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Painting studio selected to participate in Boulder Open Studios, a 2-day juried group exhibition, Boulder, Colorado; mostly sells out the exhibition
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Travels to Akumal and Chichen Itza in Mexico, rediscovers influence of undergrad education in the art of indigenous peoples
1998
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Exhibits sold out exhibition of oil paintings in a solo, juried exhibition at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado
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Reviewed in Sunday Daily Camera, "Go and See: Today’s Best," by Daniel Zantzinger in Boulder, Colorado
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Reviewed in the Boulder Weekly, Panorama Picks, Boulder, Colorado
1996
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Second son is born
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Travels to Israel for a family wedding and tours the country for one month
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Father contracts a glioblastoma brain tumor and passes away in October
1993
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Starts woodworking company, Big Sun Design, in garage with father's hand-me-down table saw and router
1992
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Installs "Living Room," a solo installation at Beyond Baroque Gallery in Los Angeles, California, about difficulties with family dysfunction
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Reviewed in Artweek by Christopher Collette for "Living Room" installation at Beyond Baroque Gallery, Los Angeles
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Moves to Boulder, Colorado; works for museums, galleries, in real estate, and learns cabinet making as employee
1991
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Begins work at the J. Paul Getty Museum as Exhibition's Preparator
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First son is born
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Exhibits in group show at LACE: “Gods, Clowns, Devils, and Personal Icons”, Los Angeles, California
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Participates in The Red Zone: “Right to Remain Silent," a 'gorilla installation / performance piece in Los Angeles
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Mother is diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder and hospitalized
1990
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Exhibits in the group show, “M.O.C.A. / Java,” at Java Coffee House, Los Angeles, California
1989
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Exhibits work in a group show at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
1988
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Participates in the "V.E.X." group exhibition at the University of Southern California Gallery, Los Angeles, California
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Awarded the faculty selected Fellowship Award from the University of California at Irvine
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Becomes a teaching assistant in museum studies and for woodworking courses at the University of California, Irvine
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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
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Graduates with a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of California at Irvine
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Exhibits "Scrap Dog" plaster and found object sculptures in group show at the Bad Eye Gallery in Los Angeles, California
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Moves to Hollywood, then to Santa Monica/Venice, California
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Begins working for the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles as Exhibition's Preparator
1987
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Participates in a group exhibition at the U. C. Irvine Gallery
1986
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Awarded First Prize, University of Santa Barbara student exhibition
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Exhibits work in honor's program Duel Exhibition at U.C. Santa Barbara Art Museum Auxiliary Gallery
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Exhibits in solo exhibition at the California State Capital building in Sacramento
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Reviewed in the Santa Barbara News and Review for mural created for the UCSB Art Museum
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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
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Attends the University of California, Irvine for graduate school; moves back to Laguna
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Is mentioned in the Los Angeles Times, Orange County Edition, by Cathy Curtis about UC Irvine graduate students
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Converts to Reform Judaism, becomes Doron ben-Avraham, marries in parent's backyard, and honeymoons in Israel for one month
1985
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Awarded faculty selected Honor’s recipient, University of California at Santa Barbara
1984
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Attends art school at the University of California, Santa Barbara
1983
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Backpacks across the US and Canada, flies to Europe, travels extensively through most Western European countries and to East Germany
1982
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Exhibits work in a group show at the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, California
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Attends art school at Laguna College of Art and Design in Laguna Beach, California
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Attends art school at Orange Coast College in Irvine, California
1981
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Awarded the Bank of America Award for artwork
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Graduates from Laguna Beach High School, California
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Is recipient of juried Festival of Arts scholarship (reapplied, interviewed, and received for 5 consecutive years)
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Attends art school in the fall at Orange Coast College, Santa Ana, California
1980
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Builds window frames with father, decides to continue to learn woodworking
1971
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Awarded first place in primary school art contest, decides to become a professional artist
1969
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Family moves from El Toro to Laguna Beach, California
1962