Sounds in the air - Soft Light
Acrylic on paper 69 x 89cm
£575
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Artists A-Z
Noëlle Griffiths
Noëlle Griffiths studied Fine Art at St Martin's School of Art, London 1978-1982. She left London to live in North Wales to paint professionally in 1985 and lives with her family near Maentwrog. Noelle has taught art part-time since 1987 and is currently teaching on the part-time BA & MA in Fine Art for Bangor University.
Noelle has exhibited regularly in group and solo exhibitions since 1983. She has received various awards, residencies and travel scholarships, most recently to India in 2003 and Galicia, Spain in 2006.
Solo and two person exhibitions include Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno 1993; Aberystwyth Arts Centre 1994; Crypt Gallery, Seaford 1995; Davies Memorial Gallery, Newtown 1996; Wrexham Arts Centre 2002; Duncan Campbell Fine Art, London 2003; Ceredigion Museum, Aberystwyth 2004; UWE, Bristol 2005; MOMA Wales, Machynlleth 2007 & 2010.
As well as painting Noëlle has made one-off books since 1988, and editioned books since 2003 when she started Hafod Press. She started artistsbooksonline.com in 2005 which now has 40 artists online.
Hafod Press books are in various collections including the British Library, London and V&A Museum, London; MMU Special Collections, Manchester; Leeds College of Art & Design; University of the Creative Arts, Farnham. The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth collects and archives Hafod Press books.
STATEMENT
"My paintings attempt to capture the essence and distillation of an experience. I use personal experience, memory and ideas to explore an intuitive and often abstracted visual language. My paintings are concerned with simplification, space and colour.
My artist's books fall into two categories: books that relate to the themes explored in my paintings, and books that are inspired by my travels. I am particularly drawn to the simplicity and intimacy that books can contain, it is possible to separate images, with or without text, to create a narrative similar to film. My books often contain an element of recording something that will never exist or happen again."
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