Noela hjorth biography

Noela Hjorth (5 December 1940 – 17 February 2016) was an Australian artist and builder of houses, known as living sculptures.
Noela Hjorth had a unique way of looking at the world.
Noela Hjorth was an Australian artist and builder of houses, known as living sculptures.

•

Noela Hjorth

Australian artist (1940–2016)

Noela Hjorth (5 December 1940 – 17 February 2016^[1]) was an Australian artist and builder of houses, known as living sculptures. Her work reveals a fascination with the female form and its spiritual manifestations, exploring the mythology of ancient civilisation, Western approaches to nature enshrined in Celtic and Druid traditions, and the mysticism of Eastern religion.^[2]

Biography

Noela Hjorth, printmaker, painter and sculptor, was born and studied in Melbourne, and trained at Chelsea Art School in London. Along with key printmakers such as Noel Counihan, she left a legacy as an important printmaker who helped to establish the print workshops at the Meat Market in the 1970s and 80s.

While her earlier works were characterised by female iconography, her later work deployed discarded materials into ecological social sculptures. Her later work had a strong environmental message about the role of ecology and obsolescence and took the form of social habitual structures she called living sculptures.

•

References [<ExternalResource: McCulloch, Alan (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art', Hutchinson of Australia, Melbourne, Vic. (2nd edition).>, <ExternalResource: Pauli, Vicki & Rodriguez, Judith (1984), 'Noela Hjorth', Granrott Press, Clarendon, SA (monograph).>, <ExternalResource: Wood, Lilian; with King, Grahame E. (1982), 'Directory of Australian printmakers 1982', Print Council of Australia, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Hjorth, Noela (1989), 'Noela Hjorth Journey of a Fire Goddess', Craftsman House, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: (1973), Art & Australia, Volume 10.>, <ExternalResource: (1984), Art & Australia, Volume 22.>, <ExternalResource: Germaine, Max (1991), 'A dictionary of women artists of Australia', Craftsman House, Roseville East, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Germaine, Max (1990), 'Artists & galleries of Australia', Craftsman House, Roseville, NSW (3rd, enlarged, edition).>]

•

PUBLICATIONS
- Gerzuaine, Max, Artists and Galleries of Australia and New Zealand. Lansdowne Eds., Sydney, 1979.
- McCulloch, Alan, Encyclopedia of Australian Art. Hutchinson Group, Australia, 1984.
- Gilinour, Pat, Lasting Impressions. Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 1988.
- Germaine, Max, A Dictionary of Women Artists of Australia. Craftsman House, Australia, 1991
- Who’s Who in Australia, 1997-01.
- Kirby, Sandy, Sight Lines-Women’s Art and Feminist Perspectives in Australia. -- - Craftsman House, Australia, Gordon and Breach, Australia, 1992.
- McCulloch, Alanand Susan, Encyclopedia of AustralianAzt. Allenand Unwin, Australia, 1994.
- Grishin, Sasha, AustralianPrintmakinginthe 1990s-AttistPrintmakers 1990-1995, - Craftsman House, Sydney, 1997

MONOGRAPHS
- Pauli, Vicki and Rodriguez, Judith, Noela Hjorth.

GranrottPress, South Australia 1984.
- Noela Hjorth -Journey of a Fire Goddess. Craftsman House, Sydney 1989.

ARTIST’S BOOKS
- Fantasy of Flight. Limited Edition Book of Etclungs, 1981.
- Noela Hjorth - Journey of a Fire God