Joel Rea’s paintings are published in this new book, released coinciding the highly anticipated Paintguide exhibition in London. 60 painters curated together through the medium of Instagram, all under one roof at The Unit London, November 2015. This book includes; 60 renowned artists displaying 5 of their favourite paintings, 200 full colour pages, and hard […]

Joel Rea’s Beasts of Arcadia, by Brandon Kralik. For The Huffington Post, 11/09/2015. There is a certain amount of paradox that we have to learn to live with. Things are as they are, not as we wish them to be. This duality, of having to kill to live, of having to burn fossil fuel to […]

Qweekend Sep 12, 2015 Cover Feature by Susan Johnson.QWeekend is published every week with Saturday’s The Courier-Mail Newspaper. Tigers, massive waves, drowning…welcome to the surf-meets-surrealism works of Gold Coast artist Joel Rea, whose solo show opens in New York tomorrow. See more of Joel’s arresting work and read Susan’s story, Qweekend magazine in The Courier-Mail […]

Jonathan LeVine Gallery is pleased to present Beasts of Arcadia, a series of new works by Australian artist Joel Rea in his first solo exhibition at the gallery. September 12th – October 10th, 2015. Opening Reception: September 12, 6 – 8pm at Jonathan LeVine Gallery, 529 W 20th St, New York, USA. Exhibition Runs: September […]

The September 2015 front cover of American magazine BL!SSS features Joel Rea’s new artwork from his New York solo exhibition at Jonathan LeVine Gallery. This issue also features a 6 page interview with Joel Rea by acclaimed Australian artist Jeremy Geddes.   BL!SSS Magazine, September Issue 2015 Against the backdrop of the visually inspiring nature […]

Cutback: Surfing Through Art will showcase the work of contemporary Australian artists responding to alternative aspects of surf culture. The exhibition features two paintings by Joel Rea. Gallery 1, February 14 – March 22, 2015. Gold Coast City Art Gallery. Featuring: Chris Bennie, Shaun Gladwell, Andrew Kidman, William Mackinnon, Nanda Ormond, Ben Rak and Joel Rea […]

Joel Rea’s painting ‘Pursuit Under Silver Skies’ is featured on the front cover of the latest issue of Berlin Poche Magazine. A publication for culture in Berlin, Germany, in the French language. This February 2015 issue of the French cultural magazine also offers an interview with Joel Rea. www.berlinpoche.de/joelrea

‘My pursuit is in creating these visions of eternal journeys, an infinity of possibilities delicately trapped one painting at a time in frozen stasis.’ – Joel Rea. Joel Rea’s 8th solo exhibition was held at Gallery One, Gold Coast, Australia. December 5-22nd, 2014. See exhibition here

Juxtapoz Hyperreal have curated a new generation of painters who have excelled at photorealism and hyperrealism, but have taken the mediums and injected them with new styles, techniques, ideas and individual personality. Available October 2014, the book features half a dozen paintings and interview with Joel Rea. shop.juxtapoz.com/juxtapoz-hyperreal

Queensland artist Joel Rea has taken out the People’s Choice Prize in the 2014 Black Swan Prize for Portraiture in Perth. The $7,500 St John of God Health Care People’s Choice Prize was awarded to Rea for his oil on canvas painting of Australian actor Chris Hemsworth. See the Winners Here