Selected for Salon des Refusés 2013
Joel Rea's portrait of Ray Meagher has been Selected for the Salon des Refusés, the alternative selection from hundreds of entries to the Archibald and Wynne Prizes. The exhibition runs from the 23rd March - 19th May at the S.H. Ervin Gallery located at Observatory Hill, The Rocks, Sydney.
See finalists and show info here
See the portrait here
Artwork Featured on Album
Joel Rea's painting has been featured as album artwork for the latest release by composer Carl Vine. 'Moment of Truth' appears on the front and back covers and inside booklet.
Carl Vine is one of Australia’s most popular composers, his music heard regularly in concert halls around the country.
www.abc.net.au/carlvine
Joel Rea Limited Edition Fine Art Prints
For the first time in 5 years of publishing, Joel Rea Limited Edition Fine Art Prints
can be purchased directly online in 2013.
This online method has come due to ever growing popularity of these collectable and affordable hand signed prints, made from the finest paper and inks available today.
www.joelrea.bigcartel.com
Painting Highly Commended
Joel Rea's painting 'A New Day' was Highly Commended at the 2012 Clayton Utz Art Award in Brisbane. Clayton Utz is one of Australia's largest and most successful law firms and is proud to support the Arts with the Clayton Utz Art Award.
See the finalists here.
Clayton Utz Art Award 2012
For the second year running Joel Rea has been selected as a finalist in the Clayton Utz Art Award, held in October 2012. Clayton Utz is one of Australia's largest and most successful law firms and is proud to support the Arts with the Clayton Utz Art Award. The award offers a $10,000 winners prize.
www.claytonutzartaward.com.au
Art San Diego 2012 Contemporary Art Fair
Joel Rea will be exhibiting new works with Lethbridge Gallery at the San Diego Contemporary Art Fair, held in San Diego, California, USA.
Returning with the 4th Edition of the Fair September 6–9, 2012. Last year’s Fair received record attendance with over 8,000 collectors, curators, museum directors and art enthusiasts.
www.artsandiego2012.com
Catapult Art Magazine Feature
Joel Rea has been featured in a 12 page interview and front cover of the September 2012 issue of American Art Magaine, Catapult. Visit the Catapult website to read the entire issue online, or view the Joel Rea segment only via the below PDF.
www.catapult-mag.com
View PDF of the article here.
2012 Moran Portrait Prize Semi-Finalist
Joel Rea has been short listed as a semi-finalist in the 2012 Moran Portrait Prize. The finalists will be announced July 2nd 2012.
The Doug Moran National Portrait Prize is an annual Australian portrait prize founded by Doug Moran in 1988, It is the richest portrait prize in the world with A$150,000 awarded to the winner.
www.moranprizes.com.au/Shortlist
Art on Art Exhibition in June
Joel Rea is included in this Gold Coast City Art Gallery Group Exhibition, May 12 - June 24, 2012.
The exhibition features the work of Joe Furlonger, PJ Hickman, Alasdair Macintyre, Joel Rea, Scott Redford, Victoria Reichelt, Julie Rrap, Matthew Sleeth, Imants Tillers, Greg Weight, Anne Zahalka and Michael Zavros.
Click here for exhibition info
Art Melbourne in May with Lethbridge Gallery
Joel will be exhibiting new paintings at Art Melbourne 2012 with Lethbridge Gallery. 24-27th May, Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton.
Art Melbourne, Melbourne's Affordable Art Fair attracts over 14,000 visitors annually. Featuring both collectable and affordable art, the show is one of the largest annual art fairs in Australia.
www.affordableartfair.com.au
'Inner-View' - The Joel Rea Video Portrait
'Inner-View', is a video portrait of painter Joel Rea, depicting his fine art practice and discovering personal insights into the artist's life.
The film was commissioned by the Regional Arts Development Fund, a Queensland Government and Gold Coast City Council partnership to support local arts and culture.
Click here to watch Inner-View on Youtube
Joel Rea Solo Exhibition in April - Existence of Reality
Solo exhibition of new oil paintings by Joel Rea at Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane. April 28th - May 11th, 2012.
Gallery Hours: Sat/Sun 10am-5pm, Thur/Fri 10am-2pm
Lethbridge Gallery- 136 Latrobe Terrace, Paddington, QLD.
www.lethbridgegallery.com
Easter Arts Festival 2012
Joel Rea has been selected as the feature artist for the King's Christian College Easter Arts Festival, March 27th & 28th, 2012.
Following on from last years festival which featured internationally renowned artist Robert Lovett, Joel is headlining the 11th anniversary of this Gold Coast Arts event.
www.kingscollege.qld.edu.au
Bleach Festival 2012
From 11-26 February 2012, music, art, writing, film and photography sharing the common theme of surfing will be on display across the iconic beaches and venues of the Southern Gold Coast.
Joel Rea will be a featured artist of the Bleach Collective and Pop-Up Exhibitions. See the website link below to view the artist profiles.
www.bleachfestival.com.au
Melbourne Exhibition Federation Square
In November paintings by Joel Rea will be on exhibition at the No-Vacancy Project Space, The Atrium, in Federation Square, Melbourne. The group exhibition is on show during Melbourne Cup week, from Tues 1st Nov and runs until Sun 6th Nov.
The official launch of this Lethbridge Gallery group exhibition is on Friday the 4th of November.
www.no-vacancy.com.au/
Charity Art Exhibition to Raise Funds
Community Hart Organisation has created events in October to help raise funds for Amigos of Dave, a foundation set up for Dave Montoya who was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2008. Joel Rea will donate the entire proceeds of the sale of a portrait of his 21-week pregnant wife.
Gold Coast Mail article
View PDF invite
Follow Joel Rea on Facebook
You can now follow Joel Rea on Facebook. Click the like button to subscribe to upcoming news and events and see paintings and photos from the studio.
Click here to visit the Joel Rea Facebook fan page
Finalist in Clayton Utz Art Award
Joel Rea has been selected as a finalist in the 2011 Clayton Utz Art Award, held in Sept/Oct 2011. Clayton Utz is one of Australia's largest and most successful law firms and is proud to support the Arts with the Clayton Utz Art Award. The award offers a $10,000 winners prize.
www.claytonutzartaward.com.au
Painting Highly Commended
Joel Rea's painting 'Moment of Truth' received a high commendation from the judges at the 2011 Metro Gallery Art Award. Rea was runner up to winning Melbourne artist Vincent Fantauzzo. Picture left: Metro Gallery Director Barry Fitzgerald with Joel Rea.
blog.metrogallery.com.au
Nine News Gold Coast
Joel Rea has been featured on Nine News Gold Coast, the interview took place at his newly built Gold Coast studio.
Youtube clip coming soon.
ABC Radio Interview
ABC Radio has interviewed Joel Rea about his painting practice along with being a finalist in Australia's richest art prize for young artists. The interview took place on the 12/07/2011. See the online version of the interview at the link below.
www.abc.net.au/joelrea
Front Page of Gold Coast Bulletin
Joel Rea's painting 'Moment of Truth' was featured on the front page of the Gold Coast Bulletin 12/07/2011. An online version of the story is featured on the goldcoast.com.au website, link below.
www.goldcoast.com.au/joelrea
View PDF of front page here.
Metro Art Award Finalist
For the second year in a row, Joel Rea has been selected as a finalist in the prestigious Metro Art Award held in Victoria.
The 2011 Metro Gallery Art Award, now in its ninth year, is Australia’s richest art award for emerging Australian artists.
www.metrogallery.com.au/award
Gold Coast Men of the Moment
Joel Rea is featured in the July/August issue of Gold Coast Panache Magazine, Men of the Moment.
Inspirational, authoritative and luxurious, Gold Coast Magazine is a unique publication created to indulge, update and engage the premium leisure market the Gold Coast sustains.
www.goldcoastmagazine.com.au
View PDF article here.
Friends of Kirra Hill Exhibition
Artworks by Joel Rea are being exhibited in the Friends of Kirra Hill gallery rooms in July.
The objective of the Friends for Kirra Hill Inc association is:
To provide opportunities to foster and celebrate culture on the southern Gold Coast and to promote and celebrate local cultural heritage.
www.friendsofkirrahill.com
Simjen Entrepeneur Magazine
A three page story and interview with Joel Rea is featured in the latest issue of Simjen Entrepeneur magazine. The magazine is produced by industry leaders overcoming the current trends & challenges.
www.simjen.com
View PDF article here.
Selected Finalist
Prometheus Visual Arts Award 2011
Joel Rea has been selected as a finalist in the 2011 Prometheus Visual Arts Award. Exhibition runs 28th May to the 1st June.
www.prometheusartaward.com.au
New Paintings at Art Melbourne 2011
Joel Rea is exhibiting new paintings in Melbourne with Lethbridge Gallery in May.
Art Melbourne attracts over 15,000 visitors annually with the purpose of buying art. Featuring art that is both collectable and affordable, the Melbourne show is one of the largest annual art fairs in Australia.
www.artmelbourne11.com.au
New Paintings Preview
New Paintings by Joel Rea will be previewed in Brisbane two weeks before Art Melbourne 2011 at Lethbridge Gallery, Paddington.
To get email exhibition invitations and notifications when new Joel Rea works arrive in the gallery, be sure to sign up to the Lethbridge Gallery mailing list.
www.lethbridgegallery.com
Gold Coast Young Achievers
Joel Rea has won the Young Gold Coast Achievers in Vocational Excellence Award. A resident of the Gold Coast since 1985, Joel was short-listed for the award along with seven other finalists due to his success within his Fine Art practice.
The Young Achievers Award night was held on Tuesday 10th. May 2011.
www.broadbeachrotary.org
Get It Magazine
Joel Rea has been featured in a double page spread in the April issue. Get It Magazine brings the who and where of the city right into your home, combining local talent, food, fashion, opinions and the great Queensland lifestyle.
www.getitmagazine.com.au
View PDF article here.
Grind Magazine
Joel Rea has been featured in a double page spread in the latest issue of Grind Magazine 2011. Grind Magazine is community, culture and coffee magazine available in all Zarraffa's Coffee outlets.
www.grindmagazine.com.au
View PDF article here.
Art on the Gold Coast January 2011
Paintings by Joel Rea are currentley on exhibition at Astras Galleries on the Gold Coast. Located at Marina Mirage one of Australia's most famous shopping locations and situated next to the world famous Palazzo Versace, Seaworld, Fisherman's Wharf and Australia's most exclusive boating Marinas, Astras Galleries hosts fine and contemporary art by Australia's most prestigious and exciting artists with the gallery overlooking spectacular Broadwater views.
www.astrasgalleries.com
Sydney Exhibition
New Paintings by Joel Rea exhibited by Lethbridge Gallery at Art Sydney10.
The Weekend Australian Art Sydney fair attracts over 15,000 visitors annually with the purpose of buying art. Featuring art that is both collectable and affordable, The Weekend Australian Art Sydney show is one of the largest annual art fairs in Australia.
www.artsydney10.com.au
Shortlisted Finalist
Joel Rea has been shortlisted in the Redland Art Awards 2010, 7th November - 5th December 2010.
Redland Art Awards is a biennial contemporary painting competition open to all Australian artists. Presented by Redland Yurara Art Society and Redland Art Gallery, Redland Art Awards 2010 features four non-acquisitive prizes. $10,000 is awarded as first prize.
www.redlandartawards.org.au
Exhibition Review
Suzanna Clarke has reviewed Joel Rea's latest exhibition 'Monuments & Miniatures' in the weekend edition of the Courier Mail, August 28/29th, 2010.
The exhibition features oil paintings by Rea, ranging from a the epic and ambitious 27 self portraits in 1 piece entitled 'Monumentum' to intense palm sized miniatures.
Joel Rea Interview and Story
The career of Joel Rea along with his current exhibition of oil paintings 'Monuments and Miniatures' has been reviewed in an article by the Sunday Mail's Ronnie Girdham.
The exhibition was held at Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane.
View PDF here.
Monuments & Miniatures
Solo exhibition of new oil paintings on at Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane. August 28th - Sept 3rd, 2010.
There has been talk. Deep, darkening, depressing talk about painting becoming a dead form of art. But we all know actions speak louder than words, and the Joel Rea exhibition is speaking a hell of a lot louder than any such talk. - By Beccanie Evans and Sarah Hazlehurst.
www.lethbridgegallery.com
Metro Art Award Finalist
Joel Rea has been selected as a finalist in the 2010 Metro Art Award, the richest art award for Australian artists under 35 years of age.
Former Victorian Premier Jeffrey Kennett heads the judging panel and three different judges are brought in each year to decide on the $40,000 winning entry.
www.metrogallery.com.au/award
Marc Eckō blogs Joel Rea
Marc Echō has featured Joel Rea's paintings on his official blog, Being Marc Echō.
Eckō is an American serial entrepreneur. He is the founder and Chief Creative Officer of Marc Eckō Enterprises, a billion dollar full-scale global fashion and lifestyle company.
www.beingmarcecko.com
