David Noonan (born 1969) is an Australian artist who lives and works in London.
His work was shown at Tate Modern in 2006.
Early life and education Noonan was born in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. He received his BFA (Painting) in 1989 from Ballarat University College and his MFA in 1992 from Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne.
Work
His work was included in the March 2020 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art at the Art Gallery of South Australia, which was titled "Monster Theatres".
Solo exhibitions 2020 Stagecraft, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat, VIC, Australia 2019 Tapestries, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia A Dark and Quiet Place, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, WA, Australia 2018 A Dark and Quiet Place, Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne, VIC, Australia 2017 A Dark and Quiet Place, Modern Art, London 2016 Lead Light, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia 2015 Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, USA Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium 2014 Au 8, Rue Saint-Bon, Paris, France 2013 Foxy Production, New York, NY, USA Collages, Au 8, Rue Saint-Bon, Paris, France Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia 2012 Modern Art, London Origami, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium 2011 Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, USA Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia 2010 David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA SPIEL, Washington Garcia (off-site), The Mitchell Library, Glasgow 2009 Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, VIC, Australia 2008 Baronian Francey, Brussels, Belgium Chisenhale Gallery, London MARKUS, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia Art : Concept, Paris, France 2007 Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France 2006 David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA 2005 Images, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia Four New Films, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand Films and Paintings 2001–2005, Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne, VIC, Australia HOTEL, London 2004 they became what they beheld, Foxy Production, New York, NY, USA they became what they beheld, Three Walls, Chicago, IL, USA Paintings, Uplands Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia 2003 Before and Now, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia Miriam Hall, (with Starlie Geikie), Clubs Projects Inc., Melbourne, VIC, Australia SOWA (with Simon Trevaks), Artspace, Sydney, NSW, Australia SOWA (solo and collaboration with Simon Trevaks), Foxy Production, New York, NY, USA 2002 Waldhaus, Uplands Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia The Likening (with Simon Trevaks), Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia 2001 The Likening (with Simon Trevaks), Studio 12, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia 2000 more apt to be lost than got (with Simon Trevaks), Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia 1998 Saturn Return, 1st Floor, Melbourne, VIC, Australia 1997 head on, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia head on, Centre for Contemporary Art, Adelaide, SA, Australia 1995 Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia 1993 POOL, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia Type 1-36, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Selected collections Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat, VIC, Australia
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
British Council, London
CAA Art Museum, China Art Academy, Hangzhou, China
Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, USA
Charles Riva Collection, Brussels, Belgium
City of Stonnington, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, USA
Depart Foundation, Rome, Italy
Galerie de l’UQAM, Montréal, Canada
Les Abbatoirs, Toulouse, France
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Mona – Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, TAS, Australia
Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW, Australia
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT, Australia
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
RISD Museum, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, USA
Saatchi Gallery, London
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, USA
TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville, VIC, Australia
University of Ballarat Art Collection, Ballarat, VIC, Australia
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, USA
Zabludowicz Collection, London
References Life in Film: David Noonan. Frieze (102), October 2006. Accessed February 2018.
Further reading Tufnell, Rob. "Origami," in David Noonan: Origami (Brussels: Xavier Hufkens) 2012. Baran, Jessica. "David Noonan," Art in America, December 2011. Noonan, David. "Scenes." Helen Macpherson Smith Commission, 2009. Higgie, Jennifer. "David Noonan: Seven scenes among many." Art & Australia, Vol. 46, No. 1, Spring 2008: 112–119. Noonan, David (images) and Dan Fox (text). "Pageant." New York: Foxy Production, 2007. Portfolio by David Noonan, Palais de Tokyo / Magazine 02, Spring 2007: 57–72. Gronlund, Melissa. "Future Greats: David Noonan." Art Review, Issue 09, March 2007: 78–79, 95. Taft, Catherine. "David Noonan." Modern Painters, December 2006: 117. Myers, Julian. "David Noonan." Frieze, November/December 2006: 166. Laster, Paul. "David Noonan." Art Asia Pacific, Winter 2005: 51–57. Higgie, Jennifer. "David Noonan, Films and Paintings 2001–2005." Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne, 2005. Fahey, Johannah. "Before and Now: The Work of David Noonan." Eyeline. Number 58, Spring 2005: Cover Image, 42–44. Molon, Dominic. “They Became What They Beheld.” Chicago Three Walls, 2004.