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Noel McKenna
Australia
Noel McKenna works in a variety of media, including oil, enamel and watercolour, lithography and etching, ceramic and metal. He produces offbeat depictions of everyday scenes, often including displaced objects, people and animals. His spare canvases hint at narratives beyond the picture plane, often movingly depicting the relationship between humans and animals.
Noel McKenna won the Darling Portrait Prize at the National Portrait Gallery in 2024. He has been a finalist in the Dobell Drawing Prize twice, a finalist in the Sir John Sulman Prize ten times and a finalist in the Wynne Prize eighteen times.
Born in Brisbane, Queensland in 1956, McKenna has exhibited extensively throughout Australia and overseas including Korea, Hong Kong, Japan, Ireland, UK, USA and New Zealand. His work is held in all major state and regional galleries, and important public and corporate collections.
McKenna currently lives and works in Sydney.
Artworks By Noel McKenna
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Wheel of the child, 2023
Noel McKenna
oil on plywood
42cm
x 44.5cm
$POA
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Those who walk away, 2024
Noel McKenna
oil on plywood
41cm
x 42cm
$POA
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The two faces of January, 2024
Noel McKenna
oil on canvas
46cm
x 37cm
$POA
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The snail watcher (2), 2024
Noel McKenna
oil on canvas
41cm
x 42cm
$POA
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The shadow goes off by itself, 2024
Noel McKenna
oil on canvas
36cm
x 47cm
$POA
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Building with cats, 2023
Noel McKenna
oil on canvas
101.5cm
x 102cm
$POA
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Between ourselves, 2020
Noel McKenna
oil and acrylic on canvas
160cm
x 160cm
$POA
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353 East 56th Street, 2024
Noel McKenna
oil on plywood
41cm
x 42cm
$POA