Noel Betowski
British artist
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Noel Betowski (born 1952 in Tilbury, Essex,[1] England) is an artist living and working in Cornwall.[2][3]
He graduated from Central School of Art and Design in 1976,[3] having been taught by David Haughton.[4] Betowski was a winner of the John Constable prize in 1987 and 1988 and has exhibited at Royal Cornwall Museum,[5] The Royal Academy and The National Portrait Gallery.[6]
Betowski is an elected member of the Penwith Society of Arts[4] and a member of the Newlyn Society of Artists.[7]
His work references Entoptic phenomenon and Dazzle camouflage which was used on shipping to confuse enemy guns in World War II.[8]
Publications
- St. Ives 1893-1993: Portrait of an Art Colony - Marion Whybrow ACC Art Books 1994.
- St. Ives Revisited by Peter Davies Old Bakehouse Publications 1993 ISBN 978-1874538059
- Behind the Canvas - Sarah Brittain & Simon Cook Truran 2001 ISBN 978-1850221593
- Noel Betowski Illumination The Great Atlantic Galleries 2005.
- St. Ives 1975-2005: Art Colony in Transition - Peter Davies St Ives Printing & Publishing Co 2007 ISBN 978-0948385452
- Noel Betowski-Triptych - Minchin 2009.
- Noel Betowski - Out of Nowhere - Royal Cornwall Museum, exhibition catalogue 2011.
