These six artists explore the ideas, motifs and images from influential Australian artists, such as George Lambert, Ian Fairweather, Sydney Nolan and Albert Tucker, singling out works they feel they have a relationship with, examining them according to their own artistic practices. Reinterpreting figurative artworks produced by cherished Australian artists of yesteryear in the hope […]

Joel Rea is featured in Ocean Imaginaries, a group exhibition of Australian artists with work focusing on the contradictions and conflicted feelings raised by how the ocean is imagined in an age of environmental risk. Artists including Anne Bevan, Emma Critchley and John Roach, Alejandro Durán, Simon Finn, Stephen Haley, Lynne Roberts-Goodwin, Chris Jordan, Sam Leach, Janet Laurence, Mariele Neudecker, Joel Rea, […]

Joel Rea is featured in the inaugural opening group exhibition of Jonathan LeVine Projects.’ Welcome to New Jersey’, February 18 – March 18, 2017. Welcome to New Jersey is a comprehensive preview of the internationally-based, multidisciplinary artists the gallery will present to Jersey City though exhibitions, mural projects and special programs. With a newfound focus […]

Mitchell Gallery (Brisbane, Australia) is proud to present new paintings by Joel Rea at Art Stage Singapore from Thursday 12th January until Sunday 15th January 2017. Held at Marina Bay Sands, Art Stage Singapore presents a diverse range of selected galleries from across Asia and the world. In 2016 the event showcased 170 galleries from […]

Jonathan LeVine Gallery is pleased to present A Conversation Between Friends, a group exhibition presented during Art Basel Miami at the Juxtapoz Clubhouse featuring new paintings by Joel Rea. Mana Convention Center, Miami, Florida, USA. November 30th , 2016 – December 4th , 2016. In conjunction with A Conversation Between Friends, the Juxtapoz Clubhouse will host an array […]

Joel Rea is a finalist in the 2016 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize with his portrait of of Mick Fanning. The DMNPP is one the world’s largest art prizes, first place receives $150,000 (AUD). The finalists exhibition is held at Juniper Hall, Paddington, New South Wales, Australia. Open to the public from Thursday 27 October […]

Joel Rea is a finalist in the 2016 Mosman Art Prize, an annual, acquisitive award for painting sponsored by Mosman Municipal Council. Open from  August 20th to September 25th at the Mosman Art Gallery. Established in 1947, the Prize is one of the oldest and most prestigious, local government art awards in Australia. The winning works form […]

Joel Rea’s artwork is featured in the latest issue of Lapham’s Quarterly, a literary magazine based in New York City. Lapham’s Quarterly embodies the belief that history is the root of all education, scientific and literary as well as political and economic. Each issue addresses a topic of current interest and concern—war, religion, money, medicine, nature, crime—by […]

Joel Rea, 33, who was two years behind Fanning at Palm Beach Currumbin High School, painted the oil portrait of the world champion surfer in a “confident but introspective pose”. Living only suburbs away from each other Rea remembers… ‘Right from an early age Mick has chased the dream and held on to become one of the […]

Five paintings by Joel Rea are featured in the latest issue (four) of 6YL art magazine based in Melbourne, Australia. Issue Four explores the idea of ‘POWER’. In a year full of political unrest, natural disasters, and all-round bad things, our 54 artists have given us their interpretations of ‘POWER’. 6YL (a.k.a. Six Years Later) […]