BIOGRAPHY
Noreen Naughton was born in Schenectady, New York. She studied at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where she received a BA in studio art in 1967 and the MEd in art education in 1974. She has done graduate work in drawing, painting and sculpture at Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture in New York City, and post-graduate work in drawing and painting at the International School of Art in Umbria, Italy. She completed studies for the MFA in painting at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in 1979.
Noreen has recently retired as Professor Emeritus of Art from Kapiʻolani Community College, University of Hawaiʻi, where she taught drawing and painting, served as visual arts coordinator and initiated the New Media Arts program. For eight summers between 1989 to 2001, Noreen also organized and led drawing and painting tours in Europe as part of the college’s study abroad program. She was awarded the University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents' Excellence in Teaching Award in 1994.
Currently Noreen is a full-time artist, painting in her studio overlooking Kāneʻohe Bay on the Windward side of Oʻahu, Hawai‘i. Noreen has had numerous solo exhibitions in Hawai'i and is represented in local, national and international collections, including the Hawaiʻi State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, and the Honolulu Museum of Art. In addition to her activities as a visual artist, she has also been a professional cellist with the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra.
In 2015 Noreen was invited, with Martica Sawin, to present a lecture at the New York Studio School, New York City, titled “The Art and Teachings of Nicolas Carone,” based on her manuscript: The Teachings of Nicolas Carone, Master Artist Teacher: Narratives, Critiques and Conversations from 1969 to 2010. Recently she was Artist-in-Residence at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park for the month of October 2016, sponsored by the National Parks Arts Foundation, and in January to February 2018, had an exhibition at the Koa Art Gallery at Kapiʻolani Community College, titled Nicolas Carone/Noreen Naughton: Sharing the Knowledge, as part of the Carone Centennial Celebration.
SOLO AND JOINT EXHIBITIONS
2018 Carone/Naughton: Sharing the Knowledge
The Koa Gallery, Kapi‘olani Community College, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
2016 Noreen Naughton, Landscape Paintings
Ōhiʻa Wing Lobby, Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, Hawai‘i
2011 Noreen Naughton, Intervals
Andrew Rose Gallery, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
2009 Sharing the Knowledge, Naughton, Chou, Lee, Sakamoto, Yamamoto, Young
The Koa Gallery, Kapi‘olani Community College, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
2008 Noreen Naughton: The Forest Series
Hawai‘i Pacific University Art Gallery, Kāneʻohe, Hawai‘i
The Landscape: Works by Mary Mitsuda, Noreen Naughton, Sharon Sussman, Debbie Young
Second Floor @ Cedar Street Galleries, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
2007 Light, Trees, and Ocean Edge, Paintings by Noreen Naughton
The Art Treasures Gallery, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Noreen Naughton & Paul Nash
Gallery ‘Iolani, Windward Community College, Kāne‘ohe, Hawai’i
2006 3 Perspectives: Plein Air Painting – Noreen Naughton, Mary Mitsuda, Sharon Sussman
Louis Pohl Gallery, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
2005 Noreen Naughton – Window Series, Paul Nash – Bullet Forms
The Koa Gallery, Kapi‘olani Community College, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
2000 Angels and Bottles: New Work by Noreen Naughton
Academy Art Center, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
1997 New Work by Noreen Naughton
The Koa Gallery, Kapi‘olani Community College, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
1994 Reflecting Light - Noreen Naughton, Paintings; Jan McWilliams, Computer Prints
The Gallery on the Pali, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
1993 Recent Paintings - Noreen Naughton
Che Pasta Cafe, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
1992 Landscape Paintings from Italy, Ireland and Hawai‘i
Che Pasta, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
1991 Recent Work
The Art Treasures Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
1988 Recent Still Life Paintings by Noreen Naughton
Royal Culture Arts Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
1985 Berkshire Paintings - Noreen Naughton
Soho Too Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
1985 Recent Works - Rodney Chang, Sculptures; Noreen Naughton, Paintings
Marinda Lee Gallery, Hawai'i Loa College, Kāneʻohe, Hawaiʻi
1979 Landscape Studies - Pat Catlett, Mel Flanagan, Noreen Naughton
Campus Center Gallery, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
1979 Paintings by Noreen Naughton
Downtown Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
1978 Three Contemporary Painters - Charles Yuen, Alan Leitner and Noreen Naughton
Foyer Gallery, Leeward Community College, Pearl City, Hawaiʻi
SELECTED JURIED AND INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2018 NYSS: West Coast Connections
Hackett Mill, San Francisco, California Juror: Karen Wilkin
2017 Contemporary Artists from Hawaii
Imago mundi project, Venice, Italy. Curator: Jennifer Karch Verze
2013 On Paper II
Andrew Rose Gallery, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Contemporary Hawaiian Landscape Painting
Andrew Rose Gallery, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
2012 On Paper
Andrew Rose Gallery, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Figures
Andrew Rose Gallery, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
2011 The Sketch Book Show: Origins
Koa Art Gallery, Kapi‘olani Community College, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Loose Women
Fishcake Gallery, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
2010 E‘E
Andrew Rose Gallery, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
2009 Choice Art 2
The Pegge Hopper Gallery, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce “Commitment to Excellence” Art Exhibition
Academy Art Center, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Aloha Hoʻomaluhia 25
Gallery ‘Iolani, Kaneohe, Hawai’i, Hawai‘i
2005 Thirteen Years of Painting at the Koa Gallery
The Koa Gallery, Kapi‘olani Community College Honolulu, Hawai‘i
2005 to 2011
Matchbox Plus
Cedar Street Galleries, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
2002 Hauʻoli La Hanau: They Say It’s Your Birthday: Happy 75th, An Invitational Exhibition
Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Response and Remembrance, a Juried Exhibition Concerning the Events of September 11, 2001 & the Aftermath
The Koa Gallery, Kapi‘olani Community College, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
1999 Matter of Heart
Peggy Hopper Gallery, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
1998 to 2010
Mixed Media Miniature Show - An Annual Invitational
The Koa Gallery, Kapi‘olani Community College, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
1998 So Long Salon
The Honolulu Advertiser Gallery, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
1997 Art & Spirituality, Sacred Space
Gallery on the Pali, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Agitating Utopia:Accomplishments of Cranbrook Academy of Art alumni
The Crafts and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, California
1996 to 2007
Showcase, a Benefit for the Honolulu Academy of Arts
Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
1990 Gaia Hawaiʻi 1990, A Benefit Exhibition
The Honolulu Advertiser, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
1986 Flora Hoʻomaluhia
Hoʻomaluhia Botanical Gardens Gallery, Hoʻomaluhia, Kāneʻohe, Hawai‘i
1985 to 1999, 2004 to 2010, 2017, 2018
Aloha Hoʻomaluhia I - XV, XX – XXVI, XXXIII, XXXIV
Hoʻomaluhia Botanical Gardens Gallery, Hoʻomaluhia, Kāneʻohe, Hawai‘i
1982, 1983, 1985, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2011
Artists of Hawai‘i
Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, Hawaiʻi
Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Ho‘omaluhia Botanical Gardens, Kāne‘ohe, Hawai‘i
Kapi‘olani Community College, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
University of Hawaii Foundation, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Satoru Abe, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Michael Bortman, Los Angeles, California
Chris and Melissa Benjamin, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Paul Bennett, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
Dr. Kevin Brogan and Siobhan Maher, Kilkenny, Ireland
Dr. Deborah Buccigrossi, Kailua, Hawai‘i
Bob and Adella Buss, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Gerry and Philip Ching, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Hank Chapin, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Dr. Rick Cicinelli, San Carlos, California
Cathy Cooke, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Jeffrey Davis, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
Jennifer and Jon Ellis, Santa Cruz, California
Dr. Georges Florsheim, Zurich, Switzerland
Dr. Jeff and Linda Fong, San Francisco, California
Kage & Pian Gimtell, Malmo, Sweden
Mrs. Robert Kemble, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Janek Konarski, Hong Kong
Judge Evelyn Lance, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Dr. Howard Liljestrand, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Dr. K.Y. Lum, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Berndt and Monica Lundqvist, Lulea, Sweden
Michael Molloy, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Dr. and Mrs. Ed Montell, Hilo, Hawai‘i
Anthony and Noreen Murphy, Mullingar, Ireland
Alex and Frances Pickens, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Alice Robinson, Makaweli, Kauaʻi
Richard and Judyann Roblee, Iphogen, Germany
Daniele & Sandra Scarpa, Venice, Italy
Nita Shulman, Ventura, California
Arnold Suzumoto, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Masami Teraoka and Lynda Hess, Waimanalo, Hawai‘i
Libby Tomar, Kailua, Hawai‘i
Richard Vuylsteke, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
Florence Webster, Kailua, Hawai‘i
Alex and Naomi Weinstein, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Kenneth Wilson, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
REVIEWS
2018 “Noreen Naughton: Living Out The Legacy Of Carone,” MaryAnne Long, February 7
East O’ahu Voice, MidWeek, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
2015 “Best of the Islands: Exceptional Talent,” Kai Anderson, March/April issue
Modern Luxury Hawai‘i, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
2011 “The Art of Species,” Shantel Grace, November 2
The Honolulu Weekly, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
2009 “Continuum, retired art professor Noreen Naughton exhibits with five former students,” Joleen Oshiro, March 1
The Honolulu Star-bulletin, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
“Mysterious Pursuits,” Marcia Morse, March 4
Honolulu Weekly, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
2008 “Plein art forest,” Marcia Morse, October 15
Honolulu Weekly, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
“9 Hawai‘i Artists to Collect,” Andrew Rose, March issue
The Honolulu Magazine, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
“The Landscape,” Joleen Oshiro, February 24
The Honolulu Star-bulletin, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
2007 “In Harmony, Artist composes paintings like music,” Sue Kiyabu, December 23
The Honolulu Advertiser, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
“Dynamic elegance,” Joleen Oshiro, September 23
The Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
2006 “Outside perspective,” Marcia Morse, September 20
The Honolulu Weekly, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
2003 “Mini-scapes impress at downtown show,” David Farmer, November 30
The Honolulu Advertiser, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
2000 “Hawaii painter combines heavenly with mundane,” Virginia Wageman, March 12
The Honolulu Advertiser, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
1997 “Noreen Naughton,” Deb Aoki, December 14
The Honolulu Advertiser, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
1992 “Noreen Naughton, Landscape Paintings from Italy, Ireland and Hawai‘i,” Joan Rose, February 23
The Sunday Star-Bulletin & Advertiser, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
1989 “Group exhibition records beauty of Hoʻomaluhia Garden setting,” Marcia Morse, May 21
The Sunday Star-Bulletin & Advertiser, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
1987 “Inspired by threatened idyll: Painters, Photographers celebrate a Windward paradise” Marcia Morse, May 17
The Sunday Star-Bulletin & Advertiser, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
1986 “Vistas From a Hidden Park,” Marcia Morse, May 4
The Sunday Star-Bulletin & Advertiser, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
1979 “Pure Art,” Frank Stewart, May
The Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
AWARDS
1996 The Watumull Foundation Purchase Award
Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
1995 NISOD Excellence Award
National Institute of Staff and Organizational Development, Austin, Texas
The Senate of the State of Hawai‘i Resolution Congratulating Noreen Naughton, Associate Professor of Art at Kapi‘olani Community College, in Receiving an Excellence in Teaching Award, March 10, 1995
Sponsored by Senator Carol Fukunaga, State Capital, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
1994 The Dewey Kim Award for Professional Development
Kapi‘olani Community College, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
The University of Hawai‘i Board of Regents’ Excellence in Teaching Award
Kapi‘olani Community College, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
1979 Purchase Award
The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
RESIDENCIES AND SELECTED PUBLIC LECTURES
2018 Conversation Between Noreen Naughton and Paul Levitt about Nicolas Carone, Jan. 22, Feb. 12
Visiting Lecture Series for Studio Fine Arts at KCC
Koa Gallery, Kapiʻolani Community College, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
2016 Artist-in-Residence, Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, Month of October
Sponsored by the National Parks Arts Foundation with funding from The National Endowment for the Arts
Noreen Naughton, Painter: Influences and Inspiration, Oct. 18
After Dark in the Park, Kīlauea Visitors Center, HVNP, Hawaiʻi
En Plein Air Painting: Composition, Oct. 8
Ōhiʻa Wing Lobby, HVNP, Hawaiʻi
En Plein Air Painting: Light and Color, Oct. 22
Ōhiʻa Wing Lobby, HVNP, Hawaiʻi
2015 The Art and Teaching of Nicolas Carone, March 4
A lecture with Martica Sawin, New York Studio School, New York, New York
Based on Noreenʻs manuscript titled: The Teachings of Nicolas Carone, Master Artist
Teacher: Narratives, Critiques, and Conversations from 1969 to 2010,
2002 Drawing in Italy
Lecture presentation for the Friends of Italy Society of Hawaiʻi, Pākī Hale, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
1995 Drawing Workshop, in conjunction with the Artist’s Hand, Drawings from the BankAmerica Collection, Nov. 11
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
1995 Italian Renaissance Art Through the Eyes of Contemporary Hawai‘i Artists, July 8
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Summer Sessions, sponsored by the Hawaiʻi Committee for the Humanities, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
1987 Using Computer Graphics to Teach Art, Feb. 20
Excellence in Teaching Conference, University of Hawaiʻi Community College System, Kapiʻolani Community College, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
1979 On Art, Noreen Naughton, Island Interviews
Interviewed by Michael Molloy co-director, Funded by the Hawaiʻi Committee for the Humanities, KAIM Radio, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
SELECTED JUROR
2016 Juror for the 2016 Hawaiʻi Convention Center Student Art Exhibition, March 2016
Sponsored by the Hawai’i State Department of Education and the Hawai’i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
2002 Awards Juror for the Hawaiʻi Watercolor Society “2002 Open Exhibition,” Nov. 2002
The ARTS at Mark’s, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
1999 Solo Juror for the Windward Artist Guild 39th Annual Exhibition, June 1999
Hoʻomaluhia Botanical Garden, Kāneʻohe, Hawaiʻi
1995 Juror for the 1995 Contemporary Exhibition, July 1995
Hawaiʻi Artists, Amfac Center, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
Juror for the 32nd Annual Membership Show, Feb. 1995
Hawaiʻi Watercolor Society, Pauahi Towers Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Present Professor Emerita of Art in Drawing, Painting and Color Theory
Kapi‘olani Community College, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
2004 – Present Professor Emeritus
1998 – 2003 Professor of Art
1994 – 1998 Associate Professor of Art
1990 – 1994 Assistant Professor of Art
1985 – 1990 Instructor of Art
Summer 2000 Study Abroad tour leader for “Painting in Paris”
Summers of 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998 and 2001
Study Abroad tour leader "Drawing in Italy"
1970 to 1985
Lecturer in Drawing, Painting, Color Theory and Interdisciplinary Arts Appreciation
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Department of Art, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, 1977 - 1985
Kapi‘olani Community College, Humanities Department, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi,1979 - 1985
Honolulu Academy of Arts, Education Department, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi,1983
Honolulu Community College, Commercial Art Department, Honolulu, Hawai‘i,1981 - 1982
University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, College of Continuing Education, Special Programs Division, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi,1978 - 1985
University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, Interarts Hawai‘i, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi,1981 - 1982
Western Michigan University, International Art and Music Workshops, Honolulu, Hawai‘i 1980
Leeward Community College, Arts and Humanities Division, Pearl City, Hawaiʻi, 1970 - 1977
1970 Violoncellist
Caecilian Orchestra, New York City
1967 to 1968
Graduate Assistantship in Art
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Department of Art, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
1966 to 1967
Freelance Instructor
Private instruction in violoncello, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
1965 to 1968
Violoncellist
Honolulu Symphony Orchestra, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
1964 to 1968
Scientific Illustrator
Department of Entomology, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
EDUCATION
1991, 1994
Post-Graduate Studies in Drawing and Painting
International School of Art in Umbria, Montecastello di Vibio, Italy
1979 MFA, Master of Fine Arts in Painting
University of Hawaʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
1974 MEd, Master of Education in Art Education
University of Hawaʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
1969 Graduate Studies in Drawing, Painting and Sculpture
New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, New York, New York
1968 Graduate Studies in Painting
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
1967 BA, Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
1966 Private Violoncello study
Kermit Moore, New York, New York
(Nov. 4, 2018)