Joel Smoker

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Biography

Joel Smoker was born in Derby, WA, in 1952 and grew up in Kimberley towns where he developed a life long love of the Australian landscape. He has used this fascination as an inspiration in the creation of artworks in the mediums of ceramics, painting, pastel drawings, screen printing, photography and recorded songs. Joel has exhibited widely in Art galleries in towns and cities around Australia. His work is represented in the collections of the Art Gallery of WA, the Fremantle City Council, the Geraldton Regional Art Gallery, the Shire of Mundaring, the National Gallery of Victoria nd numerous private collections. Joel has published two books of his art; the Way Out West book of his pastel drawings and the The Kimberley Series book of photographs. Joel has recently moved to Denmark with his wife, Alexis, where they have built a studio in which to work.

Solo Exhibitions

2020
Big, Wide Land
Pastel Drawings Bunbury Regional Art Gallery

2020
Big Wide Land
Pastel Drawings and Ceramics ArtGeo Gallery, Busselton, WA

2014
Circle, Line and Square
Ceramics and Pastel Drawings Zig Zag Art Gallery Kalamunda, WA

2013
Where the Sun Sleeps
Ceramics and Pastel Drawings Mezannine Art Gallery Darlington, WA

2013
Curchlands S.H.S. Community Art Exhibition
Joel Smoker Feature Artist Ceramics and Pastel Drawings

2012
Way Out West
Book Launch and Pastel Drawings The Gallery, Ellenbrook, WA

2009
The Kimberley Series
Book launch and Photography The Gallery, Ellenbrook, WA

2001
From the Outback to the City
Bunbury Regional Art Gallery

1999
Landscape Line, Urban Edge
Stafford Studios of Fine Art Cottesloe, WA

1999
From the Outback to the City
Goldfields Art Gallery Kalgoorlie, WA

1998
From the Outback to the City
Ceramics, Drawing and Photography Geraldton Regional Art Gallery, WA

1997
From the Outback to the City
Ceramics, Drawings and Photography Stafford Studios of Fine Art Cottesloe, WA

1997
From the Outback to the City
Ceramics, Drawings and Photography Vancouver Art Centre, Albany WA

1996
From the Outback to the City
Ceramics and Photography Durack Gallery Broome WA

1992
The Kimberley
Photography, Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney, NSW

1992
Home Country
Photography, Birrukmarri Gallery, Fremantle WA

1992
Of Slabs and Spheres
Ceramics and Photography Stafford Studios of Fine Art Cottesloe, WA

1990
Out on Highway One
Ceramics, Photography and Drawings Kreations Gallery, Broome, WA

1990
Out on Highway nOne
Ceramics and Photography, Kununurra, WA

1989
Out on Highway One
Ceramics and Photography NT Crafts Council

1988
Ceramics Exhibition
Fremantle Arts Centre

1988
The Kimberley
Ceramics and Photography Holdsworth Gallery, Sydney, NSW

1987
The Kimberley
Ceramics and Photography Kununurra, WA

1987
The Kimberley
Ceramics and Photography WA Crafts Council

1985
Home Country
Ceramics and Photography, Broome WA

1984
Out on Highway One
Ceramics and Photography NT Crafts Council

1983
Ceramics and Painting Exhibition
Undercroft Gallery, UWA

1982
I Love a Sunburnt Country
Ceramics and Photography Eric Carr Gallery, Fremantle, WA

1982
Advance Australia Where?
Mixed Media Nexus Gallery, Fremantle, WA

1982
Advance Australia Where?
Mixed Media Jam Factory Gallery, Adelaide, SA

1981
Art For The Real World
Perth Potters Club, Cottesloe, WA

1980
Around the Traps
Printmaking and Sculpture. WAIT, Bentley, WA

1980
Somethings Clay
Undercroft Gallery, University of WA

Group Exhibitions

2012
Mundaring Hills Open Studios
Ceramics and Printmaking Mundaring Art Centre, WA

2011
The CAA of WA Annual Selective Show
Heathcoate Museum and Gallery, WA

1995
Celebrating the Fellows
Craftswest Gallery, Perth, WA

1981
Two Man Show
Ceramics and Painting Mac Betts and Joel Smoker Bonython Gallery, SA

1980
Invitation Ceramics Award
Fremantle Arts Centre

1979
Three Man Show
Fremantle Arts Centre

1978
Four Young Potters
Carrols Art Gallery

1978
A Fine Line
WAIT Graduates Exhibition

Commissions

2021
The Ragged Range

Joel Smoker
Ceramics, Drawing, Painting

Artist Statement

Joel Smoker has worked in a variety of Art media in his long history as an exhibiting artist. Currently he is working with pastel pencils and pastel chalks on paper. The inspiration for his pastels is taken from his journeys around Western Australia featuring both natural and manmade subjects.