NOEL
Noel Maghathe is a queer, mixed Palestinian American artist currently based in Cincinnati. Dedicated to gender, identity and memory, Maghathe uses performance and installation to advance socially conscious dialogues centering queer voices. Maghathe graduated from the Art Academy of Cincinnati with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture and Photography in 2018 where they were awarded the Stephen H. Wilder Traveling Scholarship. Maghathe has performed and exhibited their work internationally. They currently co-instigate unique art experiences at PIQUE art gallery and bed and breakfast.
Maghathe utilizes sculpture and performance to generate a series of real and fabricated moments in an attempt to understand a deep seated sense of longing for their country, past memories, and personal clarity. Maghathe deals with confusion about where personal history and the present-self converge.Their practice engages these ideas through personal symbolism, reflecting on being denied access to something (memories integral to identity formation) so precious to them.
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Education:
2017 - Art Academy of Cincinnati. B.F.A., Photography / Sculpture
Solo Exhibitions & Performances:
2018 - Breath Canticle Farm, Oakland, CA
2018 - On my head PIQUE, Covington, KY
2016 - stars between my nails PIQUE, Covington, KY
Select Group Exhibitions & Performances:
2021 - Hafla at RAWIfest Mizna, Minneapolis, MN
2021 - Transmission Basketshop Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2020 - Secret ArtWorks House Party ArtWorks, Cincinnati, OH
2019 - The Sloppy Show Art Academy of Cincinnati. “Cincinnati, OH
2019 - AAC150 Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2019 - Lean Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
2019 - Not For Sale Anytime Dept, Cincinnati, OH
2018 - Laws of the Game Mockbee, Cincinnati, OH
2018 - Color Theory The Comet, Cincinnati, OH
2018 - Knead The New School, New York, NY
2018 - Grape Tree Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2018 - American Grape Tree PIQUE, Cincinnati, OH
2017 - METOO Mockbee, Cincinnati, OH
2017 - Unrest Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2017 - 30th Annual Minumentals Exhibition Art Academy of Cincinnati,
Cincinnati, OH
2016 - It wasn’t me PIQUE, Covington, KY
2016 - W8 Mockbee, Cincinnati, OH
2015 - Correlation Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
Curatorial Projects:
2021 - Perform-A-Rama 2021 PIQUE, Covington, KY
2019 - Perform-A-Thon 2019 PIQUE, Covington, KY
2019 - LAWN PIQUE, Covington, KY
2017 - Still There Playhouse, Cincinnati, OH
Grants:
2017 - Stephen H. Wilder Traveling Scholarship
Publications:
2021 - Q&A with Alumni Noel Maghathe, Artacademy.edu
2020 - Emergency Index Vol. 9
2018 - Q&A with Wilder Winner Noel Maghathe, Artacademy.edu