Artist Bio and Resume
Noa Teplow Juarez has been drawing portraits and painting murals (left-handed!) for the past 15 years, though her love of drawing began at a very young age. Born in Israel to an American father and Israeli mother, Noa moved to the U.S. at age 4. Her parents noticed her talent around that time, and lovingly nurtured it through hours spent looking at Art books and by providing endless reams of office stationery on which to doodle. Noa began her study of Art in her hometown of Oakland, CA starting at age 9, eventually getting into her dream school, the Rhode Island School of Design. Falling in love with the charming Ocean State, she decided to settle down there, starting her own business and buying a home where she now lives with her Guatemalan husband Carlos and their two children. Noa currently balances being a wife and mom with running her portrait/mural/illustration business and teaching Art part-time at a local Christian school. She looks to God for strength, inspiration and guidance in all she does.
Noa Teplow Juarez
Phone: (401) 481-5737
Email: noazart@yahoo.com Website: www.noasart.net
Education
1993-1997 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Printmaking
1992 Merrit Community College, Oakland, California
Portraiture, Figure Drawing
Experience
2007 Curator, Fine Arts Night, Dayspring Christian Academy, South Attleboro, Massachusetts Insructor, Caricature Drawing, Hurley Middle Scool, Seekonk, MA
2006-present Instructor, Art for Grades PreK - 8, Dayspring Christian Academy
2006 Curator of Student Art Exhibition, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Academy, Central Falls, RI
Guest Speaker on Career Day, Mount Pleasant and Hope High Schools, Providence
2005 Instructor, Children’s Drawing Class, New Life Worship Center, Smithfield
Instructor, Afterschool Caricature Class, William Windsor School, Greenville, RI
Mural Commission, Oliver Day School, East Providence, RI
2004 Instructor, Caricature, Rhode Island School of Design Continuing Education Program
Instructor, Caricature, Hasbro Children’s Hospital Partial Hospitalization Program, Providence
2002 Instructor, Caricature Drawing Workshop, Jewish Community Center, Providence
Instructor, Group Mural Workshop, Women’s Wilderness Weekend at University of Rhode Island’s W. Alton Jones Campus, West Greenwich, RI
2002-2007 Instructor, Art for Grades 4-8, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Academy, Central Falls
2000-2002 Instructor, Art for Grades Pre-K through 8, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Academy
2000 Instructor, Caricature, Rhode Island School of Design Continuing Education
Instructor, Caricature Drawing, Hampden Meadows School, Barrington, RI
Instructor, Cartooning, M.J. Francis School, East Providence
Instructor, Caricature Drawing, Waddington School, East Providence
1999-2001 Itinerant Instructor, Art for Grades K-8, Saint Brendan School, Riverside, RI
1998-present Founder, Sole Proprietor and Instructor: Noa’s Art Studio, East Providence
1997-present Independently Contracted Caricaturist, Birthday Bee Company, Smithfield
1994-present Professional Live Caricaturist at festive events throughout Southern New England
Awards and Honors
2004 Quality of Life Award, Rhode Island Association of Facilities and Services for the Aging
2002 Alumna of the Year, Junior Center of Art and Science, Oakland, California
1997 G.W. Hodge Ritchie Award for Excellence in Printmaking
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1993-1997 Tuition Scholarship, Rhode Island School of Design
Academic Honor Roll, Rhode Island School of Design
1994 Robert Reid Award for Excellence in Foundation Studies
Rhode Island School of Design
1993 Valedictorian of Class of 1993, Skyline High School, Oakland, CA
Exhibitions
2004 Group Exhibition: Summer Faculty Show, Rhode Island School of Design
Solo Exhibition: Written in a Face, Linn Health Care Center, East Providence, RI
2003 Solo Performance: Faces of First Night, First Night Providence, Downtown Providence
2002 Solo Performance/exhibition: First Night Providence, Providence Convention Center
Group Exhibition: International Women’s Day Art Festival, Monahasset Mill, Providence
2001 Group Exhibition: City Critters, Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, Illinois
2000 Group Exhibition: Summer Faculty Show, Rhode Island School of Design
Art Car Exhibition: Scene 2000, Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Providence
Art Car Exhibition: A Literary Feast, Providence Public Library
Art Car Exhibition: Providence Art Car Rhode Rally 2000
Mr. Potato Head Statue Commission, Rhode Island Economic Development Corp., Providence
1999 Group Exhibition: By Means of Lines II, J. H. Rowbottom Fine Art, Cumberland, RI
1998 Group Exhibition: A Celebration of Women’s Creative Process, Post Street Pavilion, San Francisco, California
1997 Group Exhibition: Alumni Invitational, The Junior Center of Art and Science, Oakland
Group Exhibition: Senior Invitational, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design
Group Exhibition: Printmaking Senior Degree Project, Woods-Gerry Gallery
1996 Exchange Exhibition, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts
References provided upon request