NOAH PFISTER

SPACE 2

Exhibition dates : 3 - 15 March 2026
Opening reception : Wed 4 March 2026, 6:00 - 8:30pm

Pfister is an abstract expressionist painter working in acrylic on canvas, panel and organic substrate. His training spans visual arts, science, and screen media, with further specialised study in colour theory, Renaissance drawing, academic painting, Japanese calligraphy, and First Nations art & design. His work has been presented in international exhibitions and gained recognition in juried competitions, including selection at the 10th Color competition at Teravarna Art Gallery (2026), and finalist in the Fluid Abstract Art Competition at Blue Koi Gallery (2025). His work is held in international private collections across Australia, North America, Europe, and Asia.

Pfister’s paintings examine the tension between order and chaos within complex natural systems. Each work develops through dense layers of colour, mark, and form until coherent structures emerge from apparent disorder. Influenced by the fractal patterns found in nature, his paintings operate across multiple visual scales, encouraging the viewer to shift between minute details mimicking microscopic processes, and larger configurations, reminiscent of vast, cosmic fields. 

Rather than pursuing symmetry or reduction, Pfister embraces irregularity, variation, and density as fundamental aesthetic principles. Archetypal forms—faces, organisms, and ambiguous figures—surface and dissolve, reflecting the psychological and biological forces that shape perception. His work rewards sustained attention, revealing internal rhythms that resist immediate resolution and speak to depths of reality.

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