Noel Betowski was born in Tilbury, Essex in1952, he has exhibited consistently from 1982, been a full time professional artist since the late 1980s.

1969-71 Thurrock Technical College. Foundation Course, Art & Design.
1973-76 The Central School of Art, London. B.A. Fine Art, Painting.
1976-77 London University. Institute of Education. A.T.C.
1981-85 Painting and teaching painting part time at ‘The City Literary Institute‘, Holborn, London and for Haringey Adult Education, London. 
1987 Moved to West Cornwall. Painting full time.

Awards

The ‘John Constable Landscape Prize‘  1987 third and 1988 second. The Camden Annual, Camden Arts Centre, Arkwright Road, London. 

Selected Juried Shows 

Selected Group Exhibitions
New Grafton Gallery, Barnes, London. (regular exhibitor 1982-2007) 
Mercury Gallery, Cork Street, London. 1984. 1985 
Worcester City Art Gallery, Cornish and Contemporary. (with four other artists) 1985 
Crane Kalman Gallery, London. 1986. 
Jablonski Gallery. "Six British Landscape Painters" London W1. 1986 
Gainsborough's House, Suffolk, `Drawings for All`. 1986. 
Camden Arts Centre, John Constable Landscape Competition Prize Winner, 1987 third and 1988 second. 
Guildford House Gallery, Guildford Borough Council.1988 
The Newlyn Art Gallery. Newlyn. Cornwall. 1987–2013
Wills Lane Gallery, St. Ives. 1984-2002
Marsden Fine Art, Dulwich. Islington Art Fair, London. Bath & Edinburgh Art Fairs 
The John Davies Gallery, Glocestershire. 1993 
Trelyon Gallery, St.Ives. 1993-2003 
Cadogan Contemporary, London. 1994 
The Anderson Gallery, Broadway, Worcestershire. 1995 
Thomas Henry Fine Art. Kensington Art Fair. 1998 
The Chapel Gallery, Saltram House, Plymouth 1998 
Gallerie Patiserie, Knightsbridge, London 1998-9 
Penhaven Gallery, St. Ives 2000 -2006 
Corman Fine Arts, London 1999, 2004 
The Walker Gallery, Harrogate, "Six Artists from St. Ives" 1996, 1997,1999,2005

The Hutson Gallery, Sackville Street, London W1 2004 
Artifex Gallery, Sutton Coldfield & Birmingham City. "3 Cornish Artists" May 2006 
The New Craftsman, St. Ives. 1987-1993 , 2003-2009, 2012 
Glasshouse Gallery 1994-2012 
Lighthouse Gallery, Penzance & Truro 2003-2012 
Highgate Fine Art, London 1997- 2016

Eleven and a Half Gallery, London 2013-2016

Tremenheere Sculpture Garden 2015-

Penwith Gallery, St. Ives, Cornwall 2013 - 2022

Tremenheere Gallery, NSA Exhibition. 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2022

One Man Exhibitions
Salt House Gallery, St. Ives. Cornwall 1982,1984,1991. 
The New Gallery, London. 1982 
Woodlands Art Gallery, Blackheath, London. 1983. 
The Square Gallery, Highgate, London. 1987. 
Penlee House Museum, Penzance, Cornwall 1988 
Andrew Usiskin Gallery, Hampstead, London. 1991 
Visions and Journey's, St Just, Cornwall 1991 
Porthmeor Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall 1992 and 1993. 
Gallery Tresco, Tresco, The Isles of Scilly. 1994. 
Out of the Blue, Marazion, Cornwall 1996 
Trelyon Gallery, St.Ives.1997. 
The Great Atlantic, St. Just 1997 
Grove Contemporary Fine Art, Shrewsbury. 1997. 
Glasshouse Gallery, Truro. 1998 
Ashbourne Gallery, Derbyshire, 1998. 
Artifex Gallery, Birmingham. 1998. 
The Chapel Gallery, Saltram House, Plymouth, Devon 1998 
Highgate Fine Art, London. 1997, 2000, 2002. 
The Great Atlantic Gallery, Falmouth 2005 
Primavera, Cambridge 2007 
Over the Moon Gallery, St Agnes, Cornwall 2009 
Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro. 2011-12  

Penwith Gallery, St Ives. 2014

Penwith Gallery, St Ives. 2019

Memberships
Penwith Society of Arts. Elected full member 2013

NSA Newlyn Society Arts.  Elected member 2015

Commissions
Peter & May Shipping Co.Southampton.

Moffats School, Kinlet Hall, Bewdley, Worcs.

Publications
‘Brytania’ published 1988 Poland. "Inner Harmonies" by D. M. Wild, article ‘The Peninsular Voice’ April 1991. St. Ives 1893-1993: ‘Portrait of an Art Colony’ by Marion Why brow 1994. 'St. Ives Revisited' by Peter Davies 1993. ‘Through the Canvas’ 2001 by Sarah Brittain & Simon Cook. ‘Noel Betowski’ with contributions David Wilkinson & David Haughton 1997. ‘Noel Betowski Illumination’ The Great Atlantic Galleries 2005. ‘Resurgence’ magazine, front cover 2005. ‘Cornwall Today’ ‘Inside Cornwall’ - various articles. Various national and local newspaper articles. Art Colony in Transition - Peter Davies 2008. Noel Betowski-Triptych - Minchin 2009. Noel Betowski - Out of Nowhere - Royal Cornwall Museum, exhibition catalogue 2011. In the Fold - Noel Betowski 2014.

Collections

Paintings in a large number of private collections throughout the UK, Germany, Switzerland, Canada, USA, Australia and New Zealand.