Connie Noyes is immersed in mourning research. As an interdisciplinary artist, she has built a body of work that is a visceral response to personal and collective grief. Working across media, she contextualizes imaginings of unknown spaces before life and after death - engaged in a meditative practice that allows the world's noise to quiet, momentarily.
Born in Washington, DC, Noyes received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and attended Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont, California, where she received an MA in psychology. To support her current research, Noyes was awarded the Cabins Haystack Residency Fellowship in Norfolk, CT, received two Artist Grants from the City of Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs, trained as a death doula, and studied Butoh.
Noyes gained international recognition through her affiliation with Salwa Zeidan Gallery in the UAE, participating in Art Abu Dhabi and Art Bahrain. She was invited to the Biennale Internationale d'Art non-objectif in Pont-de-Claix, Grenoble, and has exhibited in cities worldwide, including Innsbruck, Munich, Dubai, and Bangi. In the United States, she worked with sound artist Beth Bradfish and Harvestworks, on Governors Island, New York, for a project titled "Untied|United, and has had solo shows at the Evanston Art Center in Evanston, IL, "we are built in water" and at Wedge Projects in Chicago, IL. "A(mend)ed". Her "Under the Freeway" project was featured during Chicago Artists Month as part of "The City as Studio. "In addition, Noyes has participated in various international residencies, including the TransArt summer program in Berlin, Germany; Arteles in Finland; CAMP in France; ChaNorth in New York; Emaar International Art Symposium in Dubai, UAE; and the Thupelo International Workshop in Cape Town South Africa. Her work is in numerous collections, including The Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, Illinois; The Ekstrom Library of Photographic Archives Special Collections in Louisville, Kentucky; Rhode Island School of Design; and the Greenville County Museum in South Carolina.