EDUCATION
1994 Master of Arts, Psychology, Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont, CA
1980 Master of Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1976 Bachelor of Arts, Virginia Intermont College, Bristol, VA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 we are built in water, Evanston Art Center, Chicago IL
2019 A(mend)ed, Wedge Projects, Chicago, IL
2018 Silence is ____. beep, beep, beep. Cultivator, Bray Grove Farm, Morris IL,
curated by Joanne Aono
2015 Under the Freeway, Featured Project for Chicago Artists Month, Chicago, IL
2014 Transitions, Elephant Room Gallery, Chicago, IL
2013 In the beginning everything fit together perfectly, N’Namdi Contemporary, Miami FL
2012 No Relation, Noyes Cultural Center, Evanston, IL
2011 PINK|SPACE, Blanc Gallery, Chicago, IL
2010 Poignant Trash, E/C Gallery, Chicago, IL
2010 PINK|SPACE Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
2010 Down to Earth, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, IL
2010 Parallel Lines Never Intersect, Europia Gallerie, Paris, France
2007 Re-fuse | Ref-use, Estel Gallery, Nashville, TN
2006 Holding Patterns, Spur Projects, Portola Valley, CA
2005 Stephen Kelly Gallery, Chicago IL
2004 Wax Drawings, Paul Sunderholm Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003 Edges, Hang Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001 Coming Around Again, Weigand Gallery, Featured Artist, Belmont, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Elemental Impact, Epiphany Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL
2023 Terrain Biennial, Chicago, IL
2023 Experimental Film and Video Festival, CICA Museum, Busan, Korea
2023 Eye of the Beholder, MD Federation of Fine Art Gallery, Annapolis, MD
Jack Olsen Gallery, NIU, School of Art & Design, Dekalb, IL, curated by: Peter VanAel
2021 In Good Company, Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL,
curated by: Ysabel Pinyol Blasi and S.Y Lim
2020 Art in Place, Terrain Exhibitions and CNL projects, Chicago, IL
2018 Untie-Unite, Harvestworks TEAM, Governor’s Island, NY, NY
2018 Never Not Music, Roman Susan Gallery, Chicago, IL, curated by Udita Upadhyaya
2018 Just Being Polite, Chashama, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Brigitta Varadi and Peter Fulop
2017 Front and Center, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago IL.
2017 Reparations, Mana Contemporary, International Butoh Festival, Chicago, IL
2016 Fractured Hearts and Lurid Details; residency & performance with IRT Theater, NYC, NY
2016 Art Abu Dhabi with Salwa Zeidan Gallery
2015 On Insiste/We insist, Biennale Internationale d’Art non-objectif, Pont-de-Claix, Grenoble, France, curator: Roland Orepuk
2015 Art Bahrain, represented by Salwa Zeidan Gallery, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2015 Fresh &Light: Collective Summer Show, Salwa Zeidan Gallery, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2013 Cohesion, Zhou B. Gallery, Chicago, IL, curator: Christine Forni
2012 Three Graces, Chicago Art Source Gallery, Chicago, IL
2012 Audacious! 6 international artists, Gallery Ruzicka, Munich, Germany and
ViennaArtSpace, Austria
2012 Chicago’s Twelve, Garfield Conservatory, curator: Sergio Gomez, Chicago, IL
2012 The Rockford Midwestern Biennial, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
2011 Double Take, Chicago Art Source Gallery, Chicago IL
2010 100 European Starlings, DePaul Museum of Art, Chicago, IL
2010 Art from the Heartland, Indianapolis art Center, Indianapolis, IN, juror Paul Klein
2010 PINTURA FRESCA, Nothburga Gallery, Innsbruck, Austria
2009 PULSE, Pintura Fresca, West Chester University, West Chester, PA Pintura Fresca
2009 Holtzman Gallery, Towson University, Towson, MD
2009 The Landfill Art Project, Landfill Art Inc. Wilkes-Barre, PA
2009 Hohenwarter, Noyes, Puri: New Works, Galerie Frei-raum, Jenbach, Austria
2009 The ALBA ART SHOW, Anna Bondonio Camadona Gallery, Alba, Italy
2008 The ARTIST PROJECT, Artropolis, Chicago, IL
2008 PULSE, Pintura Fresca, CA Institute of Integrel Studies, San Francisco, CA
2007 Effects of War: Altered Lives, Altered Books, CA Institute of Integral Studies, SF, CA
2007 Out Of Our Minds! Exploration of Spiritual Geography, Artyfakt Gallery, Singapore Is
2007 Abstract Painting Dead? Gallery 435, Slough, UK
2006 Size Matters, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY
2006 July 2006, Artists Respond To War, Europia Espace Galerie, Paris, France
2005 Emaar International Artist Symposium and Exhibition, Dubai, U.A.E
2005 Inspiration From Nature, Galeriseni UKM, Bangi, Malaysia
2005 8th International Open Exhibition, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Il
2005 Common Thread, Soho Myriad, Atlanta, GA
2005 Discover, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY
2004 Opening Suite, Paul Sunderholm Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004 Miniatures, Mark Palmer Gallery, Paducah, KY
2003 Biennale Internazionale Dell’Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy, 5th Place Painting, Lorenzo Al Magnifico Award
2003 Selections, 2003, Artspan, San Francisco, CA
2002 Small Wonders, Hang Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002 Seeing Red, Hang Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2002 Landscape/Mindscape, Hang Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002 Bay Area Currents, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
2002 Major Abstract, Intercultural Museum Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2002 Fresh Paint, Hollis Street Project, Emeryville, CA
GRANTS | RESIDENCIES
2022 Cabins Retreat, Winner of The Cabins Haystack Residency Fellowship, Norfolk, CT
2022 Arteles Creative Center, Artist Residency, Haukijärvi, Finland
2019 Arteles Creative Center, Artist Residency, Haukijärvi, Finland
2019 Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Professional Development Grant, Chicago, IL
2019 Doing/Thinking Residency, Wedge Projects, Chicago, IL
2019 CAMP, Artist Residency, Aulus-les-bains, France
2018 Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Artist Project Grant recipient, Chicago, IL
2017 Residency, ChaNorth, CHASHAMA, NYC & Pine Plains, NY
2017 The Center Program, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2016 Residency for Art Abu Dhabi with Salwa Zeidan Gallery, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2016 Residency IRT Theater, New York, NY
2015 DCASE award, Featured Artist and Featured Project for Chicago Artists Month
2008 15th International Visual Arts Symposium, Belgrade, Serbia & Padgorica, Montenegro
2007 5th International Visual Arts Symposium , Monastir, Tunisia
2007 Al Smith Fellowship Award, KAC, Frankfort, KY
2007 Kentucky Arts Council, Professional Development Grant, Frankfort, KY
2006 6th International Art Symposium Rusalka-Elite, Veliko-Turnovo, Bulgaria Kentucky Arts 2006 Council, Professional Development Grant, Frankfort, KY
2005 Thupelo International Workshop, Cape Town, South Africa
2005 Emaar International Art , Symposium, Dubai, UAE
2004 Kentucky Arts Council, Professional Assistance Award, Frankfort, KY
PUBLICATIONS
Connie Noyes says 'we are built in water' | by Gay Riseborough | Evanston Round Table | January 5, 2023
Connie Noyes', 'we are built in water' exhibit explores personal and collective grief | by Jack Austin | The Daily Northwestern | November, 20, 2022
Chicago Artists Month 2015; The City as Studio | Mary Devoe | Chicago Gallery News |Oct. 2015
A Visit to the Studio of Connie Noyes | Praeterita | Phillip Hartigan | October 10, 2013.
River Lit | No.9, Volume 3, Issue 1 | January 2013.
Three Strong Shows | Paul Klein | Huffington Post | 2013
Rose Tinted: Connie Noyes Connects People Through a Color | Katherine Sacco | Chicago Weekly November 30, 2012
Art Letter | Paul Klein | Huffington Post | March 17, 2011
Morning Art | Chicago Reader | March 17, 2011
We’re Not Talking Trash…We’re talking Poignant Trash | FNEWSMAGAZINE “School of the
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL | October 18, 2011
FEAR NO ART, A Snapshot of the Fall Art Season | Yolanda Greene |WTTW-Channel 11 September 6, 2010
American Art Collector | Volume 1, Book 4 Southeast US | Alcove Books, Oakland, CA, 2006
Artista da Semoma | CyberArts, Edition No. 212, Olinda Brasil, 2005
Artistic Gathering | Gulf News, Dubai, U.A.E. January 31, 2005
Biennale Internazionale Dell’Arte Contemporanea | 4th Edition, Arte Studio | Florence Italy | 2005
Art of Northern California | Alcove Books, Oakland, CA, 2003
COLLECTIONS
RISD Museum, Providence, RI
Special Collections, Ekstrom Library, Photographic Archives, Louisville, KY
Emaar International, Dubai, U.A.E.
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
Greenville County Museum, Greenville, SC
Numerous private collections
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