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
SELECTED 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 for Chicago Artists Month, Under a Freeway in Chicago
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
PINK|SPACE Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
Down to Earth, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, IL
Parallel Lines Never Intersect, Europia Gallerie, Paris, France
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Experimental Film and Video Festival, CICA Museum, Busan, Korea
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
Never Not Music, Roman Susan Gallery, Chicago, IL, curated by Udita Upadhyaya
Just Being Polite, Chashama, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Brigitta Varadi and Peter Fulop
2017 Front and Center, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago IL.
Reparations, Mana Contemporary, International Butoh Festival, Chicago, IL
2016 Fractured Hearts and Lurid Details; Residency and performance, IRT Theater, NY, NY
Art Abu Dhabi, Salwa Zeidan Gallery, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2015 On Insiste/We insist, Biennale Internationale d’Art non-objectif, Pont-de-Claix, Grenoble, France, curator: Roland Orepuk
Art Bahrain, represented by Salwa Zeidan Gallery, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2012 Audacious! Gallery Ruzicka, Munich, Germany and Vienna ArtSpace, Austria
Chicago’s Twelve, Garfield Conservatory, curator: Sergio Gomez, Chicago, IL
The Rockford Midwestern Biennial, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
2010 100 European Starlings, DePaul Museum of Art, Chicago, IL
Art from the Heartland, Indianapolis art Center, Indianapolis, IN, juror Paul Klein
PINTURA FRESCA, Nothburga Gallery, Innsbruck, Austria
GRANTS/RESIDENCIES/AWARDS
2022 Cabins Retreat, Winner of The Cabins Haystack Residency Fellowship, Norfolk, CT
Arteles Creative Center, Artist Residency, Haukijärvi, Finland
2019 Arteles Creative Center, Artist Residency, Haukijärvi, Finland
Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Professional Development Grant, Chicago, IL
Doing/Thinking Residency, Wedge Projects, Chicago, IL
CAMP, Artist Residency, Aulus-les-bains, France
2018 Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Artist Project Grant recipient, Chicago, IL
Chicago Sculpture International, Chicago Tree Project, Washington Park, Chicago
TransArt Residency, Berlin, Germany
Hyde Park Art Center, Studio Resident, Chicago, IL
2017 Field/Work Residency, Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago, IL
Residency, Chashama North, NYC & Pine Plains, New York
The Center Program, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2016 Residency for Art Abu Dhabi with Salwa Zeidan Gallery, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Residency IRT Theater, New York, NY
2015 DCASE award, Featured Artist and Featured Project for Chicago Artists Month, October 2015
2008 15th International Visual Arts Symposium, Belgrade, Serbia & Padgorica, Montenegro
2007 5th International Visual Arts Symposium, Monastir, Tunisia
Al Smith Fellowship Award, KAC, Frankfort, KY
Kentucky Arts Council, Professional Development Grant, Frankfort, KY
2006 6th International Art Symposium Rusalka-Elite, Veliko-Turnovo, Bulgaria
Kentucky Arts Council, Professional Development Grant, Frankfort, KY
2005 Thupelo International Workshop, Cape Town, South Africa
Emaar International Art Symposium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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 | 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 “SAIC, 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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