International painter Connie Noyes has been honored at home and abroad for her energetic painting style. Her work is an examination of psycho-spiritual geography, influenced by an internal cultural landscape and compassion for global issues. The artist’s strong love of paint, surface and process is deeply set in her sense of independence and individualism of spirit. 
Constantly seeking a balance between chaos and control she works spontaneously to allow the work itself to dictate the final outcome. Through exploitation of the unique properties of paint—purity of color, luminosity and plasticity and other materials –– recycled sludge, building materials, latex studio gloves, paper, asphalt and resin, once finished her rich paintings erupt with a physical energy which is sometimes quieted in the process of being created.

Noyes’ work has been exhibited in galleries in New York, Atlanta, Chicago, Washington, DC, Los Angeles and San Francisco, and abroad in Paris, London, Florence, and Malaysia. She has been awarded several professional artists development grants from the Kentucky Art Council from 2004-2007 and in 2007 was awarded a Fellowship.

Born in Washington D.C, and currently living and working as a full time artist in Chicago, Noyes considers herself a 21st Century nomad. Through study, an MA in psychology, and travel she has developed an interest in the unconscious psychology of culture; and how art can support dialog and bypass cultural differences. Noyes’ interest and experience of global culture has been supported through sponsors in a variety of prestigious international artist’s residencies and symposiums, including the Emaar International Art Symposium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (2005), the Thupelo International Workshop in Cape Town, South Africa (2005) and the 6th Annual International Symposium of Art in Bulgaria (2006).  In 2007 she participated in the 5th International Visual Arts Symposium in Monastir, Tunisia. She is also an active member of Pintura Fresca, an international abstract painters group. Noyes’ work is in a number of public and private collections including that of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she earned her MFA.