David Emmanuel Noel
David Emmanuel Noel | |
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| Born | 12 December 1972 London, U.K. |
| Known for | Painting, illustrations |
| Notable work | Pictures at an African Exhibition |
| Website | davidemmanuelnoel |
David Emmanuel Noel (born 12 December 1972) is a London-born painter, illustrator and designer with a career that includes working on art projects with local government bodies and charitable organizations such as the CAMBA,[1] and the NSPCC. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, he has worked extensively with health professionals, architects, designers, and professional institutes, including the Royal Institute of British Architects, championing design quality and therapeutic benefits of art in public spaces.[2] He was a director of the Brixton Artists Collective (BAC) in the early 1990s, established Artsway Ltd; a promotion company for visual and performance artists in the UK, and is a Co-Founder of PR and Arts Media company Occhi Arts & Entertainment, publisher of Occhi Magazine. He continues to work with other artists on collaborative projects.[3]
Artwork and career[edit]
David Emmanuel Noel studied art at college before pursuing undergraduate and post graduate study in the social sciences. He maintained an interest in the arts, particularly painting, and became successful selling work and securing commissions to pay his rent. In the early 1990s he went on to be involved in the Brixton Art Gallery in south London, exhibiting in the gallery's first advertised all-black male artist exhibition entitled From Where I Stand, and other public arts initiatives designed to create platforms for cross disciplinary collaboration.[4] Working preferably in acrylics and oils, he has produced work of various styles which historically center on family, relationships, society and environmental issues.[5][6]
Exhibitions and collaborations[edit]
He has exhibited widely and participated in several high-profile arts-related events including The African and African-Caribbean Design Diaspora (ACDD)[7] – originally co-funded by the Arts Council England/ Lottery Fund and supported by the London Design Festival – and the Whole 9/Culver City Peace Project Arts initiative,[8] launched in 2010 to raise awareness and funds for victims of war and environment-related disasters, particularly in Africa and Asia.[9] Based in New York, he continues to exhibit, working with a variety of visual and performing artists such as RnB artist and Britain's Got Talent finalist Lifford Shillingford[10][11] and composer Darryl Yokley,[12][13] providing artwork for the album Pictures at an African Exhibition,[5][14][15][16] released via Truth Revolution Records in early 2018. The album’s title points to its clear inspiration, Modest Mussorgsky's famed Pictures at an Exhibition (1874), in which Mussorgsky composed music inspired by the artwork of his friend Viktor Hartmann.[17] David Emmanuel Noel produced artwork for the album cover and 13 original pieces to accompany each album track. These featured as part of a live performance and installation at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C.[18] Continuing the diasporic theme, the artist has collaborated with others exploring the subjects of race, culture, and identity.[19] Working with other interdisciplinary artists, including Professor Cheryl D Miller, and Neo-African abstract expressionist painter, Danny Simmons , he has co-curated and exhibited at the Caribbean Fine Art Fair in Barbados and facilitated various platforms promoting visual arts, music, and cinema from the region.[20]
Further reading[edit]
- Downbeat Magazine, May 2018 (volume 85/5), Editor’s picks: Pictures At An African Exhibition (Truth Revolution Recording Collective)
- Peace, Love & Understanding, Peace Project, 2013. Features art Man & Woman[21]
- Untold Gold, The African & African-Caribbean Design Diaspora Festival, 2012. Features David Emmanuel Noel - The Motherland [22]
- Melanie Keen and Liz Ward (eds), Recordings: A Select Bibliography of Contemporary African, Afro-Caribbean and Asian British Art, 1996, pp. 34–35, references to the artist, From Where I Stand and the Brixton Art Gallery[23]
References[edit]
- ^ "A Day in the Life of an Artist: David Emmanuel Noel". Mrdavidemmanuelnoel.com. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ^ "Layout 1" (PDF). Architecture.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ^ "Past exhibitions 2018 | Unfold" Espacio Gallery.
- ^ David Emmanuel Noel and the exhibition From Where I Stand are referenced in Shades of Black: Assembling Black Arts in 1980s Britain, p. 277.
- ^ a b Official webpage of composer Darryl Yokley.
- ^ David Emmanuel Noel with ArtBook Guy.
- ^ "Untold Gold" (PDF). Aacdd.org. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ^ "The Peace Project". The Peace Project. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ^ "Peace, Love & Understanding" (2013), a Peace Project publication, features the artwork entitled "Man & Woman" by David Emmanuel Noel, p. 67.
- ^ "The Conversation-A Painting in the Making". YouTube. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ^ {{cite web|url=https://mrdavidemmanuelnoel.com/tag/lifford-shillingford/%7Ctitle=The Conversation-In Conversation with lifford-shillingford
- ^ "14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in NYC This Weekend", The New York Times, 26 April 2018.
- ^ "Experimenting with Paint". YouTube. 5 June 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ^ Nouveau Flux Music magazine – featuring jazz releases and album reviews.
- ^ "Saxophonist/Composer Darryl Yokley & Painter Dave Emmanuel Noel to Release New Album 'Pictures at an African Exhibition' on April 20th, 2018", TheUrbanMusicScene.com.
- ^ "Pictures at an African Exhibition", conversation with Darryl Yokley and David Emmanuel Noel, Occhi Magazine, New York, 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Darryl Yokley Discusses Pictures at an African Exhibition", Truth Revolution Records. YouTube, 22 March 2018.
- ^ "Darryl Yokley - Millennium Stage (January 12, 2019)", featuring artwork by David Emmanuel Noel.
- ^ "Fly on The Diaspora presents ‘Art in a Post Digital COVID World’. The Caribbean Fine Art Fair event was produced in association with Occhi Arts and Entertainment, and Grace & Graffiti. (March, 2021)",
- ^ "In Conversation with Frances Anne Solomon, CEO of Caribbean Tales Media Group" – Occhi Magazine (May 2021).
- ^ 2013 PEACE PROJECT BOOK, The Whole9 Gallery.
- ^ "The African & African-Caribbean Design Diaspora Festival 2012 - Untold Gold", African and African-Caribbean Design Diaspora (AACDD).
- ^ "Recordings: A Select Bibliography of Contemporary African, Afro-Caribbean and Asian British Art", iniva.