BARBARA NOAH

I recently created work for Sound Transit that will be installed in 2026 in a cylindrical ceiling structure called the Cyclorama at the Downtown Bellevue Station. Twenty-six of my 3’ high images will be backlit for a total of 122 linear feet, 57’ on the inside and 65’ on the outside of the structure. The concept is “Rush,” as in rush hour and the rush of a thrill. The images, from the Northwest and beyond, include airborne snow geese, running animals, people on state fair amusement park rides, and unexpected objects moving through the cosmos. The inside images will appear to be rushing clockwise and the outside images counter-clockwise.

In December, I was included in an Art Book Club-sponsored Fall of Freedom Pop-Up Exhibition at Sollod Studio in Seattle. It was part of FOF’s national events highlighting creative resistance to authoritarianism.

In the Fall, I was honored to receive a Llewelyn G. Pritchard Digital Artist Award from Allied Arts Foundation.

This year, I completed a new interior with replenished live fish for the Harborview Nurse Log, a nurse log aquarium I designed for Harborview Medical Center through 4Culture.

I was also selected for the Sound Transit Artist Candidate Pool, the Washington State Public Art Roster, and the City of Seattle Artist Roster.

It was an honor to be invited to exhibit work at the Seattle Climate Innovation Hub, a Downtown Seattle incubator collaboration space to combat climate change, a partnership between the University of Washington at CoMotion and the City of Seattle. Several of my pieces were installed there from 2024 to 2025. https://comotion.uw.edu/startups-incubation/comotion-labs/seattle-climate-innovation-hub

In 2023-24, my work was exhibited at The Museum of Flight in a show that combined art with the concept of flight - a perfect fit for my work! Here is a Crosscut article about it: https://crosscut.com/culture/2023/06/artsea-first-visual-arts-show-lifts-museum-flight
Plus a KING5 Evening show video about the show with text and links below the video: https://www.king5.com/article/entertainment/television/programs/evening/art-aviation-history-tukwila-museum-flight-new-exhibit/281-ace22389-371c-421d-a572-659db89aaa99

Simultaneously, I was represented in the exhibition The First 50 Years of the Seattle Civic Art Collection 1973-2023 at the ARTS at King Street Station Gallery. Approximately 150 pieces in the show represented some highlights of a collection of over 4,000 artworks.

In 2023, my work and artist statement were published in Public Display Art, Issue 4, Vol 2, August-Sept 2023. https://publicdisplay.art/magazines-archive

I would also like to share a tax-deductible opportunity to contribute to the creation and support of new work. Please click on this Support link for information and a list of some past contributors.

Also, Please contact me here regarding exhibitions, collections, publications, purchases, opportunities, support, and other information, as well as to request being added to my mailing and email lists.

 

 

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images, but not on the original outer space images themselves.