About

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Anna Noel is a designer, artist and researcher from Toronto. She works in object design, material generation, graphic design and video. She combines environmental research with hands-on making to develop deeper relationships between people, materials, and the natural environment. She holds a BFA Major in Design, Minor in Urban Planning from Concordia University, Montreal.

Instagram: @an.oel

Solo Exhibition

2026

  • Sawdust Furniture Collection and Offcuts Vase Collection - Independent Project, DesignTO Festival; Sub-Zero, Wolf and Cove Showroom; Toronto

Group Exhibitions

2025

  • Our Climate Glossary Exhibition - Our Reading Room, as part of On Reciprocity Collective, Indonesian Contemporary Art and Design, Jakarta

  • Swash & Serif 9, Toronto Design Directory, Northern Contemporary Gallery, Toronto

  • Commencement Show, VAV Gallery, Montreal

  • Nodes.Noeuds: Design and Computation Arts Undergraduate Exhibition, Sociéte des arts technologiques, Montreal

  • Soil Stories, Keynote Talk with Anna Noel and Melody Lynch, In.site2 Symposium, 4th Space, Concordia University, Montreal

  • Bois Magique No 2, Espace Transmission, Montreal

    2024

  • Vestiges of Belonging: Summer Residency Exhibition, VAV Gallery, Montreal

  • Fusion: Design and Computation Arts Undergraduate Exhibition, Concordia University, Montreal

  • Please Speak to the Material, Art Matters Festival, Pierre François Ouellette Art Contemporain, Montreal

  • L’art au quotidien: objet + art + forme + fonction, Plein Sud - Centre d’exposition en art actuel à Longueuil, Longueuil

    2023

  • Thanks for Tuning In, 4th Space, Concordia University, Montreal

  • Strata: Design and Computation Arts Undergraduate Exhibition, Concordia University, Montreal

Awards

2026

  • Honorable Mention, Emerging Artist/Designer Award, DesignTO Festival, Toronto

    2025

  • Initiatives in Design Art Research Award, Department of Design and Computation Arts, Concordia University, Montreal

  • Elspeth McConnell Fine Arts Award, Concordia University, Montreal

    2024

  • Concordia Undergraduate Student Research Award (CUSRA), Concordia University, Montreal

  • Special Recognition from Association des Designers Industriels du Québec, Fusion: Design and Computation Arts Undergraduate Exhibition, Montreal

    2023

  • Craft and Skill Award, Strata: Design and Computation Arts Undergraduate Exhibition, Concordia University, Montreal

  • Special Recognition from Association des Designers Industriels du Québec, Strata: Design and Computation Arts Year End Exhibition, Montreal

Residencies

2026

  • Borneo Laboratory Artist Residency, Kuching, Malaysia

‍ ‍ 2024

  • VAV Gallery Summer Physical Residency, Montreal

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