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.
[5][6] 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.
[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.