Bryce Noakes · Northern Rivers, Australia
Public art, cultural projects and screen manufacturing, led from brief and design development through scope, budgets, teams, production and handover.
Professional pathways
01 · Public art & cultural projects
Artist-facing project leadership across briefs, procurement, scope, budgets, consultants, staged approvals, documentation and public-facing constraints.
View public-art evidence ↗02 · Screen manufacturing & art departments
Technical translation, estimating, specialist teams, props, replicas, scenic builds, finishing, logistics and practical handover under production conditions.
Private portfolio information ↗Project evidence across public art, screen manufacturing, commercial fabrication and community cultural work.
Public art development · 2026
A council-procured Stage 1 commission translating artist Belem Lett’s intent into a coordinated, reviewable package for a complex public site.
Artist · Council · Design team · Consultants
Commercial fabrication · 2024
Taking an eccentric character from 3D concept to a working, screen-ready physical prop.
Design development · Working physical prop
Private application portfolio · 2026
A confidential 16-page portfolio of hero props, precision replicas, scenic builds, sculptural fabrication and workshop leadership.
For supervising art directors & production teams
Community exhibition · 2023
Conceived and curated a group exhibition of local artists in a post-flood Mullumbimby house, developed with participating artists in response to the community’s flood recovery.
Personal practice · 2014–2019
Material studies and image-based work exploring the uneasy line between the natural and manufactured.
View personal work ↗Profile
My background crosses visual arts, photography, film and television, spatial design and specialist fabrication.
Since founding Trade Arts in 2024, I have led projects from briefing and design development through estimating, procurement, production and handover. I’m most useful when a strong idea needs structure, judgement and forward motion.
I coordinate the people a project actually needs — artists, designers, CAD specialists, engineers, suppliers and installers — and stay accountable for the result that arrives on site.
Scope, budgets, schedules, stakeholders, procurement, risk and handover.
Concept development, visual storytelling, materials, spatial thinking and finish.
Fabrication planning, suppliers, workshop production, installation and quality.
Workshop & mobile production
Production resources available through Trade Arts include approximately 10 professional FDM printers, five resin printers, CNC, compressors, spray booths, scenic equipment and comprehensive workshop tools.
Mobile logistics include a BYD 4WD ute with a 2.5-tonne towing rating and a large box trailer. Equipment and transport are subject to project scope, location and commercial arrangement.
Experience
2024 — present
Lead briefing, estimating, budgets, schedules, procurement, suppliers, risk, approvals, production and handover across concurrent projects.
2021 — 2023
Coordinated practical design and set-decoration requirements across workshops, builds and active productions with changing schedules.
2018 — 2020
Studio management, scenic work and photography practice across New York and Australia.
Education
Contact
Based in Northern NSW. Open to public-art and cultural-project roles, practical flexible-hybrid work and project-based screen manufacturing.