Multidisciplinary artist, printmaker, textile designer & custom picture framer

Portland, Oregon, USA

Airdrawn Dagger, 2026. Ink, acrylic, spray paint & collage on canvas. 79” x 19” x 2.25” framed.

Noelle Suzanne Barce is a visual artist, curator and arts professional born and raised in the Pacific Northwest.  She graduated from Portland State University, where she studied printmaking and literature, and worked as administrator at the Littman and White Galleries.  She has worked for Oregon Contemporary, PICA’s TBA Festival, Lan Su Chinese Garden, Portland Japanese Garden and other arts and culture organizations, where she oversaw visitor services, cultural programming and gallery operations.  She began as a pen + ink illustrator, creating images for local bands and creative producers in Portland. Around 2014 she began experimenting with abstraction, inspired by the unexpected results inherent in printmaking processes, and the way layering color and texture produce images that represent and invoke emotional states.

Her most current interest is in textiles, spending most of her time making and celebrating the quilt. As an early American art form and vessel for women’s stories, quilting satisfies an interest in history, memory and traditional craftwork. By day she works as a custom picture framer specializing in design and textile and object mounting.

For information on custom quilt commissions, textile mounting services and exhibition opportunities please click the “contact” button to email Noelle.