Public art development · 2026
reVITALise
Translating an artist’s looping visual language into a coordinated, buildable system for a complex public site.
Stage 1 concept deliverable · Coffs Harbour
Bryce Noakes · Northern Rivers, Australia
I’m a multidisciplinary creative project leader working across design, public art, specialist fabrication and screen production.
I bring structure, visual judgement and practical delivery to ambitious physical projects, from first brief through design, production and handover.
Selected projects
Project evidence across public art, commercial fabrication, community exhibition and personal practice.
Commercial fabrication · 2024
Flybuys robot
Taking an eccentric character from 3D concept to a working, screen-ready physical prop.
Repurposed appliances · 3D-printed parts
Personal practice · Ongoing
Art & objects
Material studies and image-based work exploring the uneasy line between the natural and manufactured.
Exhibited Sydney, 2014 — 2019
Community exhibition · 2023
Four Floods and a Fire
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.
- Role
- Concept, curation and artist coordination
- Delivery
- Spatial presentation and installation
- Outcome
- Completed community-contextual group exhibition
Profile
I work where creative intent meets practical delivery.
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.
Project leadership
Scope, budgets, schedules, stakeholders, procurement, risk and handover.
Design judgement
Concept development, visual storytelling, materials, spatial thinking and finish.
Physical delivery
Fabrication planning, suppliers, workshop production, installation and quality.
Experience
Creative direction, design and hands-on delivery.
2024 — present
Founder & Creative Director
Trade Arts · Northern NSWLead briefing, estimating, budgets, schedules, procurement, suppliers, risk, approvals, production and handover across concurrent projects.
2021 — 2023
Design, set decoration & production
Australian and international film & televisionCoordinated practical design and set-decoration requirements across workshops, builds and active productions with changing schedules.
2018 — 2020
Studio, scenic & photography practice
New York and AustraliaStudio management, scenic work and photography practice across New York and Australia.
Education
Bachelor of Design
Photography & Situated Media · UTS
Contact
Let’s talk about the next project.
Based in Northern NSW. Open to remote and practical flexible-hybrid roles.