Ed Archie NoiseCat
Contemporary Sculptor, Jeweler and Graphic Artist
Interior Salish

NoiseCat draws on the stories of his ancestors to create innovative images executed with extraordinary craftsmanship. NoiseCat loves to work on a grand scale. He took the top prize at Portland’s first annual Indian Art Northwest market with a freestanding, six-foot square carved cedar screen. He won a major Midwest public art commission with a four-foot high portrait mask honoring Little Crow, one of the region’s great chiefs. He also works on a smaller scale, carving masks, rattles, panels, puppets, and more. Many pieces incorporate transformational elements. He recently introduced two new lines of work: sculptural jewelry in silver, gold and semi-precious
stones; and art furniture that joins the structural forms of the Northwest longhouse with traditional Japanese woodworking techniques.

NoiseCat grew up in British Columbia’s remote, mountainous interior with his mother’s people, the Canim Lake Band of Shuswap Indians. He draws inspiration from his mother’s plateau culture, and from his father’s people, the Stlitlimx, closer to the coast.

NoiseCat graduated from the prestigious Emily Carr College of Art and Design, where he studied printmaking. In 1986 he headed to New York to work as a fine art lithographer at print shops including world-renowned Tyler Graphics. In the decade that followed, he lived in Boston, Minneapolis, Miami and Oakland. He now resides in Santa Fe.

Education
Honors graduate of Master Printmaker program
Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC
Printer/Collaborator
Fox Graphics, Merrimac, MA
Solo Press, New York, NY
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Bob Blackburn’s Printmaking Workshop, New York, NY
Tyler Graphics, Ltd., Mount Kisco, NY