Join us for the opening reception of "Dispatched" by Connie Noyes

July 5th
2pm to 6pm
On view through August 2nd, 2025

Dispatched is a site-specific, immersive installation that invites viewers to question perception and reflect inward. Blending physical and emotional narratives, the work incorporates sculpture, video, and sound to create a layered sensory experience. Discarded chairs—wrapped in yards of elastic thread and encased in wax—are stripped down to their essential forms, transformed into cocoon-like structures that suggest both absence and metamorphosis. Suspended at varying heights, these enigmatic forms hover in front of a shifting video projection, where presence dissolves into waves, light, and emptiness—blurring boundaries and inviting contemplation on what is seen, felt, and remembered.

During the exhibition, Connie will offer public talks, artist-led tours, and panel discussions to foster community connection, creating space for collective reflection on grief, renewal, and resilience.

An interactive workshop will invite participants to make cocoons and fill them with memories, keepsakes, or symbols of personal significance. The work will transform the YZ gallery into a
shared space for conversation, introspection, and collective healing through these encounters.
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Connie Noyes is a multidisciplinary artist working with water as a conduit for exploring grief, cultural memory, and collective emotional growth. Her practice examines how bodies—both
human and water—hold history, loss, and transformation. Born in Washington, DC, she earned an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an MA in psychology from Notre
Dame de Namur University. Her work is shaped by training as a death doula and her studies in psychology and Butoh. Noyes received the Cabins Haystack Residency Fellowship and two artist grants from the City of Chicago, she exhibited internationally in Paris, Innsbruck, Munich, Dubai, and Bangi and participated in Art Abu Dhabi, Art Bahrain, and the Biennale
Internationale d'Art non-objectif. In the U.S., she exhibited with the Harvestworks Team on Governors Island, NY, and presented solo exhibitions at Evanston Art Center, Wedge Projects,
and Abel Contemporary. Her work is held in collections at The Museum of Contemporary Photography, The Ekstrom Library, RISD, and the Greenville County Museum. She currently
lives and works in Chicago.

* In conjunction with Connie Noyes' "Dispatched", GalleryX presents: "Walking, Lost and Found" + "Natural Pressure": sound installation by Rachel Epp Buller and designed seating by Maia Rauh and Caroline Branch