Louise Noël was born in 1949 in Montreal, where she lives today. Her first career was in social work. She notably worked with adopted children. She has taught about and written two books on Attachment Theory, the evolutionary survival process by which children develop the emotional bonds essential to life with the adults taking care of them.
Beginning in 1990, Louise Noël studied classical drawing and oil painting. In 2013, she started using encaustic. Since 2018, she takes part in residencies and in a mentorship process with a renowned artist. She now works full-time in the studio. She is an associate member of the Regroupement des artistes en arts visuels du Québec (RAAV) and Canadian Artist Representation/Le front des artistes canadiens (CARFAC). She speaks French and English.
Photograph: Grace Roselli