David Emmanuel Noel is a London-born painter, illustrator and designer with a career that includes working on arts projects with local government bodies and charitable organisations such as the CAMBA, and the RSPCC. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, with experience of the built environment, having worked with architects and professional institutes such as the Royal Institute of British Architects, championing design quality and therapeutic benefits of art in public spaces. He was a director of The Brixton Artists Collective (BAC) in the early 1990s and established Artsway Ltd, a promotion company for visual and performance artists in the UK.
He has exhibited widely and participated in several high-profile arts related events including The African and African-Caribbean Design Diaspora (ACDD), (originally co-funded by the Arts Council England/ Lottery Fund and supported by the London Design Festival ) and the Culver City Peace Project Arts initiative, launched in 2010 to raise awareness and funds for victims of war and environmental related disasters, particularly in Africa and Asia. Based in New York, he continues to exhibit, working with a variety of visual and performing artists including composer Darryl Yokley and RnB artist Lifford Shillingford.