artist designer and filmmaker
Noemi Castella draws inspiration from legends, folklore, and traditional craftsmanship. Through films, installations, and ceramics, she explores collective memory and popular narratives, blending reality and fiction.
Noemi Castella was born in 1997 in Lausanne. She graduated from the Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Haute Ecole d’Art et de Design de Genève (HEAD) in 2018, then worked as production assistant for the agency vandy studio before joining the Master of Space and Communication at the Haute Ecole d’Art et de Design de Genève (HEAD). She obtained her Master's degree with the mention "Excellent" and the award “Prix d’Excellence de la HES-SO du domaine Design”. She then worked as a MA Teaching Assistant in the MA Space and Communication (HEAD).
Today, she is engaged in her personal artistic endeavors, while also working as Creative Director for the agency Up to you in Fribourg. Additionally, she is an invited speaker at HEAD. In 2024 she co-created Frousse with Paradoxe Studio. Frousse is a creative atelier in Bulle, Fribourg.
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2025 La Gruyère “Elle crée des monstres plus attachants qu’effrayants”
2025 La Liberté “Une fenêtre sur le travail de jeunes créatrices suisses.”
2025 La Gruyère “Boutique éphémère à l’ambition durable”
2025 Watson “Ces Romandes font briller la mode suisse”
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2022 Biennale des Imaginaires Numériques CHRONIQUES, Marseille
2022 Featured at the Verbier Art Summit with the works “Ces Nuits qui s’allongent” and “La Fabrique des Monstres”
2020 Collaboration for the design of a scenography for the windows of the Hermès boutique in Geneva
2020 The Design Film Festival online exhibition with the film Mount San Jacinto
2018 Audiovisual live act in Smallville with the video Isotrope, Neuchâtel
2018 Group exhibition Anonyme at la Datcha with the video Isotrope, Lausanne
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Excellence Award of Design “Prix d’Excellence de la HES-SO du domaine Design”
Nominated for the award “Prix d’Excellence de la Fondation Hans Wilsdorf ” in Spatial Design
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2023 Conducted a Filmmaking workshop in the MA Space and Communication, HEAD-Genève
2023 Conducted a mask-making workshop in the MA Space and Communication, HEAD-Genève
2022 Symposium Space Echoes, guest speaker invited by the MA Space and Communication, HEAD-Genèvee l’élément
2022 Guest speaker invited by Noam Toran and the MA Space and Communication, HEAD-Genève