Artist Statement
Noé Duboutay (he/they) is a visual artist based in Berlin and Luxembourg. Noé performs, writes, and makes installations and objects. His practice draws on historical and fictional narratives, borrowing imagery and language from different eras. Noé approaches queer historiography not as a definitive account, but also as a speculative, embodied practice – an attempt to seek out what and who have been silenced, or systematically erased. Their work draws from experiences in/with a transmasculine body to question and navigate societal implications of masculinity, patriarchy, and heteronormativity, among others. Non-human and animal-like beings often represent personal worlds of experience, and the materials used are a direct reference to the narratives. As much as it is a critique, Noé’s work also seeks queer allyship and kinship – with a focus on vulnerability as a form of resistance and connection. 

       
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Bio

Born and raised in Luxembourg, after a Bachelor from HBKsaar in 2019, and a Master from ZHdK in 2021, they finished their performance studies in Live Art Forms at AdBK Nürnberg in 2023. 

Noé won the Akademiepreis AdBK Nürnberg in 2022 and received the Bourse Auguste van Werveke-Hanno the same year. In 2023, Noé published his first literary publication, “mud and the bros” with Lemon Press Zurich and was the laureate 2024 of the residency at the Cité internationale des arts, Paris. Last year Noé was resident at Künstlerhaus Bethanien.



Education

2021-2023 Master Live Art Forms, AdBK Nürnberg (DE)

2019-2021 Master of Fine Arts, ZHdK (CH)

2019 inoctober school (inoctober.org) in Mexico City (MX) 

2018-2019 6 months Erasmus+, Sint-Lucas Gent (BE)

2015-2019 Bachelor of Fine Arts, HBKsaar (DE)

2014 diplôme de fin d‘études secondaires, LTAM (LU)

2011-2015 continuing education for children and youth work, Young Caritas (LU)



Exhibitions & Performances 

(selected) 

(upcoming) 2026 Armour Down!, Künstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin (DE)

(upcoming) 2026 Common Ground Triennale Jeune Création, Rotondes (LU)

2025 What a Hero?!, Schaufenster Berlin (DE)

2024 Open Studio, Cité Internationale des Arts Paris (FR)

2024 GOSSIP, Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken (DE) & Cercle Cité (LU)

2023 & 2024 mud and the bros, AdBK Nürnberg (DE), sic_elephant Luzern (CH), Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken (DE), Casino Display (LU)

2023 wet dusk, Zentralwäscherei Zürich (CH)

2023 trans space performance, Baby Angel (CH)

2022 Lust*Art, Kunst Tage Basel (CH)

2022 Woven In Vegetal Fabric: On Plant Becomings at Casino 
Display (LU)

2021 There is always tomorrow, Löwenbräu Kunstareal Zürich

2020 human worm, The Lab Program Mexico City (MX)

2019 Allez Allez graduation show, Saarbrücken (DE)

2019 Hager-Preis, HBKsaar Galerie & Saarländische Galerie Berlin (DE)

2019 Synesthesia, Gouvernement Gent (BE)

2018 matters manners, UG im Folkwang Essen (DE)

Publications

2023 mud and the bros, Lemon Press Zurich

2022 Woven in Vegetal Fabric: On Plant Becomings (LU)

2021 embodying worm, Master Thesis ZHdK (CH)

2020 human worm, self-published, The Lab Program (MX)



Prizes & Grants

2024-25 Carte Blanche, Theater Kaleidoskop (LU)

2022 Akademiepreis AdBK Nürnberg (DE)

2022 Bourse Auguste van Werveke-Hanno (LU)

2020 ZHdK-AVINA Projektfonds für Studierende (CH)



Residencies

(upcoming) June-July 2026 Squatfabrik Kulturfabrik Esch (LU)

July-December 2025 Künstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin (DE)

September-November 2024 Cité Internationale des Arst Paris (FR) 

December 2023 & February 2024 ArtMix residency neimënster & Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken (LU/DE)

November 2020 residency The Lab Program in Mexico City (MX)

December 2020 residency imGrafenhag in Winterthur (CH)


Press

L’arc de Noé Duboutay
2025

Noé Duboutay est-il un héros ?

2024

Catherine Duboutay - Vum Studium zum...

2021               

Noé Duboutay



pronouns: they/he
based in Berlin and Luxembourg

Profile (Sample)

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Education

Vestibulum Euismod Ultrices (Congue)
Suspendisse Aenean Lectus
2023

Vestibulum Euismod Ultrices (Tincidunt)

Aliquam Faucibus Tellus
(3 years)


Employment

Vestibulum Ultricies
Suspendisse Aenean Vestibulum
2023 - 2024

Pellentesque Habitant
‘Morbi Tristique Senectus’
Nunc Euismod Faucibus,
Porta Libero
2024

Volutpat Ultricies
Curabitur Fringilla Ornare,
Duis Quis
(since 2020)

Accumsan Dui
‘Integer Consequat’
Purus Euismod Facilisis, Pharetra Massa
2022

TEMPUS, TEMPUS, TEMPUS
Aliquam Faucibus Tellus, Euismod Ornare
Tincidunt Quam
2021

Referrals

Tincidunt Nibh
Ultricies Vestibulum
Facilisis Ornare,
Porta Libero Universitas,
tincidunt.nibh@portolibero.edu.au
0431 070 713

Dictumst Gravida
Auctor Ligula / Founder
Aliquam Aliquam Congue, Felis
dictumst.gravida@gmail.com
0404 965 983

Rhoncus Mattis
Suspendisse Professor
Facilisis, Bibendum Ornare & Congue
0415 843 581
rhoncus.mattis@facilisis.edu

Sollicitudin Euismod
Founder
Pellentesque Grounds, Porta Libero
0422 221 072
sollicitudin@vestibulum.com

Egestas Convallis
Deputy Parturient Dictum
Duis & Ultricies Vestibulum
egestas.convallis@vestibulum.edu
0402 254 956

Skills

Vestibulum Ultrices
Congue Nisl
Tincidunt Euismod
Auctor Gravida
Molestie Vulputate
Tempor
Parturient
Nibh Ultricies
Aliquet Pellentesque
Rhoncus Tempor
Ullamcorper / Ornare
Porttitor Quisque
Lacinia
Bibendum Facilisis
Suspendisse Tristique
Viverra Dictum
Duis Convallis Et Congue
Semper Facilisis


Exhibitions

(upcoming) Tincidunt TBA
Ultricies Ultricies,
Congue Nisl
2024

(upcoming) Vestibulum-Vitae
Auctor Ipsum,
Dictumst Ligula,
Porta Libero
2024

Suspendisse
Molestie Aenean,
Facilisis Tellus,
Porta Libero
2024

Ultrices
Parturient Felis,
Pharetra Nibh,
Porta Libero
2023

Bibendum
Adipiscing Nunc,
Tincidunt Tristique Congue,
Vestibulum Porta Libero
2023

Eu & Fringilla, Collaborative
Imperdiet with Quam Sodales,
Donec Tristique Porta Libero
2023

Semper
Cursus Tempus,
Porta Libero
2023

Dictum, Elit. Vestibulum
Gravida Congue
2023

Rhoncus Congue
Ullamcorper Suspendisse,
Duis Ornare Porta Libero
2023


Awards

Tempus Egestas Nibh Vestibulum
Facilisis: Ultricies Ornare Ligula
2021

Rhoncus Auctor Ornare; Tincidunt Tristique, Porta Libero
2020


Press

Vestibulum Inceptos Gravida’, Ornare Review,
by Tincidunt Nisl
2024

‘Ullamcorper Faucibus (Congue) Euismod’, by Ligula Parturient, Bibendum Review Porta Libero
2023

Dictumst Tristique, Facilisis Magazine, Edition Two, Porta Libero
2021

Auctor Adipiscing Art Magazine, Porta Libero
2020

Sollicitudin Ornare Magazine,
Porta Libero
2020