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Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Philip Noyed is an artist working in oil paints and "free form" sculptures in Deephaven, Minnesota.

Philip was raised in the suburbs of St. Paul Minnesota and attended Hamline University where he received a liberal arts education with a focus on East Asian Studies and Theater Studies. He studied photography and film making at Film in the Cities and made numerous short films and photo essays. He worked on Prince's movie, Purple Rain.

Philip’s perspective on art is influenced through living in Japan for three years. He was a student at Kansai Gaidai University in Osaka, Japan and studied the language and arts there. He studied pottery at Shimpo Ceramics in Kyoto and Shodo calligraphy with Yamazaki Sensei in Hirakata, Japan.

Philip taught English at Fushiki High School in Toyama prefecture. He became a member of the Hoshoru school of Noh theater.  He was the first American to perform at the National Noh Theater in Tokyo. He also studied contemporary Japanese theater with Suzuki Sensei in the Toga Mura Greek theater in the Japan Alps.

In America, Philip studied ceramics at Northern Clay Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. He has a home art studio and has created Mingei-style ceramics for over 15 years.   Philip is a self-taught oil painter. His style is based on the gesture of line in forms interacting with space and other forms within composition.

Philip has more than 18 years' experience developing brand strategies, brand identities, and multi-channel advertising campaigns for national retailers, financial institutions, catalogs, and products. He has helped credit unions develop brand identity systems and marketing campaigns. His brand work has won the ReBrand 100 and Graphic Design USA awards and many credit union industry-marketing awards.

Philip has been a pioneer in e-commerce web site design and interactive marketing. He provided creative direction as Target corporation launched the first e-commerce web sites including Taraget.com, MarshallFields.com, Mervyns.com and Rivertown catalog web sites. He established Target's interactive creative group and managed all of Target's websites and interactive marketing for over four years. Under his leadership, Target.com received recognition by One Design and Communication Arts magazines for design excellence. Philip also established the interactive creative services group for Fingerhut Corporation and led the creation of six e-brands. The Fingerhut website was selected Web Marketing Association's website of the year and AndysGarage.com also won the Web Marketing Association's web site of the year. Philip also led the development of nine catalog brands at Fingerhut.