NOELLE AFRICH
b. Chicago, Illinois
EDUCATION
2022 MFA in Painting and Drawing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2015 BS with Distinction in Mathematics and Actuarial Science, University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign
SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024 Superstition, Slow Dance Gallery, Chicago, IL (Solo Exhibition)
2024 eyemind (Anne Harris and Noelle Africh), Stasias Gallery, Chicago, IL
2023 Loomer, SHED Projects, Cleveland, OH (Solo Exhibition)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 (Forthcoming) Twelve Ten, Chicago, IL
2025 (Forthcoming) Secrist | Beach, Chicago, IL
2024 Bye Bye Pilsen, Cermak Center, Chicago, IL
2024 Weatherproof Anniversarial, Weatherproof, Chicago, IL
2024 A Week Without a Wednesday, Evil-Twins Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2023 10 Desirous Adjustments, Switch-Hook Projects, Chicago, IL
2023 I Live in a Box of Paints (I'm Drawn to Those Ones that Ain't Afraid), RUSCHWOMAN,
Chicago, IL
2023 Ingress Gallery, EXPO Chicago, Chicago, IL
2022 Woven Roving, Galerie Gisela Clement (Curated by Michelle Grabner), Bonn, Germany
2022 Making Space, The Plan, Chicago, IL
2022 SAIC Alumni Exhibition: Exit Counseling, The Green Gallery (West), Milwaukee, WI
2022 MFA Thesis Exhibition, SAIC Galleries, Chicago, IL
2022 Sequences, Iterations, and Permutations, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2022 Elementals, Kiki & Bouba Galleries, Chicago, IL
2022 The Pamphlet Show, Patient Info, Chicago, IL
2021 Niche Partitioning, Patient Info, Chicago, IL
2020 Continuous Span: Bridge Program, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2019 Monotype, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2019 The Red Show, Happy Gallery, Chicago, IL
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2022 From the Center, The Plan, Chicago, IL
PRESS
LECTURES
2023 Visiting Artist Lecture, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2022 Graduate Noontime Lecture, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2019 HPAC Bridge Program Artist Lecture, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
RESIDENCIES
2021 Greenwoods 2058 (founded by Molly Zuckerman-Hartung & Fox Hysen), Norfolk, CT
AWARDS
2022 SAIC Teaching Fellowship, Painting and Drawing, SAIC
2022 Muriel Stieglitz Memorial Scholarship, SAIC
2020 Dean’s Scholarship, Incentive Merit Scholarship, SAIC
WORK EXPERIENCE
2022- Part-Time Lecturer, Painting and Drawing, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2021-22 Visiting Artist Coordinator, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2021-22 Administrative Assistant to Michelle Grabner, Chicago, IL
2020-22 Teaching Assistant, Painting and Drawing, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2016-20 Studio Assistant to Pope.L (Archivist & Exhibitions Coordinator), Chicago, IL