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
2026 Signal, Twelve Ten Gallery, Chicago, IL (Solo Exhibition)
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
2026 Why Paint II?, Washington Studio School, Washington, D.C.
2025 The Ryleans, Twelve Ten, Chicago, IL
2025 Masterclass, 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
LECTURES
2026 Artist In Residence (AIR) Lecture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2026 Artist Talk with Elizabeth Lalley, Twelve Ten Gallery, Chicago, IL
2025 Artist Lecture: Presence in Absence, Soho House Chicago, IL
2024 Visiting Artist Lecture for Drawing I, Purdue University Northwest, Hammond, IN
2023 Visiting Artist Lecture for Painting III, 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
2026 Ragdale Artist Residency, Lake Forest, IL
2026 Teaching Artist in Residence (AIR), University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2021 Greenwoods 2058 (founded by Molly Zuckerman-Hartung & Fox Hysen), Norfolk, CT
PRESS
WORK EXPERIENCE
2026 Artist In Residence (AIR), University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.
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
2017-20 Studio Assistant to Pope.L (Archivist & Exhibitions Coordinator), Chicago, IL
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2022 From the Center, The Plan, Chicago, IL
AWARDS
2025 SAIC Teaching Excellence Award, Painting and Drawing, SAIC
2022 SAIC Teaching Fellowship, Painting and Drawing, SAIC
2022 Muriel Stieglitz Memorial Scholarship, SAIC
2020 Dean’s Scholarship, Incentive Merit Scholarship, SAIC