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  

2024         Newcity, (In)explicable (Im)material: A Review of Noelle Africh’s “Superstition”

2024         Cleveland Scene, Noelle Africh: Loomer, Cleveland, OH 

2023         RUSCHWOMAN, I Live in a Box of Paints (I'm Drawn to Those Ones that Ain't Afraid)    

2022         Artforum Artguide, Woven Roving at Galerie Gisela Clement, Bonn, Germany 

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