Noelle Africh (b. 1992, Chicago, IL) generates ambient compositions in nuanced color across canvas, panel, and paper utilizing unpredictable materials and methods. The fields and atmospheres serve as relics of time, a sum of sedimentary layers outlined by swift decisions and chance results. Africh currently works and teaches at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) and recently completed the 2026 Artist in Residence program at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Africh’s work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at Twelve Ten, Chicago (2026), Slow Dance, Chicago (2024), and SHED Projects, Cleveland (2023). Paintings have been included in group presentations at Galerie Gisela Clement, Bonn, Germany (2022), the Hyde Park Art Center (2022), and The Green Gallery-West (2022), among others.