• Education

    2012 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, BFA

  • Gallery

    Art Space

    Prime Eight Art League

  • Residency

    2023 Arctic Circle Residency, Svalbard

    2013 Gullkistan Residency, Laugarvatn, Iceland

    2012 Dflux, Detroit, Michigan

  • Teaching

    2018, 2019, 2023 Woking with Icelandic Wool

    2016 Make And Master, Salt Lake City, Utah

    2015 Introduction To Frame Loom Weaving, Publik, Salt Lake City, Utah

    2011 Weaving For Structural Forms, Penland School Of Craft, North Carolina

  • Visiting artist and Lectures

    2020 Weavers Guild, Missoula, Montana

    2019 Pechakucha

    2017 Creative Panel, Utah

    2013/2014 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, "Business Management And Art"

    2011 Penland School Of Craft, "Studio Practice"

  • Exhibitions and Permanent Collections

    2022 Permanent Collection, Soho Myriad

    2021 Permanent Collection, Soho Myriad

    2020 Permanent Collection, Fountain Place, Dallas, Texas

    2020 Permanent Collection, One Clinton, Brooklyn, New York

    2019 Permanent Collection, Portland Monaco Hotel, Portland, Oregon

    2019 Permanent Collection, Kimpton Overland Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia

    2018 Town Club, Salt Lake City, Utah

    2017 Handmade, Whitefish, Montana

    2017 Celebration Of The Arts, Salt Lake City, Utah

    2014 Permanent Collection, Thompson Hotel, Chicago, Il

    2013 Gullkistan, Iceland

    2012 Chicago: A Resource of Young Artists, Art Museo, Chicago, Il

    2012 Schneider Gallery, Chicago, Il

    2011 BFA Exhibition, Chicago, Il

    2010 Barbara And Barbara Gallery, Chicago, Il

    2009 Craft City, Salt Lake City, Utah

    2008 What We Want Is Free, Mess Hall, Chicago, Il

    2008 Megafauna, Revolving Door Gallery, Chicago, Il

    2007/2008 Art Bash, Betty Rymer Gallery, Chicago, Il

  • Bibliography

    2023

    Surface Design Journal, “Lasting Impression”, Fall 2023

    2021
    Architectural Digest

    2017

    Koel Magazine, “Weaving”, December

    KnitWit, “Weaving Traditions”, Issue #7, Autumn

    Of a Kind, October 25

    Design Milk, Nannette Wong, “Handwoven Wall Art”, April 4

    Apartment Therapy, “A Salt Lake City Apartment That is One Part Home, One Part Textile Studio”, March 3

    2016

    USA Today, Best American Maker

    350 West, The Artisan Experience, Aporta Textiles, February 16

    2015

    Of a Kind, “Make Your Own (Really Easy) Wool Bandana”, December 10

    Mary Saval, “Weave, Knit, Ski - A Typical Day for Noelle Sharp of Aporta”, November 2

    Brigitte Kreativ, Crafting Mit Noelle, January 2015

    Chicago Quarterly

    Salt Lake City Style, Rebecca, “A frame Loom Weaving Workshop”, June 9

    2014

    Flash Foxy, Shelma Jun, “Handcrafted”, December 11

    Makers Market, Madison Erlandson, “Skilled Makers”, October 10

    Local Eclectic

    SF Girl By Bay, Victoria, “Tuesday’s Girl”, March 22

    Leah Ball, Portrait Series, February 25

    Fringe Association, Karen Templer, “Our Tools, Ourselves: Noelle Sharp”, February 18

    COOP, “What Women Where”, January 10

    Pure Wow, Amalie Drury, “Pinned Down”, Jan 7

    2013

    Modern Farmer, Karen Pinchin, “Why Farmers and Knitters Are Fixated on Icelandic Sheep”, December 13

    Score Chicago, Peg Corwin

    Lucky Magazine

    The Valente, A Nod to the Talented, “We’re falling for …”, September 7

    SAIC, Woven Artworks Take Full Advantage of Education

    2012

    Time Out, Jessica Herman,Chicago Designer, December 12

    Huffington Post, Ashley McAdams, November 23

    Chicago Magazine, Nov 16

    Time Out Magazine, Ocobter

    Things is Cool, September 27

    Mountain Follows Sea, Stephanie Claire Birr, Interview, November 14

    Refinery 29

    2011

    Tres Awesome, Designer Spotlight, November

    Tres Awesome, Street Fashion, October

    Tres Awesome, Winters Last Hurray, April

    Daily Candy, Fend Off the Chill, December 12

    SF Girl By Bay, Tuesday Girl, September 13