Laura Nova


Born in 1973 and grew up in West Hartford, Connecticut. Lives and works on the Lower East Side, New York.
Laura Nova is a visual artist working in video, sculpture and installation. Her work is rooted in social relationships and literalized emotions. Using the gallery and site-specific spaces, she creates installations using a wide range of media to explore concepts of public and private behavior and the relationship between the human body and architecture. She received her B.F.A. and B.A. in art and history from Cornell University in 1996 and an M.F.A. from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2001 as a Jacob Javits Fellow. She lived and worked in London as a Rotary International Scholar and completed Associate Research at Goldsmiths College in 2002. She has exhibited internationally, most recently at the Bronx Museum of the Arts in New York City and VTO Gallery in London. For the past year she participated in the Henry Street Settlement Artist in Residence Program. She has taught at City College, School of Visual Arts, Pratt Institute, The College of New Jersey and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Education
2002	Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar, Goldsmiths College , University of London, UK.
2001	M.F.A., Sculpture, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago , Chicago, IL.
1996	B.A. and B.F.A. with Distinction, History and Fine Arts, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

Selected Group Exhibitions
2005	Situation Comedy, Independent Curators International, New York, NY.
2004	Studious, Dish Gallery, New York, NY.
	AIR , Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY.
	Group Exhibition , Schaffler Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn NY.
2003	Artist-in-the-Market-Place , The Bronx Museum of Art, NY.
2003	Urban and Suburban Stories , VTO Gallery, London, UK.
2002	British Consulate Benefit Auction for Sloane-KetteringHospital , NY.
2002	Postgraduate Exhibition , Goldsmiths College, London, UK.
2001	MFA Thesis Exhibition , Gallery 2, Chicago, IL.
2000	Multiples , NFA Space, Chicago, IL.
	Judging a book by its cover , The Spertus Museum, Chicago, IL.
	Group Show , Gallery 2, Chicago, IL.
	Earth Moving , Ground Breaking, Monk Parakeet, Chicago, IL.
1999	Dusk, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA.
	Group Show , Gallery 2, Chicago, IL.
	Art Under Canvas, Encircling the Circus , Gallery 2, Chicago, IL.
1998	The Artists of Arad: Celebrating Israel at 50 , Mizel Museum, Denver, CO.
1997	Arad Arts Project , Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem, Israel.
	Arad Arts Project , Arta Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
	Arad Arts Project , Arad Museum, Israel.
1996	Rising Stars , Chase/Freedman Gallery, West Hartford, CT.

Grants and Awards
2003	A.I.R. Workspace Program, The Henry Street Settlement.
2003	Artist-in-the-Market-Place, The Bronx Museum of Art.
2001-2002	Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship in London.
1998-2001	Jacob K. Javits Fellowship.
	The School of the Art Institute Graduate Art Scholarship.
	The Posey Foundation Graduate Art Scholarship.
1997	Sculpture commission entitled "Beit Nefesh/Soul Cage," located at Temed Science Based Industrial Park, The Negev, Israel.
1996	Charles Goodwin Sands Memorial Medal, highest honor awarded to thesis work in visual art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Bibliography
2003	"Art fragments from the big: Aim 23 The Bronx Museum of the Arts," Brian Boucher, Flash Art International , n° 232 October 2003.
2003	"Artist-in-the-Market-Place," The Bronx Museum of Art, summer 2003.
2002	"Goldsmiths 2002," Exhibition Catalogue, Summer 2002.
2001	"Dept.," MFA Exhibition Catalogue, Essay by Mary Jane Jacob, 2001.
2000	"Judging the Book by Its Cover," Exhibition Catalogue, Spertus Museum.
2000	"On Location: Monk Parakeet," Exhibition Catalogue, Spring 2000.
1999	"Dusk at COCA," K. Hess, The Daily , November 18, 1999.
	"Dusk reveals somber theme with much wit," Regina Hackett, What's Happening, Seattle, Post-Intelligencer, Friday, November 5, 1999, p. 20.
	"Dusk," www. Artaccess.com, December '99/January 2000, p.26.
1998	"Avant-garde Reminders," The Denver Post , Thursday, June 25, 1998, p. 5E.
1998	"Arad Arts Project," artifacts , Mizel Museum, Vol. 13, No. 3, Spring 1998, p. 2.
1997	"Arad," Maariv , May 28, 1997, p. 17.
	"Arad Arts Project," The Jerusalem Post , Friday, June 20, 1997, Vol. 5, No. 176, p. 6.
	"Go Arty," The Jerusalem Post , Friday, May 23, 1997, Vol. 5, No. 174, p.3.
	"Arad Arts Project 1997," Exhibition Catalogue, Essay by Dr. Zefira Gitay, Art Historian,Ben Gurion University, Beer-sheva.

Artist Talks
2003	"Visiting Artist," The College of New Jersey, 2003.
2002-2001	"Scholar Lecture Series," Rotary Foundation, 2001-2002.
2001	"Applying for Grants," Panel Discussion, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2001.
1998	"Artist Talk," Arad Arts Project, Mizel Museum, Denver, Colorado, 1998.

Teaching Experience
2005	Assistant Professor, Creative Arts and Technology, Bloomfield College, Bloomfield, NJ.
2005	Adjunct Faculty, Electronic Design and Multimedia, City College, City University of New York, NY.
2004 -	Adjunct Faculty, Computer Art Department, The School of Visual Art, New York, NY.
2004	Adjunct Faculty, Department of Art, The College of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ.
2003 -	Visiting Faculty, Computer Art Department, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.
2003 -	Artists-In-Residence, Studio in a School, New York, NY.
2001-2002	Instructor, L'Ouverture, Goldsmiths College, London, UK.
2001	Adjunct Faculty, Department of Continuing Studies, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
2000-2001	Adjunct Faculty, Computer Art Department, Columbia College, Chicago, IL.

Related Experience
2002 -	Freelance Designer for various firms and individual clients. Created print, motion graphics, video and websites.
2001	Research Assistant, Mary Jane Jacob, Independent Curator, Chicago, Illinois.
1998-2000	Teaching Assistant, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1999-2000	Research Assistant for Adam Brooks, curator of Refco Group Ltd, LLC., Chicago, Illinois.
1997-1998	Administrative Assistant, Intercultural Council in Israel (ICCI), Jerusalem, Israel.
1996	Research Assistant to Professor Kathy O'Dell, Fine Arts Gallery, Baltimore, MD.
1995	Intern, Christie's, New York, NY.

Technical Experience
Computer Skills: Illustrator, Photoshop, Quark, Dreamweaver, Flash, Sound Edit 16, Final Cut Pro, Media 100, Avid, After Effects, DVD Studio Pro, Microsoft Office Suite, FileMaker. Studio Skills: Video, Photo, Sound, Sculpture/Installation, Fiber, Painting and Drawing, Basic Electronics and Kinetics, Performance, Writing.

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