Bio

Dena Novak (b. 1968) is based in Los Angeles, CA.

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EDUCATION

2026 MFA, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA

1996 MA, Tufts University and School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

1991 BA, Colarado College, Colorado Springs, CO

1986-88 Advanced Figurative Painting, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2025

Domestic Saturation, SHRINE, New York, NY

2023

Fearlessly Weighted, bG Gallery and Simone Gad Foundation, Los Angeles, CA

2021

Disjointed, Hoyt Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024

Blue Dream, SHRINE, Los Angeles, CA

SoCal MFA 2024 Exhibition, Juried Exhibition, Claremont Gaduate University, Claremont, CA

GLAMFA 2024: Hot for the Apocalpyse, 19th Annual Greater Los Angeles MFA Juried Exhibition, California State University, Long Beach, CA

2023

Alchemy, Create! Magazine, Online

Fearlessly Weighted, bG Gallery, Miami, FL

2022

Revelations, Visionary Art Collective, Online Exhibition

2021

Spectrum Gestalt 8, bG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

2020

Women In Art, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA

Home, Acogedor Space, Online Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA

2019

Dreams, Brentwood Art Show, Los Angeles, CA

2012

Hamilton, The Art House, Hamilton, Ontario, CAN

2008

New Faces In Cultural Art, Makor Gallery, New York, NY

2007

Ritual Objects, Betzalel’s Gallery, New York, NY

ART FAIRS

2022

Intersect Palm Springs, bG Gallery Palm Springs, CA

2021

Context Art Fair, bG Gallery, Miami, FL

AWARDS

2022

Inaugural Exhibition Program Award, Simone Gad Foundation, Los Angeles, CA

1996

Ali Pratt Travel Scholarship, Tufts Univ/ School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA