EDUCATION
2007- 2010 Concordia University, MFA, Montreal, Canada
2000 -2004 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, USA
1996 -1997 School for Sculpture and Stone Carving, Horice, The Czech Republic
RESIDENCIES / FELLOWSHIPS
2011 Residency in Kunstnarhuset Messen, Alvik, Norway (artist in residence) upcoming
2011 Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA (artist residence) upcoming
2011 Quebec - Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Bazil, (artist in residence) upcoming
2010 Blue Sky Project, Dayton, Ohio, USA (artist in residence)
2010 Est-Nord-Est, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada (artist in residence)
2010 La Chambre Blanche, Quebec, Quebec, Canada (artist in residence)
2009 Vermont Studio Centre, Johnson, VT, USA (fellowship)
2009 Urban Glass, New York, NY, USA (fellowship)
2009 Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, USA (fellowship)
2004 Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA, USA (emerging artist in residence)
SOLO EXHIBITONS
2012 Aceartinc, Winnipeg, Manitoba (scheduled)
2011 Conexion, Frederickson, New Brunswick, (scheduled)
2011 Hamilton Artist, Inc, Hamilton, ON, ‘Horizons’( scheduled)
2011 Musee d’Art Contemporain de Baie – Saint – Paul, Quebec, (scheduled)
2011 Bain Saint-Michel, Montreal, QC, ‘Aqua Ephemere’ (scheduled)
2010 Estevan Art Gallery and Museum, Estevan, SK, ‘River’
2010 Oboro, Montreal, QC, ‘Rivers and Skies – My First House’
2010 The Merc Building, Dayton, Ohio, USA, ‘Where Are You Going Ray?’
2010 UD Chapel, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH ‘I Am The Light’
2010 La Chambre Blanche, Quebec, Quebec, Canada, ‘Fragments of Light’
2010 Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON, ‘River’
2009 Vermont Studio Centre, Johnson, VT ‘Flood 1929’, ‘We were there but could not hear each other’
2009 Fofa Gallery, Montreal, QC, River – Whirlpools of Time, River The Mirror to The Sky
2008 Black Box, Hexagram Research Facilities, Montreal, ‘River’
2007 Kitchener City Hall Gallery, Kitchener, ON ,’Rivers’, (light boxes)
2007 Cambridge Gallery, Cambridge, Canada, ON, ‘Day & Night’, ‘Windows in the Sky’
2007 Definitely Superior, Thunder Bay, ON, ‘Deep Waters / Hluboke vody’
2006 Niagara Artist Company, St. Catherine’s, Canada, ‘Deep Waters / Hluboke vody’
2005 Tannery Row, Buford, USA, ‘Windows in the sky / Okna do oblohy’
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 11th DMZ Art Festival, Seokjang-Ri Art Gallery, Republic of Korea
2011 Current 2011, International Biennial Exhibition, Santa Fe, USA
2011 Quebec - Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Bazil,
2010 Armory, Dayton, OH, USA, ‘ Where Are You Going Ray?’
2010 Vermont Studio Center Gallery, Unabridged, Johnson, VT, USA
2010 Museo Cultural, Current 2010 Eighth International Biennial Exhibition, Santa Fe, USA
2010 Clay & Glass Gallery, Waterloo, ON, ‘Land, Light, Identity’ – touring exhibition, (scheduled)
2009 Art Mur Gallery, Montreal, QC, (TIME OFF, MFA exhibition), ‘Fragments of Light’
2008 Espace Artefacto, Montreal, QC, (Strata - MFA exhibition), ‘Dimensions of Light’
2008 FOFA Gallery, Montreal, QC, (Remedios Terrarium), ‘Rivers’
2007 Ed Video, Guelph, Ontario (Edifying Edifices), ‘Deep Waters’
2006 Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, Canada, (juried exhibition)
2006 Praxis Gallery, Toronto, ON, ‘Hot summer heat’ (video installation/group show)
2004 Pafa Museum of Fine Arts, Philadelphia,USA,(ASE, installation) ‘Deep Waters II./Hluboke vody’
2003 Pafa Museum of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, USA, (ASE video-inst.) ‘Deep Waters I./Hluboke vody’
2002 Gallery at 1301, Philadelphia, USA, ( installation, juried exhibition) ‘Black & White’
2002 Pafa Museum of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, USA, (group show) “Drawing a shadow”,
2002 Gallery at 1301, Philadelphia, USA, (juried exhibition) “Day & Night”,
2001 Gallery at 1301, Philadelphia, USA, (group show), ‘Circles’
2001 Katmandu Club, Philadelphia, USA ‘Intangible’
2001 Pafa Museum of Fine Arts, Philadelphia USA, ‘Waiting for spring’, ‘Intangible’
2001 Gallery at 1301, Philadelphia, (group show), ‘From here to there’
2000 Academy of the Fine Art, Chicago, USA (group show), ‘Drawings’
OUTDOOR / RESIDENTIAL INSTALLATIONS
2003 Installation for Liz Osborne’s residence, Philadelphia, USA, ‘Drawing shadows’
2002 Installation for David Wysor Studio, Philadelphia, USA, ‘Drawing shadows’
2001 Katmandu Club, Philadelphia , ‘Intangible’
WORK IN COLLECTIONS
Corning Museum of Glass
GRANTS, PRIZES, AWARDS
2011 Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, (Santa Fe Art Institute, New Mexico, USA)
2010 Canada Council Project Grant
2010 Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec,Travel Grant, Current 2010, Santa Fe, NM, USA
2009 OAC Project Grant
2009 OAC Exhibition Assistance Grant – Hamilton Artist Run Centre
2009 OAC Exhibition Assistance Grant – Grimsby Public Art Gallery
2009 Gley Sperling Award, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
2009 Campaign for New Millennium Graduate Scholarship, Concordia University, Montreal
2009 Graduate Fellowship, Concordia University, Montreal
2008 CIAM (Centre interuniversitaire des arts mediatiques) Project Grant
2008 Campaign for Concordia Graduate Award, Concordia University, Montreal
2007 Anne Fish Award in fibres, Concordia University, Concordia University, Montreal
2007 The J.A. de Seve Entrance Fellowship, Concordia University, Montreal
2007 PROJECT GRANT / ONTARIO ART COUNCIL
2007 OAC Exhibition Assistance grant, ‘River’
2006 OAC Exhibition Assistance grant, ‘Windows in the Sky’
2006 The Audrey Shimizu Fund
2004 The Mayor Award (The city of Philadelphia)
2003 The Richard C. Von Hess memorial scholarship and travel award
The Alexander Prize
The Pannipecker Prize
The Fellowship trust Prize
The James O. Dumont Prize
2002 The Charles E. Dutrow Award
The Ward prize in sculpture
2001 The Katmandu Prize for outdoor sculpture
The Mary Townsend and William Clark Mason memorial prize in Sculpture
2000 THE TUITION AND MERIT SCHOLARSHIP AWARD, PENN. ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
PUBLICATIONS
2010 “Comme un reve de Pierre, Exposition de Lenka Novakova a la Chambre Blanche, article per
Claude Chevalot, 15 avril, 2010, Punctum
2009 River – Whirlpools of Time, Lenka Novakova, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Catalog, 2010
2007 “Perceiving the Transformation of Time: From Repetition to Narrative”
“Strata” Espace Artefacto, essay by Amanda Helen Beattie
2007 “Crucible”, Cambridge Galleries, curatorial essay by Ivan Jurakic
2006 “Deep Waters”, NAC, essay by Sean Condon
SELECTED REVIEWS
2010 University of Dayton Magazine, Blue Sky Dreams and Visions, If you were driving, fall 2010
2010 The Santa Fe’s Monthly Magazine, Currents 2010, Art with a capitalist A, Jon Carver, 08/2010
2010 Blue Sky Lights Up The Merc, Terry Moris, Dayton Daily News, August 3, 2010
2010 Check out new exhibit at gallery West Niagara News, January 1, 2010
2010 Quoi Faire A Quebec, Chambre Blanche, Fragments of Light, 23 Mars, 2010
2010 Art Presence Web Lenka Novakova a La chambre Blanche
2010 March Gautier, Mon expace sur le web consacre a l’art et a son historie. Point focal: Quebec
Residence de Lenka Novakova, 23 Mars, 2010
2009 Lidia Di Nallo, Mfa's Take Off, Montreal Mirror, Arts Week, March.19th
2008 Sijia Chen, “ Remedios’ Terrarium: nice form of anarchy”, The Concordian, Mar.18
2007 “Festival Opens doors to world”, Guelph Tribune, Sept.30
2007 Tera Borody, “An Audio-Visual Adventure” The Ontarion, Nov.04
2007 Joanne Shuttleworth, “Clearing the Conscience”, Guelph Mercury, Sept.12
2007 Linda Maehans, “Mysterius pools and windows” Thunder Bay’s Source, Feb.02
ARTIST TALKS, PRESENTATIONS
2011 Residency in Kunstnarhuset Messen, Alvik, Norway
2011 Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
2011 Bain Saint Michel, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2010 Estavan Art Gallery and Museum, Estavan, Saskatchevan, SK, Canada
2010 Technical Institute VUT, Faculty of Visual Arts, Brno, Czech Republic
2010 Oboro, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2010 University of Dayton, Ohio, USA
2010 Black Box Theatre, Music and Dance Department, UD, Dayton, OH
2010 Blue Sky Project, Dayton, Ohio, USA
2010 Est-Nord-Est, Saint Jean Port Joli, Quebec, Canada
2009 Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON
2009 Concordia University, ARTEX II, Montreal, QC
2009 Concordia University, ARTEX I., Montreal, QC
2009 Johnson Studio Centre, Johnson, VT, USA
2009 Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, USA
2009 Carving Studio, Rutland, Vermont, USA
2011 Kunstnarhuset Messen, Alvik, Norway, Workshop (light, optics)
2011 Bain Saint Michel, Workshop (light, optics – Appearance/Disapearence)
2010 Visiting Artist/Professor, University of Dayton/Blue Sky Project – Dayton, OH, USA
2009 Teaching Assistantship, Concordia University, Montreal, QC - Introduction to Digital Media
2008 Teaching Assistantship, Concordia University, Montreal, QC - Ceramics/Mold Making
2007 Teaching Assistantship, Concordia University, Montreal, QC - Fibre Structures I. II.
2004-07 Anjo-Novak Arts Studio, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, (metal, glass, wood facilities)
2004-05 Optional Practical Training, Cutting Edge Stone, Alpharetta, GA, USA
Architectural Stone - Carving
2002-04 David Wisor Design Studio, Philadelphia, PA, USA - Casting, Metal Working
1999-00 Drawing Workshop, (monitor) Palette and Chisel Academy, Chicago, IL, USA
1999-00 Monument modeling and casting at Rotblatt-Amrany Studio, (assistant) Chicago, IL, USA
MEMBERSHIPS
Hexagram: L’institut de recherché-creation en arts et technologies, Montreal, QC
CIAM Centre interuniversitaire des arts mediatigueshe, Montreal, QC
OBORO, Centre dedie a la production et a la presentation de l’art des pratiques contemporaines et des
nouveaux medias, Montreal, QC
RELEVANT SKILLS
Editing Software: Final Cut Pro, Avid, Pro Tools, Photoshop
Good knowledge of audiovisual equipment/recording and postproduction
Large digital print press (fabric/photo) - Mimaki JV4 Printer, Epson 9800
Fibres Related skills: Inkjet jacquard loom and related Point Carre Software Dongle, Embroidery Machine, Weaving, Dying fabrics, Good practical skills of machine shop equipment, metal, glass and wood facilities
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