BRIAN NOVATNY
BORN
Wadsworth, OH 1964
Currently living in Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION
1990 Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT, M.F.A.
1987 Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH, B.F.A.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 Galerie Schuster, Berlin, GERMANY
2007 George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Galerie Schuster, Frankfurt, GERMANY
2006 Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2005 Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2005 Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2005 Davidson Contemporary, Seattle, WA
2004 Galerie Schuster & Scheuermann, Berlin, GERMANY
2003 Galerie Schuster, Frankfurt, GERMANY
2003 Davidson Gallery, Seattle, WA
2002 Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2001 Davidson Gallery, Seattle, WA
2001 Galerie Schuster & Scheuermann, Berlin, GERMANY
2001 Mangel Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2001 George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2000 Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2000 Elliot Smith Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2000 Frumkin/Duval Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1999 George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
1999 Washington County Museum of Art, Hagerstown, MD
1999 Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1998 George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
1998 Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, NC
1998 Elliot Smith Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1997 George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
1996 Spangler Cummings Gallery, Columbus, OH
1993 Roberta Kuhn Gallery, Columbus, OH
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 Heriard-Cimino Gallery, The Figure Revisited, New Orleans, LA
2006 Ambrosino Gallery, Conversations, curated by Sharon Louden Miami, FLA
2004 Kunstverein Speyer- Kulturhof Flachgasse, Speyer, GERMANY
2004 Center on Contemporary Art, Domicile, Seattle, WA
2004 Columbus College of Art & Design,125th Anniversary Alumni Exhibition, Columbus, OH
2003 Mississippi Museum of Art, Art a Century Apart:1903 and 2003, Jackson, MS
2002 Waddington & Tribby Fine Art, Boca Raton, FL
2002 Bronx River Art Center, Physical Units, Bronx, NY
2002 William Carey College, two-person exhibition, Gulfport, MS
2000 Galerie Schuster, Frankfurt, GERMANY
2000 Carl Schlosberg Fine Arts, Portraits, Sherman Oaks, CA
2000 Davidson Galleries, Corporeal, Seattle, WA
1999 Frumkin/Duval Gallery, Wrapped-up, Santa Monica, CA
1998 Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998 Carl Schlosberg Fine Arts, 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Sherman Oaks, CA 1998 Liquid Gallery, Cover Story, Hoboken, NJ
1996 Queens Library, The Modern Landscape, Queens, NY
1996 La Colline, INNsight Art Show, Mill Neck, NY
1995 Layton Gallery, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI
1993 Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY
1992 Marymount Manhattan College Gallery, New York, NY, Broken Narratives
1992 Oxford Gallery, New Beginnings, three-person exhibition, Rochester, NY
1992 Roberta Kuhn Gallery, Columbus, OH
1991 New Haven Paint & Clay Club, 90th Annual Art Exhibition, New Haven, CT
1989 Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH,
1989 79th Annual Columbus Art League Exhibition
1988 Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH,
1988 78th Annual Columbus Art League Exhibition
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2005 Diane McClintock, review, Art Paper, Atlanta, GA, September/October
2002 McLellan, Marian, review, New Orleans Art Review, September/October
2002 MacCash, Doug, review, Times Picayune Laignappe, New Orleans, LA, August
2002 Prescott, Jean, review, The Sun Herald, Gulfort, MS, Sun. Jan. 27
2000 Scott, Bill, review, Art in America, April
2000 Jeff Daniel, review, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, illus., Sun. Apr. 30
2000 Macello, Dave, interview article, Art & Antiques, Jan.
1999 Naves, Mario, review, New York Observer, Nov. 29
1999 Willard, Pat, interview article, Brooklyn Bridge Magazine, November/December
1998 Daniel, Jeff, review, St. Louis Post Dispatch, illus. Sun., Apr. 12
1996 Ross, Clare, review, Dialogue: Midwest Art Journal, illus., November/December
1996 Koeninger, Kay, review, The Columbus Dispatch, illus., Sun. Oct. 6
1995 Harris, Karen, “1995-1996 Exhibitions”, Marymount Manhattan College Gallery Catalogue
1995 Auer, James, review, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Sun. Nov. 12
1993 Constable, Lesley, review, The Columbus Dispatch, illus., Sun. May 9
1989 Hall, Jaqueline, review, The Columbus Dispatch, illus., June
AWARDS
1999 The Basil H. Alkazzi Award (USA)
1990 Richard Welling Prize in recognition of excellence in drawing,
1990 Yale University School of Art
1989 Louise Sheperd-Hengst Award and Purchase Award,
1989 Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
1988 Valentine Award and Purchase Award,
1988 Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
COLLECTIONS
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Fine Arts
Knoxville Museum of Arts
Microsoft
Progressive Insurance Co.
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
The Daum Museum of Contemporary Arts
Reader’s Digest, Inc.
BORN
Wadsworth, OH 1964
Currently living in Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION
1990 Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT, M.F.A.
1987 Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH, B.F.A.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 Galerie Schuster, Berlin, GERMANY
2007 George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Galerie Schuster, Frankfurt, GERMANY
2006 Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2005 Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2005 Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2005 Davidson Contemporary, Seattle, WA
2004 Galerie Schuster & Scheuermann, Berlin, GERMANY
2003 Galerie Schuster, Frankfurt, GERMANY
2003 Davidson Gallery, Seattle, WA
2002 Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2001 Davidson Gallery, Seattle, WA
2001 Galerie Schuster & Scheuermann, Berlin, GERMANY
2001 Mangel Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2001 George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2000 Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2000 Elliot Smith Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2000 Frumkin/Duval Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1999 George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
1999 Washington County Museum of Art, Hagerstown, MD
1999 Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1998 George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
1998 Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, NC
1998 Elliot Smith Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1997 George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
1996 Spangler Cummings Gallery, Columbus, OH
1993 Roberta Kuhn Gallery, Columbus, OH
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 Heriard-Cimino Gallery, The Figure Revisited, New Orleans, LA
2006 Ambrosino Gallery, Conversations, curated by Sharon Louden Miami, FLA
2004 Kunstverein Speyer- Kulturhof Flachgasse, Speyer, GERMANY
2004 Center on Contemporary Art, Domicile, Seattle, WA
2004 Columbus College of Art & Design,125th Anniversary Alumni Exhibition, Columbus, OH
2003 Mississippi Museum of Art, Art a Century Apart:1903 and 2003, Jackson, MS
2002 Waddington & Tribby Fine Art, Boca Raton, FL
2002 Bronx River Art Center, Physical Units, Bronx, NY
2002 William Carey College, two-person exhibition, Gulfport, MS
2000 Galerie Schuster, Frankfurt, GERMANY
2000 Carl Schlosberg Fine Arts, Portraits, Sherman Oaks, CA
2000 Davidson Galleries, Corporeal, Seattle, WA
1999 Frumkin/Duval Gallery, Wrapped-up, Santa Monica, CA
1998 Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998 Carl Schlosberg Fine Arts, 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Sherman Oaks, CA 1998 Liquid Gallery, Cover Story, Hoboken, NJ
1996 Queens Library, The Modern Landscape, Queens, NY
1996 La Colline, INNsight Art Show, Mill Neck, NY
1995 Layton Gallery, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI
1993 Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY
1992 Marymount Manhattan College Gallery, New York, NY, Broken Narratives
1992 Oxford Gallery, New Beginnings, three-person exhibition, Rochester, NY
1992 Roberta Kuhn Gallery, Columbus, OH
1991 New Haven Paint & Clay Club, 90th Annual Art Exhibition, New Haven, CT
1989 Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH,
1989 79th Annual Columbus Art League Exhibition
1988 Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH,
1988 78th Annual Columbus Art League Exhibition
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2005 Diane McClintock, review, Art Paper, Atlanta, GA, September/October
2002 McLellan, Marian, review, New Orleans Art Review, September/October
2002 MacCash, Doug, review, Times Picayune Laignappe, New Orleans, LA, August
2002 Prescott, Jean, review, The Sun Herald, Gulfort, MS, Sun. Jan. 27
2000 Scott, Bill, review, Art in America, April
2000 Jeff Daniel, review, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, illus., Sun. Apr. 30
2000 Macello, Dave, interview article, Art & Antiques, Jan.
1999 Naves, Mario, review, New York Observer, Nov. 29
1999 Willard, Pat, interview article, Brooklyn Bridge Magazine, November/December
1998 Daniel, Jeff, review, St. Louis Post Dispatch, illus. Sun., Apr. 12
1996 Ross, Clare, review, Dialogue: Midwest Art Journal, illus., November/December
1996 Koeninger, Kay, review, The Columbus Dispatch, illus., Sun. Oct. 6
1995 Harris, Karen, “1995-1996 Exhibitions”, Marymount Manhattan College Gallery Catalogue
1995 Auer, James, review, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Sun. Nov. 12
1993 Constable, Lesley, review, The Columbus Dispatch, illus., Sun. May 9
1989 Hall, Jaqueline, review, The Columbus Dispatch, illus., June
AWARDS
1999 The Basil H. Alkazzi Award (USA)
1990 Richard Welling Prize in recognition of excellence in drawing,
1990 Yale University School of Art
1989 Louise Sheperd-Hengst Award and Purchase Award,
1989 Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
1988 Valentine Award and Purchase Award,
1988 Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
COLLECTIONS
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Fine Arts
Knoxville Museum of Arts
Microsoft
Progressive Insurance Co.
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
The Daum Museum of Contemporary Arts
Reader’s Digest, Inc.