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Shannon Novak (born 1979, New Plymouth) is a New Zealand curator and artist of Croatian descent. Novak is also known for his work for the LGBTIQ community in New Zealand and Australia.[1][2]

Art career

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Novak was trained as a pianist at his early age and later composing and performing his own works. Novak is known for his geometric abstraction, and exploring interrelationships between sound, colour, form, time, space, and social context surrounding the rainbow community.[3] Around 2017, he explored art with augmented reality that animates on people's phones when pointed at specific points of his works.[4]

Novak later founded Safe Space Alliance, LGBTIQ led nonprofit organisation that aims to help people find and create safe spaces for rainbow communities around the world.[5] Novak's art aims to make rainbow community's challenges visible, and explore beyond traditional exhibition spaces such as windows,[6] and outside of buildings.[7]

In 2022, he did a project named Hard Labour in New Plymouth Prison, which between 1912 and 1952 was used to imprison gay men who were forced to do hard labour in the nearby quarry.[8]

Novak's works are in the collection of Queensland Art Gallery,[9] Dunedin Public Art Gallery,[10] Suter Art Gallery,[11] Auckland Art Gallery,[12] Sarjeant Gallery,[13] University of Auckland,[14] St. Lawrence University,[15] Museum of Geometric and MADI Art,[16] Chartwell Trust,[17] Arts House Trust,[18] Sylvia Park,[19] and PricewaterhouseCoopers.[20]

Residencies

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Selected solo exhibitions / installations

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  • 2024 – Dušo, Commercial Bay, Auckland, New Zealand[25]
  • 2024 – Give Light, Sylvia Park, Auckland, New Zealand[26]
  • 2023 – Te Haeata (Anew), Burnett Centre, Auckland, New Zealand[27]
  • 2022 – Make Visible: Tananaki, Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Zealand[28]
  • 2022 – Hard Labour, New Plymouth Prison, New Plymouth, New Zealand[8]

Selected group exhibitions

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References

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  1. ^ "Shannon Novak". collection.qagoma.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  2. ^ "Shannon Novak offers opportunities for plurality in art". Radio New Zealand. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  3. ^ "Shannon Novak – The Museum of Geometric and MADI Art". www.geometricmadimuseum.org. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  4. ^ Fox, Rebecca (6 April 2017). "Art - but not as you know it". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  5. ^ Tweed, Mike (17 February 2021). "Making safe spaces for our rainbow communities". NZ Herald. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  6. ^ Wood, Andrew. "Major Art Residency Falling Under The Radar". thebigidea.nz. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  7. ^ "Shannon Novak: Tone Connections". The Arts House Trust. 27 March 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  8. ^ a b Harvey, Helen (22 June 2022). "Hard Labour: 70 years since New Plymouth prison was used to lock up gay men". Stuff. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  9. ^ "Shannon Novak". collection.qagoma.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  10. ^ "Vessel LII". Dunedin Public Art Gallery Collection Online. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  11. ^ "Online collection". The Suter Art Gallery. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  12. ^ "Shannon Novak". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  13. ^ "Identity: Hue II". Te Whare o Rehua Sarjeant Gallery. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  14. ^ "Art Collection > Search Results". artcollection.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  15. ^ "Shannon Novak: Make Visible | St. Lawrence University". www.stlawu.edu. 6 March 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  16. ^ "Shannon Novak – The Museum of Geometric and MADI Art". www.geometricmadimuseum.org. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  17. ^ Chartwell. "Shannon Novak". The Chartwell Project. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  18. ^ "DC, 7-G response". The Arts House Trust. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  19. ^ "RISE – SHANNON NOVAK". Sylvia Park. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  20. ^ "Make Visible Te Whanganui-a-Tara celebrates rainbow communities of Pōneke". Wellington City Council. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  21. ^ "Shannon Novak | Govett-Brewster Art Gallery | Len Lye Centre". cms.govettbrewster.com. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  22. ^ "Annual Artist Partnership". www.burnettfoundation.org.nz. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  23. ^ "Its Ok to be Me". www.unisq.edu.au. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  24. ^ "Shannon Novak – Organised Play (7/08/14 – 30/08/14)". Audio Foundation. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  25. ^ "Pride at Precinct 2024". Precinct. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  26. ^ "GIVE LIGHT - SHANNON NOVAK". Sylvia Park. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  27. ^ "Blink | Burnett Foundation Aotearoa". www.blinkltd.co.nz. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  28. ^ "Shannon Novak | Govett-Brewster Art Gallery | Len Lye Centre". cms.govettbrewster.com. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  29. ^ "Inflection Point". Artnow. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  30. ^ "A Taste of Honey, A Virtual Exhibition Organized by Hawkfish". Brush Art Gallery. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  31. ^ "a new love order". Bruce E. Phillips. 23 May 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  32. ^ "Bergman Gallery at Aotearoa Art Fair 2022 | Artsdiary 3831". artsdiary.co.nz. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  33. ^ "Queer Algorithms (2020) | Gus Fisher Gallery". gusfishergallery.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  34. ^ "Sympathetic Resonance". The Suter Art Gallery. 20 October 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  35. ^ "Art in the Parks Current Exhibitions : New York City Department of Parks & Recreation : NYC Parks". www.nycgovparks.org. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  36. ^ "Pride: Certainly Very Merry Group Exhibition, Tim Melville Gallery | Artsdiary 2058". artsdiary.co.nz. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  37. ^ matadigital. "Soft Architecture". UXBRIDGE. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
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