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Steve Novick was born in 1966 in Worcester, Massachusetts. He earned a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design
in 1988, and an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1991.
Novick has exhibited his work in solo shows in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, New Hampshire, and Connecticut, and has participated in group shows in New York, Boston, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, and Montreal.
His work has been reviewed in the New York Sun, the Newark Star-Ledger, the Boston Globe, and the Provincetown Independent.
A recipient of Pollock-Krasner and Massachusetts Cultural Council grants, he is Professor of Art & Design
at Suffolk University.
education
1989 – 91
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills MI, Master of Fine Arts in Painting, '91
1987 – 88
Rhode Island School of Design European Honors Program; Rome, Italy
1984 – 88
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration, '88
solo exhibitions
2026
The Parsonage Gallery, Searsport ME
2024
what, exactly, has been lost, Farm Projects, Wellfleet MA
Replay, Laconia Gallery, Boston MA
2021
Ordinary, Elusive, 3S Artspace, Portsmouth NH
2019
Approximation, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury MA
2017
Atrium Gallery, Lunder Arts Center, Lesley University, Cambridge MA
2009
Artspace, New Haven CT
2008
Put Together, Kent Place Gallery, Kent Place School, Summit NJ
2007
Recent Work, O·H+T Gallery, Boston MA
Linder Gallery, Keystone College, La Plume PA
2005
Recent Objects, O·H+T Gallery, Boston MA
2003
Useful Things, Project Space, New England School of Art and Design at Suffolk University, Boston MA
1998
ad hoc, Kingston Gallery, Boston MA
Recent Objects, New England School of Art and Design at Suffolk University
1997
Apparatuses, Kingston Gallery
1994
Small Machines, Kingston Gallery
1993
Most of One, Paul Mellon Arts Center, Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford CT
1992
The Part of Things, Kingston Gallery
Recent Paintings, Rainy River Community College, International Falls MN
two- and three-person exhibitions
2024
Assembly, Storefront Art Projects, Watertown MA (with Laura Evans and Jill Slosburg–Ackerman)
2012
Drive-by Gallery, Watertown MA (with James Kennedy and August Ventimiglia)
2009
Plastic Fantastic, Laconia Gallery, Boston MA (with Robert Rovenolt and Brian Zink)
2002
Recent Sculpture, O·H+T Gallery, Boston MA (with Gregg Blasdel)
2001
Completely Fabricated, The Gallery @ Green Street, Jamaica Plain MA (with Paul Meneses)
1999
Found/Function, FPAC Gallery, Boston MA (with Paul Andrade)
1996
Que Sommes Nous, New England School of Art and Design at Suffolk University, Boston MA
1995
Recent Sculpture, Kingston Gallery, Boston MA (with Liane Noddin)
1994
New Work, Harbor Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Boston MA (with Liane Noddin and Elena Behrakis)
group exhibitions
2025
4th Annual Summer Exhibition, The Parsonage Gallery, Searsport ME
WHIM, Manifest, Cincinnati OH
Danforth Annual Juried Exhibition, Danforth Museum, Framingham MA
2024
FOODSTUFFS, Manifest, Cincinnati OH
About Scale, Suffolk University, Boston MA
2023
DISQUIET, Manifest, Cincinnati OH
Blue, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge MA
Funny Bone, Intersect Art Center, St. Louis MO
Pint Size, Transmission Gallery, San Francisco CA
CAST, Manifest, Cincinnati OH
2022
72nd A-One, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT
MIMIC, Manifest, Cincinnati OH
On the Verge of Recognition, Well Well Projects, Portland OR
Lost and Found, Umbrella Arts Gallery, Concord MA
Red, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge MA
Mentor/Advisor/Teacher/Role Model, Suffolk University, Boston MA
2021
WHAT, Manifest, Cincinnati OH
SIGNAL, Manifest, Cincinnati OH
Little Things Matter, University of Southern Mississippi Museum of Art, Hattiesburg MS
Blue, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge MA
Master Copies/Interpretations, Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, Long Beach Township NJ
Somernova Art Project, Somernova, Somerville MA
Shape in All Its Forms, Site: Brooklyn, New York NY (online)
2020
57th Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe LA
MODIFIED, Manifest, Cincinnati OH
Drivin' Along, Drive-by Gallery, Watertown MA
Minimalism, ShockBoxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach CA
2018
Black and White, Specto Arts Space, Harrisonburg VA
2017
Art Market Provincetown, Provincetown MA
National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge MA
2016
Dream or Nightmare, (Scene) Metrospace, Michigan State University, East Lansing MI
Reclaiming-Remaking, Tipton Gallery, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City TN
Passion Engine, Suffolk University, Boston MA
2014
Imaginal, Adams Gallery, Suffolk University, Boston MA
RISD in Rome: European Honors Program, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI
Salon 21, Nave Gallery, Somerville MA (also 2013)
2013
New England School of Art and Design Faculty, Adams Gallery, Suffolk University, Boston MA
2012
Two Years, Drive-by Gallery, Watertown MA
Juried in July, Sandywoods Gallery, Tiverton RI
Foundation and Fine Arts Faculty, New England School of Art and Design at Suffolk University, Boston MA
150 x 150, Laconia Gallery, Boston MA (also 2009 – 11)
2011
Patio, Drive-by Gallery, Watertown MA
NESAD Faculty and Alumni, New England School of Art and Design at Suffolk University, Boston MA
2009
RISD New England Alumni Biennial, Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown MA
Faculty Drawing Exhibition, New England School of Art and Design at Suffolk University, Boston MA
2008
183rd Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, National Academy Museum, New York NY
Bloom, Gallery 51, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams MA
2006
Out of Paint, Kuhn Gallery, Ohio State University, Marion OH
The Object of Design, Pelham Art Center, Pelham NY
150 x 150, Green Street Gallery, Boston MA (also 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001)
The Object of Design, Pelham Art Center, Pelham NY
Artcetera Auction, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston MA (also 2002, 2000, 1998)
2004
En Masse: An Accumulation of Convention, Samson Projects, Boston MA
2002
Eleven Boston Artists, Galerie Gora, Montreal, Canada
Small Works, The Attleboro Museum, Attleboro MA
2001
Open Season, Hallspace, Roxbury MA
Recent Grant Winners in the Visual Arts, Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville MA
2000
Multi, The Painting Center, New York NY
Massachusetts Cultural Council 1999 Sculpture Grant Recipients, Chapel Gallery, Newton MA
National Small Works, Gallery on the Green, Canton CT
Fine Arts Faculty, New England School of Art and Design at Suffolk University
1999
Convergence '99-Y2K, Carnegie Arts Center, North Tonawanda NY
1998
What's the Story?, FPAC Gallery, Boston MA
RISD at Point, Gallery 5 North, Boston MA
September Show, Kingston Gallery, Boston MA
Visions and Revisions, Hodges-Taylor Gallery, Queens College, Charlotte NC
1997
Hootenanny Extravaganza II, CB's 313, New York NY
Network, Pontiac MI
Playing Games, Mariboe Gallery, Hightstown NJ
Eleven at Fifteen, Kingston Gallery, Boston MA
1996
Hootenanny Extravaganza, CB's 313, New York NY
Beyond Tradition, Ceres Gallery, New York NY
Maximum-minimums, MUSE Gallery, Philadelphia PA
Eleven, Kingston Gallery, Boston MA
Anything-but-paper Prayers, Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston MA (also '95, '93, '92)
1995
Contemporary New England Sculpture, Mazmanian Gallery, Framingham State College, Framingham MA
Icons and Altars, New Art Center, Newton MA
Peddie Small Works, Mariboe Gallery, Hightstown NJ
Floor to Ceiling, Kingston Gallery, Boston MA
1993
Random, Kingston Gallery, Boston MA
1992
The Extraordinary Object, Nesto Gallery, Milton Academy, Milton MA
Collage and Assemblage, Core New Art Space, Denver CO
Waiting for the Barbarians, Kingston Gallery, Boston MA
1991
Lost Objects, Kingston Gallery, Boston MA
awards
2024
Artist Fellowship Grant, Somerville Arts Council, Somerville MA
2016
Artist Fellowship Grant, Somerville Arts Council
2009
Artist Fellowship Grant, Somerville Arts Council
2000
Pollock – Krasner Foundation Grant, New York NY
Artist Fellowship Grant, Somerville Arts Council
1999
Sculpture Grant Recipient, Massachusetts Cultural Council
reviews and publications
2025
The Christian Century, “On Art: Steve Novick's The Pill, Epitaph, and Cemetery Table”
2024
The Provincetown Independent, review of what, exactly, has been lost, at Farm Projects, Wellfleet MA
2023
Manifest Exhibition Annual, Season 19, Cincinnati, Ohio
2022
Manifest Exhibition Annual, Season 18, Cincinnati, Ohio
2021
Manifest Exhibition Annual, Season 17, Cincinnati, Ohio
Art New England, review of Ordinary, Elusive at 3S Artspace, Portsmouth NH
2017
Exhibition Catalog, National Prize Show 2017, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge MA
Exhibition Catalog, Dream or Nightmare, Michigan State University, (SCENE) Metrospace, East Lansing MI
2008
Catalog essay for 183rd Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, National Academy Museum, New York NY
New York Sun, review of 183rd Annual, National Academy Museum
Newark Star-Ledger, review of 183rd Annual, National Academy Museum
2007
Essay by Drake Goméz, Linder Gallery, Keystone College, La Plume PA
2006
Catalog for The Object of Design, Pelham Art Center, Pelham NY
2005
Big Red and Shiny (online journal), review of Recent Objects at O·H+T Gallery, Boston MA
2002
The Boston Globe, review of Recent Sculpture at O·H+T Gallery, Boston MA
2000
The Boston Globe, review of Massachusetts Cultural Council 1999 Sculpture Grant Recipients at Chapel Gallery, Newton MA
Art New England, review of Massachusetts Cultural Council 1999 Sculpture Grant Recipients
Catalog for Artcetera Auction, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston MA (also 1998)
1999
The Boston Globe, review of Found/Function at FPAC Gallery, Boston MA
Catalog for Convergence/Y2K, Carnegie Art Center, North Tonawanda NY
The Buffalo News, review of Convergence/Y2K at Carnegie Art Center
1998
Boston Sunday Herald, review of Recent Objects at New England School of Art and Design at Suffolk University, Boston MA
Essay by Charles Giuliano, Recent Objects at New England School of Art and Design at Suffolk University
The Boston Globe, review of What's the Story? at FPAC Gallery, Boston MA
The Boston Tab, review of Kingston at NESAD/SU at New England School of Art and Design at Suffolk University, Boston MA
1997
The Boston Globe, review of Apparatuses at the Kingston Gallery, Boston MA
artsMEDIA Magazine, review of Apparatuses
teaching experience
1996 – present
Art & Design Department, Suffolk University, Boston MA (Chair 2013 – 2014, Professor, 2008 – present, Associate Professor 2003 – 2008, Assistant Professor 1998 – 2003, Instructor 1996 – 98)
2023
Tufts University/School of the Museum of Fine Arts Pre-college Program, Boston MA
1997
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Continuing Education Department, Boston MA
Visiting Artist Lecture, Mixed Media, Sculpture Department, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston MA
1996, 1992
Rhode Island School of Design Pre-College Program, Providence RI
1993 – 96
Rhode Island School of Design Continuing Education Department, Providence RI
other experience
2024
Artist Talk, what, exactly, has been lost, Farm Projects, Wellfleet MA
2021
Virtual Artist Talk, Ordinary, Elusive, 3S Artspace
2017
Panelist, “Disagree to Agree: A Debate-Abating Tag-Team Battle over Skill vs. Creativity”, FATE (Foundations in Art: Theory and Education) Conference, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City MO
2015
Panelist, “Making the Most of What You've Got”, FATE (Foundations in Art: Theory and Education) Conference, Herron School of Art, and Design Indianapolis IN
2013
Panelist, “Metaphor at the Core”, FATE (Foundations in Art: Theory and Education) Conference, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah GA
2010
Panelist, Visual Arts Grants, Somerville Arts Council, Somerville MA
2008
Grant Panelist, 2009 Fellowship in 3-Dimensional Art, Rhode Island State Council for the Arts, Providence RI
2001
Panelist, FATE Conference, Mass College of Art, Boston MA
2000
Panelist, 2001 Visual Arts Grants, Somerville Arts Council, Somerville MA
1997 – 99
Contributing Writer, artsMEDIA Magazine, Boston MA
1993 – 95
Director, Kingston Gallery, Boston MA