Anna Novakov

Anna Novakov
Born (1959-10-02) 2 October 1959 (age 65)
Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
OccupationArt History
AwardsAdèle Mellen Prize (2009)
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
University of California, Davis
New York University
Academic work
InstitutionsSan Francisco Art Institute
Saint Mary's College of California

Anna Novakov is a Serbian-American art historian, critic, educator, and curator based at Saint Mary's College of California.[1] A prolific writer, Novakov has received numerous awards and grants for her research and art criticism. In addition to her published essays, collaborations with artists, museum catalogues and exhibition reviews, she is the primary contributor and editor of more than ten books.

Education

Anna Novakov holds a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley, a master's degree from the University of California, Davis, and a doctorate from New York University in the History of Art and Art Education[1] under the direction of Professor Angiola Riva Churchill and Professor David Ecker.

Teaching

From 1992 until 2003, Novakov taught courses in the history of art, gender and visual culture at the San Francisco Art Institute. Her students included Nao Bustamante, Felipe Dulzaides, Mads Lynnerup, Matmos, Guy Overfeld, Nuno Pedrosa, Alex Kahn, Kehinde Wiley and many other emerging artists. In 2004 she was tenured as a professor of art history and women's studies at Saint Mary's College of California[1] – a liberal arts college.

As an art historian, Novakov is interested in how art and culture have developed over time. She has also spoken about the role of gender in contemporary public art,[2] and edited books on the subject, including Veiled Histories: The Body, Place and Public Art.[3] Her book (co-authored with Paula Birnbaum), Essays on Women's Artistic and Cultural Contributions, 1919–1939 (2009), was awarded the Adèle Mellen Prize.[4]

Exhibitions

Novakov has been curator of a number of European exhibitions that melded public space and gender with contemporary installation art. Working with Swedish artist, Jorgen Svensson, Novakov conceptualized Public Safety (2000) – an exhibition held in Hammaro, Sweden. In 2005, Novakov collaborated with Swiss artist and writer Denise Ziegler on Moving Target – an international exhibition of public art in Helsinki, Finland.[5]

In 2014, Novakov and artist Ron Hutt founded Provisional Art Spaces. Provisional Art Spaces is an international association of curators and artists who create opportunities for spatial transference through artistic affiliations, environmental action and strategic productions.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Faculty Profiles: Anna Novakov". Saint Mary's College of California. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  2. ^ Boxer, Sarah (4 July 1998). "Beating Surveillance: Don't Care, Just Laugh". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  3. ^ Novakov, Anna, ed. (1997). Veiled Histories: The Body, Place and Public Art. Critical Press. ISBN 9781883831073.
  4. ^ "Academic Book: Essays on Women's Artistic and Cultural Contributions, 1919–1939: Expanded Social Roles for the New Woman Following the First World War". mellenpress.com. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  5. ^ Moving Target, archived from the original on 20 July 2011, retrieved 3 July 2009
  6. ^ "Provisional Art Spaces". Retrieved 13 December 2015.