Sheila Novak

Spring 2024 seminar: M.F.A. candidate, creative visual arts

Sheila Novak (she/they, b. 1990) is an interdisciplinary artist and curator currently living and working on Gayog̱hó:nǫ́ (New York), Massachusett (Massachusett), and Dakota (Minnesota) land. Currently enrolled at Cornell University, Novak is pursuing her Master of Fine Arts degree in Visual Creative Arts. Novak has held the Creative Community Fellowship with National Art Strategies (2018) and has been an artist-in-residence at the Urbano Project (2020), Hennepin County Medical Center (2015–17), and Holden Village (2014). Novak received her B.A. in Studio Art and Environmental Science from St. Olaf College (2012).