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FINE ART AND MURAL CV
EDUCATION AND ACHIEVEMENTS
May, 2014
PRATT INSTITUTE: MPS Art Therapy. Brooklyn, NY
May, 2009
ALFRED UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OF CERAMICS: BFA. Alfred, NY
Dec., 2018-2022
LCAT: Licensed Creative Arts Therapist, NY State Education Department
Nov., 2017-2022
ATR-BC: Registered and Board Certified by the Art Therapy Credentials Board (ATCB)
PRATT INSTITUTE: MPS Art Therapy. Brooklyn, NY
- Graduated with High Distinction
- Earned Pratt Circle Award (for graduate students who complete their program with at least a 3.85 GPA)
- Awarded Graduate Scholarship 2012-2014
- Attended Pratt In Venice- painting intensive summer abroad, 2014
May, 2009
ALFRED UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OF CERAMICS: BFA. Alfred, NY
- Concentrations in Painting and Sculpture
- Awarded Statutory Dean’s Scholarship 2005-2009
Dec., 2018-2022
LCAT: Licensed Creative Arts Therapist, NY State Education Department
Nov., 2017-2022
ATR-BC: Registered and Board Certified by the Art Therapy Credentials Board (ATCB)
EXHIBITIONS
Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions
2023
Natural Armor – Solo Exhibition, Dacia Gallery, New York, NY click here
2013
Muchmore’s – Solo Exhibition, Muchmore's Gastropub & Wine Bar, Brooklyn, NY
2012
Elsewhere – Solo Exhibition, Gallery Upstairs, Fairfield, CT
Art Is Timeless – Two-Person Exhibition (with Michael J. Clocks), Peter Lawrence Gallery, Kent, CT
Timescapes – Two-Person Exhibition (with Michael J. Clocks), Factory Underground, Norwalk, CT
Natural Armor – Solo Exhibition, Dacia Gallery, New York, NY click here
2013
Muchmore’s – Solo Exhibition, Muchmore's Gastropub & Wine Bar, Brooklyn, NY
2012
Elsewhere – Solo Exhibition, Gallery Upstairs, Fairfield, CT
Art Is Timeless – Two-Person Exhibition (with Michael J. Clocks), Peter Lawrence Gallery, Kent, CT
Timescapes – Two-Person Exhibition (with Michael J. Clocks), Factory Underground, Norwalk, CT
selected group exhibitions
2024
The New Vanguard: Explorations into New Contemporary V – Keep Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM click here
Tenacious Women in Art – Landmark Art Space, Chelsea, New York, NY
2022
Femmes Ensemble – Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY
Still Lifes and the Legacy of Charles Ethan Porter – Art Center East, Vernon, CT
2021
Caught Up in a Lockdown Art Affair – TW Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY click here
Art in the Time of Corona – Dab Art Co. presented by Dama Gallery (Online Exhibition) click here
2019
Reimagining Identity, Otherness, and the Possible – Steuben Hall Design Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Pratt in Venice: 35th Anniversary Alumni Exhibition – Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2018
Landscapes: Real and Imagined – Site: Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014
Wish You Were Here – A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Keys on Kites – Group Exhibition, New Haven, CT
Pratt Creative Arts Therapy – Group Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY
Summer Grand Salon – Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2011
Characters and Creatures – Factory Underground – Group Exhibition, Norwalk, CT
2010
Artists Choose Artists – Reid’s Art Space, Bridgeport, CT
2006
NASAD Exhibition – Alfred University, Alfred, NY
The New Vanguard: Explorations into New Contemporary V – Keep Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM click here
Tenacious Women in Art – Landmark Art Space, Chelsea, New York, NY
2022
Femmes Ensemble – Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY
Still Lifes and the Legacy of Charles Ethan Porter – Art Center East, Vernon, CT
2021
Caught Up in a Lockdown Art Affair – TW Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY click here
Art in the Time of Corona – Dab Art Co. presented by Dama Gallery (Online Exhibition) click here
2019
Reimagining Identity, Otherness, and the Possible – Steuben Hall Design Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Pratt in Venice: 35th Anniversary Alumni Exhibition – Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2018
Landscapes: Real and Imagined – Site: Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014
Wish You Were Here – A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Keys on Kites – Group Exhibition, New Haven, CT
Pratt Creative Arts Therapy – Group Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY
Summer Grand Salon – Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2011
Characters and Creatures – Factory Underground – Group Exhibition, Norwalk, CT
2010
Artists Choose Artists – Reid’s Art Space, Bridgeport, CT
2006
NASAD Exhibition – Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Open Studios, Art Fairs, Pop-Ups, & Special Projects
2021-2024
Gowanus Open Studios – Arts Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY
2020
ArtWalk on Atlantic – Self-Guided Exhibition, Arts Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY
2016
King’s Trading Company – Indoor Market & Pop-Up Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY
2014
The Bishop Gallery Store – Brooklyn, NY
2011
Fairfield County’s 40 Under 40 – Awards Ceremony, Stamford, CT
2009
Meet the Artists and Artisans – Festival on the Green Art Fair, Milford, CT
BFA Senior Thesis Exhibition – Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Zak Smith Wall Installation – Harder Hall, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Gowanus Open Studios – Arts Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY
2020
ArtWalk on Atlantic – Self-Guided Exhibition, Arts Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY
2016
King’s Trading Company – Indoor Market & Pop-Up Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY
2014
The Bishop Gallery Store – Brooklyn, NY
2011
Fairfield County’s 40 Under 40 – Awards Ceremony, Stamford, CT
2009
Meet the Artists and Artisans – Festival on the Green Art Fair, Milford, CT
BFA Senior Thesis Exhibition – Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Zak Smith Wall Installation – Harder Hall, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Murals/public art
Participatory & Community-Informed Murals
2025
CTC Academy – Interior mural in school for students with developmental disabilities, Oakland, NJ
2022
HeartShare St. Vincent’s Services (HSVS) – Painted and led interior mural project for foster care visitation center with Apax Partners, Brooklyn, NY
2021
NY Health + Hospitals Arts in Medicine Project – Selected artist for community mural project at Cumberland Hospital, Brooklyn, NY
Creative Solutions / NYCHA – Led exterior community mural project with HSVS, Brooklyn, NY
2019-2020
Pratt Institute – Interior mural project led as visiting graduate professor, Brooklyn, NY
2018
Jacob Schiff Park – Led exterior mural project with Creative Art Works (CAW) for Audubon Society and PS192, New York, NY
PS 137 – Led interior mural project with CAW and DOHMH, Brooklyn, NY
2017
NYC Family Court – Led interior mural project with CAW, New York, NY
Farragut Housing Projects – Led interior mural project with Brooklyn Community Services, Brooklyn, NY
72 & Sunny Advertising Agency – Co-led interior mural project with Mike Perry and CAW, New York, NY
2016
Horizon Juvenile Center – Led exterior mural project with CAW, Bronx, NY
Manhattan College –Led exterior mural project with CAW, Riverdale, NY
Long Trail School – Led interior mural project, Marble House Project Art Therapy Residency, Dorset, VT
Rikers Island – Interior mural project assistant to Christopher Cardinale with Groundswell, Bronx, NY
2015
Harlem RBI – Led interior mural project with CAW, New York, NY
2014
Rockefeller Center – Interior mural artist assistant to Gera Lozano with CAW, New York, NY
CTC Academy – Interior mural in school for students with developmental disabilities, Oakland, NJ
2022
HeartShare St. Vincent’s Services (HSVS) – Painted and led interior mural project for foster care visitation center with Apax Partners, Brooklyn, NY
2021
NY Health + Hospitals Arts in Medicine Project – Selected artist for community mural project at Cumberland Hospital, Brooklyn, NY
Creative Solutions / NYCHA – Led exterior community mural project with HSVS, Brooklyn, NY
2019-2020
Pratt Institute – Interior mural project led as visiting graduate professor, Brooklyn, NY
2018
Jacob Schiff Park – Led exterior mural project with Creative Art Works (CAW) for Audubon Society and PS192, New York, NY
PS 137 – Led interior mural project with CAW and DOHMH, Brooklyn, NY
2017
NYC Family Court – Led interior mural project with CAW, New York, NY
Farragut Housing Projects – Led interior mural project with Brooklyn Community Services, Brooklyn, NY
72 & Sunny Advertising Agency – Co-led interior mural project with Mike Perry and CAW, New York, NY
2016
Horizon Juvenile Center – Led exterior mural project with CAW, Bronx, NY
Manhattan College –Led exterior mural project with CAW, Riverdale, NY
Long Trail School – Led interior mural project, Marble House Project Art Therapy Residency, Dorset, VT
Rikers Island – Interior mural project assistant to Christopher Cardinale with Groundswell, Bronx, NY
2015
Harlem RBI – Led interior mural project with CAW, New York, NY
2014
Rockefeller Center – Interior mural artist assistant to Gera Lozano with CAW, New York, NY
Commissioned Murals
2025
Blazers Sports Bar – Interior mural for sports bar, Brooklyn, NY
2023
Tiem Community Clubhouse – Interior mural at community center, Brooklyn, NY
2022–2024
Underhill Walls – Ongoing exterior mural projects with street art collective, Brooklyn, NY
2022
Vestibule at PS/MS04 – Interior and exterior vestibule mural for Creative Art Works (CAW), Bronx, NY
Brooklyn Bagels and Deli – Outdoor sign painting, interior mural and menu, Brooklyn, NY
2021
DSK Brooklyn – Live window painting for Fulton Area Business Alliance Art360 event, Brooklyn, NY
2019
Welling Court Mural Project – Exterior mural with street art collective, Harlem, NY
Time Studio Inc. – Live window painting for Fulton Business Alliance Art360 event, Brooklyn, NY
2018
Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital –Interior murals throughout hospital, New York, NY
2015
Brooklyn Zoo (Parkour Gym) – Interior mural collaboration with Michael J. Clocks, Brooklyn, NY
2014
Downtown Bridgeport Arts Festival – Exterior mural collaboration with Michael J. Clocks, Gelator, and ERA, Bridgeport, CT
Blazers Sports Bar – Interior mural for sports bar, Brooklyn, NY
2023
Tiem Community Clubhouse – Interior mural at community center, Brooklyn, NY
2022–2024
Underhill Walls – Ongoing exterior mural projects with street art collective, Brooklyn, NY
2022
Vestibule at PS/MS04 – Interior and exterior vestibule mural for Creative Art Works (CAW), Bronx, NY
Brooklyn Bagels and Deli – Outdoor sign painting, interior mural and menu, Brooklyn, NY
2021
DSK Brooklyn – Live window painting for Fulton Area Business Alliance Art360 event, Brooklyn, NY
2019
Welling Court Mural Project – Exterior mural with street art collective, Harlem, NY
Time Studio Inc. – Live window painting for Fulton Business Alliance Art360 event, Brooklyn, NY
2018
Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital –Interior murals throughout hospital, New York, NY
2015
Brooklyn Zoo (Parkour Gym) – Interior mural collaboration with Michael J. Clocks, Brooklyn, NY
2014
Downtown Bridgeport Arts Festival – Exterior mural collaboration with Michael J. Clocks, Gelator, and ERA, Bridgeport, CT
PRESS/PUBLICATIONS (click to view)
INTERVIEWS
2024
Van Alen Institute, Points of Promise initiative with Tiffany Baker, Dear Neighbor Project by Naeem Douglas, Gowanus, Dec.16
2023
News Local 5, "Art destroyed by flooding at Brooklyn studios" Oct. 13
2022
Street Art NYC, "TV Nostalgia Comes to Underhill Walls" by Lois Stavsky, Aug. 20th
OneMicNite, “Jessie Novik When Art Takes Over Podcast” interview with Marcos Luis
BKReader, “Meet the Creative Artists…” interview with Natasha Knows, Sept. 15
2021
Elizabeth Sadoff Art Advisory, "Beyond the Studio Walls: Artist Interview w/ Jessie Novik" Aug 17
2020
The Burgundy Zine, “Muralist and Art Therapist Jessie Novik Takes on the World One Wall at a Time” written by Valerie "Burgundy Bug", Apr.24
2012
Fine Art America, “Interview with Jessie Novik” written by Megan Marden. July 28
Van Alen Institute, Points of Promise initiative with Tiffany Baker, Dear Neighbor Project by Naeem Douglas, Gowanus, Dec.16
2023
News Local 5, "Art destroyed by flooding at Brooklyn studios" Oct. 13
2022
Street Art NYC, "TV Nostalgia Comes to Underhill Walls" by Lois Stavsky, Aug. 20th
OneMicNite, “Jessie Novik When Art Takes Over Podcast” interview with Marcos Luis
BKReader, “Meet the Creative Artists…” interview with Natasha Knows, Sept. 15
2021
Elizabeth Sadoff Art Advisory, "Beyond the Studio Walls: Artist Interview w/ Jessie Novik" Aug 17
2020
The Burgundy Zine, “Muralist and Art Therapist Jessie Novik Takes on the World One Wall at a Time” written by Valerie "Burgundy Bug", Apr.24
2012
Fine Art America, “Interview with Jessie Novik” written by Megan Marden. July 28
FEATURED IN PRINT
2023
My Street Art Opera 3.0, John Domine, mural work featured online and in book, Sept 14
NYC Health + Hospitals Arts in Medicine Program, Healing Walls: New York City Health + Hospitals Community Mural Project 2019-2021, featured in book, Jun. 15
2021
CandyFloss Magazine, 'The Feel Good Issue' featured in print p. 93
Artist Talk Magazine, "Art in Isolation" Issue 15, featured online and in print p. 5, Apr. 29
Harlem World Magazine, “NYC Public Health Systems Arts In Medicine Program Expands To Another Year,” featured in print, Mar. 23
2017
Issuu, "Picture Hope" + "The Wayward Path" - Paintings for New York County Family Court. Aug. 6
2016
Issue, "2016 Horizon Mural" CAW with the support of NYC Administration for Children Services (ACS), Aug. 11
2016
Issue, “Blossom: the Founders Bridge Mural at Manhattan College” CAW, Jun 10
2009
AIGA, “Retrospective 09,” Alfred, NY
My Street Art Opera 3.0, John Domine, mural work featured online and in book, Sept 14
NYC Health + Hospitals Arts in Medicine Program, Healing Walls: New York City Health + Hospitals Community Mural Project 2019-2021, featured in book, Jun. 15
2021
CandyFloss Magazine, 'The Feel Good Issue' featured in print p. 93
Artist Talk Magazine, "Art in Isolation" Issue 15, featured online and in print p. 5, Apr. 29
Harlem World Magazine, “NYC Public Health Systems Arts In Medicine Program Expands To Another Year,” featured in print, Mar. 23
2017
Issuu, "Picture Hope" + "The Wayward Path" - Paintings for New York County Family Court. Aug. 6
2016
Issue, "2016 Horizon Mural" CAW with the support of NYC Administration for Children Services (ACS), Aug. 11
2016
Issue, “Blossom: the Founders Bridge Mural at Manhattan College” CAW, Jun 10
2009
AIGA, “Retrospective 09,” Alfred, NY
Featured online
2023
Brooklyn Street Art, “https://www.brooklynstreetart.com/tag/mort-art/” photo Jaime Rojo, Oct.22
The Showbear Family Circus, Graffiti Brooklyn, by Lancelot Schaubert Jan. 20
2022
Gothamist, “Extra Extra…” by Shalom Stavsky, Dec.5
Street Art NYC, " TV Nostalgia Comes to Underhill Walls", written by Lois Stavsky, Aug. 20th
MitchRich Communications, https://www.mitchrich.com/ featured on website
2021
Hyperallergic, Your Guide to Explore the Unfamiliar at Gowanus Open Studios, written by Daniel Larkin, Oct. 13
NYC Health + Hospitals, "Public Health System’s Arts in Medicine Program..." Mar. 23rd
Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, Ten new Community Murals at NYC Health + Hospitals!
GothamToGo, ‘Caught Up in a Lockdown Art Affair’ TW Fine Art, Aug. 10
Brooklyn Street Art, “Welling Court Mural Project NYC 2021.” photo Jaime Rojo, Aug 21
Trendy Art Ideas, "The Artist Jessie Novik Creative Art Therapist and Muralist in NYC"
2020
GO STREET, "The Welling Court Mural Project 2020" written by Damien Derouene, Aug. 13
2018
Untapped Cities, “53 NYC Outdoor Art Installations Not to Miss in September 2018” written by Jennifer Congdon. Sept. 4
Audubon, “In Harlem's Jacob Schiff Park, Four New Birds Join the Audubon Mural Project” written by Eileen Solange Rodriguez. Aug. 31
GothamToGo, “Audubon Mural Project Flies into Jacob Schiff Park in Harlem”, Sept. 6
NYC Parks, ''Creative Art Works, Migrations" Art in the Parks, Aug. 9
Patch, “Two Harlem Parks Receive New Art Installations” written by Brendan Krisel, Nov. 14
2017
Vimeo, “Wall Session: CAW Youth Apprentices Inspire 72andSunny's Brooklyn Office”, Creative Art Works
Culture Now, Museum Without Walls, “Mike Perry, Jessie Novik, Creative Art Works and 72andSunny”
Vimeo, “Speak Out”, Imagine4 Studios Productions. Creative Art Works
2016
Marble House Project “Community Project With Long Trail School
Brooklyn Street Art, “https://www.brooklynstreetart.com/tag/mort-art/” photo Jaime Rojo, Oct.22
The Showbear Family Circus, Graffiti Brooklyn, by Lancelot Schaubert Jan. 20
2022
Gothamist, “Extra Extra…” by Shalom Stavsky, Dec.5
Street Art NYC, " TV Nostalgia Comes to Underhill Walls", written by Lois Stavsky, Aug. 20th
MitchRich Communications, https://www.mitchrich.com/ featured on website
2021
Hyperallergic, Your Guide to Explore the Unfamiliar at Gowanus Open Studios, written by Daniel Larkin, Oct. 13
NYC Health + Hospitals, "Public Health System’s Arts in Medicine Program..." Mar. 23rd
Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, Ten new Community Murals at NYC Health + Hospitals!
GothamToGo, ‘Caught Up in a Lockdown Art Affair’ TW Fine Art, Aug. 10
Brooklyn Street Art, “Welling Court Mural Project NYC 2021.” photo Jaime Rojo, Aug 21
Trendy Art Ideas, "The Artist Jessie Novik Creative Art Therapist and Muralist in NYC"
2020
GO STREET, "The Welling Court Mural Project 2020" written by Damien Derouene, Aug. 13
2018
Untapped Cities, “53 NYC Outdoor Art Installations Not to Miss in September 2018” written by Jennifer Congdon. Sept. 4
Audubon, “In Harlem's Jacob Schiff Park, Four New Birds Join the Audubon Mural Project” written by Eileen Solange Rodriguez. Aug. 31
GothamToGo, “Audubon Mural Project Flies into Jacob Schiff Park in Harlem”, Sept. 6
NYC Parks, ''Creative Art Works, Migrations" Art in the Parks, Aug. 9
Patch, “Two Harlem Parks Receive New Art Installations” written by Brendan Krisel, Nov. 14
2017
Vimeo, “Wall Session: CAW Youth Apprentices Inspire 72andSunny's Brooklyn Office”, Creative Art Works
Culture Now, Museum Without Walls, “Mike Perry, Jessie Novik, Creative Art Works and 72andSunny”
Vimeo, “Speak Out”, Imagine4 Studios Productions. Creative Art Works
2016
Marble House Project “Community Project With Long Trail School
cOLLEGE/GRADUATE TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Jan. 2019- May 2020
PRATT INSTITUTE: Creative Arts Therapy Dept. Visiting Professor. Brooklyn, NY.
Taught graduate level course on mural painting and art therapy as part of Expressive Modalities Curriculum.
Jan. 2016- May 2020
MANHATTAN COLLEGE: Lead Teaching Artist for mural project with Creative Art Works, Riverdale, NY
PRATT INSTITUTE: Creative Arts Therapy Dept. Visiting Professor. Brooklyn, NY.
Taught graduate level course on mural painting and art therapy as part of Expressive Modalities Curriculum.
Jan. 2016- May 2020
MANHATTAN COLLEGE: Lead Teaching Artist for mural project with Creative Art Works, Riverdale, NY
Residencies and workshops
2021
Dacia Gallery, figurative painting workshop
2016
Marble House Project: art therapy residency and mural project with Long Trail School. Dorset, VT
2013
CoSM Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, painting workshop with Laurence Caruana and Maura Holden on sacred geometry, plus Visionary Salon with Alex & Allyson Grey
Dacia Gallery, figurative painting workshop
2016
Marble House Project: art therapy residency and mural project with Long Trail School. Dorset, VT
2013
CoSM Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, painting workshop with Laurence Caruana and Maura Holden on sacred geometry, plus Visionary Salon with Alex & Allyson Grey