Justin Novak
Education:
BFA, Communications Design, Pratt Institute
MFA, State University of New York, New Paltz
Bio
Justin Novak is an artist and an Associate Professor of Art at ECU. Justin worked for 17 years as a freelance illustrator in New York City, for a range of book, newspaper, and magazine publishers. A second career followed, as an exhibiting artist working primarily with ceramic and drawing media.
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Research Interests
Justin Novak's research interests span illustration and ceramics. Having trained as an illustrator and worked as a freelance illustrator (whose clients have included The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Macmillan Publishing, HarperCollins, Tor Books and the Book-of-the-Month Club), his work has since shifted mostly to small-scale experimental projects, recently in collaboration with Lodger, an intermedia exhibition and event space, small press and communal dining hub. His work in ceramics has ranged from figurative sculpture to tableware. Much of this has been initiated or developed within international residency programs, including the Kohler Factory in Wisconsin, the Wałbrzych Factory in Wałbrzych, Poland, the Arabia Factory in Helsinki, the International Ceramic Research Center at Guldagergaard in Skælskør, Denmark and the National Workshops of Art and Crafts in Copenhagen.
