About
Jedd Novatt is an American artist best known for his architectural Chaos sculptures. Consisting of interlocking metal cubes piled on top of one another, the artist investigates the ways in which space is experienced differently by individual viewers. “Although I don’t work with any math or specific calculation, I recognize the inevitable correlation between any object and the math or geometry of its form,” the artist said. Born on March 5, 1958 in New York, NY, he went on to study literature and sculpture at Sarah Lawrence College. After completing his undergraduate work, he moved to France to continue his art education at the Lacoste School of the Arts. In 1981, Novatt returned to New York where he later had his first solo exhibition “Jedd Novatt: Sculpture” at Tibor de Nagy Gallery. The artist currently lives and works between Paris and Provence, France. His works are held in the collections of the City of Bilbao, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and the Pérez Museum of Art in Miami.
Exhibition
Jedd Novatt
Born New York 1958
Resides in New York City and Paris, France
Solo Exhibitions:
2021 Perez Art Museum, Miami, FL, Jedd Novatt, Monotypes and More, Fall 2021 – Spring 2022
2019 Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Jedd Novatt, Chaos Constructions September 14 – November 10, 2019
2014 Perez Art Museam Miami, Jedd Novatt, Chaos Bizkaia & Chaos SAS, February - these works will remain in the permanent collection of PAMM.
2004 Milan, Studio Giangaleazzo Visconti, Jedd Novatt, Susse Series, March-June
2003 Maastricht, Noortman, Jedd Novatt, Sculpture, October – November
2001 Paris, Gallery Hopkins-Custot, Jedd Novatt, Sculpture: New Works, October – November
London, Blains Fine Art, Jedd Novatt; Sculptures: New Works, October
New York, Salander – O’Reilly Galleries, Jedd Novatt, Sculpture: New Works
2000 Brussels, Galerie Vedovi, Sculpture
1999 London, Blains Fine Art, Jedd Novatt: Sculpture
Houston, Meredith Long & Company, Jedd Novatt: Sculpture
1998 New York, Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, Jedd Novatt, Sculpture
Seattle, Meyerson & Nowinski Art Associates, Jedd Novatt: Sculpture, June
1997 Houston, Meredith Long & Company, Sculpture and Works on Paper
New York, Marc de Montebello Fine Art, Jedd Novatt: Works on Paper
Millburn, New Jersey, C.S. Schulte Galleries, Sculpture
1996 New York, Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, Jedd Novatt: Sculpture
New York, Marc de Montebello Fine Art, Jedd Novatt: Works on Paper
1995 New York, Marc de Montebello Fine Art, Jedd Novatt: Works on Paper
1994 New York, Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, Jedd Novatt: Sculpture
1993 New York, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, Jedd Novatt: Sculpture
Group Exhibitions:
2001 London, Blains Fine Art, Black & White, May – June
London, Blains Fine Art, 13 December – 27 January 2001
Purchase, New York, Neuberger Museum of Art, Welded Sculpture of the
Twentieth Century
Houston, Meredith Long & Company, Group Show
Millburn, New Jersey, CS Schulte Galleries, Painting and Sculpture
London, Contemporary 2000
1999 New York, Westbeth Gallery, The Power of Drawing
New York, Grant-Selwyn Galleries, Inventory Showcase
1998 Millburn, New Jersey, CS Schulte Galleries, Anniversary Exhibition
London, Blains Fine Art, Works on Paper by Twentieth Century Artists
Minneapolis, Flanders Contemporary Art, Eighth Annual Warehouse Show
New York, Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, Abstraction II
New York, Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, Sculpture Selections from the
Renaissance to the Present
New York, Rosenberg & Kaufman, Sculptors Draw
1997 New York, Marc de Montebello Fine Art, Marking Time
1996 New York, Salander-O’Reilly, Selected Sculpture
1995 New York, Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, Group Show
Marc de Montebello Fine Art, Sculpture: Rand Hardy, Jedd Novatt, Lee Tribe,
Isaac Witkin
Marc de Montebello Fine Art, Group Show
East Hampton, New York, Vered Gallery, Milton Avery, Wolf Kahn, Jedd
Novatt
1994 East Hampton, New York, Winter Invitational
1993 New York, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, Abstracted Reality
East Hampton, New York, Vered Gallery, Works on Paper
Vered Gallery, Winter Invitational
Boston, Nielson Gallery
East Hampton, New York, Vered Gallery, Sculptures: Jedd Novatt; Paintings:
Dan Christensen
New York, Forum Gallery
1991 East Hampton, New York, Vered Gallery
Vered Gallery, Winter Invitational
1990 East Hampton, East Hampton Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sculptors’
Drawings
Vered Gallery, Collector’s Choice of Emerging Artists
Jersey City, New Jersey, Invitational
Public Collections:
David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI
The University Gallery, Clark University, Worcester, MA
The Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
MIT-List Visual Arts Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
The Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
The Tisch Gallery, Tufts University, Boston, MA
University Pacific, Stockton, CA
Publications:
Paintings: Robert de Niro Sr., 1997, Salander-O’Rielly Galleries, New York, preface to the exhibition catalogue.
Bibliography:
Connie Sica in Sag Harbor Express, 30 August 1990
Alistair Gordon in Newsday, 31 August 1990
Rose Slivka in The East Hampton Star, 6 September 1990
Phyllis Braff in The New York Times, Sunday Edition, 9 September 1990
Phyllis Braff in The New York Times, Sunday Edition, 4 November 1990
Robert Long in The South Hampton Press, 15 November 1990
Sheridan Sansegundo in The East Hampton Star, 7 November 1991
Rose Slivka, in The East Hampton Star, 15 November 1991
Rose Slivka, in The East Hampton Star, 21 November 1991
Rose Slivka, in The East Hampton Star, 4 June 1992
Rose Slivka, in The East Hampton Star, April 1993
Tom Evans, (preface), Jedd Novatt: Works on Paper, catalogue, October 1993
Olivia W. Douglas in ARTnews, January 1995
Georges Melrod in Art and Antiques, May 1996
Floyd Skloot (preface), Jedd Novatt: sculpture, catalogue, May 1996
Grady T. Turner in Art in America, p.123, illustrated, April 1997
Tom Evans (preface), Jedd Novatt: Works on Paper, catalogue, September 1997
Grace Glueck in The New York Times, 3 October 1997
Grace Glueck in The New York Times, 31 October 1997
Robert Murdock in Review Magazine, 1 December 1997
Shayne O’Neil (preface), Jedd Novatt: Sculpture, catalogue, April 1998
Cynthia Nadelman (preface), Jedd Novatt: Sculpture, catalogue, April 1998
Tom Flynn (preface) Jedd Novatt: Sculpture at Blains, catalogue, November 1999
Tom Flynn in Blain’s Newsletter, 1999
Judy Collinschan, Welded Sculpture of the 20th Century, 2000
Michael Glover in ARTnews: International Review, February 2000
William Zimmer, “Welded” in The New York Times, 30 July 2000
Jim Fitzgerald in Associated Press, 2000
Jim Fitzgerald in The Leader, Corning, 22 May 2000
Jim Fitzgerald in Greenwich Time, 28 May 2000
Jim Fitzgerald in Daily Freeman, 29 May 2000
Andrew Butterfield (preface) “The Art of the Fugue, Recent Sculptures” in Jedd Novatt sculptures, Salander-O’Reilly, May 2001, catalogue.
Henri-Francois Debailleux (preface) “Promenons nous dans les bois” in Jedd Novatt Sculptures, Galerie Hopkins-Custot, October 2001, catalogue.
Paris Capitale, October 2001.
L’Argus des Voyages, October 2001
Elle Decoration, October 2001
Le Journal du Dimanche, 14 October 2001
Femina Hebdo, 21 October 2001, ill…
Connaissance des Arts, October 2001, ill…
L’Eco des Savanes, November 2001, ill…
L’Oeil, November 2001, ill…
Journal de la Maison, December 2001
Peter Sachs, essay, Jedd Novatt’s Sculpture, 2003
I Beni Culturali, January – February 2004
Rachele Ferrario, (preface) “Jedd Novatt Scultura come Architettura” in Jedd Novatt, Studio Giangaleazzo Visconti, March 2004, catalogue.
Rosella Ghezzi, Vivimilano Il Corriere della Sera, 10 March 2004
Famiglia Cristiana, 10 March 2004
Tutto Milano, La Republica, 10 March 2004
Rosella Ghezzi, Il Corriere della Sera, 11 March 2004
Matteo Chiarrelli, Il Giornale, 11 March 2004
Guiseppe Tropea, Libero, 11 March 2004
La Provincia Pavese, 12 March 2004
ArtShow, March 2004
Zero Due, March 2004
Max, March 2004
Ada Masoero, Il Giornale dell’Arte, March 2004
Silvia Margaroli, Exibart, March 2004
Silvia Anna Barrila, Mailand in Marz, March 2004
Milano sur la terre, March 2004
Carnet, March 2004
Elle Décor, April 2004
Il Giornale dell’Arte, April 2004
Milano Mese, April 2004
ArtShow, April 2004
Arte, April 2004
Stampa online
That’s Art, January 2004
Godot News, 10 February 2004
Teknemedia, 25 February 2004
Milanese, February 2004
Clubart, 8 March 2004
Exibart, 10 March 2004
Exibart, 11 March 2004
Inmostra.net, 11 March 2004
Pressrelease, 11 March 2004
Vivacity. it, 11 March 2004
Republica. It, 12 March 2004
Tiscali Arte, March 2004
Kataweb, March 2004
Varesegallery, March 2004
Education
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York, Bachelors of Arts, 1976-1980
Cleveland Art Institute, Lacoste, France, 1980-1981
Born New York 1958
Resides in New York City and Paris, France
Solo Exhibitions:
2021 Perez Art Museum, Miami, FL, Jedd Novatt, Monotypes and More, Fall 2021 – Spring 2022
2019 Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Jedd Novatt, Chaos Constructions September 14 – November 10, 2019
2014 Perez Art Museam Miami, Jedd Novatt, Chaos Bizkaia & Chaos SAS, February - these works will remain in the permanent collection of PAMM.
2004 Milan, Studio Giangaleazzo Visconti, Jedd Novatt, Susse Series, March-June
2003 Maastricht, Noortman, Jedd Novatt, Sculpture, October – November
2001 Paris, Gallery Hopkins-Custot, Jedd Novatt, Sculpture: New Works, October – November
London, Blains Fine Art, Jedd Novatt; Sculptures: New Works, October
New York, Salander – O’Reilly Galleries, Jedd Novatt, Sculpture: New Works
2000 Brussels, Galerie Vedovi, Sculpture
1999 London, Blains Fine Art, Jedd Novatt: Sculpture
Houston, Meredith Long & Company, Jedd Novatt: Sculpture
1998 New York, Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, Jedd Novatt, Sculpture
Seattle, Meyerson & Nowinski Art Associates, Jedd Novatt: Sculpture, June
1997 Houston, Meredith Long & Company, Sculpture and Works on Paper
New York, Marc de Montebello Fine Art, Jedd Novatt: Works on Paper
Millburn, New Jersey, C.S. Schulte Galleries, Sculpture
1996 New York, Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, Jedd Novatt: Sculpture
New York, Marc de Montebello Fine Art, Jedd Novatt: Works on Paper
1995 New York, Marc de Montebello Fine Art, Jedd Novatt: Works on Paper
1994 New York, Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, Jedd Novatt: Sculpture
1993 New York, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, Jedd Novatt: Sculpture
Group Exhibitions:
2001 London, Blains Fine Art, Black & White, May – June
London, Blains Fine Art, 13 December – 27 January 2001
Purchase, New York, Neuberger Museum of Art, Welded Sculpture of the
Twentieth Century
Houston, Meredith Long & Company, Group Show
Millburn, New Jersey, CS Schulte Galleries, Painting and Sculpture
London, Contemporary 2000
1999 New York, Westbeth Gallery, The Power of Drawing
New York, Grant-Selwyn Galleries, Inventory Showcase
1998 Millburn, New Jersey, CS Schulte Galleries, Anniversary Exhibition
London, Blains Fine Art, Works on Paper by Twentieth Century Artists
Minneapolis, Flanders Contemporary Art, Eighth Annual Warehouse Show
New York, Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, Abstraction II
New York, Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, Sculpture Selections from the
Renaissance to the Present
New York, Rosenberg & Kaufman, Sculptors Draw
1997 New York, Marc de Montebello Fine Art, Marking Time
1996 New York, Salander-O’Reilly, Selected Sculpture
1995 New York, Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, Group Show
Marc de Montebello Fine Art, Sculpture: Rand Hardy, Jedd Novatt, Lee Tribe,
Isaac Witkin
Marc de Montebello Fine Art, Group Show
East Hampton, New York, Vered Gallery, Milton Avery, Wolf Kahn, Jedd
Novatt
1994 East Hampton, New York, Winter Invitational
1993 New York, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, Abstracted Reality
East Hampton, New York, Vered Gallery, Works on Paper
Vered Gallery, Winter Invitational
Boston, Nielson Gallery
East Hampton, New York, Vered Gallery, Sculptures: Jedd Novatt; Paintings:
Dan Christensen
New York, Forum Gallery
1991 East Hampton, New York, Vered Gallery
Vered Gallery, Winter Invitational
1990 East Hampton, East Hampton Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sculptors’
Drawings
Vered Gallery, Collector’s Choice of Emerging Artists
Jersey City, New Jersey, Invitational
Public Collections:
David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI
The University Gallery, Clark University, Worcester, MA
The Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
MIT-List Visual Arts Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
The Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
The Tisch Gallery, Tufts University, Boston, MA
University Pacific, Stockton, CA
Publications:
Paintings: Robert de Niro Sr., 1997, Salander-O’Rielly Galleries, New York, preface to the exhibition catalogue.
Bibliography:
Connie Sica in Sag Harbor Express, 30 August 1990
Alistair Gordon in Newsday, 31 August 1990
Rose Slivka in The East Hampton Star, 6 September 1990
Phyllis Braff in The New York Times, Sunday Edition, 9 September 1990
Phyllis Braff in The New York Times, Sunday Edition, 4 November 1990
Robert Long in The South Hampton Press, 15 November 1990
Sheridan Sansegundo in The East Hampton Star, 7 November 1991
Rose Slivka, in The East Hampton Star, 15 November 1991
Rose Slivka, in The East Hampton Star, 21 November 1991
Rose Slivka, in The East Hampton Star, 4 June 1992
Rose Slivka, in The East Hampton Star, April 1993
Tom Evans, (preface), Jedd Novatt: Works on Paper, catalogue, October 1993
Olivia W. Douglas in ARTnews, January 1995
Georges Melrod in Art and Antiques, May 1996
Floyd Skloot (preface), Jedd Novatt: sculpture, catalogue, May 1996
Grady T. Turner in Art in America, p.123, illustrated, April 1997
Tom Evans (preface), Jedd Novatt: Works on Paper, catalogue, September 1997
Grace Glueck in The New York Times, 3 October 1997
Grace Glueck in The New York Times, 31 October 1997
Robert Murdock in Review Magazine, 1 December 1997
Shayne O’Neil (preface), Jedd Novatt: Sculpture, catalogue, April 1998
Cynthia Nadelman (preface), Jedd Novatt: Sculpture, catalogue, April 1998
Tom Flynn (preface) Jedd Novatt: Sculpture at Blains, catalogue, November 1999
Tom Flynn in Blain’s Newsletter, 1999
Judy Collinschan, Welded Sculpture of the 20th Century, 2000
Michael Glover in ARTnews: International Review, February 2000
William Zimmer, “Welded” in The New York Times, 30 July 2000
Jim Fitzgerald in Associated Press, 2000
Jim Fitzgerald in The Leader, Corning, 22 May 2000
Jim Fitzgerald in Greenwich Time, 28 May 2000
Jim Fitzgerald in Daily Freeman, 29 May 2000
Andrew Butterfield (preface) “The Art of the Fugue, Recent Sculptures” in Jedd Novatt sculptures, Salander-O’Reilly, May 2001, catalogue.
Henri-Francois Debailleux (preface) “Promenons nous dans les bois” in Jedd Novatt Sculptures, Galerie Hopkins-Custot, October 2001, catalogue.
Paris Capitale, October 2001.
L’Argus des Voyages, October 2001
Elle Decoration, October 2001
Le Journal du Dimanche, 14 October 2001
Femina Hebdo, 21 October 2001, ill…
Connaissance des Arts, October 2001, ill…
L’Eco des Savanes, November 2001, ill…
L’Oeil, November 2001, ill…
Journal de la Maison, December 2001
Peter Sachs, essay, Jedd Novatt’s Sculpture, 2003
I Beni Culturali, January – February 2004
Rachele Ferrario, (preface) “Jedd Novatt Scultura come Architettura” in Jedd Novatt, Studio Giangaleazzo Visconti, March 2004, catalogue.
Rosella Ghezzi, Vivimilano Il Corriere della Sera, 10 March 2004
Famiglia Cristiana, 10 March 2004
Tutto Milano, La Republica, 10 March 2004
Rosella Ghezzi, Il Corriere della Sera, 11 March 2004
Matteo Chiarrelli, Il Giornale, 11 March 2004
Guiseppe Tropea, Libero, 11 March 2004
La Provincia Pavese, 12 March 2004
ArtShow, March 2004
Zero Due, March 2004
Max, March 2004
Ada Masoero, Il Giornale dell’Arte, March 2004
Silvia Margaroli, Exibart, March 2004
Silvia Anna Barrila, Mailand in Marz, March 2004
Milano sur la terre, March 2004
Carnet, March 2004
Elle Décor, April 2004
Il Giornale dell’Arte, April 2004
Milano Mese, April 2004
ArtShow, April 2004
Arte, April 2004
Stampa online
That’s Art, January 2004
Godot News, 10 February 2004
Teknemedia, 25 February 2004
Milanese, February 2004
Clubart, 8 March 2004
Exibart, 10 March 2004
Exibart, 11 March 2004
Inmostra.net, 11 March 2004
Pressrelease, 11 March 2004
Vivacity. it, 11 March 2004
Republica. It, 12 March 2004
Tiscali Arte, March 2004
Kataweb, March 2004
Varesegallery, March 2004
Education
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York, Bachelors of Arts, 1976-1980
Cleveland Art Institute, Lacoste, France, 1980-1981
Work Selection
Chaos Moscow 5