Nova's profile
Nova Shelley is a native Baltimore visual artist.
She is extremely dyslexic and hates writing about herself.
She has difficulty communicating and understanding others.
Her work explores the combination of different mediums while creating a visual biography that investigates feminnity, craft, ritual, self care, personal history and sisterhood.
She studied at the Maryland Institute College of Art and graduated with a BFA. She also earned an MA in photography and design from Elisava School of Design, Barcelona.
Her work has been exhibited at the TIM Center, Venice, Italy; Cam Framis, Funacio Vila Casas, Barcelona, Spain; Cosmo Gallery, Arles, France; Grand Rapids Museum Of Art, Grand Rapids, USA.
She has also received recognition from The Print Center and The Art Laguna Prize. Her work was featured in the Bmore Art Journal, Archival Issue, Nov 2019.