“Paris-based American artist Jedd Novatt has been employing and manipulating key minimalist visual and material tropes — the cube, unyielding medium, towering scale— in order to evolve the now long-stalled project [minimalism] beyond its traditionalstatic and reflexive nature. [...] As if arrested in a process of being formed from the primordial state of disorder to which the series title alludes, in a perpetual state of becoming, they inspire awe and impart grand emotions unfamiliar in the history of minimalism.”Thomas Collins, Director, Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM)

“Out of chaos comes order. Jedd Novatt’s impressive body of work explores the structural tensions specific to sculpture — the forces that bring equilibrium or disequilibrium to three-dimensional form. Notwithstanding the disorder implied by their titles, the finished objects are elegant and visually thrilling.”“Novatt’s works carry a freight of implied danger that seems to intensify with the increase in scale. His large-scale outdoor works are also impressive feats of engineering, yet happily they are feats that remain subtly subordinated to the aesthetic power of the work. [...]The death of Spanish artist Eduardo Chillida (1924-2002) left a gaping hole on the horizon of ‘proper’ sculpture — sculpture that is concerned with those eternally important matters such as scale, volume, structure, balance, the dialectics of internal and external energy, and so on. [...] Novatt may be the rightful heir to Chillida’s crown.”Tom Flynn, London-based art historian

Born: New York, 1958

EDUCATION:

B.A., Sarah Lawrence College, 1980
Lacoste School of the Arts, 1981

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

2013

“Jedd Novatt : Chaos SAS & Chaos Bizkaia,” Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM)

“Jedd Novatt: Sculpture and Objects,” Galerie Diane de Polignac, Paris, France

“Jedd Novatt: Chaos Torre & Chaos Ritmo,” Sponder Gallery, Miami, FL

“Jedd Novatt: Chaos Abaco, Chaos Caliente, & Chaos Agosto,” Lever House, New York, NY

2012

“Jedd Novatt, Chaos,” Hamiltons Gallery, London, UK

“Jedd Novatt, Chaos Caliente,” Chaos Agosto, Lever House, New York, NY

2011

“Jedd Novatt - Chaos,” Galeria Alfa Arte, Eibar, Spain

2010

“Jedd Novatt: Sculpture,” Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio

“Jedd Novatt: Chaos Pamplona,” Alfa Arte, Eibar Spain

“Jedd Novatt: Chaos Mundaka,” Brown Harts Garden,Westminster Council City of Sculpture Festival London, UK

2009

“Jedd Novatt Sculpture,” Espacio Alfa Arte, Eibar, Spain

“Chaos Mundaka,” Savannah College of Art & Design, Atlanta, GA

2008

“Jedd Novatt – Chaos,” La Piscine, Musée d'Art et d'Industrie André Dilgent, Roubaix, France

“Jedd Novatt,” Shkola Gallery, Moscow, Russia

2007

“Jedd Novatt: Chaos Susse,” Hamiltons Gallery, London, UK

2006

“Jedd Novatt: Chaos Sculpture,” Hamiltons Gallery, London, UK

“Jedd Novatt: Sculpture and Works on Paper: Chaos Series,” Kohn Hutter Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA

2005

“Jedd Novatt, Monumental Works: Chaos Series,” Chowaiki/Mosionzhnik Gallery, Miami, FL

2004

“Jedd Novatt: Susse Series,” Studio Giangaleazzo Visconti, Milan, Italy

2003

“Jedd Novatt, Sculpture,” Noortman, Maastricht, Netherlands

“Jedd Novatt, Susse Series,” Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York, NY

2001

“Jedd Novatt, Sculpture: New Works,” Galerie Hopkins-Custot, Paris, France

“Jedd Novatt, Sculpture: New Works,” Blains Fine Art, London, UK

“Jedd Novatt, Sculpture: New Works,” Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York, NY

2000

“Jedd Novatt Sculpture,” Galerie Vedovi, Brussels, Belgium

1999

“Jedd Novatt: Sculpture,” Blains Fine Art, London, U.K.

“Jedd Novatt: Sculpture,” Meredith Long & Company, Houston, TX

1998

“Jedd Novatt, Sculpture,” Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York

“Jedd Novatt: Sculpture,” Meyerson & Nowinski Art Associates, Seattle, WA

1997

“Sculpture and Works on Paper,” Meredith Long & Company, Houston, TX

“Jedd Novatt: Works on Paper,” Marc de Montebello Fine Art, New York, NY

“Jedd Novatt: Sculpture,” CS Schulte Galleries, Millburn, NJ

1996

“Jedd Novatt: Sculpture,” Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York, NY

“Jedd Novatt: Works on Paper,” Marc de Montebello Fine Art, New York, NY

1995

“Jedd Novatt: Works on Paper,” Marc de Montebello Fine Art, New York, NY

1994

“Jedd Novatt: Sculpture,” Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York, NY

1993

“Jedd Novatt: Sculpture,” Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY

1992

“Sculptures: Jedd Novatt,” Vered Gallery, East Hampton, NY

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 

2013

“Beyond Limits 2013,” Sotheby’s at Chatsworth, Chatsworth, UK

Masterpiece London: Hamiltons Gallery, London, UK

Masterpiece London: Galerie Diane de Polignac, London, UK

Design Days Dubai: Galerie Diane de Polignac, Dubai

BRAFA: Galerie Diane de Polignac, Brussels, Belgium

2012

PAD London: Hamiltons Gallery & Galerie Diane de Polignac, London, UK

The Salon: Galerie Diane de Polignac, New York City, USA

Design Days Dubai: Galerie Diane de Polignac, Dubai

2011

“Beyond Limits 2011,” Sotheby’s at Chatsworth, Chatsworth, UK

“Two Person Show,” Karl Hutter Fine Art, Beverly Hills, CA

PAD London: Hamiltons Gallery, London, UK

PAD New York, Galerie Diane de Polignac, New York, NY

“Monumental,” Boca Raton, FL

“Parque Pinosolo,” Leioa, Spain

Permanent Collection, La Piscine, Musée d'Art et d'Industrie, Roubaix, France

Group Show, Leioa (Vizcaya), Spain

2010

“Beyond Limits 2010,” Sotheby’s at Chatsworth, Chatsworth, UK

“Eskultura eta Paisaia,” Deba Breakwater, Deba, Spain

PAD London: Hamiltons Gallery, London, UK

2009

Art Basel Miami: Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art, Miami, FL

“Beyond Limits 2009,” Sotheby’s—Chatsworth, Chatsworth, UK

Pavillon des Antiquaires et des Beaux Arts, Galerie Hopkins-Custot, Paris, France

ARCOmadrid, Madrid, Spain – Edward Tyler Nahem Gallery, New York, NY

2008

Art Basel Miami: Galerie Hopkins-Custot, Miami, FL

“Beyond Limits 2008,” Sotheby’s at Chatsworth, Chatsworth, UK

“Significant Form: The Persistence of Abstraction,” Maly Manege Museum, Moscow, Russia

Hamiltons Gallery, London, UK

2007

Shkola Gallery, Moscow, Russia

Hamiltons Gallery, London, UK

2006

Chowaiki/Mosionzhnik Gallery, Moscow, Russia

“Sculpture,” Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York

“Monumental Sculpture: Chaos Series,” Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL

“Art in Public,” Boca Raton, FL

2005

Art Basel: Galerie Thomas, Basel, Switzerland

Art Basel Miami: Galerie Hopkins-Custot, Miami, FL

Galleria Benucci, Rome, Italy

“L'Art contemporain dans le 8e arrondissement,” Mairie du 8e, Paris, France

2001

“Black & White,” Blains Fine Art, London, UK

Blains Fine Art, London, U.K.

“Welded Sculpture of the 20th Century,” Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY

“Group Show,” Meredith Long and Company, Houston, TX

“Painting and Sculpture,” CS Schulte Galleries, Millburn, NJ

“Contemporary 2000,” London, UK

1999

“The Power of Drawing,” Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY

“Inventory Showcase,” Grant-Selwyn Galleries, New York, NY

1998

“Anniversary Exhibition,” CS Schulte Galleries, Millburn, NJ

“Works on Paper by 20th Century Artists,” Blains Fine Art, London, UK

“Eighth Annual Warehouse Show,” Flanders Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, MN

“Abstraction II,” Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York, NY

“Sculpture Selections from the Renaissance to the Present,” Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York, NY

“Sculptors Draw,” Rosenberg & Kaufman, New York, NY

1997

“Marking Time,” Marc de Montebello Fine Art, New York, NY

1996

“Selected Sculpture,” Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York, NY

1995

“Group Show,” Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York, NY

“Sculpture: Rand Hardy, Jedd Novatt, Lee Tribe, Isaac Witkin,” Marc de Montebello Fine Art, New York, NY

“Group Show,” Marc de Montebello Fine Art, New York, NY

“Milton Avery, Wolf Kahn, Jedd Novatt,” Vered Gallery, East Hampton, NY

“Abstracted Reality,” Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY

“Works on Paper,” Vered Gallery, East Hampton, NY

“Winter Invitational,” Vered Gallery, East Hampton, NY

Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

1992

Forum Gallery, New York, NY

1991

“Winter Invitational,” Vered Gallery, East Hampton, NY

1990

“Sculptors’ Drawings,” East Hampton Center for Contemporary Art, East Hampton, NY

“Collector’s Choice of Emerging Artists,” Vered Gallery, East Hampton, NY

“Invitational,” Jersey City, NJ

 

PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

City of Bilbao, Spain

City of Yountville, Napa Valley, CA

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH

David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI

Holding Capital Group, New York, NY

The University Gallery, Clark University, Worcester, MA

The Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY

Melville Industrial Associates, Melville, NY

MIT-List Visual Arts Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

Oklahoma Heritage Center, Oklahoma City, OK

Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), Miami, FL

La Piscine, Musée d'Art et d'Industrie André Dilgent, Roubaix, France

The Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

Renaissance Technologies, New York, NY

Parco de' Medici, Rome, Italy

Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY

Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta GA

The Tisch Gallery, Tufts University, Boston, MA

The University of Pacific, Stockton, CA

Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL