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Selected Exhibitions (*indicate one-person exhibitions)
 
2009 "New Approaches: Four Exhibitions of Current Work," Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL
Nippon Steel U.S.A., Chicago, IL  
2007 "Peace Tower," Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
  Pulp, Press and Print for Democracy Portfolio Exchange, Bedford Art Gallery, Longwood University, Farmville, VA
2006 "Peace & Justice," Sponsored by World Can't Wait, Chicago, IL http://chicagoworldcantwait.org/art/index.html.
  “Music in Me,”Anatomically Correct Gallery, Highland Park, IL
2005 Peter Jones Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004 "The Glamour of War," Gallery Chicago, Chicago, IL
  Edgebrook Public Library, Chicago, IL
  * First Street Playhouse, Batavia, IL
2003 Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
  * Silent Witness Project, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, WI
  Animal Images," Juror: Ed Paschke, The Anti-Cruelty Society, Chicago, IL
2002 "Shoes the Sole of Humanity," John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
  * "Piercing Conflict," Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Chicago, IL.
  Wisconsin Department of Administration, Madison, WI
2001 University of WisconsinAnnual State Art Exhibition , Madison, WI
  * University of Illinois at Chicago Great Lakes Center, Health in the Arts Gallery, Chicago, IL
2000 * "Brain Storm," Odin Gallery, La Crosse, WI
 
Grants and Awards
2008 Nippon Steel U.S.A.  Award, NSUSA/SAIC Art Appreciation Program
2005 CAAP Grant, City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
2001 State Exhibit Award, Wisconsin Regional Art Program
 
Publications about the artwork
2007 Cover. Footlights. Marcus Promotions, Inc. February/March.
2005 Cover. Northeast Florida Medicine. June. Click here for image
“Artist Olea Nova Captures Migraine Symptoms in Watercolor.” Northeast Florida Medicine. Ed. Timothy L. Steinberg.  June.  7.
2004 Nova, Olea. Interview. B! Entertainment. BATV, 4-6 February. Click here to listen.
2003 The Tapestry magazine, Art & Pain: Migraine, October.
  Domnie, Mary.  “Artis Profile: Olea Nova.”  The Tapestry Magazine.  May. 28.
  Cover. The Tapestry Magazine. Click here for image.
2002 Phillips, Renee.  Presentation Power Tools for Fine Artists.  New York: Manhattan Arts International.  97. Click here for image.
  Chicago Reader. Section Two. May 17. 32.
  Lynch, Kevin. “Mirroring Migraines”  The Capital Times. 20 March.
2000 Chicago Reader. Section Two. August 17. 28.
 
Authored Articles
“The Silent Witness National Initiative and Silent Witness College Program,” The Tapestry Magazine, May/2003, p.30. Click here
“Distinctions of Baltic People’s National Psychology,” St. Petersburg University of Humanities and Social Sciences, Russia, The Multinational Petersburg, 1994, Issue 1
 
Presentations
June 2003, National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) 24th Annual Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana. Session title: Art as Activism in Women’s Studies. Presenting “Silent Witness Project” completed at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse
 
Commissions

Artwork commissioned for the Silent Witness National Initiative, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Artwork commissioned for medical study and research

 
Collections

Private Collections
Longwood University Art Department's permanent collection, Farmville, VA
LL.M. Law Group

 
   
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