O L E A N O V A

Fun Art

Dreams

Portraits

Migraine Art

Gambling Art

Christmas

Selected Exhibitions (*indicate one-person exhibitions)

6-10, 2007	Peace Tower exhibition Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
6, 2007	Las Vegas Magic Invitational The Palace Station Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
3, 2007	One Inspired Evening. Art Auction benefits Inspiration Corporation. Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
1-2, 2007	Pulp, Press and Print for Democracy Portfolio Exchange, Bedford Art Gallery, Longwood University, Farmville, VA
2005-2006	European Creations, The Palmer House Hotel, Chicago, IL
10, 2006	Peace & Justice Art Exhibit Sponsored by World Can't Wait 2418 W. Bloomingdale, Chicago http://chicagoworldcantwait.org/art/index.html
9, 2006	Utrecht Art Show, part of CAC Around Town exhibition series, Chicago, IL
7, 2006	“Music in Me,”Anatomically Correct Gallery, Highland Park, IL
2005	Look Gallery, Marshall Fields, Chicago, IL
6-7, 2005	Peter Jones Gallery, Chicago, IL
2, 2005	Rotary/One Centennial Charity Ball, Hilton Hotel, Chicago, IL
10, 2004	Chicago Art Open, National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum, Chicago, IL
9-10, 2004	"The Glamour of War," Gallery Chicago, Chicago, IL
6-7, 2004	Edgebrook Public Library, Chicago, IL
2-3, 2004	* First Street Playhouse, Batavia, IL
12, 2003	Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
11, 2003	Pettibone Resort on the River, Headache Management Seminar, La Crosse, WI
5, 2003	* Silent Witness Project, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, WI
5, 2003	Animal Images, The Anti-Cruelty Society, Chicago, IL. Click here
11-12,2002	"Shoes the Sole of Humanity," John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
5-6, 2002	* "Piercing Conflict," Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Chicago, IL
2-4, 2002	Wisconsin Department of Administration, Madison, WI
8-9, 2001	Annual State Art Exhibition, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
7-9, 2001	* Health in the Arts Gallery, UIC, Chicago, IL
9, 2001	Juried Show, 32nd National Art Competition, Cheyenne, WY
6-7, 2001	Art Benefit for American Parkinson Disease Association, Chicago, IL
5-6, 2000	* "Brain Storm,"Odin Gallery, La Crosse, WI

Grants and Awards

2005

CAAP Grant, City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs

2001

State Exhibit Award, Wisconsin Regional Art Program

2000

Award of Merit for Outstanding Artistic Achievement "Manhattan Arts International Magazine"

2000

Selected as runner-up in the 12th Edition of the "Encyclopedia of Living Artists"

1999

University of Wisconsin La Crosse Foundation, Inc., award for the oil painting "Bored Shoes"

Publications about the artwork

2007	Cover, "Footlights" Magazine, published by Marcus Promotions, Inc., February/March issue. Click here
2006	World Headache Alliance Newsletter, January issue. Click here Art Attack. Click here
2005	Cover, Northeast Florida Medicine Magazine, June issue. Click here “Artist Olea Nova Captures Migraine Symptoms in Watercolor,” p.7 Northeast Florida Medicine, June issue
2004	Interview with Olea Nova on BATV, February 4-6. B! Entertainment. Click here
2003	The Tapestry magazine, Art & Pain: Migraine, October issue
2003	The Tapestry magazine, Interview with Olea Nova by Mary Domnie, May issue
2003	Cover, The Tapestry Magazine. Click here
2002	Manhattan Arts International, Presentation Power Tools for Fine Artists, p. 97. Click here
2002	Casa Editrice Alba, Italy, 2002/2003 International Encyclopedic Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art, p. 479. Click here
2002	Chicago Reader, May 17. Click here
2002	The Capital Times, Mirroring Migraines, March 20
2001	La Crosse Tribune, October 29. Click here
2001	Chicago Reader, August 17. Click here
2001	La Crosse Tribune, August 9. Click here
2000	ArtNetwork Press, Encyclopedia of Living Artists, 12 Edition. Click here
2000	La Crosse Tribune, June 8. Click here

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