NORAH FLATLEY LOVELL
816 Pacific Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70114
EDUCATION:
MFA University of Chicago, 1991
BFA University of New Mexico, 1988
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
Included in over 50 solo and group exhibitions from 1990 to present.
NEW AT NOMA: RECENT ACQUISITIONS IN CONTEMPORARY ART
Curated by Katie Pfohl, New Orleans Museum of Art, 2023. Permanent collections exhibition spotlighting recently purchased contemporary art focusing on BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ and female-identifying artists.
FORTUNA/SFORTUNA
Staple Goods Gallery, New Orleans, LA, 2023. Solo exhibition exploring dichotomous themes of luck/unluck as practiced by ancient cultures in an immersive installation featuring an interactive Rota de Fortuna.
DECORATION FOR THE END OF THE WORLD
Staple Goods Gallery, New Orleans, LA, 2022. Group exhibition curated by Norah Lovell featuring the work of Lovell and 15 invited artists elaborating on the domestic interior as a locus for meaning and storytelling.
ECON 101
Levee Contemporary, Princeton, WI, 2022. Group exhibition of small works curated by Shane and Andrew Blanchard.
BIRDING IN AMERICA: AN AUGURY
Staple Goods Gallery, New Orleans, LA, 2022. Group exhibition of LENS collective members Norah Lovell, Lee Deigaard and Elizabeth Gross centering the nonhuman perspectives of birds on our human world brought to a sudden halt and turned upside down during the global pandemic. This project was recognized with a Platforms/Warhol Foundation Grant in 2022 for further research and development. https://www.antenna.works/announcing-platforms-2021-2022-recipients/
QUARANTINE
Amelia Center Gallery, Gulf State College, Panama City, FL, 2019. Group exhibition curated by Pavel Amronin.
CULTURAL DECONSTRUCTIONS
Lemieux Gallery, New Orleans, LA, 2019. Group exhibition curated by Ric Kasini Kadour. Winner of Doug and Lori Kanner purchase award.
LABOR OF LOVE
Tulane University Carroll Gallery, New Orleans, LA, 2017. Group exhibition curated by Laura Richens.
TWO BLOCKS FROM ELYSIAN FIELDS
Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, New York, 2017. Exchange exhibition featuring Staple Goods Collective artists.
PLEASE RESPOND
Gallery 2001, Ohio Wesleyan University, Ohio, 2017. Exhibition of artist collaborative books curated by Megan Williamson.
LEPORELLI VENEZIANI
Archivio Emily Harvey, Venice, Italy, 2016. Exhibition of artists books by Emily Harvey Foundation Fellows Curated by Berty Skuber.
RECONNAISSANCE: BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS
Callan Contemporary, New Orleans, LA 2015. Solo Exhibition.
REVERB: PAST/PRESENT/FUTURE
Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans 2014. Curated by Isolde Brielmaier, Deputy Director, New Museum, New York.
ARTPRIZE AT GRAND RAPIDS ART MUSEUM: (DIS)COMFORT ZONES
Grand Rapids Art Museum, Michigan, 2014
CONVERGENCE: JOAN MITCHELL CENTERAT PROSPECT.3
Prospect. 3 Arts Biennial, New Orleans, LA, 2014. Curated by Deborah Willis, MacArthur Fellow and Professor New York University, for the Joan Mitchell Center.
LOUISIANA CONTEMPORARY
Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA, 2013. Curated by Franklin Sirmans, Director, Perez Art Museum, Miami, FL. Received Honorable Mention.
SELECTED ARTIST RESIDENCIES:
International Scholars and Curators Program, Brooklyn, NY, 2015
Joan Mitchell Center, New Orleans, LA, 2013.
Emily Harvey Foundation, Venice, Italy 2007 and 2015
REPRESENTATION:
2015-Present
Staple Goods Collective and Gallery, New Orleans https://www.staplegoods.org/
Callan Contemporary, New Orleans https://www.callancontemporary.com/
The Drawing Center Viewing Program, New York, 2003-2008.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Hyperallergic, “A View from the Easel During Times of Quarantine” by Elisa Wouk Almino, October 20, 2020
Pelican Bomb, “Detective of the Impossible: Norah Lovell at Staple Goods” by Joseph Bradshaw, January 26, 2017
Pelican Bomb, “Image Universe” by Rosemary Reyes, April 27, 2015
The Joan Mitchell Center, “Convergence”, catalog for the Joan Mitchell Center at Prospect.3. Essays by Deborah Willis, Miranda Lash and Emily Wilkerson
TEACHING:
2019-Present
Instructor of interdisciplinary arts and humanities courses, Tulane University, New Orleans