Sheila Novak (she/they, b. 1990) is an interdisciplinary artist and curator living and working on Gayog̱hó:nǫ́ (NY), Massa-adchu-es-et (MA), and Očhéthi Šakówiŋ (MN) land. Sheila recently recieved a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Visual Creative Arts at Cornell University (2026). Sheila focuses her creative and professional work on personal, collective, and ecological healing.

“Artists and scientists are both asking questions about the world, they’re just doing it in different ways”
Alex Braidwood
Director, Iowa Lakeside Lab Artists-in-Residence Program

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