EDUCATION
2011 Bachelor of Fine Arts: Painting, minor in Art History, Indiana University - Bloomington
EXHIBITIONS
2025 Nordic Echoes: Traditions in Contemporary Art (group), Scandinavia House, New York City, NY
2024 Christine Novotny in the Artist Studio (solo), American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, MN
2023 Small Works (solo), Fika Coffee, Lutsen, MN
2023 Leaving your Mark (group), American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, MN
2022 Living With Craft (group), Johnson Heritage Post, Grand Marais, MN
2022 Artisan Development Program Final Show, North House Folk School, Grand Marais, MN
2018 Ebb Tide (solo), Honeycomb Salon, Minneapolis, MN
2014 Subconscious, Painting Group Exhibition, Flow Art Space, Saint Paul, MN
2011 you will remember this always, BFA Painting Thesis Exhibition, Grunwald Gallery,
Bloomington, IN
2011 Selected Works, Solo Painting Exhibition, Finch’s Brasserie, Bloomington, IN
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
2024 Artist Talk with Christine Novotny, hosted by American Swedish Institute
2024 Rölakan Rug Weaving, North House Folk School
2023 Handweaving in Sweden Today, hosted by American Swedish Institute
2020 Creating Movement in Handwoven Textiles: Online Webinar, hosted by North House Folk School
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2024 Minnesota State Arts Board, Creative Individuals Grant: Rya Carpets with Dimensional Color
2023 Artist Fellowship with the American-Scandinavian Foundation's Scandinavian Folk Arts & Cultural Traditions in the Upper Midwest
2022 Arrowhead Regional Arts Council Individual Artist Grant: Woven with Plants, Drawn with Light
RELATED EXPERIENCE
2023 - present Instructor at Vesterheim, Decorah, IA. Taught Rölakan Rug Weaving Fall 2023
2021- present Weaving Pattern Designer for Gist Yarn
2020 - present Instructor at North House Folk School, Grand Marais, MN. Taught the following workshops: Warp and Weft: Introduction to Floor Loom Weaving (Summer 2020, Winter and Summer 2021, Winter and Summer 2022, Winter and Summer 2023, Winter and Summer 2024), Color Theory through Weaving (Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2023), Overshot Weaving (Summer 2021, Winter 2023, Summer 2024), Weaving Turned Twill Block Weaves (Summer 2022, Summer 2024) Rya Rugs on a Floor Loom (Summer 2023), Rölakan Rug Weaving (Winter 2024)
2018 - present Founder and Sole Proprietor of CAN Studio, weaving production business
RESIDENCY
2020-2022 Artisan Development Program, North House Folk School, Grand Marais, MN
2013 Pechacek Farm, Hastings, MN
SALES
2022 American Craft Council Craft Made, St. Paul, MN, juried by American Craft Council
2020 American Craft Council Craft Bash - Online, invitational
2019 American Craft Council Craft Bash, Minneapolis, MN, invitational
2018 American Craft Council Craft Bash, Minneapolis, MN, invitational
PUBLICATION
2024 Posten, Alchemy on the Loom
2024 Gist Yarn, Eclipse Rya and Chainlink Runner (weaving Patterns)
2023 Norwegian Textile Letter, Rölakan Rug Weaving in Sweden
2022 Norwegian Textile Letter, Anti-Monument: The 2022 Hannah Ryggen Triennial
2022 Gist Yarn, Chroma Subscription Box (A series of 3 patterns focusing on color in weaving)
2021 Gist Yarn, Stair Step Rug and Ripples Pillow (weaving patterns)
2021 Handwoven Magazine, Bauhaus Towels (weaving pattern)
2021 Northern Wilds Magazine, Behind the Craft: The Alchemy of Water and Weaving
2020 Weavers Guild of Minnesota, WGM Studio Tour (online)
PRESS
2024 WTIP Radio, Artist Profile (video and radio spot), Cook County, MN
2024 PBS Postcards, The Loom is Her Calling, Pioneer PBS in SW Minnesota
2022 WTIP Radio, In the Field with Christine Novotny, Cook County, MN
2021 Cut the Craft Podcast, Episode 034: Christine Novotny
COMMISSIONS
2023 Serenity, 4x5’ Tapestry for Essentia Hospital, Duluth, MN