Lea Novi

Education

2023-2024

The Artist as Teacher programme, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague

2021-2023

Master of Arts in Fine Art and Design, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, Photography and Society

2019-2021

Master of Arts in Fine Art and Design, Piet Zwart Institute, WDKA, Rotterdam, Lens-Based Media Design

2014-2018

Bachelor of Arts, Photodesign, University of Applied Science and Art Munich

Teaching

since 09/2023

Study Coach at Master of Photography and Society, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, NL

2021-2023

Mentor for 4th year BA Photography, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, NL

Group Exhibitions &
Public Presentations ( selected )

2027

( upcoming  ) Jan. group exhibition in collaboration with Renata Miron, Valerio Conti, Maya Mariang and Fileona Dakhar, Kitspace, Rotterdam (nl)

( upcoming ) March, group exhibition in collaboration with Renata Miron, Valerio Conti, Maya Mariang and Fileona Dakhar, Kitspace, curated by Jacco Ouwerkerk, Seeplap, The Hague (nl)

2026

( upcoming ) Nov. Fiction(al) Writing Playground, event & exhibition, collaboration with Rosa Zangenberg and Rose Rose Bieszczad, Hillevliet, Rotterdam (nl)

The Golden Garden, Prospects, Art Rotterdam, Ahoy Rotterdam, ( nl )

Specie Vigations in The Park, Public Event & Workshop (Observation Drawing),  School for MultiSpecies Knowledges, Zone2Sorce, Amsterdam ( nl )

I — Cycles, Voedselbos De Overtuin, Trompenburg, Rotterdam ( nl )

2025

open studios, Groot Rotterdams Atelier Weekend, Teilingerstraat (Timewindow), Rotterdam (nl )

Somewhere Else is Closer than You Think, screening, Fotofestiwal, Łódź ( pl )

So habe ich es noch nie gesehen, exhibition in collaboration with Pezi Novi, DONNER wie Blitz gallery, Munich ( de )

Fiction(al) Writing Playground, event & exhibition, collaboration with Rosa Zangenberg, South Explorer, Some Other Space, Rotterdam (nl )

about A woman, IN YOUR FACE, group exhibition, de Doelen Art, Rotterdam ( nl )

2024

Somewhere Else is Closer than You Think, online exhibition, Der Greif - Guest Room: New Grounds, curated by Hannah Fletcher and Alice Cazenave

Somewhere Else is Closer than You Think, performative talk, theatrical dinner, Fotodok, Utrecht, (nl)

The Land of Milk and Marsh, performative talk, collaboration with sumerie, Deeper than Ocean, Rotterdam, (nl)

2023

Somewhere Else is Closer than You Think, group exhibition, In Times Of Trouble We Dream With Open Eyes, The Grey Space in the Middle, The Hague, (nl)

Somewhere Else is Closer than You Think, group exhibition, workshop in collaboration with Julia Wilhelm, Groot Rotterdams Atelier Weekend, Ijzerblock, Rotterdam, (nl)

Somewhere Else is Closer than You Think, graduation show, Unstill, KABK, The Hague, (nl)

2022

Illusion of a Happy City, Kunstprijs Charlois, group exhibition, theater Zuidplein and metrostation Masshaven, Rotterdam, (nl)

My Dear Friend Sam, collaboration with Ben Yau and Daniel Chatard, window exhibition at KABK, The Hague, (nl)

My Dear Friend Sam, collaboration with Ben Yau and Daniel Chatard, group exhibition, Yolun Dışında, Darağaç, Izmir, (tr)

2021

Attitudes of Elements, group exhibition, Countercurrents, Bunker at Waterkant, The Hague, (nl)

2020

The Calm After the Storm, Refracted Reality, V2_ , Rotterdam, (nl)

2019

Photo Conversation (with Nihayah, Dagmar, Varvaria and Lea), Hybrid virtual-real exchange, Lucerne University of Applied Science and Arts, Peterskapelle, Luzern, (ch)

Silent Witness, Eye on Art Research Lab, Eye Film Museum, Amsterdam, (nl)

2018

Rainbow Refugees (Stories), group exhibiton, MUCCA, Munich, (de)

The Land of Milk and Marsh, Photo18, Praterinsel, Munich, (de)

The Land of Milk and Marsh, halbvoll X halbleer, Farbenladen, Munich, (de)

Education

2023-2024

The Artist as Teacher programme, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague

2021-2023

Master of Arts in Fine Art and Design, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, Photography and Society

2019-2021

Master of Arts in Fine Art and Design, Piet Zwart Institute, WDKA, Rotterdam, Lens-Based Media Design

2014-2018

Bachelor of Arts, Photodesign, University of Applied Science and Art Munich

Teaching

since 09/2023

Study Coach at Master of Photography and Society, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, NL

2021-2023

Mentor for 4th year BA Photography, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, NL

Grants & Residencies

06/2026

Rural School of Economics, Myvillages, residency, Brezoi (ro)

10/2025- 03/2026

PPO mentoring grant (nl)

10/2025- 03/2026

School for MultiSpecies Knowledges, Zone2Sorce (nl)

03/2025- 05/2025

Talent Embassy Program, Fotodok ( nl & pl)

10/2024- 06/2025

CBK I&V, research grant ( nl )

10/2024- 10/2025

Mondriaan fonds, Artist Start ( nl )

19/2023- 05/2024

Lighthouse Talent Program, Fotodok ( nl )

09/2022- 07/2023

DAAD fellowship abroad ( de )

Publications ( selected )

2026

In conversations with my body, WITH THIS BODY OF crafted by the Rural Relations Writing Club, founded by Ioana Luascu, supported by Myvillages, published by KIOSK, Rotterdam ( nl )

2025

Why Read Together? On Companions, Co-conspirators, and Breathing Words, picture contribution, published by HumDrum Press and crafted by Reading Rhythms Club (Julia Wilhelm and Senka Milutinović), Rotterdam ( nl )

2024

Somewhere Else is Closer than You Think, Der Greif, The Sustainable Darkroom & Tamsin Green Guest Room: New Grounds (online)

2023

The Butterfly of Somewhere Else is Closer than You Think, collaboration with Julia Wilhelm, self published ( theatrical dinner ), Fotodok, Utrecht ( nl )

2022

Portret van de Tarwewijk, interview and commisioned work, Kulturweerkplats, Rotterdam (nl )

the ice was blue and the ice was thick of Somewhere Else is Closer than You Think, self published andexhibited at Zine Camp, Rotterdam ( nl )

Attitudes of Elements, Chip Foto-Video Digital, featuring Counter Currents, (cn)

Ying Yang: A collection of thoughs for/how self publishers (to) balance the struggle of publishing inthe climate crisis area, curated by Floor van Meeuwen, Beautiful Plastic Bag, Rotterdam, (nl)