Gabriella Novak (born 1982) is a Polish-Swedish interdisciplinary artist based in Stockholm. Working across a wide variety of mediums that included painting, digital images, video and performances Novak uses her body as a tool. Her art, often intense and deeply personal is connected to trauma, physical and emotional pain, anxiety and sexuality often stemming from her childhood.
In 2022, Novak completed a Master’s degree in Fine Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Umeå, Sweden. They also have a background in performing arts, photography, art history, film studies and philosophy. Throughout the years, Novak has participated in Artist in Residence programs and art projects with; Center for Contemporary Art in Warsaw, Moderna Museet, Pals Performance Art Links, Supermarket Art Fair, Färgfabriken in Stockholm, Gallery Thomassen in Gothenburg and Bildmuseet in Umeå, Sweden.
In 2023 Novak was awarded the Assistant Grant with artist Åsa Cederqvist from the Swedish Arts Grants Committee.