Born: Madison, WI, 1979.
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.

Selected Exhibitions: Solo & Collaborative

2012

Blue.Hour / Jack Straw New Media Gallery / Seattle, WA

2011

3 Surfaces / Armory Center for the Arts / Pasadena, CA

2010
  • Drift/Net / 323 Projects / Los Angeles, CA
  • Stillness / SoundFjord / London, UK
  • Untitled Landscape (with Robert Crouch) / Pøst / Los Angeles, CA
2009
  • In Residence 6 / Las Cienegas Projects / Los Angeles, CA
  • Stage / Burien Art Gallery / Burien, WA
  • Relocation / Lawrimore Project / Seattle, WA
  • +Room-Room (with Jamie Drouin) / The Henry Art Gallery / Seattle, WA
2007
  • Our Nature (with Gretchen Bennett) / Soil Art Gallery / Seattle, WA
  • A Sac of Rooms Three Times A Day (with Alex Schweder) / Suyama Space / Seattle, WA
2006
  • The East River Project (with Gretchen Bennett) / International District / Seattle, WA
  • Sick Building Sequence (with Alex Schweder) / Howard House / Seattle, WA
  • Frail Room (with Alex Schweder) / American Academy in Rome / Rome, IT

Selected Exhibitions: Group, Diffusions & Screenings

2012
  • Between Visual and Spatial / Gift_Lab / Tokyo, JP / Group
  • Render - New Construction in Video Art (with Robert Crouch) / California Museum of Photography / Riverside, CA / Group
  • Being Honeyed – An exhibition of Sound(in)Art / SOMA Contemporary / Waterford City, IE / Group
2011
  • The More Things Change (sound work for Alex Schweder) / SFMoMA / San Francisco, CA / Group
  • Soundfjord is 1 / Soundfjord / London, UK / Screening
  • Re/Flux / Institute of Contemporary Art / London, UK / Diffusion
  • Exquisite Corpse / Soundfjord / London, UK / Group
2010
  • Dragonfly Festival / Bronze Age Settlement / Falköping, Sweden / Diffusion
  • Secret Axis / File Hipersonica / Sesi Paulista’s Cultural Space / São Paulo, Brazil / Diffusion
  • Secret Axis / AVLab / MediaLab-Prado / Madrid, Spain / Diffusion
2009
  • London International Festival of Exploratory Music / Kings Place / London, UK / Screening
  • Sensate: Bodies and Design (sound work for Alex Schweder) / SFMoMA / San Francisco, CA / Group
  • Cell Everything / Vermillion Gallery / Seattle, WA / Group
2008
  • Doodle-ee De / The Helm Gallery / Tacoma, WA / Group
  • 12 Minutes Max Curated by Scott Lawrimore & Julie Tobiason / On the Boards / Seattle, WA / Screening
  • Art is Not Mute / Hit Art Space / Gothenburg, Sweden / Diffusion
  • Environmental Aesthetics / OKOK Gallery / Seattle, WA / Diffusion
2007
  • Art is Not Mute / Ersta Konsthall / Stockholm, Sweden / Diffusion
  • The East River Project (with Gretchen Bennett) / Soundwalk2007 / Long Beach, CA / Diffusion
2005
  • Aqua Art Sound Broadcast / Aqua Hotel / Miami, FL / Diffusion
  • Techgenosis / Center on Contemporary Art / Seattle, WA / Diffusion
2004

Neptune (sound work for Brian Murphy) / Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival / Seattle, WA / Screening

2003

Leaning / Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival / Seattle, WA / Screening

Selected Performances: Solo & Collaborative

2012
  • SIX / Pacific Northwest College of Art / Portland, OR – Scheduled
  • Chapel Performance Space / Seattle, WA – Scheduled
  • A Composite Field (with Taisha Paggett) / MAK Center Mackey Garage Top / Los Angeles, CA
  • Untitled (remodel) (with Simon Whetham) / Spirit Resurrection / Machine Project / Los Angeles, CA
2011
  • AxS Festival (with Robert Crouch) / Wind Tunnel Gallery / Pasadena, CA
  • The Stone / New York, NY
  • Forward Festival / Letelier Theater / Washington, DC
  • Presence / The Henry Art Gallery / Seattle, WA
  • immerson / Oboro / Montreal, QC
2010
  • Music for Restaurants (with Robert Crouch & Sublamp) / LACMA / Los Angeles, CA
  • immersound / The Others / London, UK
  • Presence / Torrence Art Museum / Torrence, CA
  • CTRL+ALT+REPEAT / Synchronicity Space / Los Angeles, CA
  • Art Los Angeles Contemporary / Pacific Design Center / West Hollywood, CA
2009
  • ResBox / Steve Allen Theater / Los Angeles, CA
  • Pehrspace (with Will Long) / Los Angeles, CA
  • Resonant Forms Festival / Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions / Los Angeles, CA
  • The Breeze Blowing Over Us / Fiske Planetarium / Boulder, CO
  • +ROOM-ROOM (with Jamie Drouin) / The Henry Art Gallery / Seattle, WA
2008
  • Soundwalk2008 / The Dome Room / Long Beach, CA
  • Chapel Performance Space / Seattle, WA
  • In Residence / The Triple Door / Seattle, WA
  • In Residence / Chapel Performance Space / Seattle, WA
2007
  • Decibel Festival / The Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
  • Yann Novak Showcases Dragon’s Eye Recordings / The Henry Art Gallery / Seattle, WA
  • Chapel Performance Space (with Marc Manning) / Seattle, WA
  • Kasini House / Burlington, VT
  • Festival of Wayward Music: The Marathon / Chapel Performance Space / Seattle, WA
  • Auditorium (with Jamie Drouin) / Mutek / Society for Art and Technology / Montreal, QC
  • Auditorium (with Jamie Drouin) / Gallery 1412 / Seattle, WA
  • Sonarchy Radio Show / KEXP 90.3 / Seattle, WA
  • Wall of Sound / Seattle, WA
2006
  • Homo Electric / Legends / Manchester, UK
  • Beyond Territory / The Henry Art Gallery / Seattle, WA
  • Auditorium (with Jamie Drouin) / The Henry Art Gallery / Seattle, WA
  • The East River Project (with Gretchen Bennett) / Erich Ginder Studio / Seattle, WA
  • Decibel Festival / Broadway Performance Hall / Seattle, WA
  • Blim / Vancouver, BC
  • Ong Ong Release Party / Gallery 1412 / Seattle, WA

Selected Discography: Solo & Collaborative

2012
  • Paradise & Winchester / Unfathomless (BE) / CD – Scheduled
  • Hollow.River / Taâlem (FR) / 3″ CD-R – Scheduled
  • 3 Surfaces / Reductive (ES) / 3″ CD-R
2011
  • Presence / Hibernate (UK) / CD
  • Two Segments (with Mise_En_Scene) / White.Line Editions (UK) / CD-R
2010
  • Relocation.Reconstruction / LINE (US) / CD
  • Some Clouds (with Marc Manning) / Koyuki (IT) / CD-R
2009
  • +ROOM-ROOM (with Jamie Drouin) / The Henry Art Gallery (US) / CD
  • The Breeze Blowing Over Us / Infrequency Editions (CA) / CD-R
2008
  • Auditorium Mutek (with Jamie Drouin) / Infrequency Editions (CA) / CD-R
  • In Residence / Dragon’s Eye Recordings (US) / CD-R
2007
  • Pairings (with Marc Manning) / Dragon’s Eye Recordings (US) / CD
  • Intermission / Dragon’s Eye Recordings (US) / CD-R
  • Auditorium (with Jamie Drouin) / Dragon’s Eye Recordings (US) / CD
2006

Meadowsweet / Dragon’s Eye Recordings (US) / CD-R

2005

Ong Ong Field Recordings Vol. 1 / Ong Ong Press (US) / CD-R

Selected Discography: Compilations & Soundtracks

2011
  • “Vestiges” on Leftovers (Reworked) / Crónica (PT) / Digital
  • “Light” on Meditations on Light / Monochrome Vision (RU) / 2 x CD
  • “3 Surfaces Excerpt” on Kanshin / Fluid Audio/Hibernate (UK) / 2 x CD
2010
  • “Ventilation B3″ on Igloo Trax Vol.2 :: The Most Music / Igloo Magazine (US) / Digital
  • “Untitled Landscape” (with Robert Crouch) on The Wire Tapper 24 / The Wire (UK) / CD
  • “Santa Fe” (with Robert Crouch) on Untitled 10 (The Black Album) / Untitled & After (US) / Digital
  • “Shortwaves to Longwaves” on Flowers / Dragon’s Eye Recordings (US) / Digital
2009
  • “Stable” on Variations in White Pt. 2 / White.Line Editions (UK) / CD-R
  • “+ROOM (condensed)” on Vague Terrain 15: Microsound: Smooth Spaces / Vague Terrain / Digital
  • “Life, Truth and Light Remix” on Reassembled / Tokyo Idaho Records (US) / CD
  • “Time Forgot” on Au Clair de la Lune / Infrequency Editions (CA) / 2 x CD
  • “Autumn” on Mandorla Autumn Net-Project Vol.III Part 2 / Mandorla (MX) / Digital
  • “The Miller Garden Revisited” on Our Lost Summer / Dulcett Records / 2 x CD
2008

“Studio Window” on Leather / Dragon’s Eye Recordings (US) / Digital

2007
  • “Lullaby” + “Feeling Alone All Together” on Cotton / Dragon’s Eye Recordings (US) / CD
  • “Snow:Storm” on Snow: Field + RMX / Infrequency (CA) / CD
2006
  • “Basilica di S. Maria Aracoeli” on Paper / Dragon’s Eye Recordings (US) / CD-R
  • Dark Room / Dragon’s Eye Recordings (US) / 3″CD-R
2005
  • Up Close / Dragon’s Eye Recordings (US) / 3″CD-R
  • “piano.study.001″ + “piano.study.003″ on Family Affair / Dragon’s Eye Recordings (US) / CD-R
  • Fade Dis/Appearances / Dragon’s Eye Recordings (US) / CD-R
  • “An End and a Beginning” on P.D.S.T.W.E. Too /  Comfort Stand Records (US) / CD

Scores for Dance (with Crispin Spaeth Dance Group)

2011

Dark Room Trio / Western Bridge / Seattle, WA

2007
  • Wild Darling / Velocity Dance Center / Seattle, WA
  • Ten Tiny Dances / Capitol Hill Art Center / Seattle, WA
2006
  • Play Viewed from a Distance / The Empty Space Theater / Seattle, WA
  • Dark Room / TBA Festival / Portland, OR
  • Dark Room / Western Bridge / Seattle, WA
2005
  • Up Close / Velocity Dance Center / Seattle, WA
  • Fade Dis/Appearances / Consolidated Works / Seattle, WA
2004

Watch us Work / Consolidated Works / Seattle, WA

Residencies & Grants

2010
  • ARC Grant / The Durfee Foundation / Los Angeles, CA
  • Jentel Artist Residency (Nominated by Beth Sellers) / Banner, WY
2008

Grant for Artist Projects / Artist Trust / Seattle, WA

2007
  • Espy Foundation Residency / Oysterville, WA
  • Environmental Aesthetics Residency / Satsop Cooling Tower / Elma, WA
  • Kasini House Studio A Residency / Burlington, VT

Speaking Engagements, Teaching & Curatorial

2012
  • Praxis | Practice | Modulation / Pacific Northwest College of Art / Portland, OR / Panel – Scheduled
  • Jack Straw New Media Gallery / Seattle, WA / Artist Talk – Scheduled
  • Sublimation (co-curated with Helen Frosi and France Jobin) / Oboro / Montreal, QC – Scheduled
  • Gift_Lab / Tokyo, JP / Artist Talk – Scheduled
  • ByteMaps / Culver Center of the Arts / Riverside, CA / Panel
2011
  • Armory Center for the Arts / Pasadena, CA / Artist Talk
2010

Sheridan College / Sheridan, WY / Artist Talk

2009
  • Art Center / Pasadena, CA / Visiting Faculty
  • Art Klatch / Seattle, WA / Artist Talk
2006
  • Decibel Festival / The Henry Art Gallery / Seattle, WA / Panel
  • Cornish College of the Arts / Seattle, WA / Guest Lecture
2005
  • The Art Institute of Seattle / Seattle, WA / Guest Lecture
  • Dragon’s Eye Recordings / Los Angeles, CA / Curator 2005 – Present

Publications

2009
Relocation.Catalog / smlEditions (US) / 24p. Book + CD-R

Selected Bibliography

Pisano, Leandro. "Drone / Minimalismi: Presence" Blow-Up Magazine #164, January, 2012.
Haak-Frendscho, E. Maude. "Resonates Well with Others: Recent Sound Art Collaborations." Drift Magazine, Issue 1, January 2011.
Bell, Clive. "On Site: Stillness.Subtropical." The Wire, Issue 320, October 2010.
Pisano, Leandro. "Re-location: Sound Art E Approceao Ecosistenico Agla Ambienti Di Fuizione" Blow-Up Magazine #142, March, 2010.
Morehouse, Lucy. "Space: An Interview with Yann Novak." Ong Ong Fanzine, Issue #5 July 2009.
Graves, Jen. "Yann Novak's 'Relocation': All Kinds of Movings On." The Stranger, April 14,2009.
Grant, Adriana. “I Saw This: Rattle and Hum.” The Seattle Weekly, April 9, 2009.
Deming, Mark Thomas. "Environmental Aesthetics: Taking Tower 5 to the Fulcrum Gallery." Weekly Volcano, March 12, 2009.
Upchurch, Michael. "At the Henry Art Gallery, the sweet sounds of — the AC system?" The Seattle Times, March 3, 2009.
Krell, Lexie. "The Sound of Art: New auditory exhibit at the Henry." The Daily, February 19, 2009.
Segal, Dave. “Data Breaker.” The Stranger, November 13, 2008.
Bergstein, Darren. "Circuit Breakers." Signal to Noise, Issue 51, Fall 2008.
Stubbs, David. “Electronica: In Residence.” The Wire, Issue 290, April 2008.
Haynes, Jim. “Outer Limits: The East River Project Vol.1.” The Wire, Issue 283, September 2007.
DeLaurenti, Christopher. “The Score.” The Stranger, August 21, 2007.
Harrison, Margot. "Seattle Sound Artist Catches Vibes of the Old North End." Seven Days, August 8, 2007.
Beal, Suzanne. “Weekly Wire.” The Seattle Weekly, April 18, 2007.
Lippens, Nate. “Sound + Images = ‘Our Nature.’” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April 13, 2007.
Molnar, Sean. “Decibel Festival.” Signal to Noise, Issue 44, Winter 2007.
Coley, Byron. “Size Matters: Long Distance Vol.2.” The Wire, Issue 274, December 2006.
Graves, Jen. “Hear, Here.” The Stranger, November 9, 2006.
Mahdoubi, Kathy F. “Microscopic Masterpieces.” The Stranger, September 14, 2006.
Singh, K.S. “Drastic Plastic.” e/i Magazine, Issue 7, 2006.
Oz, Maxwell. “Oz & Ends.” e/i Magazine, Issue 7, 2006.
Coley, Byron & Moore, Thurston. “Bull Tongue.” Arthur Magazine, issue 22, 2006.
Coley, Byron. “Size Matters: Dark Room.” The Wire, Issue 268, June 2006.
Segal, Dave. “Beatseeking Massives.” The Stranger, May 3, 2006.
Coley, Byron. “Size Matters: Up Close.” The Wire, Issue 264, February 2006.
Anderson, Eli. “Unknown Pleasures.” Resonance, Issue 48, 2005.
Sharp, Chris. “Electronica: Fade Dis/Appearances.” The Wire, Issue 260, October 2005.
Segal, Dave. “Beatseeking Massives.” The Stranger, August 18, 2005.
Coley, Byron. “Size Matters: Three Inches for Friends.” The Wire, Issue 255, May 2005.

Audio & Online Interviews

Chartier, Richard. “Interview - Yann Novak.” FORWARD Festival Blog, March 21, 2011.
Lazarev, Mike. "Two and a Half Questions." Headphone Commute, April 9, 2010.
Aleo, Joseph. "Dragon’s Eye Recordings" solipsistic NATION No. 140, May 8, 2009.
Krajewski, Sara. "Explorations of Sound." Henry ArtCast, March 21, 2009.
Veltkamp, Joey. "+ROOM-ROOM." Best of, January 19, 2009.
Fischer, Tobias. "15 Questions." Tokafi, July 28, 2008.
Norris, TJ. "unBLOGGED Podcast 17." unBLOGGED, May 30, 2008.
Shelton, Adam. "Yann Novak Uses His Environment As His Instrument." Gearwire, November 28, 2007.
Escudero, Guillermo. “Interview.” Loop, April 30, 2007.

Public Collections

The Henry Art Gallery / Seattle, WA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art / San Francisco, CA
Sound Art Museum: Permanent Collection and Traveling Archive / Rome, IT
Soundfjord: Contemporary Sound Art Archive / London, UK