Artist Bio: Ildiko Nova

    Ildiko Nova was born in Hungary. She has been doing art since she was a child. Though she is mostly self-taught in art, she also took courses in watercolour at George Brown College in Toronto. Ildiko does different media such as spontaneous marker drawings, illustrations and acrylic paintings, uses recycled materials. She explores the line between reality and dreaming and juxtaposes unusual elements.

    Trained as a community worker, Ildiko is always looking for connections to communities. She has taught art to street people in Toronto, volunteered in different art organizations in Winnipeg.

     Her interest as an activist includes human rights issues for underprivileged, marginalized communities and ethnic groups, animal welfare, the treatment of all kinds of animals in an urban setting. She would like to see more emphasis placed on respect towards the most vulnerable, women and children in our society.

     With past experiences as a Roma in Eastern Europe at the back of her mind, Ildiko has gratefully accepted invitations from Aboriginal classmates in Canada to learn about their cultures – and this new awareness also surfaces in her art.

Private orders and commissions are welcome.

Work and achievements:
Animation
"People can die twice" Film festival Berlin, Germany 2022
Publications
KIN An Anthology of Poetry, Story and Art by Women from Romani, Traveler and Nomadic Communities (Ireland)
Borderless Group (Canada)
The Starving Artist (Body of Mine and Meeting Point) (UK)
Synkonicity Magazine (USA)
The Art Association "Peace" anthology (Geneva, Switzerland)
Aerogramme Magazine, cover design (New York, USA)
Goddessarts Magazine (Germany)
BOit! Selected Design (Bologna, Italy)
Escucha Mi Voz, Selected Designer (Mexico)
Phralipen Magazine, cover design (Croatia)
SmART Magazine (Toronto, Canada)
ASLI Magazine (UK)
Understorey Magazine (Nova Scotia, Canada)
The Dangerous Women Project (Edinburgh, UK)
Red Rising Magazine (Manitoba, Canada)
Lahar Berlin (Berlin, Germany)
Poster for tomorrow (Paris, France)
Multifaith Calendar (BC, Canada)
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (Manitoba, Canada)
Zero2 Expo (UK)
Augusta Savage Gallery (Massachusetts, USA)
ICLO-NLS.org – event poster (Ireland)
Boshemia Magazine (UK and USA)
Recognition and Awards
Red Ants Pants Music Festival, finalist USA
Second Prize, Women Soaring Project, USA
Staff choice Award, ONE Condom, Boston USA
Honourable Mention, ONE Condom, Boston USA 
Winner of Asia Culture Center Gwangju Design Festival, Korea
Winner of Public Art Bicycle Rack Design, Winnipeg, Canada
Winner of Urban Art Gallery Mural Installation, Winnipeg, Canada
Frankly Bob Award, City of Toronto, Canada