Dena Novak

Dena Novak is a visual artist based in California. She was an Artist in Residence at Headlands Center for the Arts in Sausalito in 2026. She holds an MFA in Fine Arts from Otis College of Art and Design, class of 2025. Her abstract paintings build up thick oil impasto, ceramic fragments, and carved surfaces, treating paint as a physical material. Her Headlands project focused on landscape, fog, and Pacific light.