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Consultation
Focused sessions with our curators: programme strategy, artist research, public-space feasibility, partnerships.
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uncommissioned
Public art, outside the institution.Ongoing since 2025
(02)
Work in Progress
Live art festival, the process on show.Ongoing since 2026
Nōvo Collective
Curatorial studio
Los Angeles — New York
Mexico City — Curaçao
Nōvo Collective is an independent curatorial studio for contemporary art in public space and live settings. Founded in Los Angeles, we create uncommissioned and Work in Progress, and work alongside museums, foundations, cities and artists internationally.
(01) Public art
Ongoing — Edition 03 in development
uncommissioned
(02) Live art
Ongoing — Edition 03 in development
Work in Progress
(03) Film
Documentary — coming soon
uncommissioned: Curaçao
A documentary on the second edition of uncommissioned: a sailing expedition and island residency in Curaçao, and the artists who made work there.
(04) Studio
Alongside our own projects, we advise and collaborate with institutions, foundations and brands. The same team, the same standards.
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Projects
Commissions, installations, exhibitions and live formats, from concept and artists to production and documentation.
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Collaboration
Host an edition of uncommissioned or Work in Progress, or co-curate something new with us.
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Chuman Zhang
Co-Founder · Curatorial & Production
Leads production, from first plan to opening day, and shapes curatorial and marketing direction.
Jerry Guo
Co-Founder · Creative Director & Partnerships
Shapes the creative direction of each project, and leads partnerships and business development, from the first conversation to a signed agreement.
(05) Partners
- MUCA Munich, Germany
- Qatar Museums Doha, Qatar
- Mondriaan Fund Amsterdam, Netherlands
- J.P. Morgan New York, USA
- IKEA Brooklyn, USA
- The Blanc New York, USA
Funds & foundations
- Netherland-America Foundation
- Caribbean Culture Fund
- Cultuurfonds Caribisch Gebied
- Fractured Atlas
- Materials for the Arts
Arts organisations
- 18th Street Arts Center
- SKOR Kòrsou
- Kunst Labor
- Kayakaya Festival
- AlwaysArt
- Embodied Earth
Brands & materials
- Liquitex
- Speedball
- AMACO
- Artist & Craftsman Supply
- EcoPoxy
- Condesa Gin
Media
- Impulse Magazine
(06) Press
- Artnet News
- Elephant
- Colossal
- Designboom
- Whitehot Magazine
- Impulse Magazine
- Whitewall
- Time Out México
- M de Milenio
“A sprawling, multi-disciplinary takeover by Nōvo Collective.”
Ken Krantz, Whitehot Magazine
- Artnet NewsInside Cannupa Hanska Luger's Cave of Clay and SounduncommissionedOct 2026
- Elephant“A Story Without Stakes Stands to Bore”: uncommissioned in Curaçaoby Vittoria BenzineuncommissionedOct 2026
- ColossalThis October, a Global Public Art Project Turns 35 Cities into Playgroundsby Grace EbertuncommissionedOct 2025
- DesignboomNomad Studio's charred juniper ring marks the scar of a wildfire in northern SpainuncommissionedDec 2025
- Whitehot MagazineWork in Progress: Nōvo Collective at The Blancby Ken KrantzWork in ProgressJun 2026
- Impulse MagazineBehind the Scenes in NYC: Work in Progressby Ruby AlexanderWork in ProgressJun 2026
- WhitewallThe Mexico City Art Week Events Everyone Will Pretend They Didn't Missby Angelika PokovbaWork in ProgressFeb 2026
- Time Out MéxicoWork in Progress renueva Art Week Méxicoby Mauricio ElíWork in ProgressFeb 2026
- M de MilenioWork in Progress: el festival y el valor de mostrar el procesoWork in ProgressFeb 2026
Also in Brooklyn Street Art, Órbita, Africa Art News, Proceso, Cool Hunter MX, Onda MX, Alternatif Art, Shoutout LA
Let's make
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Credits
- Photography, film & design
- Natalia Gaia, Sujin Park, Sofía De la Parra, Mauricio Hernández, Max van Aalst / WAVE7 Creatives, Loopedstudio, Cannupa Hanska Luger Artist Studio
- Artists featured on this site
- Ailsa Anastatia, Angel de la Rosa, Avantia Damberg, Cannupa Hanska Luger, Carolina Aranibar-Fernandez, Edo Rosenblith, Escif, Future Organisms (Pedro Oliveira and Xuedi Chen), Giovanni Abath, Ifeoma Ebo, Juan Duarte, Kara Rooney, Leon Reid IV, Mariana Parisca, Marianna Baker, Meera Palia, Najendra Caldera, Nomad Studio, Olga Zeltser, Pablo Delgado, SPURSE, Valentina Guerrero Marín, Venitko, Wanzhuo Cheng
Additional documentation courtesy of the participating artists and Nōvo Collective. For image reuse, please write to hi@novocollective.org for individual credits.