ARTIST'S STATEMENT
Noah Scalin is a multidisciplinary artist whose work is about organizing the noise of American culture into new signals – ones that illuminate the things we should be prioritizing when we’re so easily distracted by the spectacle of our society.
Noah is inspired by the visual cacophony of consumer culture. Images that bombard our senses and objects that clog our landscape become a means for amplifying stories that have been underrepresented, downplayed or ignored.
Noah's interest in magic and optical illusion are incorporated into works that transform the overwhelming chaos of contemporary inputs into explorations of how we identify our place in the world, through the lens of social and environmental justice.
Noah aims to inspire viewers to recognize the possibility of creation and transformation that exists all around us, even when the institutional structures of our society seem overwhelming and fixed in place.
BIO
Noah Scalin is the creator of the Webby Award winning project Skull-A-Day and the collaborative science fiction universe & performance art project League of Space Pirates. He was the Grand Prize winner of Artfields 2022 and his collaboration with Old Navy was one of the most viewed commercials of 2020. Noah’s art has been exhibited internationally, including installations in Times Square, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Mütter Museum and multiple solo exhibitions in Krause Gallery in NYC. His work has been commissioned by the Martin Agency, Capital One, and Goodwill; and has been featured in dozens of publications including Fast Company, Hi-Fructose, Juxtapoz, USA Today, The Telegraph, and the New York Times. Noah is the author of six books, a sought after public speaker on creativity and has inaugurated the artist-in-residence role at both Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Business and Old Dominion University’s Strome College of Business. He is also the founder of Another Limited Rebellion an art & innovation consulting firm which he co-runs with his sister.
EDUCATION
BFA New York University, Tisch School of The Arts, NYC
Represented by Krause Gallery, NYC
RECENT HONORS
Selected as first Artist-In-Residence at Old Dominion University Strome College of Business 2023-2024
Selected as Grand Prize Winner at the 10th Anniversary Artfields Competition, 2022
Selected as first Artist-In-Residence at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Business, 2016-2017
Named “The Region’s Most Creative Individual” by Richmond Magazine, 2017
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024
ArtFields (juried exhibition), Lake City, SC April 26–May 4
61st Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum, Monroe, LA, February 22 – May 4,
2023
Reflections (invitational), WYN 317 Gallery, Miami, FL, December 2–January 31
Altar America Project (invitational), Art Works, Richmond, VA, October 27–November 17
Southern Voices/Global Visions (invitational), Jones-Carter Gallery, Lake City, SC, September 23–December 3
Best of the East (juried exhibition), 311 Gallery, Raleigh, NC, September 1–29
Barnstorm 2023 (juried exhibition) Punch Projects, Thorpe, WA, September 2–30
ArtFields Extended (invitational) The Arts Center of Kershaw County, Camden, SC, August 24–September 23
Where Are You! (solo show) Tiger’s Eye Hair Studio, Richmond, VA, July 28th–October 27th
Gallery5 Turns 18! (invitational), Gallery5, Richmond, VA, April 7–29
Springtime Art Collection (invitational), Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ, April
Artists4ERA: Virginia Edition (invitational), Virginia Museum of History and Culture, Richmond, VA, February 17–June 4
2022
NEON Festival (exhibition/auction), Norfolk, VA, October 20-21
I Won’t Grow Up (solo exhibition), Sara D. November Gallery, Richmond, VA, September 8-October 28
Primavera (invitational), Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ, April 30–June 20
ArtFields (selected competition artist & Grand Prize Winner), Lake City, SC, April 22–30
2021
Signal To Noise (solo exhibition), Trax Visual Arts Center, Lake City, SC, December 3–March 12, 2022
Project / Forward 2048 (international invitational projection festival) Micro Galleries, December 17-18
Skulls (group show), Blockfort Gallery, Columbus, OH, October 1–31
Make Up Your Heart 2021 (International benefit exhibition), Ornare, New York City, April 26–May 27
ArtFields (selected competition artist, exhibition award winner), Lake City, SC, April 23–May 1
Put A Bird On It (group show) Glave Kocen Consultanting, Richmond, VA, April 14–May 1
2020
Project / Forward: 2047 (international invitational projection festival) Micro Galleries, December 11-13
Paukwa Pakawa (group show) curated by Wilson Muratha for Micro Galleries, November
The Illusion of Control (solo show)
Rennolds Gallery @ St. Catherine’s School, Richmond, VA, October 5 – November 12
Performing Incantations (group show) curated by Dawne Langford, Hamiltonian Artists, Washington, DC, August 22 - September 18
Summer Exhibition (group show), Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
From me to You (group show), Glave Kocen Gallery, Richmond, VA, February 7-29
2019
InLight 2019 (public installation), 1708 Gallery @ Chimborozo Park, Richmond, VA, November 15-16
Current Art Fair (public installation), represented by Glave Kocen, Richmond, VA, October 25-27
Anniversary Show (group show), 212 Arts, NYC, September 6-October 1
Noah Scalin (solo show), Gallery @ 17, Richmond, VA September 6-29
The Endeavor Order (group show), Black Iris Gallery, Richmond, VA, September 6-28
Sun Kissed (group exhibition) Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ, August 24-October 14
By The People (invitational festival), Union Market, Washington D.C., June 15–23
Dear Leader (group show), Candela Gallery, Richmond, VA, May 3–June 14
Vienna Biennale for Change 2019, MAK – Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria, Opened May 28
Paint Me, Bitch!: The Dirtwoman Art Show (group show), Gallery5, Richmond, VA, April 5–29, 2019
Times Square Immersive (public installation), SPRING/BREAK Art Show, NYC, March 5–30, 2019
Within Reach (invitational) Artspace, Richmond VA, February 22 – March 9, 2019
Square Pegs (group show) Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ, February 9 – March 2, 2019
Memento Mori (group show) Star Gallery, NYC, January 16-20, 2019
2018
The Pond (group show), Glave Kocen Gallery, Richmond, VA, December 7 – 24, 2018
Micro Galleries Kathmandu (street art festival) Kathmandu, Nepal, November 23–December 7, 2018
SENAI Brasil Fashion 2018 (Installation), Rio, Brazil, November 22
Fresh Paint: Murals Inspired by The Story of Virginia (invitational), Virginia Museum of History and Culture, October 27, 2018–April, 14, 2019.
Monumental: Richmond’s Monuments (1607-2018) (museum exhibition), The Valentine, Richmond, VA , Jul 4, 2018 - Jan 20, 2019
Greengate Festival (street art invitational), GreenGate, Short Pump, Virginia June 9–10, 2018
of America (solo show), Krause Gallery, NYC, May 12–June 5, 2018
2017
Anti-Flag American Fall Art Show (group show), Junior High, Los Angeles, CA, October 26, 2017
RVA Street Art Festival (street art invitational), The Diamond, Richmond, VA, September 22-24, 2017
130 Years of Übercorp: 1887-2017 (curator), Gallery5, Richmond, VA September 1-28, 2017
dOGUMENTA (group show) Brookfield Place, NYC, August 11–13, 2017
Portrait of Innovation: Grace Arents (installation) Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond, VA, June 16–17, 2017
Our Hearts On Our Sleeves (group exhibition) The Valentine, Richmond, VA April 28, 2017–January 28, 2018
Portrait of Innovation: Frances Lewis (installation) Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Business, Richmond, VA March 27–April 3
Sight Specific (installation, curated by Dawne Langford) Spring/Break Art Show, NYC, March 1-6
Family Room (group show) Glavé Kocen Gallery, Richmond, VA, February 3–25
Under The Gun (invitational) Work Release, Norfolk, VA, January 13–February 4
2016
Portrait of Innovation: Maggie Walker (installation) Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Business, Richmond, VA, October 10 – 27
Memento Mori: Skulls & Bones in Art (invitational) Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA, September 24 – November 5
Emerging to Established – Extended (group show) Krause Gallery, NYC, September 7 – October 5
L'Art de Crâner (invitational) Galerie Sakura, Paris, France, July 2 – October 2
Portrait of Innovation: James Conway Farley (installation) Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, June 11
Madame Zoe's (installation w/Thea Duskin) Chop Suey Books, Richmond, VA, April – October
Dead Media 5 (installation) Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
Unconventional (group show) WYN317, Miami, FL
2015
Anatomy of War (solo show) Krause Gallery, NYC
Now What: 50 posters from the “Occupy: What’s Next?” collection (group show) Natalie & James Thompson Gallery, San José State University, San José, California.
Carpe Noctem (invitational) The Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA
Emerging to Established, Year 3 (group show) Krause Gallery, NYC
Past to Present (group show) Krause Gallery, NYC
Portraits of Innovation: Gertrude Stein (solo exhibition) The Connelly Theater, NYC
Clubbed Thumb Collaborations (solo exhibition) Wild Project (NYC)
The Memorial Library of Kenton J. Stanfield (installation with Thea Duskin) Chop Suey Books, Richmond, VA
Group Show 3 (invitational), Glitch Gallery, Richmond, VA
Darkmatters (invitational) Alchemy NFK, Norfolk, VA
2014
Celebrabis Vitae (invitational) Box Studios, London, UK
Fall Line Fest (juried exhbition) – Gallery 5, Richmond, VA
Manhattan Project (solo exhibition) – Krause Gallery, NYC
The Skull Show (invitational) – Bedford Gallery at Lesher Center for The Arts, Walnut Creek, CA
Graphic Advocacy – Art Directors Club, NYC
Emerging to Established (group show) – Krause Gallery, NYC
The Medium and the Message: The Poster in the Clash of Ideologies (invitational) – DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague, Czech Republic
Rare Nature: The Endangered Species Print Project (group show) – The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago, IL
2013
Natural Selection (solo exhibition) –Krause Gallery, NYC
Think Small 7 (invitational) – Artspace, Richmond, VA
Scientia: Richard Feynman (installation) – Governor’s Island Art Fair, New York, NY
Emerging to Established (group show) Krause Gallery, NYC
Face Off (co-curator invitational) – International Museum of Surgical Science, Chicago, IL
SCOPE Art Fair – represented by Krause Gallery, New York, NY
US & China Typographic Poster Exchange (invitational touring exhibition) – Various locations including, Gallery 5, Richmond, VA & Gallery of Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication, Beijing, China
Graphic Advocacy: International Posters for the Digital Age (invitational) Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA
2012
Above and Below (commissioned installation) – TCC Visual Arts Center, Tidewater, VA
Skull Appreciation Day (co-curator invitational) – Mütter Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Hollow Thoughts (invitational) – Gallery Nucleus, Los Angeles, CA
All is Vanity (solo exhibition) – Pine Street Barber Shop, Richmond, VA
Catch 22 (invitational) – 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
2011
Skulls (solo exhibition) – Krause Gallery, New York, NY
Made In Phones (invitational) – Minut Init Galleria, Kuala Lumpur, Indonesia
Cabinet of Curiosities (solo exhibition) – Asbury Lanes, Asbury Park, NJ
Skull Appreciation Day (co-curator of invitational) – Gallery 5, Richmond, VA
SCOPE Art Fair – represented by Krause Gallery, New York, NY
Endangered Species Print Project (group show) – The Gallery of the
Common Experience, San Marcos, TX
A Live Animal (group exhibition)– Root Division, San Francisco, CA
United Skull of America II (installation) – Main Art X Gallery, Richmond, VA
2010
Small Works – Krause Gallery, New York, NY
Small Wonder – 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
Skull (invitational) – Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
Let There Be Light (invitational) – PVCC, Charlottesville, VA
Limited Reading Required – Main Art Gallery, Richmond, VA
Street Anatomy (group show) – International Museum of Surgical Sciences, Chicago, IL
Poe's Playground (invitational) – Piedmont Arts Association, Martinsville, VA
Luck of The Draw II (invitational) – Visual Arts Center, Richmond, VA
Wretched Glory (invitational) – Ghostprint Gallery, Richmond, VA
Endangered Species Print Project (group exhibition) – Barbara&Barbara, Chicago, IL
2009
Small Wonder (invitational) – 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
Poster4Tomorrow (competition) –
23 International Galleries
What You Can Do With The City (curated exhibition) – Graham Foundation, Chicago, Illinois
Think Small 5 (invitational) – Artspace, Richmond, VA
Skull-A-Day (solo display) – Mütter Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Skulls (solo exhibition) – Chaos Gallery at the Museum of Death, Los Angeles, CA
After Life: A Skull Exhibition (solo exhibition) – Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA
2008
Not So Silent Night (invitational) –1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
Art In A Box (invitational) – Art6, Richmond, VA
SKULLS (solo exhibition) – Chop Suey Tuey, Richmond, VA
What You Can Do With the City (curated exhibition) – Canadian Center for Architecture, Quebec, Canada
Take Action! (juried exhibition) – Museum of World Culture, Gothenburg, Sweden
AUTHORED BOOKS
Creative Sprint (with Mica Scalin), Voyageur Press
Skull-A-Day, Chop Suey Books Books
League of Space Pirates: Precognitive Universe of Emergent Desire (Editor), Übercorp Publishing
The Design Activist's Handbook (with Michele Taute), How Books
Unstuck, Voyageur Press
365: A Daily Creativity Journal,
Voyageur Press
Skulls, Lark Books
Spectacles for the short sighted. 1. Masks as agents of social control , self published
in collection of MoMA
SELECTED PUBLISHED WORK/ARTICLES
Style Weekly “What Would Scooby Do?” July 24, 2023
Style Weekly “Equality Now” February 28, 2023
Richmond Times-Dispatch “New show with art from Cathcart, Scalin, Glass and others to raise support for ERA” February 12, 2023
New York Times “Celebrating Black History Month? These 5 Cities Are Going All Out” February 9, 2022
Richmond Free Press “Flying Squirrels honor legacy, history of Richmond 34” February, 25, 2021
WDVM25 “Interactive art installation and coat drive benefits Volunteers of America” January 1, 2021
ABC7 WJLA “Virginia artist uses donated coats to create memorable piece of art at Tysons Galleria” December 21, 2020
Fox5 Washington DC “Helping those in need during the season of giving at Tysons Galleria” December 18, 2020
Digiday “The Martin Agency, Sweetgreen and Condé Nast are Digiday Awards finalists” December 8, 2020
Adweek “The Martin Agency Is Adweek’s 2020 U.S. Agency of the Year” December 6, 2020
Richmond Times-Dispatch “Face their names: Richmond artists unite to memorialize a movement on the city's walls.” July 25, 2020
Richmond Times-Dispatch “Richmond artist Noah Scalin creates artwork from clothing that is focal point of latest Old Navy commercial” May 22, 2020
WTVR “How Richmond artist Noah Scalin ended up in this new Old Navy ad” May 13, 2020
AdAge “Old Navy announces coronavirus donation with a stunning piece of clothing art” May 12, 2020
ABC News/Good Morning America “Old Navy announces it is donating $30M of clothing to help families in need during COVID-19 pandemic” May 12, 2020
AdWeek “Old Navy Donates $30 Million in Clothing to Struggling Families” May 12, 2020
Richmond Times-Dispatch “Local Goodwill CEO retiring after 36 years in that role; new leader named” November 1, 2019
Style Weekly “Local Artists Join Global Day of Action Against Climate Change” September 20, 2019
Boing Boing “Sticker portrait of Alfred E. Neuman (RIP, MAD)” July 5, 2019
Den “Medical Art” Issue 128, May 2019
Laughing Squid “Artist Noah Scalin Uses Hundreds of Shoes to Create a Pig’s Head Mural for Richmond, Virginia Barbecue Joint” April 29, 2019
Community Ideas Stations “Virginia Currents: Artist Noah Scalin” April 22, 2019
CBS 2 New York “Times Square Spring Art” March 5, 2019
WRIC 8 News “Hidden History: Richmond art exhibit highlights Virginia's past” February 26, 2019
Artforum “Spring/Break Art Show to stage New York fair at United Nations Plaza” February 25, 2019
Artnet “The Spring/Break Fair is Moving Yet Again” February 22, 2019
RVA Magazine “Fresh Paint’ offers fresh look at Virginia’s complicated history” November 6, 2018
Style Weekly “Repainting History” October 9, 2018
Richmond Times-Dispatch “Watch the artists at work: 'Fresh Paint' murals in progress at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture” September 15, 2018
Laughing Squid "A Stunning Sticker Reproduction of the Iconic 1960 Photo of Ruby Bridges Being Escorted to School" April 14, 2018
WTVR “Creativity in the workplace and beyond” February 7, 2018
R Home “Cabin of Curiosities” January 9, 2018
Style Weekly “Sounds of ’17: Top Hip-Hop Moments” December 26, 2017
Orion Magazine, "Endangered" 35th Anniversary Issue, 2017
Laughing Squid "A Remarkable Portrait of Nat King Cole Created From the Shards of a Shattered Light Bulb" September 21, 2017
Right This Minute “Artist created incredible portraits out of stickers” September 12, 2017
Style Weekly “Event Pick: 130 Years of Übercorp” September 1, 2017
Richmond Magazine “Best & Worst 2017: The region’s most creative individual” August 28, 2017
Artnet “Art Unleashed! Take a Tour of ‘dOGUMENTA,’ America’s First Art Exhibition That’s Just for Dogs” August 11, 2017
Hi Fructose "Noah Scalin’s Portraits Made from Piles of Clothes" April 27, 2017
Richmond BizSense "VCU artist-in-residence gets back to business" April 7, 2017
VCU News "Noah Scalin's latest project: A portrait of Frances Lewis made out of canned food and sundries" April 5, 2017
WTVR "Ready, Set, Create!" April 3, 2017
NY1 "Lots to Explore During Annual NYC Art Fair Week" March 3, 2017
Artnews "A Tour of The 2017 Spring/Break Art Show" March 3, 2017
W Magazine "Scenes of Madness from High Above Times Square at Spring/Break Art Fair" March 1, 2017
Laughing Squid "Sight Specific, A Giant Anamorphic Portrait of Helen Keller Created With Donated Thrift Store Clothing" March 1, 2017
Whitehot Magazine "Occupying Offices: Independent vs. Spring/Break" March 2017
Brooklyn Street Art "Spring/Break 2017" March 1, 2017
VCU News "VCU School of Business artist-in-residence teaches change in perspective" October 20, 2016
WTVR "What VCU artist in residence Noah Scalin made from donated clothes" October 17, 2016
Community Idea Stations "VCU School of Business To Unveil 30-Foot Pop-up Portrait of Maggie Walker" October 17, 2016
OC Weekly "Huntington Beach Art Center Embraces Death With 'Memento Mori: Skulls and Bones In Art'" October 13, 2016
Richmond BizSense "Q&A with Noah Scalin: VCU’s first business artist-in-residence" September 26, 2016
New York Magazine: Daily Intelligencer "Why This Artist Created an Intricate Portrait of Martin Luther King Out of Shoes" September 19, 2016
Style Weekly "Artist Noah Scalin Chats About His New VCU Business Appointment" September 13, 2016
Laughing Squid "Artist Crafts an Anamorphic Portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. Using Shoes of All Colors, Shapes and Sizes" September 9, 2016
Laughing Squid "A Fascinating Time Lapse of an Artist Crafting an Accurate Self-Portrait Made Entirely With Stickers" Aug 3, 2016
AV Club "Artist makes huge anamorphic portrait out of thrift store clothes" June 23, 2016
Laughing Squid "Artist Creates a Giant Anamorphic Tribute Portrait of James Conway Farley Using Thrift Store Clothing" June 22, 2016
Richmond Times-Dispatch "Art Gallery: Installation by Noah Scalin and Thea Duskin at Chop Suey Books" April 27, 2016
Laughing Squid "Artist Noah Scalin Creates Oversized Anamorphic Skull Out of Discarded Newspapers" March 31, 2016
Buzzworthy "Artist Noah Scalin Wants You to Think About the Impact of Guns"
February 10, 2016
Ripley's Believe It Or Not Special Edition 2016 Scholastic Books
Juxtapoz "Anatomy of War" January 29, 2016
Beautiful/Decay "Noah Scalin's 'Anatomically Correct' Guns" January 26, 2016
Fast Company "Guns Have Human Guts In These Hyperreal Sculptures" January 21, 2016
Design Indaba "Artist's gun dissections reveal the innards of war" January 18, 2016
Good "Artist Exposes the Guts and Gore of Violence With Gun Dissections" January 13, 2016
Ufunk " Anatomy of War – The amazing organic weapons of Noah Scalin" January 12, 2016
Design Boom "Noah Scalin conceptualizes the anatomy of war with sculptural intestine weapons" January 11, 2016
Catálogodiseñeo "Anatomy of War" January 13, 2016
Business Destinations "Artists Aren't Just Creatives. They're Business People." November 17, 2015
Richmond Magazine "Creativity over Coffee" November 20, 2015
Nerdcore "Anamorphic Dead Media Skulls" October 2015
Widewalls "Noah Scalin Sketches Out the Anatomy of War in New York Gallery" September 2015
Fast Company "Why You Should Hire An Artist As Your Next Business Consultant" September 2015
Killer Innovations "Innovation Needs Inspiration" S11 E24
Artzray "Artist Noah Scalin More Than A Skull-A-Day" August 17, 2015
Unity.FM "Creativity As A Way of Life/Lifestyle: Make Something Every Day!" June 10, 2015
Makeout Creek Magazine #7 April 2015
Nerdist "TWIN PEAKS Inspired Portraits Made With Cherry Pie Filling Look Scrumptious" April 26, 2015
RYOT "Creating New Art From Old Media" April 17, 2015
Street Anatomy "Anatomy of War" March 5, 2015
Laughing Squid "Artist Noah Scalin Creates an Anamorphic Skull Installation From Hundreds of Old Books" January 30, 2015
Never Eat Alone Keith Ferrazzi, Crown Business
Richmond Times-Dispatch "Skull Artist's Book will get 2nd Printing" December 29, 2014
WVTF "Noah Scalin's Skull-A-Day" December 11, 2014
Fast Company, "How To Exercise Your Creative Muscle" October 23, 2014
Time Out London, "Celebrabis Vitae"
October 21, 2014
The Mammoth Book of Skulls Edited by Ilya
Running Press
My Modern Metropolis “Detailed Portraits of Scientists Constructed Out of Hundreds of Matchsticks” September 15, 2014
Widewalls “Scalin’s Manhattan Project” September 12, 2014
Out "Night of a Thousand Judys: Art Inspired by Judy Garland" June 3, 2014
Skull Art Prints Laurence King Publishing, UK
Artribune "I Magnifici 9 New York. Orchard Street" November 22, 2013
Furia Mag "Los retratos y cráneos de grandes científicos hechos con residuos por Noah Scalin" November 12, 2013
Richmond Times-Dispatch "Scalin: Two prominent Richmond artists, two big new projects" December 2, 2012
The New York Times "Arts Beat: Behind the Poster" March 12, 2012
The Moment edited by Larry Smith
Harper Perennial
Skull Style Farameh Media
Book of Skulls Laurence King Publishing
FRESH Cutting Edge Illustrations
Magma Brand Design
The New York Times: The Learning
Network "100 Ways to Celebrate the
100th Day of School" January 28, 2011
The Telegraph, UK "The Week In Pictures"
September 3, 2010
Wired.com "Underwire: Giant Skull is Made of This Slices of Brain" September 1, 2010
The New York Times "Visual Learning: The
'Passion Play' Poster" February 26, 2010
LA Weekly “Is That A Skull In Your Bread...?”
May 26, 2009
The New York Times "Why Blog?
Reason No. 92: Book Deal" March 30, 2008
Penthouse “Skullduggery” November 2008
TheNewYorker.com “Book Bench”
July 30, 2008
USAToday.com "Pop Candy: Skulls For All
Seasons” August 22, 2007