Nava Gidanian-Kagan Nava Gidanian-Kagan is an Iranian-Israeli artist based in Tuxedo, NY. Contemplation on our collective humanity, our connection to the divine/nature and to each other is the heart of her work. She received numerous awards including: The Terra Foundation for American Art (2014), The Elisabeth Greenshields Foundation Award (2014), The Eileen S. Kaminsky Foundation Residency award, MANA Contemporary (2017), LABA Fellowship (2022), and featured in: New American Paintings Magazine (2019) and Studio Visit Magazines (2020). Nava has exhibited both nationally and internationally including: The 14Y, NYC (2022), The Jewish Museum of NJ (2019), The Amelie A. Wallace Gallery, NY (2017), Dedee Shattuck Gallery, MA (2017), Mana Contemporary, NJ (2017), The Experimental Gallery, NY (2016), Flux Factory, NY (2016), A.I.R Gallery, NY (2016), Panepinto Galleries, NJ (2015), Collier West Gallery, NY (2015), Wilkinson Hall Gallery, NY (2015), Indigo Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY (2012), Burchfield Penney Art Museum, Buffalo, NY, (2012), Marion Art Gallery, Fredonia, NY (2012), Olean Public Library Gallery, Olean, NY (2011), BAS, Buffalo, NY (2011), Echo Art Fair, Buffalo, NY (2011), Gallery 33, Tel-Aviv, Israel (2006), ISA Gallery, Umbria, Italy (2004/5) and Stern Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel. Nava participated in the Residency programs at: The International School of Painting, Drawing Sculpture in Umbria, Italy (2005, 2004) and The Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain (2007). She holds a Master of Fine Arts from the New York Academy of Art (2015), the Jerusalem Studio School (2006).
