Twyla Nova
Digital communication professor
Education
- M.F.A., art, Texas Woman's University
- M.A., art, University of Iowa
- B.F.A., art, University of Iowa
- B.A., geography, environmental studies, University of Iowa
Credentials
Teaching
- Professor of digital communication, 2022–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
- Adjunct digital photography professor, 2021–22, Southern New Hampshire University, online
- Adjunct associate professor of photography, 2019–22, Collin College
- Adjunct faculty of art, 2019–20, Dallas College Cedar Valley Campus
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Associate professor of photography and program coordinator, 2010–18, The Art Institute of Dallas
Photography program coordinator, 2012–18
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Adjunct professor, 2010, Texas Woman's University
Teacher of record, 2005–09
Awards, recognitions, and honors
- Educator in Excellence, Certiport Adobe Certified Professional Championship, 2023–25
- Ayatana Artistic Research Program, Artist Residency, Infinitesimal, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 2020
- Member, Golden Key International Honour Society, 2016
- Graduate Assistance Grant, University of Texas at Dallas, 2015
- Texas Public Education Grant, 2015
- Faculty of the Quarter, The Art Institute of Dallas, Dallas, TX, 2011
- First Place Photograph, OMOT, Business Council for the Arts, Dallas, TX (Juried by panel), 2010
- First Place, Nocturnes: Art Inspired by the Night, Ciao Gallery, Jackson, WY, 2009
- Honorable Mention, Visual Language of North Texas, Gough Gallery, Center for the Visual Arts, 2009
- Rowena Caldwell Elkins Memorial Endowed Scholarship, Texas Woman’s University, 2008–09
- Joyce Elaine Grant Endowment, Texas Woman's University, 2008
- Paula Patton Graham Scholarship, University of Iowa, 2005–06, 2006–07
Publications and presentations
Solo exhibitions
- Trace Farewell, Fine Arts Building, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX, 2020
- Specimen, Pegasus Gallery, The Art Institute of Dallas, Dallas, TX, 2016
- Pseudoscience; Evidence of Truth and Artifact of Fiction, Fairfield Art Association, Fairfield, IA, 2014
- Verdant Garden, Gough Gallery, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, TX, 2010
- Prescience, West Gallery, Fine Arts Building, Texas Woman's University, 2009
- Pseudoscience, Creative Arts Research Symposium Second Life, Texas Woman's University, 2009
- This Natural World, M.A. Graduate Exhibition, Art Gallery West, University of Iowa, 2007
- Natural Reactions, Drewelowe Gallery, Fine Arts Building, University of Iowa, 2005
- Constructing Nature, B.F.A. Show, Checkered Space, Fine Arts Building, University of Iowa, 2005
Group exhibitions
- Welcome to the Matriarchy, Mighty Fine Arts, Dallas, TX, 2024
- Photography Alumni Exhibition, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX, 2017
- Alumni Exhibition, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX, 2017
- Machine in the Garden, The Bath House, Dallas, TX, 2016
- La Máquina en el Jardín, Museo de La Ciudad, Irapuato, Mexico, 2015
- The Consortium, The 500, Dallas, TX, 2015
- Members' Salon, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR, 2014
- Split Seconds, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX, 2014
- Faculty Exhibition, Art Institute of Dallas, Dallas, TX (Juried by panel), 2014
- Food for Thought, Arts and Technology Building University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX, 2013
- Photo a Day, Arts and Technology Building, University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX, 2013
- All Women, Light Space & Time, Online Gallery (Juror: John R. Math), 2012
- OMOT, Business Council for the Arts, North Park Mall, Dallas, TX (Juried by panel), 2010
- Faculty Exhibition, Pegasus Gallery, Art Institute of Dallas, TX, 2010
- Nocturnes: Art Inspired by the Night, Ciao Gallery, Jackson, WY (Juried by panel), 2009
- Small Works, Hollingsworth Gallery, Palm Coast, FL (Juror: Gena Robbins), 2009
- VAST Membership Exhibition, Meadows Gallery, Greater Denton Center for the Visual Arts, 2009
- Creative Arts and Research Symposium, ACT Gallery, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX, 2009
- Creative Arts Research Symposium Second Life, Second Life Gallery, Texas Woman's University, 2009
- Visual Language of North Texas, Gough Gallery, Denton Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, TX, 2009
- Voertman Student Show, Texas Woman's University, Fine Arts Building West Gallery, Dallas, TX, 2009
- Art Alliance Show, East Gallery Fine Arts Building Texas Woman's University, 2008
- Weller's Watercolorists Show, 0101 Gallery Student Union, Texas Woman's University, 2008
- Eccentric Visions, 010 Gallery Student Union Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX, 2008
- A Glass Darkly, Project 30 Online Gallery, 2008
- Voertman Student Show, Texas Woman's University, Fine Arts Building, West Gallery, 2008
- SPE Society for Photographic Education exhibition, Center for Fine Art Photography, 2008
- Photography Graduate Exhibition, Art Gallery West, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2007
- Graduate Photographers, Art Gallery West, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2007
- M.A. Graduate Show, Art Gallery West, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2007
- UI Graduate Photography, Iowa Hall Gallery, Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, IA, 2007
- Art Exhibition, The Framery, Iowa City, IA, 2006
Panels, lectures, and workshops
- Workshop, Photoshop: Constructing Realities, Herstand Hall, SCAD, Savannah, GA, 2025
- Workshop, After Effects Essentials, Arnold Hall, SCAD, Savannah, GA, 2024
- Research Presentation, Fixed Figures: Early Daguerreotype Portraits, Daughters of the American Revolution, McKinney, Texas, 2021
- Artist Lecture, Ayatana Artistic Research Program, Infinitesimal, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 2020
- Research Presentation, György Kepes's Vision + Values Series and the Origins of Cybernetic Art Symposium, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, 2018
- Panel discussion, The Machine in the Garden, Arts & Tech Building, University of Texas (Dallas), 2016
- Artist lecture, Department of Art and Enterprise, University of Guanajuato, León, GTO, Mexico, 2015
- Curator lecture, Of Nature exhibition, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, 2015
- Artist lecture, Pseudoscience; Evidence of Truth and Artifact of Fiction, Fairfield Art Association, Fairfield, IA, 2014
- Artist Lecture, Speaker Series, The Art Institute of Dallas, Dallas, TX, 2010