Noah Spivak studied at the Cooper Union School of Art, New York and received a Bachelor of Fine Art in photography from Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver (2015). He soon after migrated to Naarm/Melbourne where he has been exhibiting and gaining a following since. 

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Spivak’s practice is driven by a compulsive urge to collect - not just physical objects, but also relationships, fragments of meaning, and fleeting moments. This impulse becomes a method of navigating the subtle, often overlooked phenomena of the reality we inhabit. Rather than focusing on what our senses can clearly perceive, Spivak draws inspiration from the gaps - the limitations, inaccuracies, and distortions in perception that reveal deeper truths about how we experience the world.

His work engages in an ongoing dialogue with the alchemical qualities of materials, allowing their innate properties to guide and shape the outcome. This collaboration with matter results in temporal, process-driven artworks that emphasize transformation, decay, and the unseen forces at play in the material world. His studio becomes a site of curiosity and inquiry, where accidents are welcomed and intuition is trusted. Through this exploration, his work examines the porous boundaries of the self, inviting the viewer into a space where perception is questioned, and where meaning emerges not from clarity, but from complexity and nuance.

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Spivak was awarded the 2021 Emerging Artist Award presented by FortyFive Downstairs (VIC) and has been shortlisted for numerous other awards, including the 2022 Museum of Art & Culture Art Prize (NSW), the 2024 Incinerator Art Award (VIC), and the 2026 Wyndham Art Prize (VIC). His work has been purchased for permanent collection by institutions across Australia, Canada and the USA. He was featured as VOGUE Living’s ‘Fresh Take’ - being named as “one of the most promising young Australian artists” of 2022. Spivak has exhibited both nationally and internationally.

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Spivak is currently represented by:

West End Art Space in Melbourne, AUS & Rare Sea in Ho Chi Minh, VNM