Z o y a S c h o l i s
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E x h i b i t i o n s
2015 Los Gatos Museums Gallery, Los Gatos, CA
SFWA, San Francisco, CA
La Boutique, Guatemalan Gallery, Moss Landing, CA
2014 Thoreau Center, San Francisco, CA
Adobe Art Center, Castro Valley, CA
Saratoga Library, Saratoga, CA
Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara CA State-wide Painting competition
2013 Golden Gate Room, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA ArtSpan SFOS
San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, Sacramento Ave, San Francisco, CA
Firehouse Art Center, Pleasanton CA State- wide Watercolor Competition
2012 Kaleid Gallery, San Jose, CA Featured Artist
Solo Show: Elmarie Dyke Gallery, Pacific Grove, CA
Fibre Arts Gallery Palo Alto, CA
2011 NFWS UB Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Saratoga Community Center, Saratoga, CA
2010 Rengstorff House, Mountain View, CA
Norton Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
Sunnyvale Art Gallery, 251 W. El Camino Real, Sunnyvale, CA
2009 SVWCS Juried Show, Rose Shenson Gallery, Santa Clara, CA
ISAP, International Juried Show, Center, Tampa, FL
AAOS National juried show, Ocean Shores, WA
2010 LGAA Statewide Juried show, Los Gatos Art Museum, CA
2003 Avery Gallery, S. Stanley Curator, Seaside, CA
1993 Tailed creatures, Pro arts gallery, Oakland CA
A w a r d s
2013 Los Gatos Art Association annual juried show, Los Gatos CA
San Francisco Women’s Gallery Award, Watercolor show, San Francisco, CA
Honorable Mention, Harrington Gallery, Pleasanton, CA
2011 NFWS UB Anderson Gallery, International Watermedia competition Buffalo, NY
2009 Sponsor’s Award, Rose Shenson Gallery, Santa Clara, CA
T e a c h I n g
2007-Present Drawing and Painting at ACE, FUHSD, Sunnyvale CA
2005-Present Creativity workshops through Community groups (see p.2 Talks & Demos)
1996-2007 Elementary bilingual Teacher, MPUSD, Monterey, CA
I l l u s t r at I o n s & P u b l I c a t i o n s
2013 Oct 15th edition of the Tri-City Voice, page 38
Interview for San Jose Museum of Art’s LLAA program by Karen Lantz
2011 Interview by Shannon Amidon http://sanjosecreatives.blogspot.com/
2009 Tape & Spray book publication
2010 Cover illustration for Notes from a Desert poetry by M. Loatermann
2008 Cover illustration for Psihodermatologija, text book
1994 Cover illustration for Occam’s Razor, Literary magazine, issue 11
T a l k s & D e m o s
2015 (Biannually since 2007) Workshop for, Friends of CG Jung, Monterey, CA
Sunnyvale Art Club, Sunnyvale, CA
2014 Los Altos Art Club: Tape and Spray Technique for watercolor
Santa Clara Art Association: Tape and Spray Technique for watercolor
2013 Olive Hyde Art Guild Tape & Spray Watercolor Demonstration
East Hills Artists Association Tape & Spray Watercolor Demonstration
2010 Introduction to Grid series, Stone Griffin, Campbell, CA
2009 Talk Art , TV Interview with Susan Kraft, Palo Alto, CA
2008 Art Instructor ACE, FHUSD Sunnyvale, CA
2001 Letting Art Affect Us Deeply, Sunset Center, Carmel, CA
E d u c a t I o n
2014 Ceramics with Will Johnson, Black Bean Ceramic Center, SJ CA
2012 Painting, with Prof. Hawkinson, Stanford University
2008 Ceramics with Michelle Gregor, City College San Jose, CA
2007 Painting, with Prof. Feasel, San Jose State University
2004-6 Ceramics with Giesela Shields, Sunset Center, Carmel, CA
1996 CA Teaching Credential, Chapman University
1993 BA, Studio Arts, CSU, East Bay
S t a t e m e n t
Zoya Scholis is an abstract artist. Her work reflects more than 20 years of experimentation with various processes that are now integral to her style. The gridded layers in her paintings function visually and metaphorically to represent subtle layers of experience, remembered, felt, forgotten. There is patience and energy in the careful choosing of what to reveal and what to conceal. Using knives, brushes, rags and rollers to apply the paint, Scholis pushes toward a deep minimalism that showcases improvisation, emotion and non-rational thought. Among her many influences are painters Joan Savo, Jessica Dickenson and the Performance Artist, Valie Export. Zoya Scholis earned a BA in Studio Arts from CSUEB in 1993, has shown her paintings throughout the U.S. and won numerous awards. Her work shows depth and dynamic tension, evidence that for Scholis, painting is a way to explore the psyche and experiment with the Divine.
C r i t i q u e
“(Her work) has a pulse and freshness in the mark-making as well as controlled depth in layering...
...everything workstogether beautifully.”
– George Rivera, Art Critic and Curator, Triton Museum, Santa Clara CA.
“The paintings hang between realism and abstraction. I was intrigued ...
It is filled with subtle incidents, which hold my attention –an imaginative treatment.”
– Christopher Schink, Artist/Editor Palette Magazine
“Zoya’s oil painting is beautiful...”
– Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Poet, San Francisco, CA
BIO
Zoya Scholis grew-up in Monterey, CA. As a child, she was known for her ability to draw. In 2nd grade she won a set of oil pastels in an art competition and can still remember dancing all the way home with her rainbow in a box. After graduating with a BA in Studio Arts from CSUEB in 1993, she taught elementary school in Monterey County. Since moving to San Jose in 2007 she has become a full-time artist, painting and leading workshops along the central coast. E d u c a t I o n
2014 Ceramics with Will Johnson, Black Bean Ceramic Center, SJ CA
2012 Painting, with Prof. Hawkinson, Stanford University
2008 Ceramics with Michelle Gregor, City College San Jose, CA
2007 Painting, with Prof. Feasel, San Jose State University
2004-6 Ceramics with Giesela Shields, Sunset Center, Carmel, CA
1996 CA Teaching Credential, Chapman University
1993 BA, Studio Arts, CSU, East Bay
Contact: Zoya Scholis • 408-649-6282 • 14941 McVay Ave., San Jose, CA 95127 •
Zoya@ArtForPersonalGrowth.com
Websites: Zoyart.com • ArtForPersonalGrowth.com
Zoya Scholis is an abstract artist. Her work reflects more than 20 years of experimentation with various processes that are now integral to her style. The gridded layers in her paintings function visually and metaphorically to represent subtle layers of experience, remembered, felt, forgotten. There is patience and energy in the careful choosing of what to reveal and what to conceal. Using knives, brushes, rags and rollers to apply the paint, Scholis pushes toward a deep minimalism that showcases improvisation, emotion and non-rational thought. Among her many influences are painters Joan Savo, Jessica Dickenson and the Performance Artist, Valie Export. Zoya Scholis earned a BA in Studio Arts from CSUEB in 1993, has shown her paintings throughout the U.S. and won numerous awards. Her work shows depth and dynamic tension, evidence that for Scholis, painting is a way to explore the psyche and experiment with the Divine.
C r i t i q u e
“(Her work) has a pulse and freshness in the mark-making as well as controlled depth in layering...
...everything workstogether beautifully.”
– George Rivera, Art Critic and Curator, Triton Museum, Santa Clara CA.
“The paintings hang between realism and abstraction. I was intrigued ...
It is filled with subtle incidents, which hold my attention –an imaginative treatment.”
– Christopher Schink, Artist/Editor Palette Magazine
“Zoya’s oil painting is beautiful...”
– Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Poet, San Francisco, CA
BIO
Zoya Scholis grew-up in Monterey, CA. As a child, she was known for her ability to draw. In 2nd grade she won a set of oil pastels in an art competition and can still remember dancing all the way home with her rainbow in a box. After graduating with a BA in Studio Arts from CSUEB in 1993, she taught elementary school in Monterey County. Since moving to San Jose in 2007 she has become a full-time artist, painting and leading workshops along the central coast. E d u c a t I o n
2014 Ceramics with Will Johnson, Black Bean Ceramic Center, SJ CA
2012 Painting, with Prof. Hawkinson, Stanford University
2008 Ceramics with Michelle Gregor, City College San Jose, CA
2007 Painting, with Prof. Feasel, San Jose State University
2004-6 Ceramics with Giesela Shields, Sunset Center, Carmel, CA
1996 CA Teaching Credential, Chapman University
1993 BA, Studio Arts, CSU, East Bay
Contact: Zoya Scholis • 408-649-6282 • 14941 McVay Ave., San Jose, CA 95127 •
Zoya@ArtForPersonalGrowth.com
Websites: Zoyart.com • ArtForPersonalGrowth.com
