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BIO/ S T A T E M E N T

Zoya Scholis is a Monterey and Bay Area denizen, with a BA in Studio Arts ( 1993). A former bilingual school teacher, in 2007 she became a full-time artist and instructor, creating and leading Art for Personal Growth workshops. Her post-grad education includes Advanced Painting with Donald Feasel at San Jose State University and Katie Hawkinson at Stanford University. Among her many influences are Richard Diebenkorn, Joan Savo, and the drawings of Picasso.
Primarily a process painter, most of Zoya's work feature abstract forms from nature–figures, birds, leaves, petals, fruit.  Much of her figurative work has a dreamy Fairytale feel. For Scholis, art making is an exploration of psyche and an experiment with the Divine.

G A L L E R Y   R E P R E S E N T A T I O N
2019-Present
Nancy Dodd's Gallery, Carmel-by-the-Sea
2023-Present
Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA

solo show, "Divine Feminine", March, April 2024
2018
Manna Gallery, Oakland, CA SOLO SHOW, "Stria", Large scale watercolor abstracts
Sunset Center Gallery, Carmel, CA, Beach Town, small scale watercolor abstracts
2017 
City Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016  
San Francisco Women Artists gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015    
Los Gatos Museums Gallery, Los Gatos, CA
ARC Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014    
Glass Gallery, Palo Alto, CA, SOLO SHOW, Baba Yaga and Beyond, Installation
2013    
El Marie Dyke Gallery, Pacific Grove, CA SOLO SHOW
Kaleid Gallery, San Jose, CA
2008    
Los Gatos Art Museum, Los Gatos, CA SOLO SHOW
2003    
Avery Gallery, Seaside, CA
1992    
​Pro-Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
C O L L E C T O R S
PUBLIC:   2017   Triton Museum of Art, Permanent Collection, Santa Clara, CA
                2010   City College of San Jose, CA
PRIVATE:  2012   R. Ashley, Santa Clara, CA
                 2009   D. Himmelblau, Mountain View, CA
                 2008   T. Dorwick, Pittsburg, PENN
E D U C A T I O N
2012   Painting, Katie Hawkinson, Stanford University, CA
2007   Painting, Don Feasel, San Jose State University, CA
1996   Teaching Credential, Chapman University, CA
1993   BA, Studio Arts, California State University, East Bay

A W A R D S
Los Gatos Art Association, juried state, Los Gatos, CA
Allie Hyde Award, SFWA, state juried show, SF, CA
Harrington Gallery, cash prize, state juried show, Pleasanton CA
UB Anderson Gallery, cash prize, national juried, Buffalo, NY
Rose Shenson Gallery, cash prize, juried state, Santa Clara, CA       

I L L U S T R A T I O N S & P U B L I C A T I O N
May 2024 Carmel Magazine
April  2024 The Almanac News, Menlo Park 
March 2024 Palo Alto Weekly (cover story, Divine Feminine)
June    2022 Carmel Magazine
May    2022 Carmel Pinecone:
https://pineconearchive.com/downloads220506.html S
2013   Tri-City Voice, page 38, Oct 15th
           Interview for San Jose Museum of  Art’s LLAA program by K. Lantz
2011   Interview http://sanjosecreatives.blogspot.com/ by S. Amidon
2010   Cover illustration, Notes from a Desert poetry by M. Loatermann
2009  Tape & Spray book publication: DIY Tape& Spray Watercolor 
2008   Cover illustration, Psihodermatologija, text book
1994   Cover illustration, Occam’s Razor, Literary magazine, issue 11



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