Z O Y A S C H O L I SBIO/ 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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