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
2019
The lab, 3728, the Barnyard suite G23, Carmel , CA
2018
Manna Gallery, Oakland, CA SOLO SHOW
Mirada Art Gallery, Half Moon Bay, CA
Sunset Center gallery, Carmel, CA
2017
Annand Gallery, Pacific Grove, CA  
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    
Thoreau Center, San Francisco, CA
Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
Triton Museum, statewide juried show, Santa Clara, CA
Glass Gallery, Palo Alto, CA, SOLO SHOW
Adobe Art Center,  Castro Valley, CA
2013    
Harrington Gallery, statewide juried show, Pleasanton, CA
Artspan, SFOS San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, SF, CA
El Marie Dyke Gallery, Pacific Grove, CA SOLO SHOW
Kaleid Gallery, San Jose, CA
2011    
UB Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2010    
Norton Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2009    
Rose Shenson Gallery, Santa Clara, CA
Carrollwood Center, Tampa, FL
AAOS national juried show, Ocean Shores, WA
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 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
2009   Tape & Spray book publication: DIY Tape& Spray Watercolor
2010   Cover illustration, Notes from a Desert poetry by M. Loatermann
2008   Cover illustration, Psihodermatologija, text book
1994   Cover illustration, Occam’s Razor, Literary magazine, issue 11

BIO
Zoya Scholis grew up in Monterey, Ca. She studied drawing, painting and art history with Mel Ramos, Enrique Chagoya and Dr. Mark Levy at CSUEB, graduating with honors in 1993.  After twelve years of full time teaching, Scholis now dedicates herself to making and showing art, and leading Art for Personal Growth Workshops. Her teaching style includes movement, improv games and music to enhance learning and creative inspiration. Currently, she resides in San Jose, CA. 
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S T A T E M E N T
Zoya Scholis is primarily a process painter. Most of her paintings feature forms from nature–birds, leaves, petals, fruit, figures and landscape.  Among her many influences are painters Joan Savo, Paul Klee, and Ueslei Fagundes, conceptual artist Taryn Simon and performance artist Valie Export. For Scholis, art making is an exploration of psyche and an experiment with the Divine.