About
Zoë Elena Moldenhauer received a B.F.A. in Painting, Art
History, and Curatorial Studies from the Maryland Institute College of Art in
May 2019; and an M.A. in Latin American and Caribbean Studies with an Advanced
Certificate in Museum Studies from New York University in May 2022. She is the
founder of The Aerogramme Center for Arts and Culture – an online exhibition
platform, quarterly fine art and literary magazine, artist interviews, and
podcast providing opportunities to artists and writers. Zoë has completed the
Latino Museum Studies Program Graduate Fellowship at the Smithsonian National
Museum of the American Latino (2022); The Artist Residency Project at the
School of Visual Arts (2021); and Baltimore Corps’ Public Ally (2020). Her
curatorial projects explore the intersection of art and activism as a vehicle
for social change. Selected projects include: “from” a virtual solo exhibition
featuring artist Nicholas B. Jacobsen (2020); “Sign Language: Breaking Down
Behavior” a group exhibition at the Rosenberg Gallery (2019); and “American
Made: Mass Production/Mass Incarceration” a group exhibition at the Maryland
Art Place Inc. (2017). She has recently exhibited in at Compére Collective,
Brooklyn, NY (2023); DONNER, wie Blitz, Munich, Germany
(2023); and the School of Visual Arts (2023). Zoë currently resides in New York
where she holds a studio at Brooklyn Art Cluster Studios, is a member of
Teleportal Gallery, and is an artist at NYC Crit Club’s Canopy Program.
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b. 1996, Guatemala
2015-2019, Maryland Institute College of Art - BFA -
Painting, Art History, Curatorial Studies | Baltimore, MD
2021
2019, Sign Language: Breaking Down Behavior, Rosenberg Gallery | Baltimore, MD
2023
2021, The Artist Residency Project, School of Visual Arts
| New York, NY
2021
2020, The Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards, AmeriCorps
Zoë Elena Moldenhauer received a B.F.A. in Painting, Art
History, and Curatorial Studies from the Maryland Institute College of Art in
May 2019; and an M.A. in Latin American and Caribbean Studies with an Advanced
Certificate in Museum Studies from New York University in May 2022. She is the
founder of The Aerogramme Center for Arts and Culture – an online exhibition
platform, quarterly fine art and literary magazine, artist interviews, and
podcast providing opportunities to artists and writers. Zoë has completed the
Latino Museum Studies Program Graduate Fellowship at the Smithsonian National
Museum of the American Latino (2022); The Artist Residency Project at the
School of Visual Arts (2021); and Baltimore Corps’ Public Ally (2020). Her
curatorial projects explore the intersection of art and activism as a vehicle
for social change. Selected projects include: “from” a virtual solo exhibition
featuring artist Nicholas B. Jacobsen (2020); “Sign Language: Breaking Down
Behavior” a group exhibition at the Rosenberg Gallery (2019); and “American
Made: Mass Production/Mass Incarceration” a group exhibition at the Maryland
Art Place Inc. (2017). She has recently exhibited in at Compére Collective,
Brooklyn, NY (2023); DONNER, wie Blitz, Munich, Germany
(2023); and the School of Visual Arts (2023). Zoë currently resides in New York
where she holds a studio at Brooklyn Art Cluster Studios, is a member of
Teleportal Gallery, and is an artist at NYC Crit Club’s Canopy Program.
Under
the umbrella of an invented alphabet, Zoë explores sentence structures, syntax,
linguistics and more to create a world that co-exists with a modern reality
while remaining fictional. Her process of communication re-scripts language in
code via visual translation to detail conversations, thoughts, and writings. These meticulous paintings and drawings evolve from Zoë’s
research of her transracial adoption, language, and absent heritage. As a Guatemalan-New Yorker
who grew up around French, German, Hebrew, Spanish and the Nahuatl language,
her fictional alphabet seeks to challenge Western perceptions of space and
communication that explore notions
of place, belonging, and history making.
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