ABOUT
Zoë Elena Moldenhauer received a B.F.A. in Painting, Art History,
and Curatorial Practices 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 and Curator of The
Aerogramme Center for Arts and Culture – an online curatorial project, 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 in 2022; The Artist Residency Project at the School of Visual Arts in 2021; and Baltimore Corps’ Public Ally in 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 exhibited in group and solo shows at
Real Tinsel, Milwaukee, WI (2022);
Tiger Strikes Asteroid,
New York, NY (2021);
Center for the Arts Gallery, Townson, MD (2020); and Fox Gallery, Baltimore, MD (2019).
Zoë currently resides in New York where she holds a studio at Brookyln Art Cluster Studios, is a member of Teleportal, and is a 2023 artist-in-resident at NYC Crit Club’s Canopy Program.
CONTACT
Instagram: @_zoeelena_
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b. 1996, Guatemala
2015-2019, Maryland Institute College of Art - BFA -
Painting, Art History, Curatorial Studies | Baltimore, MD
Exhibition History
2023
Forthcoming, Teleportal: Munich Calling, Donnerwieblizt, Fenstergalerie | Munich, Germnay
Juried International Group Exhibition:
Shapes and Colors,
Gallerium
Art | Vancouver, Canada
2022
2021
2022
2019, Sign Language: Breaking Down Behavior, Rosenberg Gallery | Baltimore, MD
2023
Residencies &
Fellowships
2023, The Canopy Program, NYC Crit Club | New York, NY
2022, Latino Museum Studies Program
Graduate Fellowship, National Musuem of the American Latino | Washington, DC
2021, The Artist Residency Project, School of Visual Arts
| New York, NY
Administrative Experience
2020-Present, Founder and Curator of The Aerogramme Center for Arts and Culture | Online
2022, Latino Museum Studies Program Graduate Fellow at the National Musuem of the American Latino | Washington, DC
2021
Awards & Scholarships
2020, The Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards, AmeriCorps
Zoë Elena Moldenhauer received a B.F.A. in Painting, Art History,
and Curatorial Practices 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 and Curator of The
Aerogramme Center for Arts and Culture – an online curatorial project, 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 in 2022; The Artist Residency Project at the School of Visual Arts in 2021; and Baltimore Corps’ Public Ally in 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 exhibited in group and solo shows at
Real Tinsel, Milwaukee, WI (2022);
Tiger Strikes Asteroid,
New York, NY (2021);
Center for the Arts Gallery, Townson, MD (2020); and Fox Gallery, Baltimore, MD (2019).
Zoë currently resides in New York where she holds a studio at Brookyln Art Cluster Studios, is a member of Teleportal, and is a 2023 artist-in-resident 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.
CONTACT
Instagram: @_zoeelena_
Twitter:
@_zoeelena_
Email: zoeelenastudios@gmail.com
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