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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




CV


b. 1996, Guatemala 
Lives and works in New York


Education

2020-2022, New York University - MA - Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Advanced Certificate in Museum Studies | New York, NY

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

Teleportal Presents: Movement, Real Tinsel | Milwaukee, WI

2021
The Artist Residency Project: Group Exhibition, The Aerogramme Center for Arts and Culture | Online
TSA_PDF x SVA Exhibition, Tiger Strikes Asteroid | New York, NY
2020, Juried Artscape Network: Into the Void, Center for the Arts Gallery | Towson, MD   
2019, MICA’s 2019 Commencement Exhibition: The Enigma of Language, Fox Gallery | Baltimore, MD
2016, Perpetually In Between, Middendorf Gallery | Baltimore, MD   
2015, Speaking Sites, Dust Town Studios | Baltimore, MD

Curatorial Projects

2022
Exploring Latino Diversity in the United States, National Museum of the American Latino | Google Arts & Culture Online Exhibition
¡Sí se puede! A Latino History of Voting Rights in the United States, National Museum of the American Latino | Google Arts & Culture Online Exhibition

2019, Sign Language: Breaking Down Behavior, Rosenberg Gallery | Baltimore, MD
2018, Generations: Compositions, Design & New Media, Rosenberg Gallery | Baltimore, MD  
2017, American Made: Mass Production/Mass Incarceration, Maryland Art Place Inc. | Baltimore, MD
2016, Perpetually In Between, Middendorf Gallery | Baltimore, MD

Publications

2023
Forthcoming, The Book Arts | Ontario, Canada
2021
New American Paintings, Juried Northeast Issue 152, Pp. 100-103 | Boston, MA
The Woven Tale Press, Volume 9 Issue 3, Pp. 13-18 | Setauket, NY

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
2019-2020, Public Ally, Baltimore Corps | Baltimore, MD

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
Gallery Intern at The Invisible Dog Art Center | Brooklyn, NY
Education Department Intern at The Hispanic Society of America Museum and Library | New York, NY
2019-2020, Events and Community Outreach Coordinator at Code in the Schools | Baltimore, MD
2016-2019, President of the Hispanic-Latino Student Union | Baltimore, MD

Awards & Scholarships

2020, The Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards, AmeriCorps
2019, Leadership Honor Award, Maryland Institute College of Art
2015-2019
Presidential Scholarship, Department of Education
Creative Vision Award, Moore Kingston Smith
2015
New York City Scholastics Awards, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
RISD Annual Art Award, Rhode Island School of Design