S T A T E M E N T
Zoya Scholis is an abstract artist whose paintings feature grids and natural forms – birds, leaves and petals. As a process painter she often starts with random marks or pools of paint later defined by grids, lines or the organic carving of negative space. 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.
B I O
Scholis grew up in Monterey, Ca., studied Drawing, Painting and Art History with Mel Ramos, Enrique Chagoya and Dr. Mark Levy at CSUEB, graduating with honors in 1993. She resides in Seaside, CA.
E D U C A T I O N
2015 Notre Dame de Namur, Belmont, CA, studied Art Therapy
2012 Painting, Katie Hawkinson, Stanford University, CA
2008 JFK University, Campbell, CA, studied Clinical Psychology
2007 Painting, Don Feasel, San Jose State University, CA
1996 Teaching Credential, Chapman University, CA
1993 BA, Studio Arts, California State University, East Bay
W O R K S H O P S & L E C T U R E S
2018 Mitchell’s Abstract Expressionism, New Museum, Los Gatos
2017 Rothko’s Minimalism, Palo Alto Art Center
2016 Duende, Sunset Center, Carmel
2014 Active Imagination, Friends of CG Jung, Monterey, CA
2012 Symbolism in Still Life, Cupertino, CA
2011 3-D Mixed Media, Pacific Grove, CA
2010 Intro to Grid Series in Oils, Campbell, CA
2001 Letting Art Affect Us Deeply, Sunset Center, Carmel, CA
Zoya Scholis is an abstract artist whose paintings feature grids and natural forms – birds, leaves and petals. As a process painter she often starts with random marks or pools of paint later defined by grids, lines or the organic carving of negative space. 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.
B I O
Scholis grew up in Monterey, Ca., studied Drawing, Painting and Art History with Mel Ramos, Enrique Chagoya and Dr. Mark Levy at CSUEB, graduating with honors in 1993. She resides in Seaside, CA.
E D U C A T I O N
2015 Notre Dame de Namur, Belmont, CA, studied Art Therapy
2012 Painting, Katie Hawkinson, Stanford University, CA
2008 JFK University, Campbell, CA, studied Clinical Psychology
2007 Painting, Don Feasel, San Jose State University, CA
1996 Teaching Credential, Chapman University, CA
1993 BA, Studio Arts, California State University, East Bay
W O R K S H O P S & L E C T U R E S
2018 Mitchell’s Abstract Expressionism, New Museum, Los Gatos
2017 Rothko’s Minimalism, Palo Alto Art Center
2016 Duende, Sunset Center, Carmel
2014 Active Imagination, Friends of CG Jung, Monterey, CA
2012 Symbolism in Still Life, Cupertino, CA
2011 3-D Mixed Media, Pacific Grove, CA
2010 Intro to Grid Series in Oils, Campbell, CA
2001 Letting Art Affect Us Deeply, Sunset Center, Carmel, CA
