Nelson, Zoe
EDUCATION
Sept. 2007 – May 2009 Columbia University School of the Arts, Visual Arts, New York, NY - Master of Fine Arts, May 2009
Sept. 2006 – Dec. 2006 Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Art, Pont-Aven, Brittany, France - Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, December 2006
Sept. 2002 – May 2006 Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, NY - Bachelor of Arts, May 2006, Major: Art History/Concentration in Visual Arts - Summa Cum Laude, Department Honors
Summer 2005 Yale University Summer School of Art, Norfolk, CT
Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellow
Areas of Specialization: Oil Painting, Drawing
EXHIBITION RECORD
2010 The Triumph of Now, Volume Black, New York, NY
X.x., Art 101 Gallery, Williamsburg, NY
2009 Settlements, Horse Trader Gallery, Williamsburg, NY
2009 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Fisher Landau Center For Art, Long Island City, NY
2008 Zoe Nelson + Joe Greenberg: New Paintings, Art 101 Gallery, Williamsburg, NY
2008 First-Year MFA Exhibition, The Nash Building, Columbia University, New York, NY
2007 Vendor Direct, Art 101 Gallery, Williamsburg, NY
Streets Mart, China House, New York, NY
2006 Dix-Neuf, Centre International D'Art Contemporain, Pont-Aven, Brittany, France
2006 Undergraduate Senior Exhibition, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
2006 Senior Visual Art Show, Heyman Art Studio, Barnard College, New York, NY
Generations 5 Exhibition, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
Works in Progress: Art in the Public Interest, The Kraft Center, New York, NY
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Sept. 2008 – Dec. 2008 Painting II/III Teaching Assistant (instructor Blake Rayne), Columbia University, New York, NY
Jan. 2008 – May 2008 Basic Drawing Teaching Assistant (instructor Tim Lokiec), Columbia University, New York, NY
Jan. 2006 – May 2006 Painting II Teaching Assistant (instructor Joan Snitzer), Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, NY
GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS
Ellen Gelman Endowed Fellowship, Columbia University, New York, NY (Sept. 2008)
Josephine Paddock Post-Baccalaureate Fellowship, Barnard College, New York, NY (May 2006)
Alice Corneille Cardozo Scholarship, Barnard College, New York, NY (Sept. 2005 – May 2006)
Student Leadership Award, Barnard College, New York, NY (Sept. 2002 – May 2006)
Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship, Yale University School of Art, CT (May 2005
