BIOGRAPHY
Zoe Lavatelli was born in Dallas, TX, and was immersed in art from a young age as she grew up in a family of artists in Buffalo, NY. She currently resides in Trenton, New Jersey, and uses oil paint, watercolor, and mixed media on canvas and paper. Lavatelli obtained a BFA from The Cooper Union, and has both studied various disciplines outside the art field, which continue to enrich and inform her work. The study and practice of Buddhism has been particularly influential, with its focus on existential questions, and informs both the content and the painting process itself. Her studio work has explored figuration and abstraction over the years, but has a new found energy and velocity with the current emergent theme of animal skulls merging with abstraction.
RESUMÉ
Education and Experience
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, Bachelor of Fine Arts, 2007, New York, NY
Studied with and assisted artist Mathew Cusick; Mentored by artist Willie Richardson;
Assisted artist Christy Rupp
Volunteered for Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center in Buffalo NY, and Artworks in Trenton, NJ
Exhibitions
2022 Divine Ark of Divine Fauna, Solo Show, Trenton Free Public Library First Fridays, Trenton NJ
2022 Mercer County Artist's Exhibition, The Gallery at MCCC, Trenton, NJ
2021 10 x 10 Red Dot Exhibit, Artworks, Trenton, NJ
2021 Member’s Show, Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton, NJ
2021 Memento Mori, Juried Exhibit, Hemlock Art Space and Gallery, Easton, PA
2021 Annual Member’s Show, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center Buffalo, NY
2021 34th Juried Exhibition, Art Alliance of Monmouth County, Red Bank, NJ
2020 Deanna Evans Projects flat file, https://www.deannaevansprojects.com/flat-file Brooklyn, NY
2020 Re-Birth, Juried Exhibit The Gallery at Paragon Phoenixville, PA
2020 10 x 10 Red Dot Exhibit, Artworks Trenton, NJ
2020 Member’s Show, Arts Council of Princeton Princeton, NJ
2020 Annual Member’s Show, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center Buffalo, NY
2020 Twilight Year: A National Juried Exhibition on Dark Surrealism, WomensWork.art Poukeepsie, NY 2019 10 x 10 Red Dot Exhibit, Artworks Trenton, NJ
2019 Member’s Show, Arts Council of Princeton Princeton, NJ
COLLECTIONS Private collections:
Seattle, Washington Trenton, New Jersey Buffalo, New York Scottsville, NY