About Zoe Alexa

Zoe Alexa is a multimedia artist based in South Florida. She received her BFA in Sculpture from the California College of the Arts in 2013, and is a maker of playfully-odd sculptures. Zoe informs her practice through previous work in prosthetic movie makeup, fabrication and upholstery. She recently completed a residency at Treats Studios in North Carolina making soft wall sculptures titled Notions. 

Zoe creates isolated figures that reflect various degrees of evolution and playful expansion. Through a collection of amoebic shapes, she looks to amplify their imagined features with humorous size and vivid colors. By creating  something so other, yet very similar to our own microscopic making, her work is dependent on envisioning these peculiar forms taking an active role in our lives. Her current body of work focuses on structures dubbed Pickles, which come in various sizes, each one being a mirror and evolution of each other. These sculptures present themselves by welcoming the viewer to step a little closer- to investigate our curious existence as well as the things we allow into our own space and realm.





Education

2016 | Timber Framing | Penland School of Arts and Crafts | Penland, NC

2015 | Furniture Building and Upholstery | Penland School of Arts and Crafts | Penland, NC

2011-2013 | BFA in Sculpture & Metal Fabrication | California College of the Arts | Oakland, CA | High Distinction

2009-2010 | Parsons Paris The New School | Paris, FR | Visual Arts

2008 | Cinema Makeup School of Los Angeles | Certification in Casting, Mold-Making, Prosthetics and Special Effects Makeup

2005-2007 | The Art Institute of Colorado | Denver, CO | Industrial Design

2004-2005 | Miami International University of Art & Design | Miami, FL | Fine Arts

2002 | Parsons Paris The New School | Paris, FR | Digital Photography & Web Design

Exhibitions

2022  Metamorphosis | The Frank | Pembroke Pines, FL | Group Show

2022  Waves | Arts Warehouse | Delray Beach, FL | Group Show

2022  Outside In, Upside Down, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, MA | Group Show

2019  Inside Out | Arts Warehouse | Delray Beach, FL | Group Show

2019  Blanco + 1 | Arts Warehouse | Delray Beach, FL | Group Show

2017  Border Cantos: Richard Misrach/Guillermo Gallindo | Pace and Pace/MacGill Gallery | Chelsea, NY | Fabrication & Design

          Border Cantos: Richard Misrach/Guillermo Gallindo | Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art | Bentonville, AK | F & D

2016  Border Cantos: Richard Misrach/Guillermo Gallindo | Amon Carter Museum of American Art | Fort Worth, TX | F & D

          Border Cantos: Richard Misrach/Guillermo Gallindo | San Jose Museum of Art | San Jose, CA | F & D

2015  She’s on the Rag | Xandra Ibarra Performance | San Francisco, CA | Fabrication

2015   FIGMENT | Mosswood Park Sculptural event | Oakland, CA | Invitation

2015   Ecdysis | Xandra Ibarra Solo Show | Galeria de la Raza | San Francisco, CA | Fabrication & Curation

2014   Fort! | Art Maker Avenue | Oakland, CA | Curator

2013   An Attempt at Getting Over Your Self | Art Maker Avenue | Oakland, CA | Solo Show

2012   Fucking Rabbits |California College of the Arts | Oakland, CA | Curator and featured artist

Publication

2016 Border Cantos: Richard Misrach and Guillermo Gallindo | Aperture | Fabrication | http://bordercantos.com/