Biography
Zoe Toscano (b. 1994, Modesto, California) is an artist born and raised in California currently living in Brooklyn, New York. After running a gallery in her hometown of Modesto, she decided to pursue her graduate degree at the School of Visual Arts. Her art practice is centered around oil painting. Growing up in California, she uses the colorful landscapes of her home state to direct her palette, creating lush, vibrant, textural paintings. She invites her viewers to enter her world of women, nature and personal symbolic imagery to invoke a sense of contemplation, the ephemeral and vulnerability.
Zoe earned her BFA in Fine Arts with an emphasis in Painting from CSU Stanislaus in 2017 and is now pursuing her MFA at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. She owned Tri-Chromatic Gallery from 2017-2020 and has shown in exhibitions in both California and New York.
zoetoscanoart@gmail.com
Education
2017. Bachelor in Fine Arts, California State University, Stanislaus, Turlock, CA
2022-2024. School of Visual Arts - Masters of Fine Arts, New York, NY
Group Exhibitions
2024. Heart of the Garden; I am my own Muse, Black Brick Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2024. 12, Latchkey Gallery, New York, NY
2023. Faces & Places, Dodomu Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2023. Hey You, Yes You!, SVA Open Studio Exhibition, New York, NY
2023. Creatures of Habit, Fora Arts Collective, New York, NY
2023. New Artifacts, SVA Flatiron Gallery, New York, NY
2022. The Last Notice Show, Seasons LA, Los Angeles, CA
2021. 55th National Mother Lode Art Exhibition, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Carmichael, CA
2020. The Beginning, Attitude Gallery, Online
2020. POC Art Show, Outer Space Arcata Collective, Arcata, CA
2019. Monolith, State Theater, Modesto, CA
2019. Come Hither, Art Cave, Santa Cruz, CA
2018. I Give You All My Breath, Tri-Chromatic Gallery, Modesto, CA
2018. Video Art Soirée, Tri-Chromatic Gallery, Modesto, CA
2018. Opaque, Tri-Chromatic Gallery, Modesto, CA
2017. Some Semblance, Tri-Chromatic Gallery, Modesto, CA
2017. Video Art Soirée, Tri-Chromatic Gallery, Modesto, CA
2017. Blush, Tri-Chromatic Gallery, Modesto, CA
2017. Summer Group Show, Art Space on Main, Turlock, CA
Collaborative Exhibitions
2019. Snowfall, Tri-Chromatic Gallery, Modesto, CA
2019. Willow, Tri-Chromatic Gallery, Modesto CA
2018. The Snow Cave and Other Allegories, Tri-Chromatic Gallery, Modesto, CA
2017. Walls, Tri-Chromatic Gallery, Modesto, CA
Professional Organization
2017-2020
Part-Owner of Tri-Chromatic Gallery
Selected Press / Publications
2023. New Visionary Magazine, Contemporary Art Publication, Featured Artist
2023. Canvas Rebel, Magazine, Stories & Insight; Meet Zoe Toscano
2022. The Shire Art Collective, Community Organization, Artist of the Month: January
2022. Visionary Art Collective, Online Art Platform, Featured Directory Artist
2020. DLPHNGNG Online Art Platform, Featured Artist: June
Teaching Experience
2017-2019
Instructor at Tri-Chromatic Gallery
Awards and Honors
2022. School of Visual Arts MFA Fine Arts Departmental Merit-based Scholarship, New York, NY
2021. Honorable Mention Award, 55th National Mother Lode Art Exhibition, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Carmichael, CA
2016. Honorable Mention Award, Central California Art Showcase, Modesto, CA