Photo: Erin Stack
About
B. 1970 HONOLULU, HAWAII
Zoe Ani is a visual artist based in the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco. They studied painting at the Art Students League in New York City and Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina. They articulate their practice from the lens of their Hawaiian and indigenous cultures. Leaning on their studies in Traditional Chinese Medicine, they explore the concept of balance inspired by patterns in nature, place, memories, dreams and music. They have exhibited both locally and internationally, most recently in San Francisco City Hall, the Napa County Library, and the 2023 deYoung Open. They are a 2024 grant recipient from the Cenote Foundation.
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Select Exhibitions:
2024
The deYoung Open 2023, The deYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA
2023
Cityscapes, Enterprise, San Francisco, CA
The Fruitful Evolution, ODC Theater, San Francisco, CA
The deYoung Open 2023, The deYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA
Pride is Not a Crime! Helvella Art, Oakland, CA
Abstract SF, ArtFuse, San Francisco, CA
Hard Work & Soft Fruit, Napa County Library, Napa, CA
2022
Adaptations: LAND (Invitational), Drawing Room Annex, San Francisco, CA
THREE, The Midway Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Hard Work & Soft Fruit, Wave Series, SF City Hall, San Francisco, CA
2021
HWSF & Wave Series, SF City Hall, San Francisco, CA
Hard Work & Soft Fruit, The Drawing Room, San Francisco, CA
SFOS Exhibition, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
2020
50|50, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
Juror: Patricia Sweetow
Women Rising, The Drawing Room - Annex, San Francisco CA
2019
Into the Current, The Drawing Room - Annex, San Francisco, CA
50|50, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
Juror: Catherine Clark
2017
Surface, Gallery 1317, North Beach, San Francisco, CA
2016
Mugshots and Lineups, Gallery 1317, North Beach, San Francisco CA
Group Show, Gallery 1317 North Beach, San Francisco, CA
2015
50|50, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
Snapshots, Jeff, North Beach, San Francisco, CA
El Mundo Es, Mission Pie, San Francisco, CA
2014
ArtSpan Group Show: Mission Pie, San Francisco, CA
Manifest Lost, Five Pins Project, San Francisco, CA
2013
Greening the Excelsior, Excelsior Branch Library, San Francisco, CA
2012
Metropolitan, Strychnin Gallery, Berlin Germany.
The Future of the Past: Encaustic Art in the 21st Century,The Mills Gallery, Boston, MA
Jurors: Barbara O’Brien, Judith Tannenbaum, Craig Bloodgood
IEA Encausticon 2012 Juried Exhibition, Gallery Nord, San Antonio, TX
Juror: Paula Berg Owen
2011
deerBLNproject, Keep A Breast/Europe Gallery, Bordeaux, France
Encaustic Masters, Columbia River Gallery, Troutdale, OR
Art On the Rim, Crater Lake NP, Crater Lake, OR
Bay Area Juried Exhibition, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
Juror: Virginia BreierGreen, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2010
Landscapes, Berenice, San Francisco, CA
deerBLNproject, Strychnin Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2009
Working in Wax, Bedford Gallery – Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA
Mendonesian Artists in Residence Show, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA
Project Wrecking Ball, Varnish Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
Artists in Residence Group Show, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA
Free Fall, WINE – Embarcadero 2, San Francisco, CA
2008
Paintings, Café Seventy8, San Francisco, CA
2007
East to West, Sheep Station, Brooklyn, NYNew Works, Superfine, Brooklyn, NY
2005
Crossing the Line, The Painting Center, New York, NYHerstory Archives, Brooklyn, NY
Celebrate Women’s History Month, Superfine, Brooklyn, NY
2004
Group Show 04, Diane Boisvert Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Buds of May, Art in Limbo, Portland, OR
EDUCATION
2012 City College of San Francisco, Lost Wax Casting, Suzanne Pugh, San Francisco, CA
2008 10 Grand Press, Printmaking, Marina Ancona, Brooklyn, NY
2007 Fabrica La Aurora, Gerardo Ruiz, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
2005 Penland School of Crafts, Encaustic Techniques, Penland, NC
1998-02 Art Students League, Painting, New York, NY
RESIDENCIES
2012 Vermont Studio Center, Partial Fellowship Recipient, A.I.R, Johnson, VT
2011 Crater Lake National Park, Winter/Spring A.I.R., Crater Lake, OR
2008 Mendocino Art Center, A.I.R., Mendocino, CA.
AFFILIATIONS
2011-15 SFAC StreetSmARTS Program, Selected Pool of Artists, San Francisco, CA
2010-12 Bay Van, Juried Artist Registry, Oakland, CA
2010-12 International Encaustic Artists, San Francisco, CA
PUBLICATIONS
2012 Encaustic Works ’12 Juried Biennial, R&F Paints, Kingston, NY
Juror: Joanne Mattera
INTERNSHIPS
2011 Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA
COMMUNITY WORK
2008-2011 Creativity Explored, Volunteer Studio Assistant, San Francisco, CA
2004-2005 The Center for Anti-Violence Education, Board of Directors, Brooklyn, NY