Education
2017-2020 MFA University of Maryland, College Park
2012-2014 BFA Syracuse University, Visual and Performing Arts
Addition Education
2022 Harvard University, Coursework in Humanities and Museum Studies
2015-2016 Ramapo College of New Jersey, Post-Baccalaureate Year
2010-2011 Syracuse University at Villa Rosa, Florence, Italy, Coursework in architecture and sculpture
2008-2010 Boston Architectural College, Coursework in Architecture
Solo Exhibitions
2022 -In the Ways, IA&A at Hillyer, Washington DC
2020 -Entropic Construction, University of Maryland College Park
2020 -Death and Donuts, Culture House DC, Washington DC
2018 -Suspended Voids, Salem Art Works, Barn Gallery, Salem NY
2016 -As Space, Greenwich Arts Society Gallery, Greenwich, CT
2014 -Eleutheromania, Gallery 430, Syracuse, NY
Selected Juried/Invitational Exhibitions
2022 -Spazio-Visioni Intrecciate, Arte Laguna Prize, Villa dei Cedri Gallery, Valdobbiadene, Italy
2022 -A Window to Europe, Delegation of the European Union to the United States Gallery, Washington DC
2022 -International Sculpture Center Student Award Exhibition, Gardenship Gallery, Kearny NJ
2021 -Arte Laguna Prize Exhibition, Venice Arsenal, Venice, Italy
2021 -London Biennial, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London, UK
2021 -A Window to Europe, Plain Sight Gallery and the EU National Institutes of Culture, Washington DC
2021 -Force, Southern Vermont Art Cent, Manchester VT
2021 -Bennington Museum w/ NBOSS, Bennington VT
2021 - North Bennington Outdoor Sculpture Show, North Bennington, VT
2021 -Organic Construction, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD
2020 -Sculpture Now 2020, Washington Sculptors Group, Mclean Art Center, McLean, VA
2020 -In the time of Corona, Online Exhibition, Gallery 188
2020 -By the People x Monochrome Art Fair, Halcyon House, Washington D.C.
2020 -Rise 2020, IA&A at Hillyer, Washington, DC
2019 -Flesh and Bone lll, IA&A at Hillyer, Washington, DC
2019 -UMD Semester Exhibition, Herman Meril Gallery, UMD College Park, MD
2019 -Off the Wall, Waverly Street Gallery, Maryland Federation of the Arts, Bethesda, MD
2019 -Next Gen 6.0, VisArt, Kaplan Gallery, Rockville, MD
2019 -Summer Show Case Exhibition, Studio 80 + Sculpture Grounds, Old Lyme, CT
2019 -Residuum, Stamp Gallery, UMD College Park, MD
2019 -Sadat Art For Peace, Herman Meril Gallery, UMD College Park, MD
2018 -Artina, Washington Sculptor Group, Sandy Springs Museum, Sandy Spring, MD
2018 -New Frontiers Exhibition, Everhart Museum, Scranton PA
2018 -Juncture, Holztman Gallery, Towson University’s, Towson, MD
2018 -Traces of Beauty, Marquis Art Gallery, Scranton PA
2018 -Intent: A Tool Show, Suraci Gallery, Scranton PA
2018 -Rail Road Exhibition, Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton PA
2018 -Salem Art Works Artist, North Main Gallery, Salem, NY
2018 -The Loincloth Collective, Salem Art Works, Salem NY
2018 -Back and Forth, Herman Maril Gallery, College Park, MD
2017 -Construct Conditioned, Herman Maril Gallery, UMD College Park, MD
2017 -Work-Flows, Herman Maril Gallery, UMD College Park MD
2017 -30 under 30, Viridian Artist Gallery, Manhattan, NY
2017 -Art on the Avenue, Greenwich Art Council, Greenwich, CT
2017 -Opening, Woodbridge Artist Guild, Woodbridge, NJ
2016 -Arts Alive Festival, Greenwich Arts Council, Greenwich, CT
2016 -Renegade 2, Salem Art Works, Salem, NY
2016 -Border, StarrSpace Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 - “Ex.is.ten.tial”, Greenwich Arts Council, Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, CT
2016 -Art on the Avenue Festival, Greenwich Arts Council, Greenwich, CT
2016 -Face and Figure, Stamford Art Association, SAA Gallery, Stamford, CT
2015 -Renegade, Salem Art Works, Salem, NY
2015 -Emergence: Insight Out, Flinn Gallery, Greenwich Art Society, Greenwich, CT
2015 -Greenwich Arts Society 98th Annual Juried Exhibition, The Bendheim Gallery Greenwich, CT
2015 -"Line Describing a Cone”, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
2014 -Denouement a Jobsite, Salem Art Works, Salem, NY
2014 -North Bennington Outdoor Sculpture Show, North Bennington, VT
2014 -Growth Under Pressure- Salem Art Works, Gallery 3, Salem, NY
2013 -The Full Show, XL Projects, Syracuse NY
2013 -Turning Heads: A Collaborative Art Experience, J&J Smith Gallery Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2011 -Syracuse Florence Exhibition, Donatello 21 Gallery, Florence, Italy
Collections and Outdoor Public Exhibitions
2021 Mirror, Gilbertsville Expressive Movement Collection, Gilbertsville, NY
2021 Bittium Pitch, Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester VT
2021 Whispering Secretes, Bennington, Museum, Bennington VT
2021 Construct 7, NBOSS, North Bennington, VT
2020 Hail, Zenisek Estates, Solon, Iowa
2020 The Moral Threshold and the Unbreakable Pattern, Saint Anselm's Benedictine Abby Collection, DC
2019 Stance, Studio 80 Sculpture Grounds Collection, Old Lyme, CT
2019 Schild, Studio 80 Sculpture Grounds, Public Exhibition, Old Lyme, CT
2018 “But, it can be”, Salem Art Works Collection, Salem, NY
2018 Concourse 2, Salem Art Works Collection, Salem, NY
2017 Empyrean Credence, Ramapo College of New Jersey, Collection, Mahwah, NJ
2017 Zenith, Ramapo College of New Jersey, Collection, Mahwah, NJ
2017 Façade 2, Greenwich Art Council, Public Exhibition, Greenwich, CT
2016 Facade 1, Greenwich Art Council, Temporary Loan, Greenwich, CT
2016 Construct, Greenwich Art Council, Public Exhibition, Greenwich, CT
2015 Assemble, Greenwich Art Council, Public Exhibition, Greenwich, CT
2015 Tethered, NBOSS, Public Exhibition, North Bennington, VT
Awards
2021 -Arte Laguna Prize Sculpture/Installation, Venice, Italy
2021 -Emerging Scene Art Prize, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2021 -London Biennale Critics Award, London, England
2021 -ArtConnect Artist of the Week
2020 -International Sculpture Center Outstanding Student Achievement Award in Contemporary Sculpture
2020 -35th Chelsea International Fine Art Award, NYC
2020 -IA&A Hillyer Solo’s, National Endowment for the Arts
2020 -Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society award
2019 -Dianne Komminsk Scholarship for Outstanding Student Achievement, Mid-South Sculpture Alliance
2019 -Graduate Contract Assistant Fellowship, Foon Sham,
2019 -Daniel Ohlke Award, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
2017 -Graduate Fellowship University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD
2013 -The Syracuse University Sculpture Program Project Grant, Syracuse, NY
2011 -Jurors pick, Syracuse Florence Exhibition, Donatello 21 Gallery, Florence, Italy
Publication
- In the galleries: Where simple techniques reveal complex visions, Washington Post, Mark Jenkins
April 22, 2022
-“Death and Donuts, Mid-Pandemic”, District Fray Magazine, Kelsey Cochran November 11, 2020,
-“Installation” Under the Bridge Magazine, Leia Genis Autumn 2020 edition,
-“East City Art Reviews—Sculpture Now 2020”, Claudia Rousseau, Ph.D. October 27, 2020
-“An Artful Solution”, Sala Levin, Maryland Today, May 21, 2020
- “Culture House Presents Heidi Zenisek and Michael Thron Death and Donuts”, East City Art, February 2020.
-Pink Line Project: Death & Donuts, Online Publication, Pink Link Projects, February 2020.
-Cray Magazine, Online Publication, September 29, 2019
-In the Galleries: Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, July 26, 2019
-Not Random Art, Contemporary Art Review, March 2017
-Mahwah-Ramsey Daily Voice, Carol Reif, January 2016
-Front Art Space- SM15, Oct 2015
-Apex Mag: U.S. Navy's Advanced Navy Visual Journalism Project, The Creator, Dominique Pineiro,May 4, 2014
-Villa Rosa Voice, Syracuse University in Florence, Number 24 April 2011
Residencies
2022 -Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2022 -La Napoule Art Foundation, La Napoule, France
2021 -Gilbertsville Expressive Movement, Sculpture Fellow, Gilbertsville, NY
2020 -Culture House DC, Resident Artist, Washington, DC
2018 -Salem Art Works, Resident Artist, Young Artist Coordinator, Salem, NY
2017 -Salem Art Works, Winter Resident Artist, Salem, NY
2014 -Salem Art Works, Artist Intern, Salem, NY