Zoe Shulman: Circuit Topology, A Solo Exhibition at Camiba Art!

Hey everybody,

Exciting news!  The postcards for my upcoming Camiba Art Gallery solo exhibition, "Circuit Topology", have arrived!  Come to the opening on February 17th, as well as my artist discussion on the 25th.  Check out more details below:

Opening: Friday, February 17th, 6 PM - 8 PM, artist in attendance

Artist Discussion: Saturday, February 25th, 1:00 PM

Location: Camiba Art Gallery, 2832 East MLK Jr. Blvd. Suite 111

Hours: Tuesday - Friday 10 AM - 5 PM, Saturday noon - 5 PM

Check out the postcard below for more details:

The Nasty Women Exhibition + CAMIBAart Group Show

Hey everyone,

I am very excited and proud to be participating in the Nasty Women Exhibition, which is a group exhibition that serves to demonstrate solidarity among artists who identify with being a Nasty Woman in the face of threats to roll back women’s rights, individual rights, and abortion rights.  It also serves as a fundraiser to support organizations defending these rights and to be a platform for organization before the Trump Presidential Inauguration in January.

There are currently other Nasty venues that are going on all over the country and I highly encourage anyone interested to submit artwork!  I will have pieces for sale at the Knockdown Center in New York and the AP Art Lab in San Antonio, Texas.  100% of proceeds will benefit Planned Parenthood, so this is a great way to support local women artists and women's healthcare.  Find more information and other venues here.

Today, The Huffington Post just covered the Nasty Women Exhibition!  Roxanne Jackson, who is featured in the article, is the founder of the Nasty Women Exhibition and was also my 3D Design professor at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.  I am very happy to see that activism, feminism, women's rights, and women's healthcare are gaining traction in the art world!  As a bisexual woman of Jewish heritage, a feminist artist, and Planned Parenthood member, I am very proud to be a part of this grassroots movement.

Check out more articles about the Nasty Women Exhibition on Hyperallergic, Artnet, ArtSlant, VICE, and The Guardian!

I'm happy to report that both of my Nasty Women submissions sold, raising a total of $200 for Planned Parenthood!

Lastly, I currently have seven works for sale in a new group show with other fantastic gallery artists at CAMIBAart Gallery on 2000 East 6th Street, Austin, TX 78702.  The gallery hours are:

Saturday and Sunday: 11am - 5pm
other times by appointment

If you are in the Austin or central Texas area, please go visit!

"The Handkerchief Series", for sale at CAMIBAart!

("Handkerchief II" SOLD!  Get 'em while they still last!!)

"Glitch World", for sale at CAMIBAart!

"Indifferent Graces", for sale at CAMIBAart!

Metal prints of "In Planar Camo", SOLD at the Knockdown Center in New York and the AP Art Lab in San Antonio, Texas!  (100% of proceeds go to Planned Parenthood)

"Nasty Women Exhibition" at the Knockdown Center in NYC!

"Nasty Women Exhibition" at the AP Art Lab in San Antonio!

Hillary, we're STILL with you! <3 <3 <3

"In Planar Camo" is a feminist cyber-queer anthem.  I first used this work to promote Hillary's campaign on Facebook, and now I am proud that it will serve to support women's rights and healthcare moving forward.

Electro-Pop Lady Grid II + Corner Installation WIP

Hey folks,

I finished "Electro-Pop Lady Grid II" and have now successfully scaled up my corner installation!  The corner piece will be the final piece in my upcoming solo show at Camiba Art.  I have no idea what to title the thing, but I'm sure it'll come to me soon... in the meantime, check out some new photos:

Electro-Pop Lady Grids I & II

Electro-Pop Lady Grid II

This piece was created by registering gel transfers of photocopied ink drawings onto hand-painted acrylic gradients, and then collaging them onto book board substrates.  Presented face-up on a pedestal, it blends illusory and sculptural spaces within a non-quadrilateral format, activating painting off-the-wall.  As the viewer investigates the piece's various perspectives, their body is denied entry by its small scale, forcing them to reckon with the anamorphic contradictions created by the painting's multi-planar surfaces.  "Electro-Pop Lady Grid" pulses with an electric cyber-queer energy, interposing spectrums between rigid binaries and disrupting expectations by bending perceptions of hierarchy.  Like a grand mountain, the undermost layer may become the summit, just as the trompe l'oeil recedes into the foreground.

Corner Installation

Scaled up!  Approx. 4 cubic feet... more soon!

The book board structure is complete!

It's so pink, it hurts my phone.  And I still have two more layers to paint! #FuckThePatriarchy

"Fachwerk" is complete!  (Better photos soon...)

Acrylic on book board substrate

30 in. X 30 in. X 32 in.

2017

Color and space; counteracting the obviousness of the shadows by creating an illusionistic dimension that contradicts the painting's form.

The "tip of the iceberg" is emerging from the wall.  Talking points:

1) Equal values can appear unequal from different angles.

2) Flat shapes can become illusionistic extensions of three dimensional planes.

3) A shape's number of sides can change in Euclidean space. 

4) Triangles and squares are essential building blocks for creating continuity within anamorphic surfaces. (Thank you, Germany!)

5) The perimeter cannot be arbitrary.  Interior shapes must determine the perimeter to convey the painting's overall form. 

6) Flush edges convey an uncertain boundary between the wall and the painting.

Mountain Frequencies!

Hey y'all, 

"Mountain Frequencies" just arrived!  It's printed on aluminum with a sheer glossy finish and I'm very happy with the results!  Check out the photos below: 

"Mountain Frequencies"

Photocopied ink drawing and origami; printed on aluminum 

34" X 40"

2016

Walter Russell

Hey y'all, 

I just had an interesting observation to share: Walter Russell.  Oh my Force...
During my artist residency in New Mexico, I meditated by floating in the nearby lake and envisioning geometric systems from the water's currents.  Inspired by my vision, I drew a Fibonacci circle system to describe a self-similar progression of interconnected circuits based on drainage patterns.  This eventually led to my "Topolograph" composition, which is scheduled for completion next year.  Today, I saw Walter Russell's diagrams of octave-wave progressions on Pinterest and was shocked to see he used the same geometry that I had discovered in New Mexico!  Could there be a link?  I don't know, but perhaps I have found yet another soul mate through the sands of time.

Fibonacci circle system

"Topolograph"

Walter Russell's octave-wave diagram

Electro-Pop Lady Grid I

Hey folks,

Behold, I have just finished "Electro-Pop Lady Grid I"!  This piece was created by registering gel transfers of photocopied ink drawings onto hand-painted acrylic gradients, and then collaging them onto book board substrates.  Presented face-up on a pedestal, it blends illusory and sculptural spaces within a non-quadrilateral format, activating painting off-the-wall.  As the viewer investigates the piece's various perspectives, their body is denied entry by its small scale, forcing them to reckon with the anamorphic contradictions created by the painting's multi-planar surfaces.  "Electro-Pop Lady Grid" pulses with an electric cyber-queer energy, interposing spectrums between rigid binaries and disrupting expectations by bending perceptions of hierarchy.  Like a grand mountain, the undermost layer may become the summit, just as the trompe l'oeil recedes into the foreground.

Pedestal view 1

Pedestal view 2

Pedestal view 3

View from the front

There will be three compositions total!

P.S. Harold Budd <3 

Circuit Topology Paintings Complete!

Hey y'all,

Exciting news, I just completed a new series of paintings for my upcoming solo show at Camiba Art Gallery!


"In Planar Camo" + "Tri-Circuit" + "Exotic Bird" + "Attractor"

Acrylic, gel transfer, collage, and transparency film
1 ft. X 1 ft. (each)
2016

"Circuit Topology Poem"

I am in planar camo

as I weave between muscular tree roots

bursting from uneven concrete tiles,

up to a kaleidoscopic canopy

Knots of interwoven branches obscure the sun,

casting gothic rays down onto my

animal face

Instinct drives me

to an ancient geometric grotto,

located somewhere beyond the deep murmurs

of these uncharted tropics...

The series...

"In Planar Camo"

"Tri-Circuit"

"Exotic Bird"

"Attractor"