Zara Monet Feeney
Zara Monet Feeney
Feeney was raised in an eccentric art family in Thousand Oaks, California. She received a BA from UCLA and an MFA from LCAD, studying under acclaimed artists and art critics such as Lari Pittman, Barbara Kruger, Catherine Opie, and Peter Frank. She was recently awarded 1st at LA Artcore’s Juried show, celebrated in Huffington Post, and published in Manifest and Juxtapoz. Her credentials also include numerous national and international art residencies, and solo and juried group exhibitions. She works as a college art professor at California State University, Northridge, Moorpark College, and Ventura College.
EDUCATION
MFA Laguna College of Art and Design: Concentration in Painting: 2012 – 2014
BA UCLA: 2006 – 2010
SOLO / TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2019 Mandatory Intermission: LA Artcore Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Overture: Eastern Projects Gallery Annex, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Reductive Overture: Madison Public Library, WI
2018 Prelude: B-Minus Studios, Santa Ana, CA
2018 Glamour Vomit: Moorpark College Gallery, CA
2017 Mezzanine: Dab Art: NAMBA Gallery, Ventura, CA
2017 Rehearsal: Arttrek Gallery: Thousand Oaks, CA
2016 Culmination: Vault Gallery: Hortonville, WI
2015 Cue: Sleeth Gallery: West Virginia Wesleyan College: Buckhannon, WV
2014 Staged: CES Contemporary Arts Foundation Gallery: Laguna, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 Drink Me: Dab Art: H Gallery, Ventura, CA
2018 LA Art core Exhibition: LA Art Core Gallery at the Brewery, Los Angeles, CA
2018 World of Co: Residency: Sofia, Bulgaria
2018 Valentine: Eastern Projects Gallery: Los Angeles, CA
2018 A Feminist Perspective 4.0: Montalban Gallery: Hollywood, CA
2018 Featured Figures: Laguna Art Museum: Laguna Beach, CA
2017 Tribute to the Audubon: 101 Exhibit Gallery: Hollywood, CA
2017 Rainbow Shift Exhibit: LGBTQIA Artists: Montalban Gallery: Hollywood, CA
2017 We Choose Art: Feminist Exhibit: Montalban Gallery: Hollywood, CA
2017 Refractured: Ventura College Faculty Exhibition: VC Gallery, Ventura, CA
2017 Works in Abstraction: Atrium Gallery: Ventura, CA
2017 Defying Doyen: Dab Art: Atrium Gallery: Ventura, CA
2017Bold and Beautiful: The Hillcrest Center for the Arts: Thousand Oaks, CA
2017Material Interests: Ventura College Faculty Exhibition: VC Gallery, Ventura, CA
2016 Critters and Peeps: Q Art Salon Gallery: Santa Ana, CA
2016 Please to Meet Me: EMES and House of Wren Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Summer: The Fifth Column Gallery: Los Angeles, CA
2014 MFA Exhibition: Laguna Art Museum: Laguna Beach, CA
2014 Manifest: Fresh Paint: Creative Research Gallery: Cincinnati, Ohio
2013 Future Tense: CES Contemporary Gallery: Los Angeles, CA
2013 International Painting Annual: Creative Research Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2013 MFA Exhibition: Laguna City Hall: Laguna Beach, CA
2010 From the Window to the Wall: Charlie White Gallery: Los Angeles, CA
2010 UCLA Juried Exhibition: UCLA Charlie White Gallery: Los Angeles, CA
PUBLICATIONS
2018 Art in Sofia, Literary Review: World of Co Residency, Sofia, Bulgaria
2017Huffington Post: Mat Gleason Review: 101 Exhibit Gallery, Hollywood, CA
2017 Circle Quarterly Arts Magazine: CFA Press, Los Angeles, CA
2017Show Review: Peter Frank: 101 Exhibit Gallery, Hollywood, CA
2017Art Bite Periodical: Feminist Exhibit: Los Angeles, CA
2017Contemporary Painters: Tribute to the Audubon: Hollywood, CA
2016 Young Space Periodical: Appleton, WI
2015 Art in America Periodical: Los Angeles, CA
2014 Juxtapoz Periodical: San Francisco, CA
2013 Manifest International Painting Annual 4: Cincinnati, OH
ART RESIDENCIES
Artist in Residence: Carnegie Art Museum: Oxnard, CA 11. 2018 – 12. 2018
Artist in Residence: World of Co: Sofia, Bulgaria 05. 2018 – 07. 2018
Artist in Residence: Arttrek: Thousand Oaks, CA 11. 2016 – 12. 2017
Artist in Residence: Standard Projects: Hortonville, WI 09. 2016 – 11.2016
Artist in Residence: Laguna College of Art and Design: Laguna Beach, CA 06. 2015 – 09. 2015
Artist in Residence: West Virginia Wesleyan College: Buckhannon, WV 08. 2014 – 05. 2015