Elizabeth Zanzinger is an emerging artist from the San Francisco Bay Area. After exploring contemporary painting at CSU East Bay, she went on to study the classical approach at the Aristides Atelier in Seattle, WA (Gage Academy of Art). Her current work reflects a motive of restraint, and she favors the simplicity of finely sharpened vine charcoal in most of her drawing work. Her current work is done directly from life, with an emphasis on direct observation and physical accuracy. Because of this, drawing plays a vital role, upon which a foundation is laid for all other forms of expression.  

In her final months with the Aristides Atelier, the developing theme in Elizabeth's emerging work is the relationship between humanity and nature. Both are consuming forces in everyday life, whether through technological advances or the inevitable decay of all things.  She sees the life of an artist as a journey through continually evolving processes, whether the focus is technical or conceptual. She explores the beauty in that journey, the process, and the highly studied material form with all of the work she creates. 

born:1980, Oakland, CA

education:

Aristides Atelier, Gage Academy of Art, Graduating 2011
California State University East Bay, BFA Summa Cum Laude, 2004

selected awards/honors

Grand Prize, 2nd Annual Utrecht Art Competition, 2011
Best in Show, "Best of Gage" Show, Gage Academy of Art, 2009
Elizabeth Burden Memorial Scholarship, Gage Academy of Art, 2010
Presidential Scholarship, California State University East Bay, 1998

selected publications

Aristides, Juliette. Classical Drawing Handbook. New York: Watson Guptill, 2011
Utrecht Art Competition; American Artist Magazine. New York: p. 17, February 2011
Manifest Gallery; 6th Annual Magnitude 7, v45. Cincinnati, OH: 2010
Aristides, Juliette. "Composing with Values." The Artist's Magazine. March, 2008

selected solo or two-person exhibits

Elizabeth Zanzinger, Oakland Professional Center, Oakland, CA, 2005
Two-person show, Luka's Taproom & Bar, Oakland CA, 2006

selected group shows

PNA Gallery: Atelier Exhibition, Seattle, WA, 2011
Rosen Gallery: Thriving in Seattle: A Retrospective, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA, 2010
Gallery by the Bay: Unclad, Stanwood, WA, 2009
CCC Art Center: Au Naturel, Astoria OR, 2009