Curriculum Vitae:

Z. Fondanarosa
(He/Him)
B. 1998, Ridgewood, NJ
Currently living and working in Oakland, CA, United States

Education:
2020    BFA, Film, Visual Art, Writing, The School of the Art Institute
of Chicago, Chicago IL
2016    Early College Forensics Program, SUNY School, Syracuse, NY
2016    High School Diploma with Honors from the National Honors Art Society, River Dell Regional High School, Oradell, NJ 

Group Exhibitions and Expos:
2023    Dissonance Within the Fog, Alchemy House, San Francisco, CA
2023    Sunset Pride, Hunt & Gather, San Francisco, CA
2023    SuperFine San Francisco Art Expo Spring 2023, Gallery 308 at Fort Mason Art Center, San Francisco, CA
2022    Let Them Eat Fake, Liminal Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2020    SAIC Film, Video, New Media, Animation and Sound Festival, Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, IL
2020    Voices Embodied: Convergence, Hyde Park Art Center / DLRC at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2018     This Place Has Everything, Free Range Gallery, Chicago, IL
 
Lectures and Demos:
2023    Artist's Demo at the Fall Equinox Inner Sunset Art Walk, Hunt&Gather, San Francisco, CA
2018   “Disability and Belong” panelist at the DLRC, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2016    Visiting Artist's Demo Series, Dick Blick Art Supplies, New York, NY
 
Publications:
2023    “Drone,” Illustration, Semioculus XVII, Tartu, Estonia
2018    “The Push,” Essay, Spring Edition of The Queer Foundation Scholar, Portland, OR
2017    “Young God,” Comic Zine, Quimby's Bookstore, Chicago, IL
2016    “Low on Morality,” Comic Zine, Quimby’s Bookstore, Chicago, IL  
 
Solo Exhibitions:
2016    Featured Upcoming Artist, Dick Blick Art Supplies, Paramus, NJ
 
Awards:
2016    School of the Art Institute of Chicago Honors Merit Scholarship Award