Zonia Zena is a photo based artist and archivist born in Peru and based between Miami Florida and Lima Peru. Graduated with a BFA in Visual Arts from University of Florida and New World School of the Arts. Currently earning a MLIS degree with concentration in Study of Archives at the University of Alabama. A member of Women Photograph and The Journal Collective. Zonia applies photography as a bridge to speak about the concept of relationships between nature and individuals which opens into worlds where folktales and myths take over. Whilst personal movements and migrating had sparked a sense of nostalgia, a lack of belonging always turns up and it becomes another venue to explore. Her visual narrative is reflected from the biographical experience and her curiosity to explore those themes.
A Fulbright recipient in Spain and field archivist in art related projects in Miami.
EDUCATION
Candidate for Masters in Library and Information Science, 2023- 2024. The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Major: Masters in Library Science, Concentration in Archives
Máster PhotoEspaña, September 2012. Universidad Europea de Madrid, Madrid Spain
Concentration: Theory and artistic projects
Bachelor in Fine Arts, May 2011. University of Florida and New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL
Major: Visuals Arts, concentration in Creative Photography
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
Carol Damian Fellowship for Women Artists | WOPHA, 2023
UCLA Rare Book School scholarship, 2023
SJ4A University of Alabama MLIS program scholarship, 2022-2024
Women Photograph scholarship, 2019
International Photography Grant Nominee, Category: Culture, 2017
William Fulbright fellowship, 2011
Frances Wolfson Art Scholarship, 2008
PROJECTS
ARTIST AS ARCHIVIST, Artist Residency. Women Artist Archive Miami, Miami, FL. 2023
WORKSHOPS
Selected participant for "“Photobook Design and Production” at La Hydra Fotografía.
Mexico city, Mexico, 2023
Selected participant for CalRBS UCLA. Italy, 2023
Selected participant for CalRBS UCLA. Italy, 2023
Selected participant for WOPHA's Photobook as Object with Yumi Goto. Miami, 2023
Selected participant for FotoFeminas Portfolio review. 2022
Selected participant at Eddie Adams Workshop XXXV, New York. USA.2022
Selected for Proyecto Imaginario Photography Program, Argentina 2022-2023
Selected participant for Women Photograph workshop, Quito,Ecuador. 2019
Selected for portfolio review at V Forum Latino-Americano de Fotografia de São Paulo, Brasil
2019
Selected participant for Boreal Collective photography workshop, La Huasteca, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. 2018
Selected participant for Photo editing workshop with Claudi Carrera Jujuy, Argentina. 2017
Selected participant for Festival Errante portfolio review, Montevideo, Uruguay. 2017
Selected for Artist Residency, Fundacion Botin. Santander, Spain. 2012
Photography workshop. International Center of Photography. New York, USA. 2010
PUBLICATIONS | EXHIBITIONS
2021 “11/20” collective print and digital publication of photographs taken during the manifestations in Peru in the middle of the pandemic. KWY ediciones, Lima, Peru.
2021 “Héroes del Bicentenario. Días de lucha por la democracia en el Perú” digital group publication of the political and civic events which occurred in November 2020 in Peru
2018 “La Música en la Muerte” International Photography magazine
SOLO
2012 Los que vienen: diáspora latina. Cine Migratorio film festival. Santander, Spain
2011 Women: inspiring journeys. New world gallery. Miami, FL
GROUP
2024 Women's Voices, Miami Dade Public Library, Miami Beach Branch, Miami Beach, FL
2023 "Photobook as Object" GreenSpace, Miami, FL
2019 CONstitution X: Our Human Rights, West Palm Beach, FL
2017 Alumni Art Auction, FAENA FORUM, Miami, FL
2016 NWSA Alumni exhibit, New World School of the Arts. Miami,FL
2011 Post: BFA. CIFO. Cisneros Fontanals foundation. Miami, FL
2011 Japan now. Artseen. Miami, FL
2011 Beyond Paper. New World Gallery. Miami, FL
2010 Art from the Garden, Miami, Florida
2007 MDC Students exhibit. Sala 211, Santiago de Chile, Chile
2006 Fotoamérica, Santiago de Chile, Chile
email: zoniazena@gmail.com
+1(305) 724-3783