Bio:
Stefan Zoller (b. 1986, New York) is a visual artist based in Rochester, NY. Zoller earned an MFA in Painting from Syracuse University in 2016 and a BA in Studio Art from Houghton University in 2008. From 2008-2010, he worked as an apprentice to the painter Thomas S. Buechner in Corning, NY.
Zoller is an Assistant Professor at Nazareth University, where he teaches painting and drawing. His work has been exhibited in group and solo exhibitions nationally and internationally, including solo exhibitions Bone Memory at SLA307 in New York City and Strata at Hiram College’s Gelbke Gallery in Hiram, OH. Zoller’s work was recently featured in the 68th Finger Lakes Exhibition at the University of Rochester’s Memorial Art Gallery and Symbiosis and Interrogation at the Haidai Art Museum in Shandong, China.
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2024
-Procedural Spirit, Corners Gallery, Ithaca, NY
-Floods, Upstairs Gallery, Pittsford, NY
2021
-Monökrom, Frontispace Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
-Strata, Gelbke Gallery, Hiram College, Hiram, OH
2020
-Cairns, Leeds Gallery, Earlham College, Richmond, IN
-Strength From Below Vol. 2 (postponed due to COVID-19), Frontispace Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
2019
-Blasted Lungs, Colocino Gallery, Nazareth College, Rochester, NY
-Blackened, DOC Gallery, Fair Haven, NY
2018
-Skeletal Trees, Ortlip Gallery, Houghton College, Houghton, NY
-Bone Memory, SLA307 Art Space, New York, NY
2017
-Wyoming Distance, SALTQuarters, Syracuse, NY
2015
-Strength From Below, Michael Sickler Gallery, Syracuse, NY
-My Grandfather’s Hands (performance), Spark Art Space, Syracuse, NY
2014
-Son of the Genesee, 914Works, Syracuse, NY
-Rectangles, Stripes, Doom, Michael Sickler Gallery, Syracuse, NY
Selected Two Person Exhibitions
2012-15
-Over & Over, with Brent Erickson, 914Works, Syracuse, NY
-Zoller & Ryder: Paintings & Glass, Atrium Gallery, Corning Community College, Corning, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
-Mid-Atlantic New Painting, University of Mary Washington, Fredicksburg, VA
-Nazareth University Faculty Art Show, Nazareth University, Rochester, NY
-Path of Totality, Main St. Arts, Clifton Springs, NY
-Made in New York 2024, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
2023
-Small Works, Main St. Arts, Clifton Springs, NY
-Symbiosis and Interrogation, Haidai Art Museum, Shandong University, Shandong, China
-68th Rochester Finger Lakes Exhibition, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
(curated by Molly Donovan)
-3D Design Exposition, Ortlip Gallery, Houghton University, Houghton, NY invited but denied entry by Houghton University president for pro-LGBTQ+ statement
-Nazareth University Faculty Art Show, Arts Center Gallery, Rochester, NY
-Made in New York 2023, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
(curated by Kevin Larmon, Theda Sandiford, and Gary Sczerbaniewicz)
-Contemporary Mapping, Corners Gallery, Ithaca, NY
-Storm, Main St. Arts, Clifton Springs, NY
2022
-Atmospheric Perspective, Intersect Arts Center, St. Louis, MO
-Small Works, Main St. Arts, Clifton Springs, NY
-Nazareth College Faculty Art Show, Arts Center Gallery, Nazareth College, Rochester, NY
2021
-Symbiosis, Shandong University, Shandong, China, and Nazareth College, Rochester, NY
-Nazareth College Faculty Art Show, Arts Center Gallery, Nazareth College, Rochester, NY (Fall 2021)
-Nazareth College Faculty Art Show, Arts Center Gallery, Nazareth College, Rochester, NY (moved from Spring 2020)
2019
-Arts in Healthcare, Pauly Friedman Art Gallery, Misercordia University, Dallas, PA
-RIT Faculty Exhibition, Bevier Gallery, RIT, Rochester, NY
-Nazareth College Faculty Art Show, Arts Center Gallery, Nazareth College, Rochester, NY
-10! Celebrating a Decade at Exhibit-A, Exhibit-A Contemporary Art, Corning, NY
-Transparent Memory, Corners Gallery, Ithaca, NY
-Made in New York 2019, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
(curated by Ann Novado and Marie Via)
-66th Rochester Finger-Lakes Exhibition, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY (curated by Marilyn Zapf)
2018
-Nazareth College Faculty Art Show, Arts Center Gallery, Nazareth College, Rochester, NY
2017
-Made in NY 2017, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
2016
-Smart Dust, SLA307 Art Space, New York, NY
-None the Wiser: MFA 2016, Rouge Art Space, New York, NY and Syracuse University Art Galleries, Syracuse, NY
2015
-65th Rochester Finger Lakes Exhibition, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY (curated by Michael Rooks)
-A Long History Cut Short, Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY, and Point of Contact Gallery, Syracuse, NY (curated by Miranda Traudt)
2014
-Adjunct Appendix, Light Work Lab, Syracuse, NY (curated by John Wesley Mannion and Jessica Posner)
2010-13
-Southern Tier Biennial, Olean Public Library, Olean, NY
-64th Rochester Finger Lakes Exhibition, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY (curated by Alex Nyerges)
-Black and White Biennial, Exhibit A, Corning, NY
-Corning on Canvas Invitational, 171 Cedar Arts, Corning, NY
-Thomas S. Buechner Tribute Exhibition, West End Gallery, Corning, NY