SHANNA ZENTNER
b. Queens, NY
Lives and works in Chicago, IL
EDUCATION
2017 MFA The University of Chicago, Department of Visual Arts, Chicago, IL
2004 BFA The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, NY
GRANTS/AWARDS/FELLOWSHIPS
2019 Full Scholarship, The Center Program, Hyde Park Art Center
2017-18 Post-MFA Teaching Fellowship, The University of Chicago
2016-17 Art Science and Culture Initiative Graduate Fellowship, The University of Chicago
2016 Student Creativity Grant, The University of Chicago
2015-17 Darrow Humanities Fellowship, The University of Chicago
2004 Sarah Cooper Hewitt Award, The Cooper Union
2000-04 Full Tuition Scholarship, The Cooper Union
RESIDENCIES/PROGRAMS
2019 New Edition, Hyde Park Art Center
2019 The Center Program, Hyde Park Art Center
2017 Ox-Bow Fall Artists and Writers Residency, 5-week
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 Cosmos and Amateurs, Durham Arts Place | Durham, NC
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Anniversary Show, Elephant Room Gallery | Chicago, IL (forthcoming)
Intersectional Touch, Hyde Park Art Center | Chicago, IL
12 Openings Part 7, Compound Yellow | Chicago, IL
2018 Ground Floor Biennial, Hyde Park Art Center | Chicago, IL
2017 Student Summer Projects: Time Warpage Generator, Logan Exhibitions | Chicago, IL
And, and, and Part I, Logan Exhibitions | Chicago, IL
2016 The Path is not Linear, Blanc Gallery | Chicago, IL
Sabina Ott: Who cares for the sky?, Hyde Park Art Center | Chicago, IL
2015 We the Survivalists, Gallery 213 Mana Contemporary | Chicago, IL
Sevii, Elephant Room | Chicago, IL
Deep Cuts, Jameson’s | Eugene, OR
Remnants, Open Center for the Arts | Chicago, IL
Deep Cuts, American Traditional Barbershop | Eugene, OR
Reverberate, Bliss on Bliss projects | Queens, NY
Blue November, NYCH Gallery | Chicago, IL
2014 Heroes and Villains, Jameson’s | Eugene, OR
2013 Helping Hands, OAS Gallery | Eugene, OR
Pacific Northwest Art Annual, The Erb Memorial Union | Eugene, OR
2011 Superheroes, Man Bites Dog Theater | Durham, NC
2007 Group Exhibition, M15 Gallery | New York, NY
2006 8-ft Art, Sputnik Gallery | Brooklyn, NY
2005 Paradise Lost, Marvelli Gallery | New York, NY
Group Exhibition, The Laundromat | Brooklyn, NY
Group Exhibition, Cleary Gottlieb Exhibition Space | New York, NY
2004 Escape, The Houghton Gallery | New York, NY
2003 Student Art Auction, The Houghton Gallery | New York, NY
COLLECTIONS
2014 Oregon Museum of Science and Industry | Portland, OR
2014 The University of Oregon | Eugene, OR
2013 Oregon State University | Corvallis, OR
PUBLIC TALKS
2017 Artist Talk; Ox-Bow School of the Arts Resident Lecture Series | Saugatuk MI
2017 And, and, and Part 1; Panel Discussion moderated by Max Guy, Logan Exhibitions | Chicago, IL
PUBLICATIONS
2018 Ground Floor: A Biennial Exhibition of New Art From Chicago; Exhibition Catalog Published by Hyde Park Art Center
2017 And, and, and; MFA Thesis exhibition catalog
Chrono-logical Chapter One; Self-published graphic novel
2016 South: As a State of Mind [Issue #8 Documenta 14 #3]; Documenta 14 exhibition catalog
2012 The Quarterlife Quarterly, New York based online journal
2011 Featured Artist, The Blotter magazine, Carrboro NC
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2017-18 Visiting Lecturer, Department of Communication and Creative Arts, Purdue University Northwest, Hammond IN
Art Appreciation
2018 Post-MFA Guest Lecturer, Department of Visual Arts, The University of Chicago
Visual Language: On Images
2017 Course Assistant, Department of Visual Arts, The University of Chicago
Intro to Painting, Professor Katherine Desjardins
Visual Language: On Images, Professor David Schutter
2016 Course Assistant, Department of Visual Arts, The University of Chicago
Visual Language: On Images, Professor Carol Jackson
Intro to Printmaking, Professor Katherine Desjardins
Senior Seminar, Professor William Pope.L
2015 Course Assistant, Department of Visual Arts, The University of Chicago
Painting I&II, Professor Scott Wolniak
2002-04 Drawing Instructor, The Saturday Program, The Cooper Union
Weekend drawing class for high school students
2001 Drawing Instructor, The Asheville Free School, Asheville, NC
Volunteer Instructor for free, weekly, community drawing class for students of all levels
SELECT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2018-Current Contributing Writer, New Art Examiner, Chicago IL
2017-Current Studio Assistant, PAHC Studio, Chicago IL
2016-17 Committee Member, MFA Cluster Talk Committee, The University of Chicago
2016-17 Gallery Attendant, The Renaissance Society, Chicago IL
2015-17 Graduate Mentor, MFA/BA Student Mentor Program, The University of Chicago
2014-15 Gallery Attendant, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago IL
2010-17 Scientific Illustrator, Freelance
2007 Studio Assistant, William Quigley, New York NY
2006-07 Art Restoration Assistant, Paulo Spano, Bialystoker Synagogue, New York NY
2006 Gallery Assistant, The Brooklyn Artists’ Gym, Brooklyn NY
2001 Studio Assistant, Robert Gardner Studio, Asheville NC
2000 Gallery Assistant, Paula Barr Gallery, New York NY
SELECT SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATION PUBLICATIONS
2017 Polymer Chemistry; cover illustration
Front Cover: E. B. Berda et al. Single-chain nanoparticles containing sequence-defined segments: using primary structure control to promote secondary and tertiary structures in synthetic protein mimics. Polymer Chemistry, 2017, Issue 38.
2015 Energy Environmental Science; cover illustration
Back Cover: Ritenour, A. J.; Boucher, J. W.; DeLancey, R.; Greenaway, A. L.; Aloni, S.;
Boettcher, S. W. Doping and Electronic Properties of GaAs Grown by Close-Spaced Vapor
Transport from Powder Sources for Scalable III-V Photovoltaics. Energy Environ. Sci.,
2015, 8, 278-285.
2015 Chemistry of Materials; cover illustration
Front Cover: Burke, M. S.; Enman, L. J.; Batchellor, A.; Zou, S.; Boettcher, S. W. Oxygen-
evolution-reaction electrocatalysis on transition metal oxides and (oxy)hydroxides:
Activity trends and design principles. Chem. Mater. 2015, 27 (22), 7549–7558.
2015 Chemistry- A European Journal; cover illustration
Inside Back Cover: Popov, I; Chen, T-H; Belyakov, S.; Daugulis, O.; Wheeler, S. E.; and
Miljanić, O. S. “Macrocycle Embrace: Encapsulation of Fluoroarenes by m-Phenylene
Ethynylene Host” Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 2750-2754.
2014 Inorganic Chemistry; cover illustration
Front Cover: Hartle, M.D.; Sommer, S.K.; Dietrich, S.R.; Pluth, M.D. “Chemically
Reversible Reactions of Hydrogen Sulfide with Metal Phthalocyanines.” Inorg. Chem.
2014, 53(15), 7800-7802.
2014 Inorganic Chemistry; cover illustration Vol. 53, Iss. 15
Front Cover: Kamunde-Devonish, M. K.; Jackson Jr., M. N.; Mensinger, Z. L.; Zakharov, L.
N.; and Johnson, D. W. “Transmetalation of Aqueous Inorganic Clusters: A Useful Route
to the Synthesis of Heterometallic Aluminum and Indium Hydroxo—Aquo Clusters”
Inorg. Chem., 2014, 53 (14), 7101–7105.
2014 Chemistry of Materials; cover illustration
Front Cover: Chen, T-H; Popov, I; Kaveevivitchai, W; and Miljanic, O. S. “Metal−Organic
Frameworks: Rise of the Ligands” Chem. Mater. 2014, 26, 4322-4325.
2014 Crystal Growth and Design; table of contents image
Table of Contents Image: Percastegui, E. G.; Zacharov, L. N.; Alvarado–Rodríguez, J. G.;
Carnes, M. E.; Johnson, D. W. † “Synthesis of a Self-Assembled Hg(II)–Dithiocarbamate
Metallomacrocycle”, Cryst. Growth Des., 2014, 14 (5), 2087–2091.
2013 Chemistry of Materials; cover illustration
Front Cover: Nadarajah, A.; Carnes, M. E.; Kast, M.; Johnson, D.; Boettcher, S. “Aqueous
solution processing of F-doped SnO 2 transparent conducting oxide films using a reactive
tin(II) hydroxide nitrate nanoscale cluster”, Chem. Mater., 2013, 25, 4080–4087.