b. 1992, Doylestown, PA
EDUCATION
2018 MFA, Studio Arts, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
2015 BA, Studio Art, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA; studied abroad in Toulouse,France
Thesis: Concentrate and Ask Again, The Trout Gallery, Carlisle, PA
SOLO AND TW0-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2019 Wear Closed Toe Shoes and Throw Rocks to the Side, GOCA 121, Colorado Springs, CO (upcoming)
2018 Not Quite, The Gutterbox Gallery, Raleigh, NC
What I Already Know, Ejecta Projects, Carlisle, PA
Is a Call to Pleasure a Loss?: MFA Thesis Exhbition, The Allcott Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
2017 Nipslip, collaboration with Kimberly English, The Allcott Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
disproduction, collaboration with Kimberly English, The Allcott Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
Own, The Guest Room, Carrboro, NC
2016 Causeways, Goodyear Gallery, Carlisle, PA
2015 Carley Zarzeka: Post-Bac., Visual Resources Center, Carlisle, PA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Combined Talents, FSU Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL (Juried by Hallie Ringle)
Transitions, Abington Arts Center, Jenkintown, PA (Juried by Shannon Rose Moriarty)
2018 215/610 Contemporary, Delaware County Community College, Media, PA (Juried by Jean Shin)
One Night Stand, Golden Belts Studio, Durham, NC
One, The Cleve Carney Art Gallery, Glen Ellyn, IL
Untitled, Allcott Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC, curated by Diego Cortez
Versus, The Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC
2017 The Anxious Condition, Anchorlight, Raleigh, NC
Materia: A Temporal Collaboration at Atypical Sites, Chapel Hill, NC
Of Paper, Alcott Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
2016 Reflection Gallery, Cary, NC
Seeing these walls differently, together, WITF Public Media Center, Harrisburg, PA
Young Ones, Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts, Harrisburg, PA
2015 Collaborative Residue, Gallery 204, Carlisle, PA
Art on the Farm, Carlisle Arts Learning Center, Carlisle,PA
Rocks to Rockets, Goodyear Studio, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA (Juried by Melissa Eve Haimowitz)
2014 Toulouse Showcase, Goodyear Studio, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA
More of Less, Goodyear Gallery, Carlisle, PA
Don’t Think About It, Goodyear Gallery, Carlisle PA (Juried by Shannon Egan and Paul Manlove)
RESIDENCIES
2019 University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO (upcoming)
Shelburne Craft School, Shelburne, VT (upcoming)
Popps Packing, Hamtramck, MI
Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts and Sciences, Rabun Gap, GA
Arts, Letters & Numbers, Averill Park, NY
2018 Byrdcliffe Art Colony, Woodstock, NY
Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA
INVITATIONAL AUCTIONS AND BENEFITS
2018 MFA Auction, LIGHT Art + Design, Chapel Hill, NC
2017 MFA Auction, LIGHT Art + Design, Chapel Hill, NC
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2018 Second Place, 215/610 Contemporary, DCCC, Media, PA
Top MFA Prize in Studio Art, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill- juried by Diego Cortez
2017 Future Faculty Fellowship Program, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
2015 Dickinson College Post-Baccalaureate Intern Award
2014 The Weiss Prize for the Creative Arts, Carlisle, PA
PUBLICATIONS
2018 Indy Week,“In Versus, This Year’s Crop of UNC Studio Art MFA Graduates Take a Long View of Immediate Crises”, Chris Vitiello, https://www.indyweek.com/in dyweek/in-versus-this-years-crop-of-unc-studio-art-mfa-graduates-take-a-long- view-of-immediate-crises/Content?oid=13699715
2017 Indy Week, "Materia -A Temporal Collaboration at Three Atypical Sites," Brian Howe, p. 44; "The Anxious Condition," Noah Rawlings, p.33
Manifestos by elin o'hara slavic
COLLECTIONS
Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA
Le Prieuré, Ambialet, France
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2019 Studio Manager, Nancy WInship Milliken, Shelburne, VT
2017 Studio Assistant, Donald Martiney, Chapel Hill, NC
Studio Assistant, Hong-An Truong, Durham, NC
Student Assistant, BeAM Makerspace, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
2015-16 Studio Assistant, Anthony Cervino, Carlisle, PA
2012-15 Studio Proctor, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2018 Graduate Teaching Fellow, ARTS 103: Space-Introduction to Sculpture, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
2017 Graduate Teaching Fellow, ARTS 103: Space-Introduction to Sculpture, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Teaching Assistant, ARTS 103: Space- Introduction to Sculpture, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
2015 Teaching Assistant, ARTH 123: Introduction to Sculpture, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA