Born in 1975 in santa rosa, ca. Currently lives in Los Angeles.

Education:

2001

M.F.A. Photography & Integrated Media CalArts, Valencia, CA

1997

B.A. Art & Politics, Honors, UC, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA

1996

Spring Semester Abroad, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea

Solo/Two Person Exhibitions:

2011

TRANSGRESSING THE PACIFIC,  Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA

TRANSGRESSING THE PACIFIC. Las Cienegas, Los Angeles, CA

2010

THE UNVEILING OF MICHELLE DU BOIS: FOR UR EYES ONLY,  curated by Emma Grey at EGHQ, Charlie James Gallery & Dan Graham, Los Angeles, CA

THE UNRAVELING OF MICHELLE DU BOIS, DCKT Contemporary, New York, NY

FOR UR EYES ONLY, curated by Emma Gray at EGHQ, Charlie James & Dan Graham, Los Angeles, CA

2009

SELECTIONS FROM THE ANALOG COLLECTION from The Reconsidered Archive of Michelle du Bois, 65GRAND, Chicago, IL

2008

AUTOPORTRAIT:THE RECONSIDERED ARCHIVE OF MICHELLE DU BOIS Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA

ZOE CROSHER AT GALLERY 2.5, Illinois State University, Normal, IL

THE RECONSIDERED ARCHIVE OF MICHELLE DU BOIS, Curated by Pilar Tompkins, Claremont Museum of Art, Claremont, CA

1 YR-LATER, Diverseworks, Houston, TX

2007

ZOE CROSHER AT 65GRAND, 65 Grand, Chicago, IL

2006

OUT THE WINDOW (LAX), DCKT Contemporary, New York, NY

OUT THE WINDOW (LAX), Small A Projects, Portland, OR

LA-LIKES, 2-person show with Todd Brainard, Kidder-Smith Gallery, Boston, MA

2005

LAX show at LAX, Terminal 1/book launch for ‘LAX’, LA Cultural Council

2004

LA-LIKE, DCKT Contemporary, New York, NY

Out the Window (LAX), Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2001

Zoe Crosher, Hollywood & Vine Presents Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Straight Arrow, MFA Graduate Exhibition, CalArts, Valencia, CA

2000

Zoe Crosher at the Black Dragon Society, The Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA

Selected Exhibitions:

2011

Love Letter to a Surrogate, conceived by Warren Neidic, MUHKA, Antwerp, Belgium

The Open Daybook,, curated by David Earle,, LACE, Los Angeles, CA

Archive Show, curated by Christopher Gianunzio, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA

2010

2010 California Biennial, curated by Sarah Bancroft, Orange County Museum of Art

The City Proper, curated by James Welling, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Standard Deviation, curated by Jenny Le & Janet Levy, See Line Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

HollywoodMerchmArt!, curated by Emma Gray, LACE, Los Angeles, CA

The Road to Here, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Go West, curated by Jill Dawsey, Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT

Group Show, Chunk King Projects, Los Angeles, CA

From My Universe: Objects of Desire Part II, curated by Janet Levy

See Line Gallery, Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA

Outside the Project, curated by Jessica Minckley, Raid/Workshop, Los Angeles, CA

(tentative) LIES, curated by Shamim Momim & Miki Garcia, TBA

The City Proper, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2009

Artist of the Month Showcase, Invisible-Exports, New York, NY

Suddenly, curated by Stephanie Snyder, Pomona College Museum of Art, Pomona, CA

unfiction curated by Bill Conger, University Galleries, Illinois State University Normal, IL

The Possibility of an Island:The First Surtsey Biennial, Iceland, curated by Michael Wilson

Leave This Capital, Exit This Roman Shell, curated by Deric Carner

Root Division Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2008

The Black Dragon Society, curated by Parker Jones, Black Dragon Society, LA, CA

Suddenly, curated by Stephanie Snyder, Reed College, Portland, OR

Small Things Fail, Great Things Endure, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA curated by Jill Dawsey & María del Carmen Carrión

2007

Three Pieces, Platform for Art and Ideas, Generic Fun curated by Deric Carner, SF, CA

Hot Fun!, curated by Jay Jordan, New Center for Contemporary Art, Louisville, KY

The Space Between, curated by Sara Reisman, Daryl Roth Theatre, New York, NY

Exquisite Acts & Everyday Rebellions, CalArts Feminist Art Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA

Dear Archaeologist: Selections from the Permanent Collection, curated by Barb Choit

The Division Museum of Ceramics and Glass, New York, NY

2006

Many Happy Returns, High Energy Constructs, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA

Summer Photo Show, curated by Nu Nguyen  Sandroni.Rey, Los Angeles, CA

Gimme Shelter, curated by Megan Riley, Shelter Island, NY

Re-Make, Re-Model, d’Amelio Terras, New York, NY

Hospitality Group Show, MAK Artists Apt, Los Angeles, CA

2005

Bebe Le Strange, d’Amelio Terras, New York, NY

Rock Group Show, Small A Projects, Portland, OR

Campari & American Photo Present House of Campari, Emerging LA Photographers

Welcome to the Jungle, DCKT Contemporary, New York, NY

2004

Based on a True Story, Artists’ Space, New York, NY

Hot Summer Group, cherrydelosreyes Gallery, Venice, CA

2003

The Landscape Show, curated by Eleanor Harwood Adobe Bookshop, San Francisco, CA

Relax, curated by Megan Riley, DCKT Contemporary, New York, NY

Brave New Art, Bruce, Rotterdam Architectural Biennale, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Foliage, curated by Marte Eknaes, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, CA

Drive Into the Sunset, Western Front Exhibition Programme, Vancouver, BC Canada

2002

Other Routes, Brooklyn, NY www.genericfun.com/otherroutes

2001

Immediate Distance, Integrated Media Group Show,  CalArts, Valencia, CA

Have a Cool Summer, Keep In Touch, Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

Lectures, Panels & Other Activities:

2010

LAXART Billboard Artist, September 2010

Artist’s Project, X-TRA Contemporary Art Quarterly, curated by Jenee Misraje

Artist’s Edition, Aperture Foundation

Conversation between Zoe Crosher & Jan Tumlir, Aperture Foundation

Visiting Artist Lecture, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

Visiting Artist Lecture, UCI, Irvine, CA

Visiting Artist Lecture, Scripps College, Claremont, CA

2009

Visiting Artist Lecture, UCSB, Santa Barabara, CA

LA><Art Benefit Auction, Los Angeles, CA

Bookmeat, Side Street Projects, Los Angeles, CA

Presenter, Big City Forum #7, A Conversation About Place, Los Angeles, CA

Furthering Photography Now, Panel, Afterall Conversations, CCA 2009, Los Angeles, CA

February Artist of the Month Club, Invisible Exports, LLC, New York, NY

curated by Amy Davila, 1301PE, http://artistofthemonthclub.com/

Suddenly Public Speakers:Los Angeles, The Mandrake, Los Angeles, CA

Fresh Start Auction, Venice, CA

2008

X-Tra 1 Image, 1 Minute Participant, REDCAT, Los Angeles, CA

Monster Drawing Rally, Outpost for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

Shot: 100<> 100 LA><ART, Los Angeles, CA

New Langton Art Benefit Auction, Los Angeles, CA

LACE Benefit Auction, Los Angeles, CA

Artist Lecture, Carnegie Mellon Univeristy, Pittsburgh, PA

34th Anniversary Benefit, Creativetime, New York, NY

2007

Artist Lecture, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

Artist Lecture, Columbia College, Chicago, IL

Zoe Crosher by Britany L.Salsbury, New City Chicago, Sept 07

North Drive Press #4, New York, NY

Artist Pension Trust, Los Angeles, CA

Sound Camp, hosted by High Desert Test Sites, Joshua Tree, CA

LA><ART Auction, Los Angeles, CA

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Auction, New York, NY

Headlands Center for the Arts Auction, Sausalito, CA

2006

Panel Discussion on LA Imaginary, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, Nov 06

Panel Discussion on LA Imaginary, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Nov 06

Artist Lecture, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, Nov 06

Zoe Crosher at Small A Projects, Review by Stefanie Snyder, Artweek, July/Aug 06

Lost Causes, a Traveling Lecture Series by Pablo Helguera at LA><ART

Shot: 100<> 100 LA><ART, Los Angeles, CA

Zoe Crosher by John Motley, The Portland Mercury, May 25, 06

Reflections in Plane Sight, by Brian Libby, The Oregonian, May 21, 06

Window Display, New York Times Style Magazine, May 5, 06

Cheap Rooms, Cheap Thrills’, Print interview by Cara Anna, Associated Press, Feb 06

Rooms with A View, Print interview by Steffie Nelson, LAWeekly, Dec 30-Jan 5, 06

New Orleans Art Auction, Blum & Poe Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Jan 06

2005

Studio 360, Radio interview with Matt Holzman for LAX work, Jan 05

Visiting Artist Lecture, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY

LA><Art Benefit Auction, Los Angeles, CA

LACE Auction, Los Angeles, CA

CalArts Auction, Los Angeles, CA

2004

Artists’ Space ‘Night of a Thousand Drawings’ Auction, New York, NY

‘Afterall’ Auction, ICA, London, England

‘art2102’ Auction, The Mountain Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA

‘Journal of Aesthetics & Protest’ Auction, Machine Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2003

Visiting Artist Participant, Cooper Union, New York, NY

2001

Visiting Artist Lecture, Pasadena Art Center for Design, Pasadena, CA

Publications:

2011

Horizontal New York In Photographs, edited by Marla Hamburg Kennedy published by Rizzoli international Publications, designed by Richard Pandiscio

The Reconsidered Archive of Michelle du Bois published by Aperture Books

2010

Shifter Magazine, edited by Sresha Rit Premnath and Warren Neidich

Artist’s Project, X-TRA Contemporary Art Quarterly, curated by Jenee Misraje

Suddenly, The Living Book, edited by Stephanie Snyder, publisher TBA

Open Daybook, edited by David Earle published by markbattypublishers, NYC

Femme Fatale – Zoe Crosher’s Reconsidered Archive of Michelle duBois by Jan Tumlir Aperture 198, Spring 2010

2009

Publication of Words Without Pictures, ed. by Charlotte Cotton & Alex Klein, LACMA

Publication Suddenly, Where We Live Now by Stephanie Snyder, Reed College

2nd Acts, Interrupting the Imaginary, Inside the Ship of My Imagination, Artlies Feb 09

2008

Zoe Crosher:Wright Image Series, Chicago, IL

2007

LA-Like(Lost) CD – 4 Cover Songs about Los Angeles – North Drive Press

Out The Window (LAX) spread for Air Magazine, Cologne, Germany

The Art of Buying Art: An Insider’s Guide to Collecting Contemporary Art by Paige West, published by ReganBooks, an imprint of Harper Collins

Michelle du Bois spread for S Magazine, Sweden

Review in Gelati Hotel blog

2006

Publication of Out the Window (LAX) texts by Pico Iyer, Norman Klein & Julian Myers

2004

Cover image for Artists’ Space Catalogue from ‘Based on A True Story’

http://art.blogging.la/archives/cat_reviews.phtml

Catalogue essay for ‘Art and the Afterall Effect’, Playspace Gallery, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA

‘Professionalization as the New Medium’, Cakewalk Issue 6

Publication of NTNTNT, Calarts Press, Managing Editor, Dream City/Tactical

Media/Libidinal Economy/(Power &) Control/ The Collector/The Trace

2002

Published in LANOW, ‘Out the Window (LAX)’

2001

Part of online art site, looc.net, http://www.looc.net/text/essay.html

2000

SHOTS photography magazine, Minneapolis, MN

Fashion Images de Mode #5, Steidl Publishers, Germany

Cover Image for Trepan 2, CalArts School of Critical Studies

1999

Masterminds of Mode, International Fashion Festival Publication

Howard Greenberg Galleries New York, NY,  Kobe & Tokyo, Japan

1998

RAYGUN – Photography Spread, p.74–78 RAYGUN, Sept. 98 no.59

Work Experience:

2010 Spring

Thesis Advisor, UCLA Department of Art, Los Angeles, CA

2009 Fall

Visiting Faculty Fine Art, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA

2009 Spring

Visiting Faculty Fine Art, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA

2008 Fall

Visiting Faculty, UCLA Department of Art, Los Angeles, CA

2008 Summer

Visiting Artist Faculty, Illinois State University, Normal, IL

2008 Spring

Visiting Faculty, UCLA Department of Art, Los Angeles, CA

2007 Fall

Replacement Lecturer, UCLA Department of Art, Los Angeles, CA

2007 – present

LA Advisor for Fillip Review, Vancouver, Canada

2002 – 2007

U.S. Project Manager & Editorial Assistant, Afterall Journal

‘A Journal of Art, Context and Enquiry’, London & Los Angeles

2001 – 2004

Managing Editor for publication of book of interviews from <net.net.net> lecture series NTNTNT, CalArts Press

2001 – present

Freelance web designer Photography Collection Manager, Susan Burks

Burks Consulting Group, San Francisco, CA

2000-2001

Visiting Artist Coordinator for Program in Photography, CalArts

2001

Teaching Assistant to Ellen Birrell, Visual Semiotics,’ CalArts

1999

Intern, Art In Embassies Program, U.S. Dept of State, Washington, D.C.

Awards & Residencies:

2011

Residency, McDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH

2010

Residency, Artist Pension Trust, New York, NY

2008

Durfee ARC Grant, Los Angeles, CA

Lee Michel Emerging Artist Grant

2007

Residency, Materials & Applications, Los Angeles, CA

2006

Recipient of Penny McCall Foundation Publishing Award, New York, NY

Recipient of Pillowfight Grant, Seattle WA

2005

Recipient of publishing grant from Phil Aarons, New York, NY

2004

Residency, Cooper Union School of Art, New York, NY

2003

Recipient of Dean’s Award for Faculty & Staff, CalArts, Valencia, CA

1999-2001

Recipient of Liberace Merit Scholarship, Las Vegas, NV

1998-2001

Recipient of CalArts Scholarship, Valencia, CA

1999

Recipient of Integrated Media Grant CalArts, Valencia, CA

1999-2000

Recipient of Ahmanson Grant, CalArts, Valencia, CA

1999

Recipient of Dean’s Award,  CalArts, Valenica, CA

Awarded Dean’s Undergraduate Award for Excellence in the Arts

1997

University of California, Santa Cruz, William Hyde and Susan Benton Irwin Scholarship,

Public  & Private Collections:

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA

The West Collection

Progressive Art Collection

The Collection of Phillip and Aarons

The Collection of Richard Greer