Zoya Scholis

Zoya Scholis is a Monterey and Bay Area denizen, with a BA in Studio Arts. A former bilingual school teacher, in 2007 she became a full-time artist and instructor, creating and leading Art for Personal Growth workshops. Her post-grad education includes Advanced Painting with Donald Feasel at San Jose State University and Katie Hawkinson at Stanford University. Among her many influences are Richard Diebenkorn, Joan Savo, and the drawings of Picasso.
Primarily a process painter, most of Zoya’s work features abstract forms from nature–figures, birds, leaves, petals, fruit.  Much of her figurative work has a dreamy Fairytale feel. For Scholis, art-making is an exploration of the psyche and an experiment with the Divine.