Zannah Noe

Zannah Noe is a contemporary mixed-media artist who draws inspiration from architecture and abstraction to depict the anatomy of place. Her creative journey begins with photography, transforming images through multiple processes, including image transfers, stencils, and silkscreen techniques. She masterfully blends representation with abstract expressionism, infusing her oil and acrylic works with photography and mark-making elements. Her work is characterized by lush, vibrant colors that create a dynamic abstract foundation, often enhanced by translucent image transfers.

Noe's artwork delves into social injustices related to housing, urban planning, and cultural identities. Drawing from her extensive digital archive of road trips across America and her background in graphic design and photography, she explores the American vernacular and its iconography. Formally trained under renowned photographer Carrie Mae Weems at Hampshire College, Noe also studied multimedia design at San Francisco City College and refined her painting skills with master painter Doug Schneider in San Francisco.

Noe's work boldly and chaotically reflects the complexity of place, weaving together design, photography, and politics. Her pieces, with their mul...

2009 – 2010 Private study under CCA Instructor Doug Schneider - SF, CA
1995 – 1997 City College of San Francisco, Multimedia Design and Graphic Design, - SF, CA
1986 – 1990 University of Massachusetts, BFA - Amherst, MA
1987 – 1989 Hampshire College, Photography minor Studied under Carrie Mae Weems - Hadley, MA

2020 "Authorized Personal Only" exhibit, ArtSpace Gallery Maynard, MA
2018
Basement Town Salon Show, Brooklyn, NY
2017
307 SLA Gallery, Space Dust, Group show, NY, NY

2016
Tortuga Gallery, Group Show, ABQ, NM
Tarot Society Gallery, Group Show, Brooklyn, NY

2015
Gallery Sixty-Six, Solo Show American Bones, Focus New Mexico, ABQ, NM
Velcrow Studios, American Bones exhibit, San Francisco, CA

2014
FreeSpace NYC, Group Show, Brooklyn, NY
Barber Lounge, Group Show, San Francisco, CA

2013
AMERICAN BONES | San Francisco, CA. Velcrow Studios, SF, CA
AMERICAN BONES | Caribou, ME. The Nylander Museum, Caribou, ME
AMERICAN BONES | Concord, MA. Albright Gallery, Concord, MA
SEEDS. A Collected Voice, Downtown Contemporary Gallery, ABQ, NM
Amusement Architecture, Dream Inn, Joive D Vivre Hotel, Santa Cruz, CA

2012
American Bones PHOTO + SOUVENIR, Velcrow Studios - SF, CA
Masquerade Show, ARC Gallery - SF, CA
Group Show, Red Boot Gallery at the Range - NM
AIR Show, Gathering Artists Gallery, Corrales - NM