About the Artist ⋆ emilyzhukov.com

Emily Zhukov is an artist and educator living and working in Panama since 1994. She studied art and literature at universities in the USA, France and Spain, living and exhibiting in Madrid and New York City before settling in Panama, where she is an active collaborator in the local art community.

Interested in the power of art to communicate across disciplines, she is a founding member of Estudio Nuboso, a knowledge exchange platform to promote connections between art, science and human ecology. She is an organizer and facilitator in the Arts and Science Laboratory, and has worked with schools and communities to help design spaces, projects and curricula integrating the arts.

Biography

Emily Zhukov

Mail 1: PTY 2965, PO Box 025724, Miami FL 33102-5724 U.S.A.

Mail 2: Apartado 0843-03225, República de Panama

Mobile: +49 016 – 26811599

E-mail: emilyzhukov@gmail.com

Web: emilyzhukov.com

Born Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.A., 1961

Resident in the Republic of Panama since 1994

Education

1991 M.F.A., School of Visual Arts, New York, NY.

. (President’s Scholarship 1990 – 1991)

1984 – 1986 Universidad Complutense, Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain.

1983 B.A. Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT.

1980 – 1981 Université de Haute-Bretagne, Rennes, France.

1977 – 1979 Atelier Lack School of Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN.

Teaching Experience

2002- 2016 Visual Arts Department Head, The International School of Panama, Panama

2002- 2016 Visual Arts Instructor, The International School of Panama, Panama

2011- present Adjunct Art Professor, Florida State University, Panama

2009 – present Visual Arts Examiner, International Baccalaureate Organization

1991 – 1993 Assistant Professor, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, USA

1984 – 1994 English, French, Spanish professor, Spain / Panama / USA

Solo Exhibitions

2011 Espacio Panamá/Galería Arteconsult, Panama

2008 Galería Arteconsult, Panama

2004 Manolo Caracol, Panamá

2003 Galería Arteconsult, Panama

2001 Musuem of Contemporary Art, Panama

1998 Galería Arteconsult, Panama

1996 Galería Arteconsult, Panama

Selected Group Exhibitions

2013 “Women Artists of Panama”, IDB Cultural Center, Washington DC, EE.UU.

2012 Centro Cultural Los del patio, Panama

2011 “00-10: Cuenta Progresiva,” Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Panama

2010 Mateo Sariel Gallery, Panama

2009 Aldo Castelli, Chicago, USA

. Diablo Rosso, Panama

2007 Diablo Rosso, Panama

. “Ángeles en el Casco,” proyecto en San Felipe, Panama

2006 “Arte Natura,” proyecto de PROMAR, Panama

2004 “Veinticinco Años,” Galería Arteconsult, Panama

. “Once damas y un caballero,” Manolo Caracol, Panama

. “Arte Shoa,” Museo Interoceánico del Canal, Panama

2003 “Visión de escultura,” Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Panama

. “Cien años de arte en Panama,” Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Panama

2001 IV Bienal del Caribe, Santo Domingo, Republic Dominicana

. Primer Festival del San Felipe, Panama

2000 “20 Años,” Galería Arteconsult, Panama

. “Huellas,” Allegro Gallery, Panama

. “Altares,” Fundación Calicanto, Panama

1998 IV Bienal de Arte de Panama, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Panama

1995 Galería Arteconsult, Panama

1992 Pino Molica Gallery, New York, NY, EE.UU. y Roma, Italia

1991 Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY, EE.UU.

. Gallery 128, New York, NY, USA

1989 Yesqueros, Murcia, España

1988 Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, España

1987 Casa de la Cultura, Alcora, España

. Casa de Vacas, Retiro, Madrid, España

1986 Galeria Cedro, Madrid, España

Works in Private Collections:

Museum of Contemporary Art of Panama

Manzanillo International Terminal

COPA Airlines

Balboa Union Church

The Internationa School of Panama

Other Art Collaborations:

Set / prop design for Contemporary Dance Choreography Works by Gramodanse and Milvia Martinez

Estudio Nuboso, co-founder

Art and Science Laboratory, organizer/facilitator

Ciudad Multiple, facilitator

Pedagogía Radical. participant

RIXC Art Science Festival, Riga, 2016, presenter

State of Emotion Festival, Berlin, 2016, volunteer

Jury member for Cultural Organizations in Panama: INAC (National Institute for Culture), SENACYT (National Institute for Science, Engineering and Technology, MAC (Museum of Contemporary Art), PRISMA (Contemporary Dance Festival)

Links

http://www.madc.cr/joomla151/index.php/arte-centroamericano-topmenu-77/artistas-de-panama/360-emily-zhukov

www.artnet.com/artists/emily-zhukov/www.artnet.com/artists/emily-zhukov/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rupertomiller/sets/72157606972886578/

http://www.balboaunionchurch.org/uploads/Newsletter%20June%2024,%202012.pdf

http://blog.galeriaarteconsult.com/2011/08/emily-zhukov-en-espacio-panama.html

http://madridabierto.com/es/intervenciones-artisticas/2005/rebekka-reich-anne-lorenz.html

http://www.macpanama.org/exhibiciones/detalle.php?select=142

Articles

http://www.thepanamanews.com/pn/v_10/issue_19/Arts_03.htm

http://www.macpanama.org/exhibiciones/exhibiciones_anteriores/resena_escultura.htm

http://www.prensa.com/impreso/el-ritmo-de-las-esculturas/19393