Zoey B Scheler (b. 1989 - New York, New York)

Education

MFA Visual Arts, Purchase College - State University of New York, 2017

Purchase, NY

MSED Art Education, Hofstra University, 2013

Hempstead, NY

New York K-12 Art Education Certification

BFA Ceramics, Pratt Institute, 2011

Brooklyn, NY

Exhibitions

2022 Clay National XVI, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO

2021 The Ceramics Congress, Virtual Makers Market, The Ceramic School, Kärnten, Austria

2021 NCECA Virtual Conference: Rivers, Reflections, Reinventions, Clay Art Center, Cincinnati, OH

2020 Connections Virtual Exhibition, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY

2020 CLAYFEST, Saratoga Clay Arts Center, Saratoga, NY

2020 Duo Show with Paul Clark Minor, The Blue Spruce Gallery, Florence, CO

2020 666: A Small Works Ceramic Exhibition, Applied Contemporary Gallery, Oakland, CA

2019 Clay: Heart in Hand, 1251 Avenue of the Americas Lobby Gallery, New York, NY

2019 Pace Faculty Art Exhibition, Pace University, Pleasantville, NY

2019 CRAFTS at Lyndhurst, Lyndhurst Mansion, Tarrytown, NY

2019 Pots for Pets, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY

2019 Small Favors, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

2018 Good Things... come in small packages, Flower City Arts Center, Rochester, NY

2018 I-70, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY

2018 NCECA Gallery Expo, Clay Art Center, Pittsburgh, PA

2017 Artefactual I, Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery, Purchase, NY 

2017 Artefactual II, Equity Gallery, New York, NY

2017 Thrown & Altered, Sweetwater Gallery, Sewickley, PA 

2016 Stolen/Missing/Disappeared, Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery, Purchase, NY

2016 First Street Gallery MFA National Competition, New York, NY

2016 Walking Through Glue, International Online MFA Group Exhibition, Missoula, MT

2015 Medium Rare, Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery, Purchase, NY

2014 Colorado State Fair Professional Art Exhibition, Pueblo, CO 

2014 Portrait Exhibit, The Bell Tower, Florence, CO 

2012 Line to Life, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 

2012 Young Artists for St. Jude, New York, NY 

2011 Regional College Art Association Exhibit at NYCAMS, New York, NY 

2011 Brooklyn Comfort, Schafler Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 

Professional Experience

Home Studio, Cañon City, CO

Virtual & In Person Ceramics Instructor, Youth and Adult Courses, 2020-Current

Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY

Resident Artist & Ceramics Instructor, 2017 - 2019

Pace University - Pleasantville, NY

Adjunct Professor, 2018 - 2019

Purchase College - State University of New York, Purchase, NY

Studio Art Instructor, Summer Youth Programs in the Arts, 2017

Purchase College - State University of New York, Purchase, NY 

Adjunct Professor, 2015 - 2017

Purchase College - State University of New York, Purchase, NY 

Art & Design Office and Admissions Assistant , 2015 - 2017

Purchase College - State University of New York, Purchase, NY

Ceramics Technician, 2016 - 2017

Tova Snyder Studio, Port Chester, NY

Studio Assistant, Large Scale Murals, 2017

K-12 Public Schools, Long Island, NY 

Student Art Teacher, 2013

Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 

Graduate Assistant & Ceramic Technician, 2011 - 2012

Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

Ceramics Club President, 2010 - 2011

University of West Virginia, Morgantown, WV 

Ceramics Internship with Jennifer Allen, 2010

Pratt Institute, Sunday Art School, Brooklyn, NY

Assistant Teacher, 2009 - 2011

P.S. 277, Bronx, NY & Mamaroneck High School, Mamaroneck, NY 

Visiting Art Instructor, 2009 - 2010

Workshops & Artist Talks

2022 State University of New York Plattsburgh, Virtual Artist Talk & Demonstration, Plattsburgh, NY 

2021 Colorado State University Pueblo, 3 Day Workshop, The Road Between Pottery & Sculpture, Pueblo, CO 

2021 Colorado State University Pueblo, Virtual Workshop, High Fire Wire & Clay: All You Need to Know, Pueblo, CO 

2021 Saratoga Clay Arts Center, Virtual Workshop, High Fire Wire & Clay: All You Need to Know, Saratoga, NY 

2020 Clay Art Center, Virtual Workshops, Nichrome Wiring your Ceramics & Underglaze Techniques, Port Chester, NY 

2020 Hudson River Potters Virtual Workshop, Visiting Artist Series 2020-2021, Ossining, NY

2019 Workshop Assistant to John McMillan, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY

2018 - 2019 Hudson River Potters Hands on Workshop, Ossining, NY

2018 - 2019 Resident Lecturer, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY

2018 Workshop Assistant to Lindsay Scypta, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY

2018 Members Only Demo & Slide Presentation, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY 

2018 Workshop Assistant to Jason Bige Burnett, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY

2017 Artist Talk, Cue Art Foundation, New York, NY

2016 Visiting Artist, Sculpture Lecture - Professor Chris Robins, SUNY Purchase College, Purchase, NY

Published Works & Awards

2021 Meet Zoey B Scheler | Ceramic Artist and Teacher, Shoutout LA, December, 2021

2021 Developing The Creative Mind, The Potters Cast, Episode 711, March, 2021

2018 Ceramic Arts Yearbook Resident Artists, Issue: October 2018

2017 Ceramic Arts Yearbook Resident Artists, Issue: October 2017

2017 Outstanding MFA Award, Purchase College SUNY, Purchase, NY

2017 Dedalus Foundation MFA Fellowship Nominee, Purchase College SUNY, Purchase, NY

2016 - 2017 Windgate Charitable Foundation Merit Scholarship, Purchase College SUNY, Purchase, NY

2016 Italics Mine: Art and Literary Magazine, Purchase, NY

2015 - 2016 Nancy Jo Abeles Merit Scholarship, Purchase College SUNY, Purchase, NY 

2009 Ubiquitous: Art and Literary Magazine, Brooklyn, NY 

Additional Ceramic Study & Memberships

Member of National Association of Women Artists

Member of National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts

Santa Fe Clay, Chuck Aydlett Workshop 

Alfred University Summer Open Studio Intensive