CV
b. 1992, Shawnee, Kansas, USA
living in Los Angeles, CA, USA
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2024
Politico residents with Hector O. Hernandez, Studio 203, Los Angeles, CA
RECLAMATION, Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum, Long Beach, CA
2021
these illusory utopias with Yasmine Nasser Diaz, Studio 203, Los Angeles, CA
2020
The Sketchbooks with Monica Lloyd, Studio 203, Los Angeles, CA
Projecting Possibilities, juried by Helms Bakery District and Culver City Arts Foundation, Helms Design Center, Culver City, CA
Toward a new mythos, Studio 203, Los Angeles, CA
2015
The Journey with Zulian Martinez, Vulpes Bastille, Kansas City, MO
2014
Toward an Ideology, Destination Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Select Group Exhibitions
2024
Battle of the Saints, organized by Self-Help Graphics and Art, Long Beach City College Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2023
Influences/Influencers, Craft in America, Los Angeles, CA
Matrilineage: The Knowledge We Carry, Studio 203, Los Angeles, CA
A Common Thread, Art Share L.A., Los Angeles, CA
Procreate Project Archive, OVADA Gallery, Oxford, UK
Contemporary Perspectives in Fiber Arts, William D. Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad, CA
2022
CORE 2021, Long Beach Airport, Long Beach, CA
Tribeca Immersive: New Voices Competition, Tribeca Festival, New York, NY (Costume Artist for Planet City (2020), directed by Liam Young)
Our Time on Earth, Barbican Centre, London, UK (Costume Artist for Planet City (2020), directed by Liam Young)
Instruments of Memory, Studio 203, Los Angeles, CA
Surface, Substance, Structure, California Center for the Arts, Escondido Museum, Escondido, CA
2021
CORE 2021, 2nd & PCH Able ARTS Work Gallery, Long Beach, CA
California Fibers: Historical References, Studio 203, Los Angeles, CA
2020
NGV Triennial 2020, National Gallery of Victoria International, Melbourne, Australia (Costume Artist for Planet City (2020), directed by Liam Young)
California Fibers: Figuratively, Front Porch Gallery, Carlsbad, CA
The Process: [EXPOSED], Able ARTS Work online exhibition
Exh 04, Floorr Online Exhibition
2019
Hard Mud, Soft Thread, juried by Carrie Burckle, The Loft, Long Beach, CA
Craft Revolution, juried by Staci Steinberger, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
2018
CORE 2018: Defining Ourselves, Able ARTS Work Gallery, Long Beach, CA
Dimensions: Juried Exhibition of Fine Craft, juried by Peggy Sivert Zask, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA
2017
South Bay Focus 2017, juried by Emily Gonzalez-Jarrett, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2015
Kansas City Artists Coalition’s 2015 Undergraduate College Student Exhibition, Kansas City, MO
Kansas City Art Institute 2015 Annual BFA Exhibition, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
2014
Pieced Together, curated by Danny Orendorff, Warehouse Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Access Alumni Exhibition, Vulpes Bastille, Kansas City, M
Education
2015
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Fiber, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Art History, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Residencies
May 2024
Arab American National Museum
Dearborn, MI
August 2018–September 2018
Textile Arts | Los Angeles Artist Residency
Helms Design Center, Culver City, CA
July 2015
Order of the Third Bird
Mildred's Lane, Narrowsburg, NY
Grants
2021
Arts Resiliency Fund Grant from Culver Arts, Culver City, CA
2020
Projecting Possibilities: Projected Art Installation and Grant Program, juried by Helms Bakery District and Culver City Arts Foundation, Culver City, CA
2015
Karen W. Gould Fiber Department Project Award, Kansas City, MO
2013
Textile Society of America Scholarship for The Textile Museum in Washington, D.C. Fall Symposium
Lectures and Discussions
2023
Memory of Trees Artist Talk with Eliza Day-Green, livestream on YouTube, January 14, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiLz8Jt9WjM.
2022
Spool Artist Talk with Lydia Tjioe Hall, Elise Preiss and Jennifer Reifsneider and moderated by Aneesa Shami Zizzo, livestream on YouTube, November 5, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUVujS_HPhc.
Able ARTS Work In-Service Online Workshop on Creativity, Los Angeles, CA, September 13.
Art Talk: Art, Materials & Memory, guest speaker, Studio 203, Los Angeles, CA, March 20.
2021
KCAI Fiber Department Forum, guest lecturer, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO, March 10.
2020
Lunchtime Studio Tour + Discussion with Artists Aneesa Shami and Monica Lloyd, sponsored by Helms Bakery District, livestream on Facebook and YouTube, October 26, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcAjr-gUUDs.
Art Past Present, guest panelist, presented by the Wende Museum, hosted by Farrah Karapetian and Joes Segal, online webinar, September 16, https://vimeo.com/showcase/7463238.
KidScoop Media Interview on #ProjectingPossibilities at Helms Design Center, Kid Scoop Media, July 3, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz-GoaSC47k&t.
Professional Development lecture, presenter, Self Help Graphics Youth Committee, Los Angeles, CA, February 12.
Mindful and Meaningful: Exploring the Synergies between Textile Waste and Fine Art Practice, presenter and panelist, sponsored by Helms Design Center, practiceLAB event by Textile Arts L.A., Culver City, CA, January 29, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YA9bDqYTLo&t.
2018
Mindful Materials: A Textile Summit, presenter, sponsored by Helms Design Center, Arcana: Books on the Arts, and Eco Sessions, Textile Arts L.A. Annual Summit, Culver City, CA, September 15.
Workshops
2023
ReMemory Landscape Workshop, Craft in America, Los Angeles, CA, September 30.
Community-Building Workshop for Wallace Foundation Grantees, Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA, February 1.
2022
Automatic Drawing Workshop, Able ARTS Work Learn for Life Program, online, December 15.
ReMemory Landscape Workshop, Kansas City Textile Art Center, Kansas City, KS, September 1.
Fabric Collage Workshop, Able ARTS Work Learn for Life Program, online, May 26.
ReMemory Landscape Workshop, in conjunction with Instruments of Memory, Studio 203, Los Angeles, CA April 16.
Rug Weaving Workshop, Able ARTS Work Learn for Life Program, online, February 24.
2021
Rug Weaving Workshop, Able ARTS Work Learn for Life Program, online, September 23.
Wellness Wednesday: Rug Weaving with Aneesa Shami Workshop, Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA, July 21.
2020
Contemporary Rug Weaving Workshop, online, June 27.
Collage with Fabric Workshop, in conjunction with Toward a new mythos, Studio 203, Los Angeles, CA, February 22.
2019
Collage with Fabric Workshop, Hawthorne Arts Complex, Hawthorne, CA, June 29.
Bibliography
2020
Liam Young, Planet City, Andrew Mackenzie with Charles Rice and Mark Campbell, eds., (Melbourne, Australia: Uro Publications, 2020): 7-12, 20-24, 385-87.
Elizabeth Denny, “Curated Selections: Aneesa Shami,” Dovetail, Issue 02, 110-111.
Janet Mendelsohn, “California Fibers: 50 Years Strong,” Fiber Art Now, Spring 2020, 34-39.
2018
"Emerging Artists Showcase 2018," curated by Marcia Young, Fiber Art Now Magazine, Spring 2018.
Online Periodicals
2024
Melina Paris, “Aneesa Shami Zizzo: Reclamation at Kleefeld Contemporary,” Random Lengths News, April 22, 2024, https://www.randomlengthsnews.com/archives/2024/04/22/reclamation/50705.
Rawaa Talass, “Arab American Heritage Month: LA-based artist Aneesa Shami Zizzo talks tactile medium of fabrics,” Arab News, April 12, 2024, https://www.arabnews.com/node/2491891/lifestyle.
2021
Lila Nazemian, “Artist Spotlight with Aneesa Shami,” ArteEast, October 13, 2021
https://arteeast.org/programs/aneesa-shami/.
Sandra Coopersmith, “#CulverCityResilient, United by Art,” Culver City Observer, August 19, 2021, https://www.culvercityobserver.com/story/2021/08/19/arts-and-entertainment/culvercityresilient-united-by-art/10449.html.
Alejandra Espinosa, “Between Fiction & Future: A City Home To The World’s Population,” Luxiders, February 2021, https://luxiders.com/between-fiction-and-future-planet-city/.
Cajsa Carlson, “Ane Crabtree designs costumes for bot herders and drone shepherds for Planet City movie,” Dezeen, January 14, 2021, https://www.dezeen.com/2021/01/14/ane-crabtree-planet-city-costume-design-clothing-future-utopia/.
2020
Local Stories, ”Meet Aneesa and Grant Zizzo of Studio 203 in Palms, Los Angeles,” VoyageLA, November 19, 2020, http://voyagela.com/interview/meet-aneesa-zizzo-grant-zizzo-studio-203-palms-los-angeles/.
2018
Jeff Davis, "Studio Visit: Aneesa Shami,” Arcadia Weekly, November 12, 2018, https://www.arcadiaweekly.com/arts-and-entertainment/studio-visit-aneesa-shami/.
Jeff Davis, "Studio Visit: Aneesa Shami,” Monrovia Weekly, November 12, 2018, https://www.monroviaweekly.com/arts-and-entertainment/studio-visit-aneesa-shami/.
Jeff Davis, “Studio Visit: Aneesa Shami,” Pasadena Independent, November 12, 2018, https://www.pasadenaindependent.com/arts-and-entertainment/studio-visit-aneesa-shami/.
Blogs
2023
Sydney Davis-Campos, “Q & A with Los Angeles Fiber Artist: Aneesa Shami Zizzo,” Able ARTS Learn for Life in COLOR, April 6, 2023, https://www.ableartslearnforlife.org/post/q-a-with-artist-aneesa-shami-zizzo.
2020
Claudia Pretelin, “The Fear of Emptiness: An Interview with Aneesa Shami,” Instruments of Memory, May 15, 2020, https://instrumentsofmemory.com/2020/05/15/the-fear-of-emptiness-an-interview-with-aneesa-shami/.
2019
Brittany Wittman McLaughlin, “Aneesa Shami: Material Lexicon,” The Common Thread, March 6, 2019, https://theweavingworkshop.com/2019/03/06/aneesa-shami-material-lexicon/.