BIO
Monica Zeringue received her Masters of Fine Arts from the University of New Orleans in 2006, and her BA in 1993. In 1999 she was awarded the Prix de l'Acadamie de Paris, Societe Internationale des Beaux-Arts. She had exhibited her work at the Contemporary Arts Center in 2007 with a solo exhibition, as well as numerous gallery solo exhibitions in New Orleans since 1999. Her drawings and paintings have been exhibited in group exhibitions throughout the United States. Zeringue's work in included in the public collections, including the New Orleans Museum of Art, Frederick R Weisman Art Foundation Collection, Los Angeles, CA, the Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA, and the Arts Council of New Orleans. Zeringue lives and works in New Orleans, and is currently teaching drawing at Tulane University.
ARTIST STATEMENT
My drawings are all self-portraits. I use images of myself, often reduced to a pre-pubescent form, in multiples. The girls exist in a world devoid of any reference to time or location, as in a partially recalled dream or memory. I am exploring identity, as I return myself back to a time of possibility: still innocent, but at the brink of change. But, as in the workings of memory, where time is compressed, stretched out, folded over and rearranged, these girls shift between pre-pubescent and fully mature, sometimes in the same work. They split apart, merge, and rearrange, creating sensual structures, of sorts, which sometimes give “birth” to more girls. These drawings are about becoming something new, different. The almost patterned repetition of poses emphasizes stagnancy, or a sort of glitch in time. Movement is suggested, but never seems to occur. Yet their hair keeps growing, weaving around them, binding and overpowering them, becoming something new on its own. I also use embroidery directly on the drawing as a visual and metaphorical element.
RESUME HIGHLIGHTS
EDUCATION
2006 Masters of Fine Arts, University of New Orleans, LA
1993 Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of New Orleans, LA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2010 New Orleans Museum of Art, LA, “Women Artists in Louisiana: 1965-2010”
2009 Solo Exhibit, Gathering, Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Hot Up Here, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
Southern Open, Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, LA
2008 Heriard-Cimino Gallery, LA, “Futurity,” Group show in conjunction with Prospect One.
2007 Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA “Matador”
2006 Solo Exhibit, Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA, “Becoming and Un-Becoming”
2005 South East Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC, “Homegrown: Southeast”
2004 Solo Exhibit, Soren-Christensen Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2002 Solo Exhibit, Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA
Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, MS, “Curator’s Choice: Monica Zeringue”
COLLECTIONS
Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA
2006 Masters of Fine Arts, University of New Orleans, LA
1993 Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of New Orleans, LA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2010 New Orleans Museum of Art, LA, “Women Artists in Louisiana: 1965-2010”
2009 Solo Exhibit, Gathering, Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Hot Up Here, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
Southern Open, Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, LA
2008 Heriard-Cimino Gallery, LA, “Futurity,” Group show in conjunction with Prospect One.
2007 Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA “Matador”
2006 Solo Exhibit, Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA, “Becoming and Un-Becoming”
2005 South East Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC, “Homegrown: Southeast”
2004 Solo Exhibit, Soren-Christensen Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2002 Solo Exhibit, Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA
Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, MS, “Curator’s Choice: Monica Zeringue”
COLLECTIONS
Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA
