ZEAL HARRIS : TRANSATLANTIC : WILD SEED
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Channel: ERIC MINH SWENSON ART FILMS · 2017 · Education
A new Film by Eric Minh Swenson Zeal Harris is known for contemporary, seductive, faux-naive, caricaturesque, political, urban-vernacular, story paintings. Her influences are highly eclectic and include Southern Black folk art, Asian scroll paintings, Persian miniatures, Mexican ex-votos, Star Trek, and literature written by Black women. In the past year, she has been working in both Los Angeles and Miami although she is from Virginia and Washington D.C. Zeal has exhibited in Miami’s Prizm Art Fair and Satellite Art Fair, in Port Au Prince at Haiti’s Ghetto Biennale; in New York at the Caribbean Culture Center of the African Diaspora; in Arizona at The Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum; and in Los Angeles at the California African-American Museum. Her work has been highlighted by the LA Weekly, Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, Obsidian Journal, Pacifica Radio, Fabrik Magazine, Clocktower Radyo Shak, and a recently published book, “Creative Souls: African-American Artists in Greater Los Angeles”. Zeal has an MFA in Studio Art from Otis College of Art & Design. She occasionally teaches, works on public art projects, and works with community arts and activist organizations such as Black Lives Matter. To view resume or additional biographical information, please visit: www.zealsart.com For more info on Eric Minh Swenson visit his website at emsartscene.com. His art films can be seen at https://vimeo.com/channels/76542 Instagram : @ericminhswenson Eric Minh Swenson also covers the international art scene and his writings and photo essays can be seen at Huffington Post Arts : http://m.huffpost.com/us/author/eric-minh-swenson/
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