Photo by Kelsey Dillow (@kelseytiaraphoto), Knoxville TN 2022
Zoe Brester-Pennings is an interdisciplinary artist and educator currently living and working in Ohio. Her work ranges from print, sculpture, photo, and video art, exploring concepts of beauty, femininity, and humor. Her recent work explores myth through the utilization of a performed persona, Buck Wilde. She received her BFA with an emphasis in Printmaking from Sonoma State University graduating cum laude and with department distinctionIn and in 2023 she received her MFA in Printmaking from University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and was the recipient of the Betsy Worden travel scholarship to attend a residency in Wroclaw, Poland. She has exhibited works nationally and internationally and was the 2023/2024 Printmaking Artist in Residence at UW Parkside.