About the Artist
Born in the Ukraine, Zoya Frolova studied monumental painting in the former Soviet Union. She graduated from the Kharkov Art Institute in the Ukraine in 1976.
In 1984 she moved to Riga, Latvia before relocating to the United States in 1990. She has exhibited her work throughout the former Soviet Union as well as in Hungary, Cuba, Hong Kong, Sweden, Spain and the United States.
Her work is presented in numerous international collections including the Corcoran Gallery (Washington, DC), the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum (Rutgers University, NJ), the Tretyakov State Gallery (Moscow), and the Presidential Collection (Riga, Latvia).
Solo Exhibitions
2007
Life of Still Life, National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kyiv, UkraineLife of Still Life, Franklin Bowles Galleries, New York, NY, USA
2006
Games, Franklin Bowles Galleries, New York, NY, USA2004
Wind Scene, Weinstein Gallery, San Francisco, California2001
Sense of Wonder, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York City, New York2000
Installation of two monumental paintings: Ad Infinitum IE and Ad Gloriam, permanent collection of Swire Group, Oxford House, Taikoo Place, Hong Kong
1999
Tempus Sans, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York City, New York1997
Aetna Historia, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York City, New York1993
Riga's Gallery, Riga, Latvia1991
Z.A.N. Gallerie, Basel, Switzerland1990
Granovsky Gallery, San Francisco, California1988
The National East Slovak Gallery, Koshice, Czechoslovakia1989
Blasieholmens Konsst Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden1986
Let Me Introduce Myself, Zinibu Nams Exhibition Hall, Riga, LatviaGroup Exhibitions
2006
New Old Masters, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York City, New York2004
Portraits, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York City, New York2003
Feminity's Redress, Angel Orensanz Foundation Center for the Arts, New York City, New YorkFlow of Contradictions, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York City, New York
Sights and Sounds from the Land of Amber, Scandinavian House, New York City, New York
2001
Peeling Potatoes, Painting Pictures: Women Artists in Post-Soviet Russia, Estonia and Latvia,The First Decade, Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New JerseyThe Baltic's: Non-Conformist and Modernist Art During the Soviet Era, Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
1999
Nudes, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York City, New York1998
Zoya Frolova & Janis Jakobson, European Parliament, Generale de Banque, Brussels, BelgiumNew Renaissance from New York, Group 2 Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
International Hand Print Workshop, Gallery K, Washington DC
1997
International Print Exhibition, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, OregonCelebrating the Still Life, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York City, New York
1996
Women Painting Women, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York City, New YorkThe Moscow Studio, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York City, New York
Transition: East/West, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
1995
The Imaginary Way to Reality, Zoya Frolova & Janis Jakobson. Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York City, New YorkNew Prints from Moscow, The American Center, Ekaterinburg, Russia
Art Reality, Manege Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg, Russia
The Moscow Studio, Exhibition and Lecture, Hood College, Frederick, MD
Muskinghum College, New Concord, OH
One World, Many Visions: Celebration of the 50th anniversary of the UN, Silverstein Galleries, New Canaan, CT
Art Miami, Art Cnvention Center, Miami, FL
1994
Out of Moscow, The American Center, Moscow, RussiaBorghi & Co. Gallery, New York, NY, New York
International Art Exposition, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Ascending Angels, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York City, New York
1993-94
Latvian Painters of the Twentieth Century, Celebration of Latvian Independence: Paris, Bordeaux, Strasbourg, France1993
Art MIF, International Art Fair, Moscow, RussiaMoscow Studio, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
Riga's Gallery, Latvia
New Works, The American Center, Moscow, Russia
Borghi & Co. Gallery, New York City, New York Latvian Art, Gertsev Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Gertsev Gallery, Moscow
Latvian Art, Gertsev Gallery, Moscow
1991
Present Tense, Spring Art Gallery, East Hampton, New York City, New York1990
Fifty Years of Soviet Art, Metropolitan Cultural Centre: Madrid, Barcelona, SpainThree Astists, Ab Origin, Forum Art Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Soviet and Russian Art, China Club, Hong Kong China
1989
Exhibition of Soviet Artists, Helsinki, FinlandContemporary Soviet Painters from Riga, Latvia, E. Nakhamkin Fine Arts Gallery: New York, San Francisco, Beverly Hills
1988
Incident IV, Jana Seta, Riga, Latvia1987
Painters from USSR and Hungary, Budapest, HungaryIncident III, Theatre Musuem, Riga, Latvia
1986
Autumn '86, Central Exhibition Hall, Riga, LatviaIncident II, Anglican Church, Riga, Latvia
1985
Eight th International Biennial, Koshice, Czechoslovakia (Awared Grand Prix)International Exhibition of Young Artists, Dom Khudoznika Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow, Russia
Incident I, House of Poligraphist, Riga, Latvia
1984
Russian and Soviet Art: Traditions and Contemporaries, Centre Pompidou, Paris, FranceInternational Competition of Young Painters, Sofia, Bulgaria. Awarded First Prize
1982
Exhibition of Soviet Art, Havana, Cuba All Union Art Exhibition, Manege Exhibition Hall, Moscow, Russia1981
National Exhibition of Young Artists, Central Exhibition Hall, Tashkent, USSR1980
Young Ukrainian Artists, Central Exhibition Hall, Kiev, Ukraine1978
Young Painters, Academy of Arts, Leningrad, RussiaMuseum and Public Collections
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DCJane Voorhees Zimmerli Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, North Carolina
Tretyakov State Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Slavic National Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
Ministry of Culture, USSR
Ministry of Artists, USSR
Ministry of Culture, Latvia
Ministry of Culture, Ukraine
Presidential Collection, Riga, Latvia
Republic of Latvia Mission to the United Nations
Swire Group, Hong Kong