Nyssa Zinn
Houseboat, CA
nyssazinn@gmail.com
EDUCATION
2013 MFA Recipient: Photography
San Francisco State University
2006 BA American Studies
Mills College
2002-2005 Undergraduate Study Painting/Printmaking/American History
Tufts University/School of the Museum of Fine Arts
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2007-Present Freelance Prop Stylist
2012-2014 Adjunct studio arts instructor
2010-2012 Photography Studio Manager
San Francisco State University, CA
2010-2012 Screenprinting Teaching Assistant
San Francisco State University, CA
2009-2010 Afterschool Arts Program Volunteer
2007-2009 Photography Assistant to Jim Bastardo
San Francisco, CA
2002-2004 Printmaking Studio Technician
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2002-2004 Advanced Painting Assistant to Donald Sibley
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2002-2005 Office Assistant for Continuing Education Department
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013 MFA Thesis Exhibition, San Francisco State University:
San Francisco, CA
2012 “Stretch & Expose: A Curated Survey of Fine Art Screenprinting in the Bay Area”
San Francisco City Hall: San Francisco, CA
2011 “Stillwell” Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco State University:
San Francisco, CA
“IntroDuction II” The Art Gallery at Cesar Chavez Student Center:
San Francisco, CA
“Photography Now”, Tangent Gallery: Sacramento, CA
2010 “YES LET’S” The Spare Room Project: San Francisco, CA
2006 “Landscape Painting Today”, Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts: Boston, MA
2005 “Paper and Print”, Atrium + Project Space, School of the Museum of Fine Arts: Boston, MA
“Out of Time” The Vulcan: Oakland, CA”
“A Forest for the Trees” COUNTERPULSE: San Francisco, CA
AWARDS
2013 Marin Headlands MFA Fellowship Recipient
Marin County, CA
2013 San Francisco State University Tuition Grant
San Francisco, CA
2006 PHI ALPHA THETA
Mills College: Oakland, CA
2005 Janet L. Holmgren Presidential Scholarship
Mills College: Oakland, CA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2012 “MFA NOW: 2012 Archive Project”, Root Division: San Francisco, CA
GUEST LECTURES
2013 Guest Lecture, Screenprinting, San Francisco State University
Spring Semester
2012 Guest Lecture, Screenprinting, San Francisco State University
Spring Semester
2011 Guest Lecture, Screenprinting, San Francisco State University
Spring Semester
2010 Guest Lecture, Advanced Photography, Mills College,
Fall Semester