Bio

Zoe Potter is a Seattle based artist. She recently received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Cornish College of the Arts in 2025. At the end of her tenure in the program, Potter was twice nominated for the Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award and was granted a scholarship to attend Pilchuck School of Glass. While she has shown work in numerous group exhibitions, her thesis exhibition prompted a re-exhibition of some of these paintings at the 2025 Seattle Art Fair. Potter will be presenting a new body of work in her first solo exhibition with Mini Mart City Park in 2026.

  • I create out of a necessity - a driving need to express, to struggle, to analyze, and to make. Sculpting with metal, plaster, clay, and fabric is my medium for exploring the associations we have with materials and their meaning when juxtaposed with the human figure. My work oscillates between representation and abstraction, painting and sculpture, as I dissect themes of relationships and vulnerability. The figure is key to my practice, serving as both subject and symbol. Through my art, I scrutinize the perception of the female body, striving to articulate the complexity of inhabiting one. My process begins from the inside out, building structures with dynamic negative space that invite both visual engagement and introspection.

  • EDUCATION

    Bachelor of Fine Arts Candidate 2025, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA

    September 2023 –In Progress

    Associates of Art, North Idaho College, Coeur d’Alene

    August 2021 – December 2022

    University of North Dakota, Grand Forks ND

    August 2020 - May 2021

    Art Work

    Gallery Assistant at Mini Mart City Park 2023-present

    Studio Assistant for Casey Curran 2024

    Studio Assistant for Jeff Weir 2024

    Gallery Attendant at Behnke Family Gallery 2024

    Grants, Awards, Internship

    Pilchuck Scholarship 2025

    Sherry Raisbeck Scholarship 2024/25

    Sculpture Magazine Outstanding Student Nominee 2024

    Steve Walker Scholarship 2023/24

    Mini Mart City Park — Arts organization and Gallery, Internship Spring 2024

    Roland and Deloris LeCoultre Memorial Scholarship 2022

    Grant in Aid Recipient 2022 — Chosen by North Idaho College Art Department

    Recipients are chosen based on their commitment and artistic capabilities

    Exhibitions

    Group Exhibition—DIY Show, 9th Ave Gallery, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA, Fall 2024

    Group Exhibition— Beautiful Beasts, Behnke Gallery, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA, April 19th-May 3rd

    Group Exhibition— DIY Show, 9th Ave Gallery, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA, Fall 2023

    Group Exhibition—Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur d’Alene ID Spring 2023

    Group Exhibition— Emerge Gallery CDA, Coeur d’Alene ID Spring 2023

    Group Exhibition 1st & 2nd Place— Aspiring Artists, North Idaho College, Coeur d’Alene ID Fall 2022 

    Group Exhibition—Emerge Gallery CDA, Pop Up Show, Coeur d’Alene ID Summer 2022

    Group Exhibition 1st Place— Student Exhibition, The Corner Gallery, North Idaho College, Coeur d’Alene ID Spring  2022

    Group Exhibition— Aspiring Artists, North Idaho College, Coeur d’Alene ID Spring 2022

    Group Exhibition— Aspiring Artists, North Idaho College, Coeur d’Alene ID Fall 2021