b.1995, Miami, FL

Lives and works in New York, NY and Miami, FL

EDUCATION

2025   MFA (candidate), Columbia University School of the Arts, New York, NY

2018   BA Comparative Literature, Architecture Minor, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

2017   Consortium for Advanced Studies Abroad (CASA), Barcelona, Spain

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022   Sin Cabeza, CENTRAL FINE, Miami Beach

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025   Celestial Navigation, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University, NY

2024   Umarell, Prentis Hall, Columbia University, NY; curated by Giorgia Alliata

2024   Currents, SK Gallery, NY; curated by Aidan Chisholm and Farren Yuan

2024   MFA First Year Show, Wallach Gallery, Columbia University, NY; curated by Amy Sadao

2023   PUSH, CENTRAL FINE, Miami Beach, FL

2022   The Hinge, CENTRAL FINE, Miami Beach, FL

2018   On streetlight architecture and The Bluest Eye, Olive Tjaden Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

2017   One-Off, Olive Tjaden Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Residencies

2023   Bakehouse Art Complex Summer Open, Miami, FL

2022   Bakehouse Art Complex Summer Open, Miami, FL

Grants/ Awards

2024   D’Arcy Hayman Scholarship, Columbia University, NY

2023–2025    Le Roy Neiman Fellow, LeRoy Neiman Center for the Arts    

2023   LeRoy Neiman Scholarship, LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies, NY

2023   Miami Individual Artists (MIA) Grant

Teaching

2024   Teaching Assistant, Drawing into Print, Tomas Vu, Columbia University

2024   Teaching Assistant, Advanced Printmaking, Columbia University

Curatorial

2020   Research Assistant, Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami

2019   Curatorial Fellow, Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami

2018   Exhibitions and Collection Intern, Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami

2018­–2020    Gallery Assistant, CENTRAL FINE, Miami Beach

Selected Publications

Shout Out Miami, Local Stories: Meet Zelmira Rizo, 1 May 2024

Contemporary Art Daily, “Sin Cabeza” at CENTRAL FINE, 15 August 2022

Performance and Collaborations

2024   Performer for Beyond Portraits by Priscilla Aleman, Bronx Calling: The Sixth AIM Biennial, Bronx Museum, NY

2024   Performer for Streams of Consciousness of Consciousness by Priscilla Aleman, New York Botanical Gardens, Bronx, NY

2023   Performer for Open Studios by Claudia Yeejae Kim, Columbia University, NY