ZOE BREZSNY

zoebrezsny@gmail.com


b. 1991


EDUCATION


2016

Columbia University, Master of Fine Arts: Poetry


2014

California College of the Arts, Bachelor of Arts: Writing, Literature


PUBLICATIONS 


Know Your Conjurer (Forthcoming)

Polyorchid with Mario Miron (New York, 2015)

POV (Oakland, 2012)


SELECTED POEMS


Frieze  (Tinhouse, 2016)

Feel Sick  (SFAQ, 2016)

Antidote & I’ve Forgotten the Natural World (Prelude Magazine, 2016)

Finding Peace, Group Show, CTRL+SHFT Collective, Oakland, CA

I’ve Forgotten the Natural World (Queen Mob’s Tea House, 2015)

Heavy Withdrawals (Press release poem for Greg Ito’s show at City Limits Gallery, 2014)

I’m Wet II (CCA Literary Magazine, 2014)

The Green Night (Quiet Lightning Print Edition, 2013)


EVENT CURATION


Honeysuckle Hypnagogue reading and music at Sunview Luncheonette, January 2018

Wave Naturelle outdoor art show and reading organized with Andrew Luck, October 2017

Freak on a Leash with Elaine Kahn, Christopher Moore, Lucy Tivens, James Symington, July 2017


SELECTED ART CRITICISM


Conversation Smudging

(Bomb Magazine, 2017)

Books Are Dead. Long Live Books (East Bay Express, 2014)

Bring the Noise (East Bay Express, 2014)   

Sustained Tones (East Bay Express, 2014)

Where Films Become Performance (East Bay Express, 2014)


PERFORMANCES


2017

Either / Or Poetry Reading with Aaron Poochigan at The Bindery

Book Drive Books Behind Bars and reading at the Silent Barn

Reading Zoe Darsee + M. Elizabeth Scott; Zoe Brezsny: Molasses Books


2016

RE:Birth reading, Gern en Regalia, Ridgewood Queens, NY

Reading with Joseph Reiter & Michael Juliani, Molasses Books, Bushwick, NY

Another Textual Mood reading with Zoe Darsee, ATM Gallery, Austin, Texas

VI Dancer reading with Cedar Sigo, Sean Total, Mario Miron & Rod Roland, San Francisco, CA

Gallery reading, Columbia University, New York, NY


2015

Poems 1 Reading with Elaine Kahn, John Sakkis & James Cordas, City Limits Gallery, Oakland, CA

Poetry Reading, Molasses Books, Brooklyn, New  York

Poetry Reading, SFAQ & Ladybug House Project Space, San Francisco

Poetry Reading, The Boat, Oakland, CA


2012

Quiet Lightning Poetry Reading, Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA

Poetry Reading, College Avenue Galleries, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE


Gallery Assistant/ Event Coordinator, Perrotin Gallery, NYC

Editorial, Hauser & Wirth Publishers, NYC

Editorial Intern, David Zwirner Books, NYC

Writer, East Bay Express, Oakland, CA

Publishing, Small Press Distribution, Oakland CA