STATEMENT
My inspiration for the cloud series began early in my life. Throughout my childhood my family traveled all over the world to remote landscapes which were the subject of my mother's fine art photography. I developed an appreciation for the beauty and vastness of the ever-changing sky. I loved watching a far off storm on the western desert planes, the monsoon rains of southern India, and the cloudless skies over the Sahara desert. In my work I explore moments of transition, turbulence and tranquility in the landscape and their impact on the viewer. In this process I am reminded of how small we are when confronted with the powerful forces of nature. The act of drawing can be a meditation for me, and my hope is that the viewer can share this experience of tranquil escape when engaging the work.

Past heroes include 19th century landscape painters such as John Constable, Thomas Cole, (including many others from the Hudson River School) and certainly Turner's luminous paintings. One current influence is my mom. She has taught me a great deal about light, and the ways in which it can be captured illuminating a landscape. Another contemporary inspiration is Robert Longo. I made the decision to begin my cloud study series when i first saw his wave drawings at the 2004 Whitney Biennial. The techniques with which they are drawn amaze me. His most recent exhibition at Metro Pictures "The Outward and Visible Signs of an Inward and Invisible Grace" embodied similar themes to my work... certainly awe inspiring.

Solo Exhibitions

2009

Luminous, Beijing Contemporary Dance Theatre, Beijing, China.
Zaria Forman, Freelance Gallery, Piermont, NY

2008

Arctic Light: Recent Drawings, Allen Sheppard Gallery, NY, NY 

2006

Clearly Nebulous, Allen Sheppard Gallery, NY, NY

Drawings by Zaria Forman, Bunburry’s Art Gallery, Piermont, NY

2005

Cloudscapes, Enhance Spa Gallery, Hartsdale, NY

Zaria Forman, Case Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY

Selected Group Exhibitions

2010

My Summer Vacation, Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
Gallery Artists, DFN Gallery, New York, NY
Juried Alumni Exhibition, Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY
The Brucennial 2010: Miseducation, The Bruce High Quality Foundation in collaboration with Vito Schnabel, NY, NY
Looks Good on Paper, DFN Gallery, New York, NY
New Landscapes, DFN Gallery, New York, NY

2009

Parallel, Zaria Forman and Rena Bass Forman, The Durst Organization at the Wall Street Journal Lobby Gallery, New York, NY
Designer's Showroom, D&D Building, NY, NY
The Art of Seeing, Allen Sheppard Gallery, NY, NY
Spring Group, Allen Sheppard Gallery, NY, NY
Selected Works by Gallery Artists, David Floria Gallery, Aspen, CO.
Abstract/Nature, DFN Gallery, NY, NY

Exhibitions

2008

Works on Paper, DFN Gallery, New York, NY
Arctic Light: Recent Drawings, Allen Sheppard Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Some Wonderful Things Part II, Allyn Gallup Gallery, Sarasota, FL
Tranceformation, Brown University Gallery, Providence, RI
Zaria Forman & Catherine Minnery, Mikhail Zakin Gallery, Demarest, NJ
Solstice, The David Floria Gallery, Aspen, CO

2007

Group Exhibition, RARE Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY
It's Outside, Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, FL
Annual Summer Group Show, Carla Massoni Gallery, Chestertown, MD
Summer Group Exhibition, Allen Sheppard Gallery, New York, NY
Group Exhibition, Project A Gallery, Nashville, TN
Group Exhibition, Allen Sheppard Gallery, New York, NY
The Next Generation, Carla Massoni Gallery,Chestertown, MD

2006

Clearly Nebulous, Allen Sheppard Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Group exhibition, David Floria Gallery, Aspen, CO
Collector's Show and Sale, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
7 Degrees of Seperation, Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY

2005

Group Exhibition, Piermont Library, Piermont, NY
Solo Exhibition, Case Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY

2004

Juried group exhibition, Schick Art Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY
Juried group exhibition, Student Art Center's International, Florence, Italy

Commissions/Collections

Arkansas Art Center Museum, Little Rock, Arkansas
Gerard Depardieu, private collection