Isaac J Zerkle

isaac.zerkle@gmail.com • pronouns: they/them

Group Exhibitions
2025 (upcoming) Bodies of Work, The Distillery Gallery, Boston, MA
2024 Jamaica Plain Open Studios, Red Sun Press, Jamaica Plain, MA
2024 Redirections: the 2022-23 Alice C. Cole ‘42 Studio Project Grant, Jewett Arts Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
2023 Roslindale Open Studios, Emerald Society, Roslindale, MA
2022 Forever In Ten Days: MFA Thesis Exhibition, The Shirley and Alex Aidekman Arts Center, Medford, MA
2021 In Bright Orange, SMFA Atrium Gallery, Boston, MA
2021 CONNECT: Small Prints by Members of The Boston Printmakers, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
2021 Ecologies of Spirit, SMFA Mission Hill Gallery, Boston, MA
2019 Altered Landscape: Field Notes and Observations, SMFA Library, Boston, MA
2019 Nice Things Only, SMFA Mission Hill Gallery, Boston, MA
2019 Founded, Muskat Studios, Somerville, MA
2019 Newton Open Studios, Shepherd & Maudsleigh Studio, West Newton, MA
2018 rooted: Senior Thesis Exhibition, Jewett Art Gallery, Wellesley College,
Wellesley, MA
2018 Altered Landscapes: SGCI Member Print Exchange, Bally’s Hotel, Las Vegas, NV

Awards
2024 Vermont Studio Center Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center
2022 Alice C. Cole ’42 Project Grant, Wellesley College
2021 Montague Travel Grant, SMFA at Tufts University
2019 Dean’s Research Award, SMFA at Tufts University

Education
2022 MFA, School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, Boston, MA
2020 Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Studio Art, School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, Boston, MA
2018 B.A. in Theatre Studies and Women’s & Gender Studies, Wellesley College,
Wellesley, MA

Collections
SGCI Archives at the Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw, GA

Press and Publications
2022 Forever in Ten Days, MFA Thesis Exhibition Catalog, Tufts University Art Galleries, Boston, MA
2021 Conscious Want, Unconscious Need. Unconscious Want, Conscious Need: An Anthology on Coping, SMFA Publishing Now & GenderFail, Boston, MA
2020 Small Animal Death, self-published, Boston, MA
2017 Growing Wild/Going Wild, Wellesley College Botanic Gardens, Wellesley, MA