Zainab McCoy
P.B. 5139, Majorstua
0302 Oslo
tlf. (47) 93 80 40 51

I am a visual and performing artist born in Philadelphia, U.S.A. May 13th, 1958. My paintings show contemporary expressions of life and culture. Traditional cultural forms appear in music, speech, movement, dress, and hair, religion an art. Together they shape styles and manners that we have carried with us for generations, despite all the diverse influences in life. My paintings are a tribute to the presence of music in the experience of life. The intensity comes from how life presents itself in different choruses and how music serves as a form of communication in the visual arts. In working together there is barely a fine line of separation between how, music interprets life and how life interprets music. In essence life and music support one another.

Education:
Philadelphia College of Art 1978-81
Philadelphia College of Textiles & Science, 1979-80
Temple University 1980-81

Antioch University (masters studies in education) 1981-83

Solo exhibitions:
Philadelphia College of Art 1981
Ile Ife Museum, Philadelphia 1983
Ogonday Festival Philadelphia, 1983-87

Oslo Norway:
Monk International House of Art & Culture 1990-94
Center for African Culture, 1998 & 2000
Royal Christiania Hotel 1998 - 01
Café Art, 1999
Barbeint, 2003
Atelier Saint Olav, 2002 & 2003

Collective Exhibitions:
Philadelphia: Civic Center Museum, 1982
Ile Ife Museum, 1981- 83
Afro American Cultural & Historical Museum, 1884

Collective Exhibitions, Oslo Norway:
Gallery Amerê Stavanger 1996
Sørumsand kommune 1997

Stavanger International School
Gallery Delicious, 1996

Permanent Collections:
Temple University, Holger Larsen (EU)
Davis Collection, Dag S.Stiansen Collection, Sørumsand kommune, Blue Monk Jazz Club Bårdor Danseinstitutt, Sigurd & Silje TV Norge (animated introduction), Oslo Human Etisk Forbund, Sunniva Skole, United Nations office of Secretary General Kofi Annan, Comfort Hotel Gabels Hus

Professional Positions:
Coordinator Anti Graffiti Task Force Philadelphia 1982 -83, Director for McCoy Textile Workshop & Gallery 1984-87, Director Monk International House of Art & Culture 1992-96,

Prizes:
First Prize for 'creative expression' from Philadelphia College of Art 1981, Civic Center Museum 'New Talent ' 1982, Nominated for the Oslo 'Paul Robeson Award' 1994

Stipends:
Oslo kommune byråd for kultur og byutvikling, Fond for utøvende kunster, Rikskonsertene, Utlendingsdirektoratet, Sørumsand kommune

Zainab McCoy
P.B. 5139, Majorstua
0302 Oslo
tlf. (47) 93 80 40 51

I am a visual and performing artist born in Philadelphia, U.S.A. May 13th, 1958. My paintings show contemporary expressions of life and culture. Traditional cultural forms appear in music, speech, movement, dress, and hair, religion an art. Together they shape styles and manners that we have carried with us for generations, despite all the diverse influences in life. My paintings are a tribute to the presence of music in the experience of life. The intensity comes from how life presents itself in different choruses and how music serves as a form of communication in the visual arts. In working together there is barely a fine line of separation between how, music interprets life and how life interprets music. In essence life and music support one another.

Education:
Philadelphia College of Art 1978-81
Philadelphia College of Textiles & Science, 1979-80
Temple University 1980-81

Antioch University (masters studies in education) 1981-83

Solo exhibitions:
Philadelphia College of Art 1981
Ile Ife Museum, Philadelphia 1983
Ogonday Festival Philadelphia, 1983-87

Oslo Norway:
Monk International House of Art & Culture 1990-94
Center for African Culture, 1998 & 2000
Royal Christiania Hotel 1998 - 01
Café Art, 1999
Barbeint, 2003
Atelier Saint Olav, 2002 & 2003

Collective Exhibitions:
Philadelphia: Civic Center Museum, 1982
Ile Ife Museum, 1981- 83
Afro American Cultural & Historical Museum, 1884

Collective Exhibitions, Oslo Norway:
Gallery Amerê Stavanger 1996
Sørumsand kommune 1997

Stavanger International School
Gallery Delicious, 1996

Permanent Collections:
Temple University, Holger Larsen (EU)
Davis Collection, Dag S.Stiansen Collection, Sørumsand kommune, Blue Monk Jazz Club Bårdor Danseinstitutt, Sigurd & Silje TV Norge (animated introduction), Oslo Human Etisk Forbund, Sunniva Skole, United Nations office of Secretary General Kofi Annan, Comfort Hotel Gabels Hus

Professional Positions:
Coordinator Anti Graffiti Task Force Philadelphia 1982 -83, Director for McCoy Textile Workshop & Gallery 1984-87, Director Monk International House of Art & Culture 1992-96,

Prizes:
First Prize for 'creative expression' from Philadelphia College of Art 1981, Civic Center Museum 'New Talent ' 1982, Nominated for the Oslo 'Paul Robeson Award' 1994

Stipends:
Oslo kommune byråd for kultur og byutvikling, Fond for utøvende kunster, Rikskonsertene, Utlendingsdirektoratet, Sørumsand kommune