Zoe received her BFA from MassArt, her M.Ed from UMass Amherst and her CAGS from UMass Boston. She is a recipient of both national and international awards for her portrait photography. Zoe’s work is included in the permanent collection of the MFA Boston, permanent collection of Special Collections at the Boston Public Library and many private collections.
Recent exhibitions include the juried MassArt Alumni Show, Looking Forward Looking Backward, Free Speech: Art & Activism, Art of Pride, SE Center for Photography,“(un)expected families” at MFA Boston, Forever Young at Newport Art Museum, and solo shows at Harvard University and Buckingham, Brown & Nichols School. Her work has been featured at The National Portrait Gallery in London for the Taylor Wesson Photographic Portrait Prize Exhibition, The Kinsey Institute at Indiana University, The PRC in Boston, The Center for Photography at Woodstock, The Danforth Museum, Fitchburg Art Museum and Griffin Museum, among many others. Recent awards include the Jurors Choice at Cambridge Art Assoc. for the National Prize show, Directors Choice Award at Review Santa Fe, where she presented a public lecture. She has been the recipient of the Artist of the Year Award three years running and Best In Show for the National Prize Show at the Cambridge Art Association.
Zoe has been active on the Massachusetts College of Art and Design Alumni Leadership Council, where she served as vice-chair and donates her work yearly to the MassArt Auction. Zoe lives in Lexington, MA where she has a studio at the Munroe Center for the Arts, is the former chair of the Lexington Council for the Arts, is on the organizing committee for Lexington Open Studios and curates the Gallery at Munroe Center for the Arts.
In her work, Zoe investigates mainstream groups as well as non-conforming subcultures. Her recent series include several long-term projects including a twelve-year project making portraits of LGBTQIA youth at their Prom; a personal narrative project focusing on her own family, portraits of elders aging with dignity and a project documenting gay culture in Provincetown with street photography and formal portraits of drag queens and other gender flexible people.
Zoe’s work was represented by Gallery Kayafas, Boston for 13 years.
Zoe Perry-Wood BFA, M.Ed/CAGS, NCSP, LEP
67 Gleason Road Lexington, MA 02420 http://www.zoeperrywood.com Zoe.PerryWood@gmail.com
Exhibits and Presentations
Solo & Curated & Juried Exhibitions:
Creativity in the Age of Censorship, Hera Gallery, Kingston, RI, October-November 2025
The Roddy, Concord Art, October 2025
Lost & Found, LAC Photo October-November 2025
Resistance, Seen or Unseen, RICPA, Providence, RI, July - September 2025
Resilience, 6 Bridges Gallery, juried by Jamaal Eversley, July-August 2025
2025 MassArt Auction
MassArt’s 7th Biennial Juried Alumni Exhibition: Looking Backward Looking Forward, October-November 2024
Art of Pride, SE Center for Photography, Lissa Rivera juror, June 2023
Newport Art Museum, Forever Young: Representations of Childhood and Adolescence, Curated by Francine Weiss, October-December 2019
MassArt’s 5th Biennial Juried Alumni Exhibition: Nourish, juried by Jody Adams, Candice Corby & Martina Tanga, October-November 2019
Buckingham, Brown & Nichols, Solo Exhibition, October 2019
Griffin Museum, 25th Juried Exhibition, Julie Graham, juror, July-September, 2019
Gallery Kayafas: Water, curated by Gus Kayafas, July 2019
Brickbottom Gallery, What Color…The Rainbow, curated by George Summers, June 2019
Hanging in The Balance, Portraits of LGBTQ Youth, Harvard University School of Medicine, Solo Exhibition; January 2019-March 2019.
FULL CIRCLE: 2018 CENTER Award Winners; Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Appalachian State University, December 2018-April 2019
"Quién? Qué? Dónde?" Paula Tognarelli curator, Griffin Museum, Boston, June-Nov. 2018
The Roddy, Concord Art, Sarah Montross, Curator at Decordova, September 2018
Members Juried, Concord Art. Abigail Ogilvy juror, February-March 2018
Likeness, Clark University’s Schiltkamp Gallery, Elli Crocker curator, September – December 2018.
(un)expected families, Karen Haas curator, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, December-June 2018
National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Nick Capasso, juror, May-June 2017
Coded, VanDernoot Gallery, Lesley University, January-March 2017
The Balance, Two Person Show w/Monika Anderson; Robert Creamer, curator, Essex Gallery, Community College of Baltimore County, March 29-June 3, 2017
Moments with Elsa, Solo Show, Munroe Center for the Arts, Lexington, Oct-January 2017
Members Juried, Concord Art, Randi Hopkins, juror, February-March 2017
Artists of the Year Exhibition, Cambridge Art Association, October 2016
The Curated Fridge, Photoville, Brooklyn, NY, Aline Smithson, juror, September 2016
The Roddy Competition, Concord Art, Katharine French juror, September 2016
Society for Photographic Education, Juried Exhibition, Living Arts, Tulsa, Oklahoma 9/2016
81st Regional Arts & Crafts, Fitchburg Art Museum, Erin Becker juror, June-September 2016
The Curated Fridge, Somerville, MA, Paula Tognarelli, July-August 2016
22nd Juried Exhibition, Griffin Museum, Elizabeth Avedon, juror, July-August 2016
National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Paul C. Ha, juror, May-June 2016
Post-Gay? BLAA, Distillery Gallery, jurors: Pat Falco, David Guerra and Jeannie Simms, March-April 2016
TRANS, Bromfield Gallery, March 2016
Society for Photographic Education, 4th International Combined Caucus Juried Exhibition, National Conference, Red Rock, Nevada, March 2016.
The Curated Fridge, Somerville, MA, Karen Haas, juror, March-April 2016
Evidence & Advocacy, Society for Photographic Education, Northeast Conference Juried Show & Lecture, Nov-Jan 2016
Identity Shared, McIninch Gallery, Southern New Hampshire University; October-November 2015, Arlette Kayafas, curator
New England Photography Biennial, Fall 2015, Danforth Museum; Susan Nalband, juror
Exposure 2015, Photographic Resource Center, Kristen Gresh, juror, June 18-July 26, 2015
Photography Now 2015, Center for Photography at Woodstock, David Bram juror, April 18, 2015- June 14, 2015
Photography Now, Stephen Tourlentes juror, Cambridge Art Association, March-April 2015
On Photography, Hynes Conventions Center, Boston, February-June 2015
The Roddy Competition, Concord Art Association, Meg White juror, October 2014
New England Regional Photographer’s Showcase, The Fence, on the Rose Kennedy Greenway, Boston, May-October 2014
True Colors, Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, LA. July-August 2014
The Griffin Museum 20th Juried Show, Aline Smithson, juror July-August 2014
SoHo Photo NY, National Competition, Ariel Meyerowitz, juror, July 2014
Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize Exhibition, National Portrait Gallery London, Nov-Feb 2014
The Kinsey Institute, Grunwald Gallery of Art, Indiana University, May-July 2014
Echoes of Pop in the New Millennia, curated by Joe Kitch; University Place Gallery, Harvard University, February-March 2013
New England Photography Biennial, Fall 2013, Danforth Museum; Francine Weiss, juror.
69th Members Prize Show, Kate McNamara, juror, Cambridge Art Association, Oct 2013
Annual Juried Competition, Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown, MA, May 2013
New Talent/New England, St. Botolph Club, Boston, May 8 – July 15, 2013
Lipstick Before Drag Bingo, Art @ Palace Road, Simmons SSW, Solo Show, October—December 2012
The BAGLY Prom Series, Gallery Kayafas, Boston, Solo Show, April—May 2012
New England Photography Biennial, Danforth Museum; George Slade, juror, Fall 2011
Flourish: Alumni Works on Paper, MassArt, Dayton, Lamuniere & Saywell. June-July 2011
The C4FAP, Center Forward, Fort Collins, CO; Hamidah Glasgow, juror; May-Sept. 2011
Solo Exhibitions, The Gallery @ First Parish Church Lexington, 2007 & 2009 & 2014-15
Boston Public Library, Photographs of Nicaragua, 1985.
Simmons College, Women, Work and the Family, 1982.
Concord Academy, Visual Arts Gallery, Two-person show, 1981
Selected Awards:
LexArt, Home, Ann Marie Stein, Best in Show,
Cambridge Art Association, National Prize Show, Barbara O’Brien Juror, Juror’s Choice Award, May-July 2022
ConcordArt, Ben Sloat Juror, Juror’s Choice Award. February-March 2021
Fitchburg Art Museum, 84th Regional Exhibition, curated by Aynel David Guerra, June-September 2019; Third Prize
72nd Members Prize Show, Jurors Choice Award, CAA, Randi Hopkins juror, March 2017
Unconventional Means, Jurors Choice Award, CAA, Robert Seigelman, juror, Feb. 2016
71st Members Prize Show, Jurors Choice Award, CAA, Dominic Molon, juror, October 2015
Artists of the Year Exhibition, Cambridge Art Assoc. October 2015.
70th Members Prize Show, Jurors Choice Award, CAA. Al Miner juror, October 2014
Members Juried, Jurors Choice Award, Concord Art Assoc. Mim Brook Faucet, juror, 2015
2014 San Francisco International Photography Exhibition, Gallery Photographica, Gold Star Award, juror Paula Tognarelli, July-August 2014
The National Prize Show, Best in Show Award, C.A.A., James Welu juror, May-June 2014
SoHo Photo NY, Small Works Int’l Competition, 2nd Prize, Richard Klein juror, Feb 2011
Curating Experience
Munroe Center for the Arts Gallery 2014-Present
Gallery @ First Parish Lexington 2014-2018
Group & solo shows, regional artists including Lou Jones, Edie Bresler, Janie Wong, Carolyn Muskat, Bruce Myren, Michael McGuire, Neal Rantoul, Kathryn Geismar, Molly Lamb, Suzanne Revy, Astrid Reischwitz, Lorraine Sullivan, Anne Plaisance, Emily Passman, Judith Cooper, Cynthia Brody, Adrienne Sloan, Ruth Lieberherr & more.
Freelance Custom Photographic Printer
Clients:
Polly Brown, Dore Gardner, Susan Lapides and Marjorie Nichols. Responsibilities included printing for exhibition and publication, archiving and organizing portfolios and negatives and keeping supplies and equipment in stock. 1988 - 1995
Education in Fine Arts:
Inspires Design, Fabricating the Handmade Photographic Artist’s Book, La Luz
Publish Photography Books, Mary Virginia Swanson with Darius D. Himes, October 2023
Workshops, Susan kae Grant, September 2025
Arts and Business Council of Boston, The Artists Professional Toolbox, 2010-2011
New England School of Photography, Classes & Workshops in Digital Photography 2006-2009
Falkland Road, Inc. Mary Ellen Mark, Portfolio Review & Workshops, NY & Oaxaca 2010-11
Maine Media Workshops, Terry Abrams, Digital Black & White 2009
Fine Arts Workshop, Provincetown, MA. Constantine Manos Workshop 2007
B.F.A. Photography, Massachusetts College of Art, 1981
Education in Psychology & Education:
CAGS School Psychology, School of Education, UMass, Boston.
Post Graduate Coursework in Advanced Feminist Studies, UMass, Amherst.
M.Ed. Social Justice Education, Student Development, UMass, Amherst.
