Zoe Papas

Zoe Papas is a fine artist from Clearwater, Florida who creates charcoal figure drawings and oil paintings. She received her MA in studio art from the Florence Academy of Art and her BFA in drawing and illustration from the University of Central Florida. Zoe was awarded an emerging artist grant from Creative Pinellas for the 2019-2020 season. She has won awards at juried outdoor fine art shows, including Art Harvest, the Tarpon Springs Fine Arts Festival, and Mainsail. Additionally, Zoe has taught drawing at the Dunedin Fine Arts Center for over 6 years. Her teachings are based on traditional atelier methods that have resurfaced with the Classical Realism movement.