Carol Zou

Carol Zou is an artist, writer, educator, and cultural organizer who has worked for over a decade on the relationship between arts, culture, community, and activism. Her work has spanned various collaborative modes with: Yarn Bombing Los Angeles, Michelada Think Tank, Trans.lation Vickery Meadow, Asian Arts Initiative, U.S. Department of Arts and Culture, Imagining America, American Monument, and currently as the Enterprise Community Partners Rose Fellow with Little Tokyo Service Center. She believes that we are most free when we help others get free.

Carol Zou has been awarded fellowships and residencies from Santa Fe Art Institute, Intercultural Leadership Institute, National Art Strategies, Women’s Center for Creative Work, Common Field, University of Chicago Place Lab-Rebuild Foundation, and University of Houston College of the Arts-Project Row Houses. Zou earned her MFA in Public Practice from the Otis College of Art and Design and her BFA from Cornell University.

Education

• Master of Fine Arts - MFA Otis College of Art and Design (2013 — 2015)
• BFA Cornell University (2005 — 2009)
• Stony Point High School

Companies

• Rose Fellow Little Tokyo Service Center (2019)
• Independent Consultant - Art and Social Change Self Employed (2019)
• Director of Programs Asian Arts Initiative (2017 — 2019)
• Director Trans.lation Vickery Meadow (2015 — 2017)
• Adjunct Professor Southern Methodist University (2016 — 2016)
• Administrative Intern, Art Department Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (2013 — 2015)
• Muralist LA Commons (2013 — 2013)
• Web Design Manager UCLA Anderson School of Management (2011 — 2013)
• Graphic Designer Dangerbird Records (2009 — 2010)