ZICCY DELAMARTER

(They/Them/Theirs) Illustrator, Fine Artist, Print Maker, Muralist, Preparator

EDUCATION

Columbia College of Chicago

Illustration Bachelors of Fine Arts (September 2021- May 2024)

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

(August 2019 - May 2020)

Laguna College of Art and Design Summer Semester (May - August 2018)

Chicago, IL

EMAIL: zicronaz@gmail.com 

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

Palette Clash Winner (2024) Live Painting Competition - 1st place

Magna Cum Laude (2024) Honor for Academic Achievement

Best Traditional Illustrator (2024) Illo Award

Illustrator of the Year (2024) Columbia Illo Nomination

Albert P. Weisman Award Recipient (2023) Grant 

Best Traditional Illustrator (2023) Columbia Illo Nomination

Faculty Select SAIC Art Bash (2020) Juried Show 

IHMAC Art Competition  (2019) Best of show

IHMAC Art Competition  (2019) 1st in Sculpture  

Independence Historical Museum Photography Contest (2019) 1st Place

International Scholastic Art Competition (2018-2019) Earned a National Medal, ranking my work among the top 1% of nearly 340,000 submissions to the 2019 Scholastic Awards.

Scholastic Art Competition (2018-2019) Two Gold Medals and One Silver Medal.    

Oceanside Sculpture contest (2018) 1st Place    

Laguna Beach Festival of the Arts Photography contest (2018) 1st Place    

Art Displayed at Cove Gallery - Laguna Beach, CA,  Origin Gallery - Norfolk, VA, Virginia Beach MOCA - Virginia Beach, VA, ArtBash SAIC - Chicago, IL, Hokin Gallery - Chicago, IL, Cherry Knot Chi - Chicago, IL, DIMO’s - Chicago, IL, C33 Gallery - Chicago, IL.        

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

Manifest Window Exhibition (May - December 2024) Chicago,IL 

Grad Expo (April - June 2024) Shop Columbia Gallery, Chicago, IL

After Everything (February - April 2024) Hokin Gallery - Chicago, IL

2023  Weisman Exhibition (October 2023 - February 2024) The Center Galleries - Chicago, IL  

A Portrait of Perfect Grief (June 2023) Cherry Knot Chi - Chicago, IL

SAIC Art Bash Juried Show  (May - June 2020) SAIC Galleries - Chicago, IL

International Scholastic Art Exhibition (June 2019) New York City, NY

Kansas Scholastic Art Exhibition (May - June 2019) Topeka, KS

IHMAC Art Competition  (May 2019) Independence Historical Museum - Independence, KS

Independence Historical Museum Photography Contest (February 2019) Independence Historical Museum - Independence, KS

PUBLICATIONS

Artist Profile: linked here

SGCI Graphic Impressions: linked here

The Center Galleries: linked here

Wabash Arts Cori-Doors Project: linked here

CLIENTS AND FREELANCE

Columbia College Chicago - Curator

Color Cocktail Factory - Ceramics Instructor

Dark Market: ShopColumbia - Illustrator

One Summer Chicago - Muralist

Wabash Arts Corridors - Muralist

Department of Exhibitions and Performance Spaces - Muralist

Department of Exhibitions and Performance Spaces - Illustrator

Unleashed Gala: Columbia College Chicago - Muralist

Regatta,  Ciaran Rooney-Cespedes Film - Storyboard Artist

C33 Gallery - Assistant Coordinator

Glass Curtain Gallery - Assistant Preparator

Hokin Gallery - Assistant Preparator

Arcade Gallery - Assistant Coordinator and Preparator

Wabash Arts Corridors - Assistant Project Manager

RECEIVED GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

The Folds of Honor Scholarship 2019 - 2024

Hero’s Legacy Scholarship 2019 - 2024

CCC’s Dean's Scholarship 2021 - 2024 

CCC’s Faculty Recognition Award 2021 - 2024 

Columbia Scholar Award 2021 - 2024 

CCC Retention Scholarship 2022 - 2024

Albert P. Weisman Grant 2023 

SAIC’s Distinguished Scholar Scholarship 2019 - 2020 

SAIC’s Comp. Excellence Scholarship 2019 - 2020 

Freedom Alliance Scholarship 2019 

Operation Second Chance Scholarship 2019 

American Legion Legacy Scholarship 2019