Zoë
Morsette
Media:
Mixed Media, Photography

Studio Location:
43-49 10th St, Long Island City, NY 11101
Room/Studio#
306
Website:
Artist Bio:
Zoë Morsette is an award winning model maker, sculptor, prop and costume fabricator for theatre, television, film and promotion. In a five decade career she has worked on 59 Broadway shows including Phantom, Les Miz, Hamilton, Sweeney Todd and most recently Suffs, Days of Wine and Roses, and Dead Outlaw. She was a shop supervisor in the display industry for five years and has been a guest artist in numerous colleges and universities, as well. Her television credits include SNL, 30 Rock, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Jimmy Fallon. Zoë built 600+ costume pieces for the Macy's Parade over the years, and three print ads featuring her sculpture won gold awards in the Dimensional Illustrators Awards Show. Her best known commercial sculpture is the homeless Statue of Liberty in the snow which has been featured on the New York Cares coat drive poster every December since 1991. For the last decade Zoë has also started exhibiting some of her photography combined with painting and other media.
Artist Statement:
As a professional prop & costume designer and sculptor, I have worked with a wide variety of materials over the last 50+ years. At this point in my life, I'm enjoying combining my love of photography and found objects and seeing where I can take them in a creative direction. Most recently I've begun up-cycling old glass vases with paint and metallic leaf, giving them a second and more glamorous life.