Throughout history, women have been excluded in virtually every field. Even when women are included, their achievements are overlooked and forgotten. Within the male-dominated art historical field, women sculptors are a rarity -- normally working in textiles, decorative and fabric art -- disregarded as a lower art form. While some women sculptors working in the “high art” form such as Edmonia Lewis, Barbara Hepworth, Beverly Pepper, Properzia de' Rossi, Ruth Asawa, and Louise Bourgeois, most of these women are not discussed enough with their male counterparts in the history of art. In the current environment we are striving to showcase our local women sculptors, their works, and their importance to the Global arts scene.

ELIZABETH ASHE’s recent sculptures use minimalism – wire and shadow – to examine personal space in our relationship to one another and our environment. Birds are her metaphor for the migratory nature of living in D.C.

JACQUI CROCETTA’s art investigates the human condition through abstraction. Through resistance, hope, and healing, she responds to the stories of women in her community who have faced adversity.

MICHELLE DICKSON contemplates time and mortality to investigate the chaotic ever-changing world today. Her series Neither Mine Nor Yours explores the contradiction of environmental devastation by man and the need for survival.

ELISSA FARROW-SAVOS is inspired by her own experiences and emotions. Her sculptures reflect the journey of womanhood and poetic titles provoke emotions in the viewer because they resonate within ourselves.

SUSAN FREDA is known for her ephemeral, intricate weaving style. Her fashionable and ghostly dresses have caught the eye of many designers, and her work has been featured and collected at NY Fashion Week, Neiman-Marcus, and Stuart Weitzman.

KATHARINE OWENS wields her scissors with precision in meticulously designed 3-D paper collages. Apprenticing under Gunther Riess, she continues his legacy of paper constructions in her own way.

LYNDA SMITH-BUGGE “undresses” threes to reveal their beauty and imperfections. In doing so, she brings forth rough exteriors and explores rich, hidden interiors, thus shaping fallen trees into works with spirit, structure, and timelessness.

PAULA STERN’s work is the tangible manifestation of her deeply conscious effort to capture personality, corporeal existence, and vigor. Her sculptures honor the creation of the human body, not to idealize the body.

EMILY TUCCI repurposes what she takes from the environment to advocate for the natural world. Her Trophy sculptures display how ingrained all elements of the creatures are within themselves and the natural environment.

For four decades, Zenith Gallery has been a pillar in the D.C. art community. We attribute our success to our ability to transform with the ever-changing times. We do this by combining our longstanding commitment to inspired, unique artworks with our personalized, high quality customer service. This commitment to celebrating the creative spirit of our artists is the core value at the heart of Zenith Gallery. As the Owner and celebrated artist in her own right, Goldberg is fond of saying, “With billions of people on the planet, for someone to come up with an original idea and execute it in an original way is what has kept me in business all these years.”