Zara Yost is a writer, artist, and curator of interdisciplinary and contemporary art. She earned her MA in New Arts Journalism, with concentrations in intersectional feminism and contemporary art criticism from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She also holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Art and Creative Writing from Eckerd College.
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Throughout her career she has worked with museums and art organizations, including the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, United States Artists, and Arts Alliance Illinois.
She's written for Newcity, Whitehot Magazine, Petrichor, Fnewsmagazine, Chicago Reader, Mt. Lebanon Magazine, and edited/proofread for Table Magazine, Fnewsmagazine and Sheezus Magazine. She has been an artist liaison and curatorial assistant for mossArchitects, and gallery manager for the Boston Society of Architecture. In 2023, she was an invited to be a guest critic for Radiant Hall. Currently, Zara works as a freelance writer and graphic designer. She is also the owner and founder of a miniature art gallery in Pittsburgh, PA.