Biography

Imagine a world of unity

Through these works of art, a world opens up to new possibilities. A feeling of serenity and calmness will bring beauty and peace to your space. Working with bright colors that evoke excitement and serenity, the world of beauty is a little closer to you.

Greta Benavides known as Zoey, works in storytelling, serenity, and emotion. so that collectors can find moments of peace in their daily lives. Her creations of oil, watercolor, and wood tell a story of life around her through imagination of what is possible. Her goal is to help people feel calmness and a sense of possibilities when they live with her work.

She creates work that celebrates daily life in Mexico, the culture and beauty of our neighbor. Her work also represents the beauty and serenity of nature that brings calmness to the collector’s daily life.

For anyone that stood in the middle of the forest and felt the weight of the world drift away, her paints will speak to you. Zoey’s work is a small reminder that serenity and peace still exists, in a busy world..

She was born in Denver, Colorado. Adopted by a progressive family, she worked on civil rights issues with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Cesar Chavez in the Farmworkers Union at a young age with her father. Through this experience and the traumatic events of the Vietnam war, her desire for equality was born. Her talent in the arts help materialize the desire to bring unity and dignity to the viewer through the arts. Using different techniques of colorful images, she hopes to bring the world a little closer together by celebrating culture and beauty of the world.

Earning her Associate degree in Fine Arts and Childhood Development at Santa Ana College she explored art through oak plywood and paint to create abstract wall reliefs. Continued her studies at California State University Fullerton in figurative painting, she earned a Bachelor Degree in fine arts with honors. Finishing her education at Biola University, she earned a Master Degree of Arts in education which led her to teaching elementary school.

For the next 30 years she taught young student the beauty of the arts and education. Throughout her career in education, she continued creating works of art through multiple mediums using college, assemblage, and paint. Her work evokes the Imagination of a world where unity and peace can be experienced through works of art.

Embracing various cultures in her series of paintings, quilts and wall hanging, allows the viewer of all cultures to appreciate life around them. Historical events are documented through her political paintings, and the serenity of life in her paintings and textile pieces. She strives to bring the world a little closer together through peace and dignity.