I invented an alphabet in 2017. Through collage, found objects, printmaking and drawing I create maps. This work draws from my transracial Guatemalan adoption exploring themes of language, absent heritage and identity.

Zoë Elena Moldenhauer is a Guatemalan-born, New York City-based artist. In 2017, she created a fictional alphabet that draws from her transracial adoption, absent heritage, and Western upbringing. Combining multimedia with Nahuatl, the Nazca geoglyphs, and cave paintings from Brazil Zoë uses her alphabet as a tool to create identity and research her ancestry. She received a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2019 and an MA from New York University in 2022. She is the founder of The Aerogramme Center for Arts and Culture—an online platform providing opportunities to artists and writers founded in March 2020. Zoë resides in New York where she has a studio at Brooklyn Art Cluster and is an Amos Eno Gallery Community Member.