Upon graduating from The San Francisco Art Institute Zoë worked as a photographers assistant in San Francisco for 1 year and then as a commercial photographer for over a decade in Canada. While working commercially she made concept driven photo work which was exhibited at CONTACT photo (Gladstone) and Flash Forward. Zoë began painting in 2016 and has been working as a full time artist since.

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

I have been using painting as a way of reflecting and mapping emotions. Observations related to the greater culture we live in and the events within my life. Reflecting experience back out to the viewer by mirroring our larger culture within the bounds of the human condition. My work began solely using words as a form of expressing these ideas. Lately the work has evolved and I am using eyes (ego beings) as a way of expressing emotional states and social dynamics within our culture.
Painting is a way for me to download my thoughts and observations on our world and culture. Creating imagery that works with ego beings reflecting parts of the society we exist within. My practice is observation and catharsis all at once. A reflection of the human condition through the lens in which I am living and seeing around me. Breathing my existence through which I am painting.