Zoë

Zoë is an artist and printmaker who works from her studio in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. She makes work intuitively exploring inner and outer landscapes. Through deep contemplation when walking in rural and urban environments Zoe gathers and draws from the mundane and everyday to capture a moment in time, the stillness and the un-noticed surfaces and marks that are often over looked, imperfections in small things are often the spark for something new. The print techniques she uses are mainly analogue embracing the unpredictability of printmaking. Using a technique called decollage the opposite of collage prints are often cut up and intercut back together to form new outcomes – mixing and collating colours and textures into one again and choosing not to conform or be categorised but thinking outside the box.

Born in London but raised on a remote Shropshire hill, Zoë’s time growing up was spent between her father’s carpenter’s workshop and her mother’s art studio and in between exploring the hills and woods.

Prior to working as a printmaker and artist Zoë studied and worked in Bristol, London and Como as a printed textile designer selling designs in Europe, Japan and the USA.

Zoë also has a PGCE and taught art and design in further education, in the community, galleries and in school settings. Education is still a crucial part of Zoe’s practice as an artist and she continues to be involved in arts for health and wellbeing and community arts projects.