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b. 1993, based in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, UK
Zoë Carlon’s paintings explore spaces that are simultaneously public and private. Her subjects include unoccupied interiors, views through inner and exterior windows and the peripheries of the maintained natural world. Formed of thresholds and formal structures that create a relationship between the interior and exterior, the paintings convey a sense of ambivalence that relates to the experience of moving through both familiar and unfamiliar transitory space. She studied at the University of Leeds, BA Hons Fine Art (International) 2013 - 2017 and the Magyar Képzomuvészeti Egyetem (Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts) Budapest, Hungary, 2015 - 2016
Exhibitions
2022
Collected - 36 Limestreet, Newcastle upon Tyne
Wish Lush, curated by Elaine Tam and Arthur Gouillart - Kravitz Contemporary, J/M Gallery, London
Pathways on Paper - South Parade, London
(Solo) Strange Comfort - South Parade, London
2021
Dialogues No.01 - Centre for Recent Drawing, London
Parts - In collaboration with Hannah Whitfield, Artwalk, Wakefield (accompanying pamphlet)
Painters Showing Paintings - Collaborative online exhibition with Sofia Hallström
From Cellar to Garret - South Parade, London
2020
3rdWAVE - The Collective Studio, The NewBridge Project, Newcastle upon Tyne
Prosaic: Generous - Globe Arts Studio, Slaithwaite
2019
Club Editions - Index Festival, Leeds
Cole’s Gallery, Leeds
2018
(Solo) The Near and Elsewhere - Calver Gallery, South Square Centre, Bradford
(Solo) Paintings and Drawings - Emmaus Rooms, St Helen’s Church, Wakefield
Art on a Postcard - Hepatitis C Trust Fundraising Exhibition, Devonshire House, London
The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition - London
Post - WE ARE Projects, Artwalk, Wakefield
The FUAM Graduate Art Prize - The Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery, Leeds
Prizes, Commissions, Residencies
2021 - 2022 Selected for Tetley’s Associate Artists’ Programme - The Tetley, Leeds
2021 Artwalk Commission - Artwalk, Wakefield
2020 - 2021 Selected for The Collective Studio - The NewBridge Project, Newcastle upon Tyne
2018 - 2019 Selected for The Art House Micro-Commissions Programme - The Art House, Wakefield
2018 Club: Making Matters Commission - Yorkshire Sculpture International
2018 International Residency Programme - Art Quarter Budapest, Hungary
2018 The Royal Drawing School Residency - Dumfries House, Scotland
2017 Graduate Residency Programme - The Art House, Wakefield
2017 First Prize, FUAM Graduate Art Prize - The Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery, Leeds
Projects
2017 - 2019 Founding member of Club
Press
In Conversation with Zoe Watson - The Tetley, Leeds 2022
Collections
Government Art Collection, UK
FUAM Collection, University of Leeds
Royal Drawing School Collection, Dumfries House Scotland
Private Collections UK and Europe