C.V.
ZOE KIRKWOOD
b. 1983 Adelaide, South Australia
Currently lives and works Glasgow, United Kingdom
Education
2017/19 Master of Fine Art (Current) Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK
2013 Bachelor of Visual Arts Honours (First Class), University of South Australia (UniSA), Adelaide
2010 Bachelor of Visual Arts – Painting, University of South Australia (UniSA), Adelaide
Selected Solo Exhibitions/Projects
2016 The Collections Project, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia
2016 In-The-Round, Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia
2015 The Bel Remix, MARS Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria
2015 The Screen Set, CCAS (Canberra Contemporary Art Space), Canberra, ACT
2014 Space Invaders, Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia
2014 White Out, FELT Space, Adelaide, South Australia
2014 Enter Excess: Space Invaders, CACSA (Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia) Project Space, Adelaide, South Australia
2012 Neon M, Paper, String, Plastic Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018 LAST FUTURES, Tramway, Glasgow, UK
2018 MFA Interim Show, Reid Gallery, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK
2018 Exercises for Lazy Eyes, Adelaide Town Hall, Adelaide, South Australia
2017 Mix Tape, PALMER, Sydney, New South Wales
2016 Rheology, GAFFA Gallery, Sydney, New South Wales
2016 Recent Matters, SASA Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia
2016 Untitled 17-08-2016, Home@735, Redfern, Sydney, New South Wales
2016 Project 16: The Agency of Things, (curated by Kent Wilson) Anna Pappas Gallery, Prahan, Melbourne, Victoria
2015 Chromo-Spatial (with Emma Coulter), CHASM Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2015 One Night with 25 Sculptors, Private residence, Prahran Melbourne, Victoria
2015 Colour Me, Adelaide Town Hall, Adelaide, South Australia
2015 CACSA Contemporary 2015, Light Square Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia
2015 Epic Narratives, PICA Salon, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth, Western Australia
2015 Paintings for a Hotel Lobby, Level One Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia
2014 Young Collectors, Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia
2014 Hatched: National Graduate Exhibition, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth, Western Australia
2014 Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition, Drill Hall, Adelaide, South Australia
2014 Enigma 23, Arts SA, Adelaide, South Australia
2013 Full Circle, SASA Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia
2013 Work in Progress (with Tom Borgas), The Mill, Adelaide, South Australia
2011 Clifton’s Art Prize, Clifton’s Training Venue, Adelaide, South Australia
2010 Youthscape, RSASA Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia
Awards/Prizes/Grants
2017 Sir Arthur Sims Travelling Scholarship
2016 Anne & Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship 2017 Recipient
2016 Arts South Australia Independent Makers and Presenters Project Grant
2015 Helpmann Academy Grant
2015 NAVA Australian Artists’ Grant
2014 Doctor Harold Schenberg Art Prize
2014 Hill Smith Gallery/ Helpmann Academy Friends Travel Award
2014 Adelaide City Council Exhibition Award
2013 Australian Decorative and Fine Art’s Society Adelaide Inc Award
2013 Helpmann Academy Major Grant
2010 RSASA Award, Youthscape Art Competition
Selected Bibliography
2017 LLewllyn Jane, 30. Zoe Kirkwood, Art Collector Magazine Jan 2017 (50 things collectors need to know issue)
2016 Borgas, Tom, ‘Zoe Kirkwood’ YEWTH Magazine article and cover image issue #7 summer 2016/2017
2016 Goode ,Adrienne ‘Zoe Kirkwood’s The Collections Project’ This is Radelaide
2016 Farnworth, Amy, ‘Zoe Kirkwood’, The Eye Creative, Issue #8 July 2016
2015 Llewellyn, Jane, ‘CACSA Contemporary: Showcasing the New’, The Adelaide Review, July 30
2015 Syfret, Wendy, ‘Interview – Art Class: Emma Coulter and Zoe Kirkwood’, Good Good Girl, February 15
2014 Reid, Chris, ‘Abstraction re-engaged’, Real Time, Issue #121 June-July 2014
2014 Llewellyn, Jane, ‘Artist Profile: Zoe Kirkwood’, The Adelaide Review, Issue 412, June 2014
2014 Coleman, Sheridan, ‘Hatched – Review’, Art Guide Australia, May 10
2014 Bevis, Steven, ‘The success of excess at Hatched 2014’, The West Australian, May 9,
2014 SA Weekend- The Art Issue – Front cover image, August 2 (one of six covers)
2014 Llewellyn, Jane, ‘Helpmann’s Anniversary Class’, The Adelaide Review, March 5
2013 Kirkwood, Zoe, ‘Contemporary Cross-disciplinary art practices and the “aesth-ethical” revision of the baroque spectacle’,
Presented at Strange Baroque Ecologies conference at Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand
Commissioned Projects/ Teaching
2017 Casual Academic Tutor/ Supervisor University of South Australia (UniSA), Adelaide, South Australia
2016 Lead Artist – redesign of CARCLEW’s Pom Pom Art Space (Youth/Community Engagement Project)
2016 Art Tutor, Onkaparinga City Council (Youth Engagement Project)
2013-15 Art Tutor CARCLEW’s Pom Pom Project (Youth/Community Engagement Project)