Zoe Kirkwood

CV Zoe Kirkwood

 

b. 1983 Adelaide, South Australia, AU

Lives and works Glasgow, UK

 

 

Education ::

 

2017/19 Master of Fine Art (with Distinction) Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK

2013     Bachelor of Visual Arts Honours (First Class), University of South Australia (UniSA), AU

2010     Bachelor of Visual Arts – Painting, University of South Australia (UniSA), AU

2006     Bachelor of International Studies, University of Adelaide, AU 

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions/Projects ::

 

2016      The Collections Project, Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA), Adelaide, South Australia, AU

2016      In-The-Round, Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia, AU

2015     Chromo-Spatial (with Emma Coulter), CHASM Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA

2015      The Bel Remix, MARS Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria, AU

2015      The Screen Set, Canberra Contemporary Art Space (CCAS), Canberra, ACT, AU

2014      Space Invader, Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia, AU

2014      White Out, FELT Space, Adelaide, South Australia, AU

2014      Enter Excess: Space Invaders, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia (CACSA), Adelaide, AU

2012      Neon M, Paper, String, Plastic Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia, AU

 

Selected Group Exhibitions ::

 

2019     PICA GALA 30, (upcoming) Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA), Perth, Western Australia, AU

2019 MFA WIP Screening 1, Centre for Contemporary Art CCA, Glasgow, UK

2019     MFA Degree Show, The Glue Factory, Glasgow, UK

2018     LAST FUTURES, Tramway, Glasgow, UK

2018     MFA Interim Show, Reid Gallery, Glasgow, UK

2018     Exercises for Lazy Eyes, Adelaide Town Hall Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia, AU

2017     Mix Tape, PALMER, Sydney, New South Wales, AU

2016     Rheology, GAFFA Gallery, Sydney, New South Wales, AU 

2016     Recent Matters, SASA Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia, AU

2016     Untitled 17-08-2016, Home@735, Redfern, Sydney, New South Wales, AU

2016     Project 16: The Agency of Things, (curated by Kent Wilson) Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria, AU

2015     One Night with 25 Sculptors, Private residence, Prahran Melbourne, Victoria, AU

2015     Colour Me, Adelaide Town Hall, Adelaide, South Australia, AU

2015     CACSA Contemporary 2015, Light Square Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia, AU

2015     Epic Narratives, PICA Salon, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA), Perth, Western Australia, AU

2015     Paintings for a Hotel Lobby, Level One Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia, AU

2014     Young Collectors, Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia, AU

2014     Hatched: National Graduate Exhibition, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth, Western Australia, AU

2014     Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition, Drill Hall, Adelaide, South Australia, AU

2014     Enigma 23, Arts SA, Adelaide, South Australia, AU

2013     Full Circle, SASA Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia, AU

2013     Work in Progress (with Tom Borgas), The Mill, Adelaide, South Australia, AU

2010     Youthscape, RSASA Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia, AU

 

Industry Experience | Workshops | Teaching ::

2018     ‘Staging Space’ – Workshop presented as part of The Happenstance – Scotland’s contribution to the 16th International Architecture exhibition La Biennale di Venezia, IT

2017     Academic Staff/ Workshop Instructor, University of South Australia (UniSA), Adelaide, AU

2017     ‘Spatial X’, Guest Lecture at TAFE SA, Light Sq Campus, Adelaide, AU

2016     Re-design of Pom Pom Art Space, CARCLEW, (Youth/Community Engagement Project), AU

2016     ‘Bold Strokes and Big Ideas’, Workshop, Onkaparinga City Council (Youth Engagement Project), AU

2013/15 Art Tutor, CARCLEW, South Australia, (Youth/Community Engagement Project), AU

2013     ‘ The “aesth-ethical” revision of the Baroque Spectacle’, Lecture delivered at Strange Baroque Ecologies Symposium, Massey University, Wellington, NZ 

 

 

Awards | Grants | Residencies ::

 

2019     RSA John Kinross Scholarship (Florence)

2019     The Gilbert Bayes Charitable Trust Scholarship

2017/18 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 #79 Jan-Mar 2017 (50 Things Collectors Need to Know Issue)

2016     Borgas, Tom, ‘Zoe Kirkwood’ YEWTH Magazine cover image and article 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

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 Magazine - The Art Issue – Front cover image, and article August 2 (one of six covers)

2014     Llewellyn, Jane, ‘Helpmann’s Anniversary Class’, The Adelaide Review, March 5