Zoe Grey

Artist Profile

Biography

Zoe Grey is an artist from Lutruwita/Tasmania, Australia. Working in the field of painting, as well as drawing, collage and ceramics, her work explores ideas of home, connection to place and the experience of landscape. She grew up on the remote Northwest coast of Lutruwita/Tasmania, in the raw and rugged environment of Marrawah, on Peeraper country. Her experience of that unique landscape and an ongoing, evolving connection to that place, informs a large part of her practice. Her work is also driven by engaging with new and unfamiliar places, exploring how connections are made through immersive experiences, holding painting as a tool to nurture and unpack relationships to place.

Zoe graduated with First Class Honours from the University of Tasmania, School of Arts and Media in 2018. With numerous solo exhibitions nationally, her work is held in private collections around the world and in the public collection of the Devonport Regional Gallery. Zoe was finalist in the 2022 TIDAL Tasmanian Art Award, the 2021 Hadley’s Art Prize and the 2021 Paddington Art Prize. She has undertaken artist residencies on Kind Island, Tasmania and at Arteles Creative Center, Finland. She is currently based in nipaluna/Hobart, working out of the Artist Run Initiative, Good Grief Studios.

BIOGRAPHY

Exhibitions

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022 Falling Into Place, Despard Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania.
2022 Something’s Always Missing, AK Bellinger Gallery, Inverell, NSW.
2021 Linger, School House Gallery, Rosny, Tasmania.
2021 Just Between Us, Despard Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania.
2021 Return, Recall, AK Bellinger Gallery, Inverell, NSW.
2020 Thanks to a Place I Know, Despard Gallery, Hobart.
2018 Where I am, Who I am, Little Gallery, Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport, Tasmania.
2017 Into the West, Cradle Mountain Wilderness Gallery, Cradle Mountain, Tasmania.
2017 PLACE, Time Out on Emmett, Smithton, Tasmania.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023 Summer New, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2022 Summer Show, Despard Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania.
2022 Painters on Pots, Despard Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania.
2022 A Response to Landscape in 2 parts, Michael Reid Northern Beaches, NSW.
2021 Summer Show, Despard Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania.
2020 Summer Show, Despard Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania.
2020 Circular Head Arts Festival, Smithton, Tasmania.
2020 Modern Love, AK Bellinger Gallery, Inverell, NSW.
2020 Frontlines, Salamanca Art Center, Hobart, Tasmania.
2019 Summer Show, Despard Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania.
2019 Burnie Shines Featured Artists, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Burnie, Tasmania.
2019 Mermaides in the Basement, Good Greif Studios, Hobart, Tasmania.
2019 Young Blood, Despard Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania.
2019 Good Grief Grand Opening, Good Greif Studios, Hobart, Tasmania.
2018 Summer Show, Despard Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania.
2018 Graduation Exhibition, School of Creative Arts, Hobart.
2018 Not Another Landscape, Gallery by Joshua, Hobart.
2018 WIP Honours Exhibition, Entrepot Gallery, Hobart.
2017 Pop Up Gallery Marrawah, Green Point, Marrawah.
2017 Members Exhibition, Contemporary Art Tasmania, Hobart.
2017 New Artists at the Henry Jones, The Packing Room, Hobart.
2016 ACOC (Without a K) with Tim Steiner, Red Shed, Hobart.
2016 Graduation Exhibition, School of Creative Arts, Hobart.
2016 Here nor There, Entrepot Gallery, Hobart.
2015 Apophenia, Second Year Painting exhibition, Entrepot Gallery, Hobart.

Awards

AWARDS/PRIZES/RESIDENCIES

2023 Spitsbergen Artist Residencey, Spitsbergen Kunsterhuset, Svalbard
2023 Northern Norway Artist Residency, Nord Norst Kunsterhuset, Lofoten, Norway
2022 Finalist, TIDAL 22, Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport, Tasmania.
2022 Back to Basics Residency, Arteles Creative Centre, Haukijärvi, Finland.
2022 Finalist, Henry Jones Art Prize, The Packing Room, Hobart, Tasmania.
2022 Finalist, Womens Art Prize Tasmania, QVMAG, Launceston, Tasmania.
2022 Back to Basics Residency, Arteles Creative Centre, Haukijärvi, Finland.
2021 Finalist, Henry Jones Art Prize, The Packing Room, Hobart, Tasmania.
2021 King Island Artist Residency, King Island Tasmania.
2021 Finalist, Paddington Art Prize, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW.
2021 Finalist, Hadley’s Art Prize, Hadley’s Hotel, Hobart, TAS.
2021 King Island Artist Residency, King Island Tasmania.
2019 Finalist, Henry Jones Art Prize, The Packing Room, Hobart, Tasmania.
2019 Finalist, RACT Tasmanian Portraiture Prize, Long Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania.
2019 Finalist, Bay of Fires Art Prize, Tidal Waters Resort, St Helens.
2018 Finalist, Henry Jones Art Prize, The Packing Room, Hobart, Tasmania.
2016 Finalist, Birchalls Contemporary Art Prize, Academy Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania.

ARTWORKS

Zoe Grey The Sound of Rock 2023 Oil on canvas 122 x 168 cm $7,500.00 ENQUIRE →
Zoe Grey Where the sea ﬁnds the sky  2023 oil on board 61 x 50 cm $3,450.00 ENQUIRE →
Zoe Grey The other side 2023 oil on board 52 x 42 cm $3,000.00 ENQUIRE →
Zoe Grey Gentle pinch of the wind 2023 oil on board 52 x 42 cm $3,000.00 ENQUIRE →
Zoe Grey The sun determines your seeing 2023 oil on board 119 x 103 cm $6,450.00 ENQUIRE →