BIOGRAPHY
Zoe Young currently works from her studio in the Highlands on the East Coast of Australia. She has set up studios and exhibited in Europe and Asia bringing a depth of colour and character she weaves through her painting. A graduate of The National Art School and Artist in Resident of The Sturt School of Craft. Young is a rising talent, having won the Portia Geach Women's Art Prize (2018), the Calleen Art Prize (2020), and the NSW Women’s Leadership Rural Scholarship (2021). Her work was featured in the Sydney Contemporary Art Fair (2018), THE Sulman Prize (2019) and the Archibald Prize Exhibition (2013, 2017).
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EXHIBITIONS
2022 (UPCOMING) SOLO SHOW. WOOLAHRA ART GALLERY. SYDNEY . AUSTRALIA
2021 PICNIC BY THE WEIR. Alcorn Street Studios
2019 The Kitchen Table. Olsen Annexe, Queen Street. SYDNEY
2018 The Sea is the Key, The ocean is the Potion. Edwina Corlette Gallery. BRISBANE
2018 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair. CARRIAGE WORKS. SYDNEY
2018 Winter Soundtrack. Solo Show. Olsen Gallery. SYDNEY
2018 Two foot Square. Group Show . Olsen Gallery. SYDNEY
2017 The Orchard House. Solo Show. Olsen Gallery. SYDNEY
2017 Artist Profile 10 Years of Australian Painting. Orange Regional Gallery
2017 Space between Hours. Solo Show. PIERMARQ. SYDNEY
2017 'SPACE TIME OASIS' SAINT CLOCHE / SERVCORP COMMISSION. BARANGAROO
2016 SALT LIFE . SERVCORP COMMISSON . CHICAGO
2015 Home. Solo Show The Art Society, Southern Highlands, NSW
2014 Geelong Grammar Alumni Exhibition Celebrating 100 Years of Creativity
(Hung alongside Grandfather A.E Young)
2014 Ladies The Paint The Art Society, Southern Highlands, NSW
2014 Gold Graduates of the National Art School Exhibition, Studio W. Woolloomooloo, NSW 2014 Burrawang Designer and Artists Festival (Invited Artist)
2014 Celebrity Portrait Reveal (Invited Artist)
2012 National Art School Graduate Show, Sydney, NSW
2008 SALT LIFE. SOLO SHOW. MOMTRI VILLA ROYALE. PHUKET. THAILAND
AWARDS
2021 the sovereign art prize (finalist) Hong Kong
2020 Calleen Art Prize. Cowra Regional Gallery. Winner
2019 Sulman Prize (Finalist) Art Gallery NSW
2019 Ravenswood Art Prize (Finalist)
2018 Portia Geach Women's Art Prize (Winner - Judged by Trustee's of AGNSW)
2018 Mosman Art Prize (Margaret Olley Award Winner - Judged by Cressida Campbell)
2018 Pirtek Still Life Award (Winner)
2018 Calleen Art Prize (Finalist)
2017 Portia Geach Memorial Art Prize (Finalist)
2017 Mosman Art Prize (Finalist)
2017 Archibald Prize Salon de Refuse (Finalist)
2017 Veolia Mulwarree Creative Arts Scholarship 2017
2017C alleen Art Prize (Finalist)
2016 Archibald Prize (Finalist)
2015 Cooks Gallery Emerging Art Prize, Newcastle (Finalist)
2015 Wingcarribee Art Prize, Southern Highlands (Finalist)
2014 Meroogal Women’s Art Prize (Highly Commended)
2014 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney (Finalist)
2014 Yen Magazine Female Artist of the Year (Highly Commended) 2013 John Copes Prize for Portraiture (Finalist)
2013 John Briscoe Memorial Art Prize (Highly Commended)
2013 Snowy Mountains Art Prize, Jindabyne Memorial Hall (Winner)
RESIDENCIES
2021 - Briars Inn. Southern Highlands
2015 - Ongoing Threbbo Alpine Ski Resort. Artist in Residence.
2016 Artist in Residence. Momtri’s Villa Royale. Phuket Thailand
2015 Artist in Residence, Winifred West Schools, Sturt/Frensham, NSW(current)
013 Artist in Residence, Crackenback Farm, Crackenback, NSW
2012 Artist in Residence, Arthaus, Thredbo Village, NSW
2012 Internship. 'Wonderfest' Tudor House School. Moss Vale
ARTICLES & MEDIA
Two Good Cook Book. Paintings by Zoe Young, recipes by Australia's Celebrity Chefs.
The Australian Newspaper. Review. Andrew Mcgahan 'THe Last Word' Portraits by Zoe Young
Bridget Mcleod, Zoe Young. 2017 Artist Profile.
Lucy Feagins, Zoe Young, April 2017, The Design Files
The Style Diaries 2017 Country Style.
Musa, H, Portrait on Olympian purchased by Canberra Airport, July 2016, City News
Evans, M, Striking artwork brightens up Canberra Airport, July 2016, Travellers News Marshall, C, Zoe Young portrait of snowboarder Torah Bright, July 2016, The Canberra Times Lee, V, Zoe’s Archibald success, July 2016, Southern Highland News
EDUCATION
BA FINE ARTS (SCULPTURE) NATIONAL ART SCHOOL. SYDNEY
APPRENTICESHIP : PATTI SOMERSET BANK STREET STUDIOS. PYRMONT
STUDIOS : BANGKOK. THAILAND 1997
PADDINGTON. SYDNEY 1999
AMSTERDAM. NETHERLANDS 2001
BANGKOK. THAILAND 2002
BANK ST. PYRMONT 2002 - 2006
PHUKET. THAILAND 2006 - 2008
BONDI. AUSTRALIA 2008 - 2010
San Francisco. US 2011
CRACKENBACK. AUSTRALIA 2011
SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS 2012 - CURRENT
