Biography

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Zoë Marsden is a British-born artist now residing in Wellington, New Zealand. Her highly detailed urban landscape paintings feature derelict, abandoned or unusual buildings and structures left in the landscape. Now without purpose or performing their function she is drawn to their mysterious, somewhat forlorn and eerie presence and aims to capture this atmosphere within her work.

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Zoë won the Craigs Aspiring Art Prize 2024 with her painting 'The Lookout'. She was recently selected as a finalist in the 2024 New Zealand Paint and Printmaking Awards, and the 2024 Walker & Hall Art Awards.

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Her work can be found in private collections in New Zealand and the UK. 

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Zoë is represented by Muse Gallery in Havelock North, The Artist’s Room Gallery in Dunedin, Windsor Gallery in Christchurch.

 

Zoë undertook formal art education in the UK to Postgraduate level before beginning a career as a painter and prosthetic make-up artist in the film and television industry for 16 years. Her credits include renowned productions such as Harry Potter, Star Wars, Game of Thrones, Ghost in The Shell, The Hobbit, and Avatar. 

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Zoë returned to her fine art practice in 2022.

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