Alongside a career as a therapeutic theatre practitioner, Zoe’s fine art practice examines and renders portraits of the shimmering, resonant places that lie between creation and perishing. Interests lie in the complexities and imperfections of being human in relation to time, space and place. Using embodied, improvisational, and playful processes to make work, she harnesses a range of disciplines across drawing and painting, sculpture, poetics, performance, installation, and sound. Surfaces are unfolded to disclose or unmask hidden or partially exposed elements of objects, materials, and stories. Her intention is to, in some way alter perspectives and gracefully expose the tender, vulnerable and fragile. Walking and Butoh are tools that allow deeper access into the intelligence of her own body, rhythm, and choreography. This Japanese form of dance uses ‘reduction’ to great effect harnessing stillness and extreme slow motion. Gestural and fluid, her work re-frames her subjects, exploring ambiguous codes and shifting boundaries between public and private selves. Instagram: @darbyshirezoe