Zoë Durand
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Zoë Durand is a Sydney based, award winning artist who has exhibited in Sydney, Melbourne, New York, London, Scotland and the Louvre, Paris.
She is represented in London by Whitepeaks Fine Art Gallery where a selection of her paintings are permanently available.
Her art has been covered in media including art and fashion magazines and art books in Malaysia, Australia, Spain, the USA, and the United Kingdom.
Zoë's works forms part of private and corporate collections locally and internationally. She has been awarded the Sandro Botticelli Art Prize in Florence, Italy.
www.artbyzoe.org zpaterson27@gmail.com / 0435595400
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 69 Smith Street Gallery , Fitzroy, Melbourne
2013 “Eden” at Breathing Colours Gallery, Balmain, Sydney
2012 Artsbar, Paddington, “Giraffes”
2011 Artsbar, Paddington, “Giraffes” paintings and poetry
2011 The Arthouse Hotel, Sydney “Lovers and other Wild Beasts” paintings and poetry
2010 Ampersand, Paddington, “Out of the Ark”
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014 carrousell du Louvre (exhibition of contemporary artists), The Louvre, Paris
2014 Permanent exhibition of works at Whitepeaks Gallery, London
2014 Art Below Plimco, London
2014 Tap Gallery, Darlinghurst, “Slick City Chicks”
2013 “Kaleidoscope of the Mind” Agora Gallery, Chelsea, New York
2013 Tap Gallery, Darlinghurst, “Known and Unknown”
2013 Tap Gallery, Darlinghurst, "Women on Boards"
2013 Tap Gallery, Darlinghurst, "Freedom Art Prize"
2012 Art Beat ’12, Queens Park
2012 Tap Gallery, Darlinghurst, “Slick City Chicks”
2012 The Basement, Sydney, “Femme Locale”
2012 Tap Gallery, Darlinghurst, “Birthday Exhibition”
2012 Tap Gallery, Darlinghurst, “Flash Group Show”
2012 Live art show performance for musical band Lucy and the B Sides Fundraiser, Sydney
2012 Tap Gallery, Darlinghurst, "Women on Boards"
2012 Tap Gallery, Darlinghurst, "Freedom Art Prize"
2011 The Vanguard, Newtown, Images of paintings used as setting during musical shows at The Vanguard
2011 Gallery 26, Northbridge
2011 Tap Gallery, Darlinghurst, "Insight and Out”
2011 Tap Gallery, Darlinghurst, "Women on Boards"
2011 Tap Gallery, Darlinghurst, "Freedom Art Prize"
Designs and Textiles
2013 selected by Malaysian designers Sereni & Shentel for their 2013 annual “Artist Series”. Her paintings were reproduced on exclusive textile designs as the basis of this capsule collection of headbands released since August 2013. The collection has been significantly covered by media in Malaysia
PUBLICATIONS
2014 selected for coverage in International Contemporary Artists book, New York, Distributed to over 1,300 galleries in the United States and Europe and at several retailers
2014 selected for coverage in Hidden Treasures Art book, London
2014 Aesthetica Magazine, United States
2014 Fifteen Years of 69 Smith Street, Melbourne
2014 “Eden” book of paintings and poetry on sale at Ariel Bookstore, Paddington
2014 “Wild Heart” book of paintings and poetry at Ariel Bookstore Paddington
2013 New York Art magazine, ARTisSpectrum Volume 29, pages 106 and 93. ARTisSpectrum says that Zoë’s “paintings contain a freshness and immediacy not often seen in the fine art world, as well as a vibrant life force that erupts from the canvas.” (Volume 29, page 106)
2013 Arttour International Magazine (October) in English
2013 Arttour International Magazine (September) in Spanish released throughout Spain and South America
2013 Her World magazine, Malaysia (August Edition)
2013 Style Magazine, Malaysia (September)
2013 InTrend Magazine, Malaysia (September)
2013 September Special Issue of Arttour International Magazine to be released in Spain, throughout North and South America in September including video coverage
2013 shortly covered in NovoArte’s Contemporary Art & Artists publication to be released throughout the United States and also Europe in both English and German
2013 shortly featured in “Artists of Gallery 69 Smith Street” collectable book
2011 Covered as artist of the month by “being born again” couture
a preview of my upcoming exhibition at the Arthouse Hotel in January
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MERAH
Wild from the Start, Free at Last
On 26 August 2012, a young orangutan was spotted wandering alone along a roadside in Tanah Merah, West Kalimantan. He was just three years old. Fortunately, the kind-hearted people who found him knew about the nearby International Animal Rescue (IAR) Centre in Ketapang and brought him straight there. The little red-haired survivor was named Merah, meaning “red” in Indonesian, both for his colouring and the area of his rescue.
Merah was wary and wild, showing signs he hadn’t been kept in captivity for long—if at all. Though there were some faint wounds on his body, possibly from a chain, he was in generally good health and showed a strong instinct to avoid humans. He was given space and peace during his quarantine, where he gradually began to heal and observe the world around him.
Once introduced to baby school, Merah’s independence continued to shine. He enjoyed playing with the likes of Pedro and Cemong, but also valued his solo time in the trees, exploring, nest-building, and foraging like a true forest-dweller. Behavioral assessments placed him at the top of the class in forest school alongside Marcela and Roy, where his natural instincts flourished.
Merah’s instincts proved invaluable: in February 2020, after years of rehabilitation, he was among five orangutans—alongside Monti, Anggun, Ujang, and Utat—released into Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park. Today, Merah roams free, returning to the forest life he was born for, thanks to IAR’s dedicated efforts and the compassion of those who first found him.