Biography
Academic Qualifications
2002
Printmaking Course, National School of Art, Sydney.
1998-02
Bachelor of Applied Arts, College of Fine Art (COFA), University of NSW. (Hons)
Selected Exhibitions: Solo
2010
Antarctic Separation, Chalk Horse, Sydney.
2009
Ecstatic Shadow, BUS Gallery Artist Run Initiative, Melbourne.
2008
Soft Tension, Window, Grantpirrie Gallery, Sydney.
Shadows on the Floor, Chalk Horse Gallery, Sydney.
2007
Small Worlds, Amelia Johnson Contemporary, Hong Kong.
2006
An Illusion to Move Me, ‘twocubes’ at Sherman Galleries, Sydney.
Selected Exhibitions: Group
2011
ROSL Scholarship Exhibition, OXO Tower Gallery, London. (October 2011)
Young Guns Summer Show, COMOODA, London.
2009
Postcard show, Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW.
2008
ABN AMRO (now Royal Bank of Scotland Emerging Artist Award), Finalist Exhibition.
2007
Helen Lempriere, Finalist Exhibition, Artspace Visual Arts Centre, Sydney.
Reindeer, Chalk Horse, Sydney.
Square Dance, First Draft Gallery.
2006
Match Box Projects, International Design Center Nagoya, Nagoya, Japan.
Match Box Projects, Gosford Regional Art Gallery, NSW.
Blurring the Boundaries, Fairfield City Museum and Gallery.
Strange Worlds, China Heights.
Heart of Australia, Artspace, Adelaide.
Post-it, Satellite Event for the Sydney Biennale, Pelaton Gallery.
2004
Artful Mining, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery.
Tyranny of Distance, Omotesando, Tokyo, Seoul.
Marks and Memory, Fairfield City Museum and Gallery.
Workshopped 04, Installation in Strand Arcade during Sydney Design Week, Pitt St.
2003
Talente (student work), International Exhibition, International Trade Fair, Munich.
Art and About, City of Sydney, 26 street banners throughout city, & projection on AMP building.
2002
Object Award for Studio Based Practice (student), national graduate exhibition, Object Galleries.
Residencies
2010
Royal Over Seas League Visual Art Scholarship, studio residency London & Scotland, Edinburgh Print Workshop, Hospitalfield Residential Art Centre, Arbroath.
2009
Artspace Visual Arts Centre, Studio Residency Program, Sydney.
Bundanon Artist in Residence Program, Arthur Boyd, NSW.
Antarctica, guest artist Mawson’s Huts Foundation in association with the Australian Antarctic Division.
2008
Hill End Artists in Residency Program, funded by Arts NSW.
2007
Stuart Town Studio Residency, NSW.
St Helena Constantine Residency at Byron Bay, associated with Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney.
Tasmania School of Art, Visiting Artist, Hobart.
2004
Hill End Artists in Residency Program, funded by Arts NSW.
Awards
2008
ABN AMRO (now Royal Bank of Scotland Emerging Artist Award), Finalist.
NSW Artists Marketing Scheme, Arts NSW, National Association for the Visual Arts.
2007
Helen Lempriere, Finalist, Artspace Visual Arts Centre.
Realise Your Dream Award, British Council, runner up with financial award at Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney.
Landerer Arts Scholarship, British Council Australia Finalist.
Noise Art Award runner up, out of 50 artists.
2006
SOYA Pictures, Finalist, Sydney.
New Work Grant, Emerging Artist, Australia Council for the Arts.
2005
Special Achievement Award and Highly Commended in the Sydney Powerhouse Museum Wizard Award.
2004
Craft-In-Site program, Object, project funding, NSW.
COFA Online Course Author Fellowship, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales.
2002
Object Award for Studio Based Practice (student), Object, NSW.
2000
University of NSW Honours Scholarship. (student).
Selected Bibliography
2011
Harrington, Z. (ed). Sculpture and the Enemies, ‘Zoe MacDonell’, May/June 2011, pp.20-25.
2010
Dundee Courier,Scotland, ‘Another Chance to Meet Artists, October 21st.
2008
Harpers Bazaar, October. pp.32 & 54.
Foxtel, Skills One, documentary on Zoë MacDonell’s Art Practice.
Lambardo, F. Vogue Living, ‘Shadow Play’, Artist Profile, May/June 2008, pp.65-68.
2007
Koumis, M. (ed). Art Textiles of the World, Telos Art Publishing, London.
2006
James, J. Belle magazine, ‘Finishing Touch’, August/September issue, page 194, Editors Choice.
Cochrane, G. Object Magazine 50, 'Stitches in Time: Directions in Textiles', August 2006, Cover Image & pp. 16-17.
2005
Burton Taylor, J. Sydney Morning Herald, Domain, ‘The Art of the Find’, Jan 20th, p.14.
2004
Beavan, R. Vogue Living, ‘Treasured Maps’, November/December 2004, pp. 75-76.
Kenyon, G. College of FIne Arts, COFA, UNSW, Spring, ‘Lines of a Journey’.
Kilbey, J. Australian Art Review, ‘The Topography of Inspiration’, July to Oct, pp.34-36.
Tran Lam, L. State of the Arts, ‘Zoë MacDonell’, July to Sept, pp. 72-73.
MacDonell, Z. Craft Victoria, ‘Hi Tokyo’, [online]
http://craftvic.org.au/resources/craft-culture/2005/hi-tokyo.
MacDonell, Z. Craft Victoria, ‘Journey to Hill End’, [online]
http://craftvic.org.au/resources/craft-culture/2006/journey-to-hill-end.
2003
Brennan, B. Vogue Living, ‘Blanc Canvas’, pp.73-76, Oct-Nov, 2003.
Adams, A. Noise: Magazine, ‘Bright Lights’, p.45, 2003.
Merril, M. The Program, ‘Arts Rare Mediums’, ‘News section, p.4’ [online],
http://www.theprogram.net.au [2003, April] (Initiative of the Australia Council, Noise).
Invited Artist Talks
2007
Artspace, Helen Lempriere Finalist Exhibition, Sydney.
Royal Australian Institute of Architects, Tusculum Gallery, Sydney.
Hazelhurst Gallery, Sydney.
Tasmania School of Art, Hobart.
2006
Sydney Design Week, Workshopped, hosted by David Clarke (ed Vogue Living), Sydney.
Blurring the Boundaries, Fairfield Regional Gallery, NSW.
College of Fine Arts UNSW, COFA Research Week, Sydney.
2005
SH Ervin Gallery, The Legacy of Jean Bellette – Hill End Artist in Residence Program, Sydney.
d-factory, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney.
Public Collections
Art bank Australia.
Art Equity, Australia.
Object Gallery, Australian Centre for Craft and Design, Sydney, NSW.
Rockingham North Carolina Municipal Building, USA.
Private Collections
UK, New York, US, Hong Kong, Italy, Indonesia and Australia.
Teaching and Curriculum Development
2003-2011
Casual Academic, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales.
2005-11
Casual Academic, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW.
2008
Visiting Artist, Australia National University, Art Faculty, Canberra, NSW.
2005-08
Eastern Suburbs Community College course development and teaching.
2003-06
Scientia gifted children program, UNSW.
2004
Online Author Fellowship, for the Online Faculty, College of Fine Arts, UNSW.
In addition to various other short courses at Regional Art Galleries and Community Colleges in Australia.