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Zoë. painter / poet. 

 

Founder of Art With Heart, Zoë Durand is a Taiwanese born, Sydney based, award winning artist who has exhibited in Sydney, Melbourne, New York, London, Scotland, Italy and the Louvre, Paris.

 

She is represented in the United Kingdom 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 magazine and art books in Malaysia, Australia, Spain, the USA and the United Kingdom.

 

Zoë's art also forms part of private collections in Asia and she was selected by Malaysian designers Sereni & Shentel to collaborate with them for their 2013 annual "Artist Series". This involved her paintings forming the basis of exclusive design textiles. The capsule collection received significant coverage by Malaysia media.

 

New York Art magazine, 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." (Vol 29, p 106).

 

Zoë's works form part of private and corporate collections locally and internationally.  

 

Zoë  has been awarded the Sandro Botticelli Art Prize in Florence, Italy and  the UNESCO heritage International Noto art prize.

 

New York Art magazine, 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." (Vol 29, p 106).

 

Also a poet, images for paintings and words for poems find her during the night and upon waking she feels compelled to give these life. Her poems are not at the time of writing, intended to marry particular paintings, though later she sees a strong echo between them.Zoë is guided towards expression through spontaneity, observation and reflection.

 

The painter says of her artistic process: "what I love most about painting is that it allows you to both create and experience a state of reality at the same time. In this sense it is a waking dream.”

Zoë's art at Pimlico station, London (left) and the artist (above)

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