ARTIST: Zoe Amor
Zoe Amor
Zoe Amor was born in 1974 in Frankston and lives and works in Central Victoria. At the Garage Art Foundry she has embraced traditional and contemporary methods of bronze casting to create works that are beautiful and unique. Arranging and modelling in wax, clay and plaster, Amor makes sculptural compositions that echo natural forms, gratifying the senses with their strength and beauty.Her work is often inspired by the indigenous species of an area, such as the Kamarooka, which was short listed for the Helen Lempriere Sculpture Award 2005, and Red Box Bush, a major work exhibited at Sculpture by the Sea Bondi 2006. Much of Amor's treasured childhood was spent in the bushland and homes of well known Australian artists and writers such as Daryl and Joan Lindsay at Mulberry Hill, Clifton Pugh’s Dunmoochin, Monsalvat where she worked in the sculpture studio of Matcham Skipper, and of course, in the studio of Rick Amor and Teana Amor who encouraged her to create and draw inspiration from what was out her front door.
Zoe Amor has been working as an arts practitioner for the last 10 years, having been involved in numerous exhibitions, awards, commissions and arts projects. Her work is held in public and private collections in Australia and overseas and she has recently been invited to create a major public sculpture for the entrance to the historic Castlemaine Art Gallery & Museum. Zoe currently works as the Visual Arts Coordinator for the 2009 Castlemaine State Festival, bringing her experience of working in the arts industry as a sculptor, curator, and community arts facilitator to a regional context by assisting in the development of an extensive Visual Arts Program.
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