Episode 465/ Zoe Hawk

Zoe Hawk (b. 1982, St. Louis) is an American artist living in Columbia, Missouri. Zoe's paintings deal with the simultaneously joyful and fraught experience of girlhood, exploring issues of feminine identity and belonging. Her work has been published in New American Paintings, Plastik Magazine, and and online in features by Artsy, Hi-Fructose, The Jealous Curator, and BOOOOOOOM. Exhibitions include From Pangs To Pangolins, curated by Trenton Doyle Hancock (Shulamit Nazarian, Los Angeles); SPRING/BREAK Art Show and FREIZE LA exhibits curated by Michael Slenske (Los Angeles); Wayward Girls (Spectrum Fine Art, Seattle); and forthcoming group exhibition Story Time (Rhodes, London). Special collaborative projects include pieces for ZARA's Women In Art clothing collection, released worldwide in 2019, the Day Dreamers Tarot Deck, created for TRUE/ FALSE international film festival 2020, and fabric print designs for the Fall/Winter 2022 collection by Paul & Joe, Paris. In 2024, Zoe was the recipient of the United Women's Art Prize for Painting & Drawing. She has attended artist residencies in Qatar, Belgium, Ireland, Norway, and the USA. Zoe holds a BFA in studio art from Missouri State University, and an MFA in painting from the University of Iowa.