About

With a practice rooted in drawing, I primarily produce works on paper, extending to painting, printmaking, book-making, soft sculpture, installation and community engagement projects. Underpinning my work is emotion and art's capacity to facilitate introspection and change, where I deeply value practices in care and vulnerability, using art as a vehicle for connection. I often work in series, trying to capture the myriad dimensions of a single subject, whether working across a series of small monoprints or an installation of large interactive soft sculptures. Informed by personal and collective experiences, I aim to create intimate works that stimulate contemplation and reflection within both the viewer and myself.

First-generation Australian with Russian, Canadian and Dutch roots.

Currently based in Melbourne/Naarm on the lands of the Wurundjeri peoples of the Kulin Nation.

Curriculum Vitae

Solo

2025 Intentos de procesar una(s) vida(s), Megalo Gallery, Canberra ACT

2021 A Portrait of People Caring About Things, RAFT artspace, Alice Springs NT

2019 Caving in, Sawtooth ARI, Launceston, TAS

2018 Building Walls, Watch This Space ARI, Alice Springs NT

2015 Silent Speakers, Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Sydney NSW

2014 Wh- Now?, Jas Huggonet Gallery, online exhibition

2014 Like Frostbite, The Electric Wall, Canberra ACT

2013 Stranger Thoughts, The Bowl, Canberra ACT

2012 Faint Moments, Honkytonks, Canberra ACT

2011 Undress: a slip, a sleeve, a story, Haha Bar, Canberra ACT

2009 Daydreamer, Petty Cash Cafe, Sydney NSW

Selected Group & Collaborative

2025 ...And Just Like That, Our Neon Foe, Sydney NSW

2025 Group show, La Trenza, Málaga, Spain

2024 Inauguration, La Trenza, Málaga, Spain

2023 Ellas miran así, La Alhóndiga de Segovia Cultura Habitada, Segovia, Spain

2020 Field Notes from Care Workers, curated by Sofie Burgoyne, Bus Projects, Melbourne VIC / online
2019 In the Marsh, Murky Waters Studio, Townsville QLD
2019 Lost & Found, The Residency, Alice Springs NT

2018 The Silver Spoon, with Frankie Snowdon, Aoife Milson and Jonny Rowden, Watch This Space ARI, Alice Springs NT
2018 The Attempts, Watch This Space ARI, Alice Springs NT
2018 Museum Of Intimate Memories, Watch This Space ARI, Alice Springs NT
2018 Building Walls / Desert performance with GUTS: Central Australian Dance and The Samaya Wives, Watch This Space ARI, Alice Springs NT
2018 Speechless, with Madeline Bishop & Claire Capel-Stanley, Rubicon ARI, Melbourne VIC
2018 Better Together, Watch This Space ARI, Alice Springs NT
2017 Alice to Mparntwe, curated by Doris Kngwarreye Stuart, Watch This Space ARI, Alice Springs NT
2017 Magic Hour @ Coles Carpark, with Beth Sometimes & Harry Hayes for HOBIENNALE, Kickstart Arts, Hobart TAS
2017 Belly, Watch This Space ARI, Alice Springs NT

2016 Tensions Between, with Clare Jackson, Canberra Contemporary Art Space Manuka, Canberra ACT
2016 Baba performance, English Theatre Berlin, Germany
2016 Works on Paper, The Brick Lane Gallery, London, UK
2016 Futures, RAW Sydney Showcase, Manning Bar, Sydney, NSW
2015 Baba performance, Theatrehaus Berlin Mitte, Berlin, Germany
2015 Ink, Janet Clayton Gallery, Sydney NSW
2015 Apart, DZIALDOV, Berlin, Germany

2013 Detroit, with Kai Wasikowski, Honkytonks, Canberra ACT
2013 Ordinary Problems, Canberra Contemporary Art Space Manuka, Canberra ACT
2013 The F Word, ANU School of Art Photospace, Canberra ACT
2013 Collaboration @ The Wall, Honkytonks, Canberra ACT

2012 The Bowl Launch for 'Zineapple', The Bowl, Canberra ACT
2012 Graduating Exhibition - Printmedia & Drawing, ANU School of Art, Canberra ACT
2012 The Wall February, Honkytonks, Canberra ACT
2012 The Wall January, Honkytonks, Canberra ACT

2011 And They Said Something installation for Family Day: Sculpture Garden Sunday, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra ACT

2011 Nest Eggs, Petty Cash Cafe, Sydney NSW
2011 A Few of My Favourite Things, Petty Cash Cafe, Sydney NSW
2011 Printmedia Open Day, ANU School of Art, Canberra ACT
2010 ANU First Years' Installations, Sculpture Garden at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra ACT

2010 Loupe: an exhibition of miniature prints by Megalo members, Megalo Print Studios and Gallery, Canberra ACT
2010 Like A Fishbone, Sydney Theatre Company, Wharf 1 Theatre, Sydney NSW

Awards / Residencies / Scholarships / Grants

2023 Leadership Alumni Collaboration Funding for SUPPcohORT: peer support group, Australia Council for the Arts

2023 Telmo Estampa Residency, Málaga, Spain

2021 Creative Fellowship, Arts NT

2020 Quick Response Grant for 'it's a bit tricky to visit each other right now' book, Regional Arts Australia

2020 Future Leaders Program recipient, Australia Council for the Arts
2019 The Art Vault Residency, Mildura VIC

2019 Quick Response Grant to attend The Art Vault Residency, Regional Arts Australia
2017 Finalist, M16 Drawing Prize, M16 artspace, Canberra ACT
2016 Finalist, Women's Art Prize, City of Ryde Winter Arts Festival, Sydney NSW
2016 Watch This Space ARI Residency, Alice Springs, NT
2015 Chrissie Cotter Gallery Exhibition awarded by Marrickville Council
2014 Muringo Residency & Electric Wall Award by Helen Maxwell and Barbara Holloway
2013 Jas Hugonnet Gallery Award
2013 EASS Patrons Honours Scholarship by the ANU
2012 Max Hawke Travelling Scholarship by the ANU to attend the Rhode Island School of Design on an exchange program
2012 Finalist, Jan Brown Drawing Prize, ANU School of Art
2011 Finalist, Jan Brown Drawing Prize, ANU School of Art
2010 Finalist, Jan Brown Drawing Prize, ANU School of Art

Collections

Elbow Workshop, Alice Springs NT
RAFT artspace, Alice Springs NT
Janet Clayton Gallery, Sydney NSW
Hello Future Talent Archive, Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens, Greece.
The Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn NY, U.S.A.

Publications

SPIRE, Reminiscing on Past Lives, August 2025

Sasha Grishin in Region Canberra, The confessional art of Zoya Godoroja-Prieckaerts on display at Megalo, July 2025

Self-published artist book, It's a bit tricky to visit each other right now, 2020-2021

Vogue Australia printed publication, May 2019
Dan M. Procházka, Kindness in Revolt, October 2018
ARI Remix, Watch This Space - Reflecting on 'Belly' - a group exhibition, October 2017
Vogue Australia, Meet the artist-cum-curator taking on pink and Alice Springs, March 2017
Demos, Limits of Force, July 2016
HerCanberra, Tensions between freedom and restraint, May 2016
RAW Artists, Profile, November 2015
VIDA Voices, Zoya Godoroja-Prieckaerts, September 2015
ArtPost, Zoya Godoroja-Prieckaerts talks about what inspires and influences her artistic practice, July 2015
Honkytonks, Zoya GP & Kai W: Artist Profile, August 2013
BMA Magazine, Artist Profile, July 2013
The Bowl, Stranger Thoughts: An Intimate-Exchange-Station, May 2013
Honkytonks, Zoya GP @ The Wall, December 2012
Daddy Issues, Who Did That?, February 2012

Education

2025-2026 Masters of Art Therapy, La Trobe University

2010-2013 First Class Honours in Batchelor of Fine Arts (majoring in Printmedia & Drawing), School of Art, Australian National University
2012 Six-month Exchange, Rhode Island School of Design, USA