About
With a practice rooted in drawing, I primarily produce works on paper, extending across a range of mediums including painting, printmaking, book-making, soft sculpture, installation and community engagement projects. Underpinning my work is a concern with emotion and its capacity to facilitate introspection and change, where I deeply value practices in care and vulnerability and use 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 Sydney on the lands of the Gadigal and Wangal peoples of the Eora Nation.
Curriculum Vitae
Solo
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
Like Frostbite, The Electric Wall, Canberra ACT
2013 Stranger Thoughts participatory installation, 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
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
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
The Attempts, Watch This Space ARI, Alice Springs NT
Museum Of Intimate Memories, Watch This Space ARI, Alice Springs NT
Building Walls / Desert performance with GUTS: Central Australian Dance and The Samaya Wives, Watch This Space ARI, Alice Springs NT
Speechless, with Madeline Bishop & Claire Capel-Stanley, Rubicon ARI, Melbourne VIC
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
Magic Hour @ Coles Carpark, with Beth Sometimes & Harry Hayes for HOBIENNALE, Kickstart Arts, Hobart TAS
Belly, Watch This Space ARI, Alice Springs NT
2016 Tensions Between, with Clare Jackson, Canberra Contemporary Art Space Manuka, Canberra ACT
Baba performance, English Theatre Berlin, Germany
Works on Paper, The Brick Lane Gallery, London, UK
Futures, RAW Sydney Showcase, Manning Bar, Sydney, NSW
2015 Baba performance, Theatrehaus Berlin Mitte, Berlin, Germany
Ink, Janet Clayton Gallery, Sydney NSW
Apart, DZIALDOV, Berlin, Germany
2013 Detroit, with Kai Wasikowski, Honkytonks, Canberra ACT
Ordinary Problems, Canberra Contemporary Art Space Manuka, Canberra ACT
The F Word, ANU School of Art Photospace, Canberra ACT
Collaboration @ The Wall, Honkytonks, Canberra ACT
2012 The Bowl Launch for 'Zineapple', The Bowl, Canberra ACT
Graduating Exhibition - Printmedia & Drawing, ANU School of Art, Canberra ACT
The Wall February, Honkytonks, Canberra ACT
The Wall January, Honkytonks, Canberra ACT
2011 And They Said Something installation for Family Day: Sculpture Garden Sunday, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra ACT
Nest Eggs, Petty Cash Cafe, Sydney NSW
A Few of My Favourite Things, Petty Cash Cafe, Sydney NSW
Printmedia Open Day, ANU School of Art, Canberra ACT
2010 ANU First Years' Installations, Sculpture Garden at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra ACT
Loupe: an exhibition of miniature prints by Megalo members, Megalo Print Studios and Gallery, Canberra ACT
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
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
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
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
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-come-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
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
