Zoe Bilston

Zoe Anika is a multimedia contemporary artist with a current focus on printmaking and drawing. Anika recently graduated with both a Bachelor of Visual Arts in Printmedia and Drawing and a Bachelor of Design from the Australian National University. She has exhibited both locally and internationally and was the recipient of multiple awards through the 2020 Emerging Artist Support Scheme. Alongside this, she spent a semester abroad studying in Dundee, Scotland at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in 2019. Anika works at the National Gallery of Australia while maintaining her personal practice and exploring new creative endeavours. Her current work explores how the onset of the COVID19 pandemic, and the myriad societal shifts it has prompted, are changing the way we think about travel and freedom of mobility. 

#35 | SFO TYO 07190220, 2021, screenprint on paper, 40 x 65 cm, $200.

This misprint is the culmination of many weeks work and many hours printing. It was the test sheet for the biggest most involved print I have made thus far; a six layer print featuring CMYK, halftone, and flocking (!!! - flocking is traditionally used for fabric printing) on paper. This misprint does not feature the flocking but instead shows the process of establishing that my ink levels and printing were correct before I printed on the expensive paper. I tend to hold on to all my my misprints and tests (even the ones on newsprint!) As I feel it tells an authentic story of the work that went in to create the final print. Additionally, I have a strong interest in ephemera so tend to collect anything and everything from my creative practice. Despite this work being the test sheet I think it perfectly encapsulates the central theme of the work; the fallibility of memory and locational recognition.