Zoe Bilston

This series aims to reflect on the existence and experience of liminal spaces in a world preoccupied with a global pandemic. After spending seven months travelling around the world leading up to COVID-19, this collection of works manifested as a result of careful rumination on the role of travel in so many people’s lives. It serves as a memorial to a time when international air travel did not require government permits, and looks forward to a time where restrictions are lifted. The adaptation of the artists’ travel photographs into stencils, extends the nostalgic nature of the works, evoking shared and individual recollections of arrival and departure, moving across borders from place to place. 

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Zoe Bilston is an emerging artist based in Canberra, Australia. Bilston is currently undertaking a Bachelor of Visual Arts, majoring in Drawing and Printmedia, and a Bachelor of Design. She works across drawing, relief printing, and screen printing, creating work that varies between vibrant and punchy, controlled and precise styles. In 2018, Bilston was commissioned to create a complete design suite for the Australian National University Giving Day, which included typography and illustrations that were featured across the ANU website, social media, and physical advertising. Within her artistic process, Bilston examines the way contemporary pop culture influences society through referencing the work of printmakers of the 20th Century. Recent exhibitions include: Micro Macro, CSIRO (2018), Exquisite Corpse, ANU (2018), and Shirty Science, Donut Department (2018). In 2019, Bilston undertook a semester abroad at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, University of Dundee, Scotland. Her work is held in private collections.