Zoe Barcza paints larger-than-life airbrushed figures, combining them with elements like collage and painted text. Her humorous and surreal compositions investigate cultural, political and social forces on the human body. In Barcza's work, the nude is a permeable boundary between internal and external forces that is in direct conversation with the world.

Zoe Barcza was born in Toronto, Canada in 1984. She now lives and works in Los Angeles, USA.

Education

Zoe Barcza studied at Städelschule, Frankfurt and Kungliga Konsthögskolan, Stockholm.

Exhibitions

Barcza’s work has been presented in solo exhibitions, including: Birth Refusal, Bianca D’Alessandro, Copenhagen (2021); Nukeface, Bodega (Derosia), New York (2020); Goblet, Croy Nielsen, Vienna (2018); DR. AWKWARD, Ghebaly Gallery, Los Angeles

Her work has also been shown in selected group exhibitions, including: Minor Rationalism, curated by Eric Schmid, Baader-Meinhof, Omaha (2021); Selficide Squad, Galerie Schmid, Chicago (2021); Fade Into You, Anno Domini, New York (2020); Zoe Gaia Blodsukker Sex Magi Kneipe, Haus der Kunst, Oslo (2020); OKEY-DOKEY III – Fenster, Ginerva Gambino, Cologne (2019)