Zoe Green

Zoe paints portraits and segmented parts of the body that show intense color and emotion, with darker, quieter undertones of her past religion and struggles with mental illness. Her small sculptures show red string and flowers encapsulated in a clear resin cast of Mother Mary, mirroring the similar feelings of a delicate violence in her portraits. She attempts to connect and build empathy through her art, and invite viewers to look at what lurks under the surface of her life and others. Zoe’s work continues to be influenced by her surroundings. Her work as a bartender continually brings new people and their stories, and her art is constantly reacting to these new experiences.

Zoe was the first place winner at the Kansas City Artist Coalition Undergraduate Show, and her solo show “Exploring Closeness” showed the summer of 2017 at 3 Link Gallery in Smithville, Missouri. She worked at Josephine Sculpture Park in Frankfort, Kentucky as an artist in residence. Now she is back in Kansas City working at the Vanessa Lacy Gallery, and paints on the third floor of the Livestock Exchange Building.