Bio

Zo Damage (b.1965)
Melbourne
MA Fine Art (by coursework), RMIT University
MA Photography (by coursework), RMIT University
State Library Victoria Fellow

Zo Damage is a Melbourne-based experimental artist whose work engages printmaking and photographic modes to challenge understandings of image and its relation to body and place. Recently, Zo was shortlisted for the Museum of Australian Photography (MAPh) Bowness Photography Prize 2023 and selected for the Bowness Photography prize exhibition “People's Choice Award”. In 2022, Zo undertook the State Library of Victoria “Tate Adams Memorial Residency at Baldessin Press and Studio” Fellowship. In 2021, Zo received the RMIT School of Art “Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence”. In 2017, Zo received The Age Music Victoria Awards "Outstanding Achievement Award". Her work has been published in print and online and exhibited in several local and state solo and group shows. A selection of her published works is held in the State Library Victoria's rare book and artist book collections. An established live music photographer, Zo’s work is prominently featured in the Australian Music Vault and The Amplifier at Arts Centre Melbourne. In 2022, State Library Victoria acquired a digital archive of 560 images selected from Zo’s unprecedented 365 day live music photography project, The Damage Report (2016-2017).