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A detail of an oil painting showing pine trees at night in front of a tennis court
Zoë Carlon, Tennis Court at Night, 2021, detail. Photo: Jules Lister

Zoë Carlon and Zoe Watson: in conversation

  • Thu 3 Feb
  • 6–7pm
  • The Tetley & Online
  • Free

Join Zoë Carlon in conversation with curator Zoe Watson in The Tetley’s City Workshop and live streamed online.

Watch live online here

Through informal discussion, readings and sharing, they will explore the research and ideas that inform Zoë’s practice and how this has developed during Tetley’s Associate Artists’ Programme.

This event coincides with Zoë’s open studio at The Tetley. Discover the artist’s recent works, preparatory drawings and research. Open 10am–5pm daily between Wednesday 2 – Sunday 6 February.

About the artist

Zoë Carlon’s paintings draw inspiration from spaces that are both public and private. She is interested in spaces that create a sense of solitude and works from both observation and memory, exploring surface, depth, figuration and abstraction. Zoë lives and works in Wakefield. Her solo exhibition Strange Comfort opens at South Parade, London on 4 December 2021.

Selected recent exhibitions include Dialogues No.01, Centre for Recent Drawing, London (2021); Parts, in collaboration with Hannah Whitfield, Artwalk Wakefield, (2021); Painters Showing Paintings, in collaboration with Sofia Hallström, online (2021); From Cellar to Garret, South Parade, London, (2020); Prosaic: Generous, Globe Arts, Slaithwaite, (2020); Club Editions, Index Festival, Leeds, (2019); Cole’s Gallery, Leeds, (2019); and The Near and Elsewhere, South Square Centre, Bradford, (2018).

Online access

  • Select ‘online ticket’ on the booking page and you’ll be sent a link to join the live stream on the day of the event.
  • To access live speech to text subtitles for online events, they can be provided at your request, by giving us one month’s notice in advance. This service is provided by StageText.
  • A British Sign Language (BSL) Interpreter can also be made available at your request, by giving us one month’s notice in advance. To book these facilities please email info@yorkshire-contemporary.local or call 0113 320 2323.
  • For further access requirements, please email bella.probyn@yorkshire-contemporary.local