FLORE ZOÉ

BIOGRAPHY

FLORE ZOÉ (THE NETHERLANDS 1975)

FLORE ZOÉ’S PASSION IS TO TRANSLATE ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE, IDEAS AND EMOTIONS.

AT A VERY EARLY AGE SHE WAS ALREADY PERFORMING AND STAGING IMAGES. HOWEVER, LATER ON AGAINST HER OWN ADVICE SHE PUT HER PASSION ON HOLD TO STUDY PSYCHOLOGY AND AFTER A LONG TRIP TO THE FAR EAST SHE RETURNED TO HER PASSION......THE CREATION OF IMAGES.

FLORE ZOÉ TELLS STORIES THROUGH HER IMAGES: “IN MY WORK I STAGE AND DIRECT PERSONS AND SURROUNDINGS, THUS TELLING MY OWN STORY”. A LARGE PART OF HER ARTWORK CONSISTS OF EMOTIONS WRAPPED UP IN AN AUTO BIOGRAPHICAL FORM.

SO FAR IN HER CAREER SHE HAS WORKED WITH MANY WORLD RENOWNED ARTISTS SUCH AS MARCEL WANDERS, IRIS VAN HERPEN, MARLIES DEKKERS, SANDER KLEINENBERG AND DON DIABLO PLUS MANY MORE. IN 2011 SHE WAS COMMISSIONED BY ‘AWDC’ FOR THE CITY OF ANTWERP AND THE WORLD OF DIAMONDS TO CREATE AN ELABORATE ART-SERIES FROM HER VERY OWN CREATIVE CONCEPTS AND ARTISTIC IMPRESSION WHICH IS SOON TO BE REVEALED IN ANTWERP AND THEN THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE WORLD.

HER WORK HAS RECEIVED GREAT REVIEWS WORLDWIDE WITH HER EXHIBITIONS HAVING FOUND PLACE IN THE NETHERLANDS, BELGIUM, GERMANY, NEW YORK, PARIS AND MONACO. HER UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS ARE PLANNED FOR SINGAPORE, MILAN, LONDON, ZURICH, BARCELONA AND HONG KONG.

TRACK RECORD

WORKED WITHPHILIPS - MARCEL WANDERS MICHAEL BARNAART VAN BERGEN LUTE- ROOG - NEW YORK FASHION WEEK - HEINEKEN - RABOBANK

- ANTWERP WORLD DIAMOND CENTRE - DON DIABLO - LINSE STUDIO - AM MAGAZINE- IRIS VAN HERPEN -

GEMEENTEMUSEUM DEN HAAG - JESSICAJOYCE - PARIS FASHION WEEK - 5K AKA SANDER KLEINENBERG -

FLANDERS FASHION INSTITUTE

EXHIBITED IN

AMSTERDAM - BARCELONA - PARIS - ANTWERP -UTRECHT - NEW YORK CITY - BERLIN - MONACO

PUBLISHED INCREATIE MAGAZINE- AVANTGARDE - NL70 - GLAMOUR -

MILLIONAIRE MAGAZINE - GLAMSTERDAM - JFK - SQUEEZE - AM MAGAZINE - ESTA - KWINTESSENS MODE

- BOOKS BY MARCEL WANDERS: BEHIND THE CEILING - LUTE ELEMENTS

EXHIBITIONS

UPCOMING 2013- PLANNED EXPO AT OPERA GALLERY HONG KONG AND SINGAPORE

2012- EXPO AT OPERA GALLERY IN PARIS AND MONACO- EXPO AT GRACHTEN GALLERY, UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS

2011- EXPO AT BRASSERIE BEAUMARCHAIS, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES

2010 - EXPO AT NEW YORK’S FASHION WEEK, UNITED STATES- EXPO AT PARIS’ FASHION WEEK, FRANCE- EXPO AT PARKHOTEL, AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS- CITY-EXPO ‘VITRINE’ IN ANTWERP, BELGIUM

2009- EXPO HOTEL BANKS, ANTWERP, BELGIUM

2008- EXPO AMSTERDAM INTERNATIONAL FASHION WEEK, THE NETHERLANDS- ‘SALON FOR PHOTOGRAPHY’, BERLIN, GERMANY

2007- EXPO ‘FLORE ZOÉ SOLO’, AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS

2005- EXPO ‘NOORDERLICHT’, GRONINGEN, NETHERLANDS- EXPO AMSTERDAM INTERNATIONAL FASHION WEEK, THE NETHERLANDS- SOLO EXPO GALERIE GODA, AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS

2004 - EXPO ‘SCHAAMTELOOS’, AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS

2003- EXPO NOORDERLICHT, GRONINGEN, THE NETHERLANDS

OPERA GALLERY, PARIS

OPERA GALLERY, MONACO

SERIES

ART MEETS FASHION (2010)THE IDEA BEHIND ART MEETS FASHION IS TO PORTRAY THE CREATIVE PROCESS OF DESIGN: FROM INSPIRATION TO THE EXHIBITION OF THE FINISHED PRODUCT.

THIS SERIES HAS BEEN EXHIBITED IN NEW YORK CITY, PARIS AND ANTWERP.

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SERIES

SPIRIT (2008)THE MILITARY HOSPITAL IS DESOLATED, BREATHING OUT THE ATMOSPHERE OF THE LIVES OF THE NUNS AND SOLDIERS THAT THEY TOOK CARE OF.. IT IS A TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO HAVE LIVED AND WORKED THERE DURING WW I AND WW II.

THIS SERIES HAS BEEN EXHIBITED IN AMSTERDAM, ANTWERP, PARIS AND MONACO

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MAY I HURT YOU? (2012)IN THE MIDDLE AGES IT WAS COMMON TO PHYSICALLY PUNISH PEOPLE FOR THEIR DEEDS. WHAT MADE US REALIZE THAT SUCH DEGRADING BEHAVIOR IS NOT ACCEPTABLE? WHAT HELPED US DEVELOP A REJECTION AGAINST PHYSICAL PUNISHMENT, AND WHY ARE THERE STILL SOCIETIES AND TRIBES THAT DID NOT DEVELOP THAT REJECTION; ‘MAY I HURT YOU?’.

SERIES OF FIVE

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FLUENT FIGHT (2007)FLORE ZOÉ’S GOAL FOR THIS SERIES WAS TO CREATE A PERFECT SYNERGY BETWEEN MARCEL WANDERS’ INTERIOR DESIGN AND FASHION.

THIS SERIES HAS BEEN EXHIBITED IN AMSTERDAM, ANTWERP AND BARCELONA

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SERIES

PORCELAIN (2006)WOMEN AND THE WAY THEY HIDE THEMSELVES VIA MAKE-UP THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES. DOES THE MAKE-UP SEPERATE THEMFROM THE REST OR DOES IT MAKE THEM ONE OF MANY? TRYING TO BE UNIQUE, BUT LEADING TO MIND-NUMBING UNIFORMITY.

THIS SERIES HAS BEEN EXHIBITED IN PARIS AND MONACO.

SERIES OF THREE

SERIES

REUNION (2011)BACK TO BACICS, BACK TO THE MOTHER, BUT IN THE PRESENT. AN ATMOSPHERE OF WELL-BEING IS CREATED IN AN ARTISTIC WAY.

FLORE ZOÉ’S GOAL FOR THIS SERIES WAS TO CREATE A PERFECT SYNERGY BETWEEN MARCEL WANDERS’ INTERIOR DESIGN, FASHION AND PEOPLE AND TO LET THEM TELL A JOINT STORY (TO THINK OF PREVIOUS SERIES ENTITLED ‘FLUENT FIGHT’).

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LIQUID (2007)FLORE ZOÉ IS FASCINATED BY WATER. WHEN A SUBSTANCE/ FABRIC COMES IN CONTACT WITH WATER, IT CHANGES. IT WILL CHANGE INTO A BALLET, A LIGHT PERFORMANCE THAT GETS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT CHARACTER THEN WHEN STAYING IN THE AIR

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NU! (2003 / 2007)IN THE YEAR 2002 FLORE ZOÉ WAS CONFRONTED WITH INTENSE GRIEF CAUSED BY THE DEATH OF A FRIEND TO CANCER. THIS EXTREMELY CHALLANGING TIME RESULTED IN THIS SERIES ‘NU!’ (‘NOW!’). IT IS ABOUT THE TOPIC WE ALL KNOW THAT ONE DAY WE’LL BE FACED WITH: DEATH. SHE TRIED TO ILLUSTRATE IT AS SOMETHING UNDEFEATABLE, YET NOT BY DEFINITION NEGATIVE, ATROCIOUS OR GLOOMY.

THIS SERIES HAS BEEN EXHIBITED IN AMSTERDAM, ANTWERP PARIS

SERIES OF THREE

CREDITS

“SHE IS A STORYTELLER IN FINE-ART & FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY ”“ HER WORK W AS LAUDED IN HIGH-FASHION MAGAZINE AVANTGARDE ”

“ A LARGE PART OF HER ARTWORK CONSISTS OF EMOTIONS WRAPPED UP IN AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL FORM ”

“ HER PICTURES ARE FULL OF EMOTIONS, INTERPRETATIONS AND CONCEPTS ”

“ IN THE LAST FEW YEARS SHE HAS WORKED TOGETHER WITH RENOWNED ARTISTS SUCH AS MARCEL WANDERS, SANDER KLEINENBERG, DON DIABLO AND MANY MANY MORE ”

“ SHE IS A STORYTELLER, HER MEDIUM IS PHOTOGRAPHY ”“ IN HER WORK SHE STAGES AND DIRECTS PERSONS AND SURROUNDINGS, THUS TELLING HER OWN STORY ”

“ FROM A VERY EARLY AGE SHE HAS BEEN FORMING AND STAGING IMAGES ”

“ HER PASSION IS TO TRANSLATE ASPECTS OF LIVE ”

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