Testudo – September 2023

“Emerging from the darkness of her past, prolific British artist Zoë Buckman has put the rage, anger, and gritty intensity of her previous works aside to present a new body of category-defying portraits that bloom with possibility and untamed power. After years of coping with the feelings of loss, pain, and grief so often tied to the female experience, Buckman professes, “I would like no more source material to deal with trauma.” Marking a new artistic direction, the eleven lusciously vibrant mixed-media works in TENDED celebrate …”