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ZV.Arch

Textiles, Mixed Media

Zoë is a self-taught textile artist, specialising in embroidered works, inspired by Irish and British Landscapes. Her Landscape Tapestries weave memories of place on to the highest quality Irish Linen with cotton threads, encouraging viewers to reimagine forgotten landscapes through both touch and by eye.

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Artist’s Biography

Zoё V. Gibson completed her award-winning Master of Architecture Thesis in 2022, before pursuing her PhD in architectural education. Stemming from her own experiences in the design studio, and curiosity on the history of architectural teaching, Zoë’s research is immersed within the Belfast School of Architecture (+ The Built Environment) vertical teaching design studios, addressing the future of architectural education and responding to challenges within contemporary design school ecologies.

In addition to her studies, Zoё creates textile art depicting meaningful landscapes on Irish Linen. Her work explores sites across Ireland and the United Kingdom through cotton threads and intricate stitching patterns, weaving into the linen fibres. Zoё’s embroidery work is self-taught, and has been featured by Ulster University, Royal Society of Ulster Architects, Craft NI Gallery and within the Linen Biennale.

Zoё’s background in architecture and identification of landscape via site analysis, aids her abstraction and reinterpretion our vast ecologies and ecosystems through textile art.

Awards + Prizes

  • Emerging Artist Award, Craft NI Gallery – Un(Bound) Exhibition, 2025
  • Regenerative Rathlin Category Winner, 2024
  • RSUA Silver Medal for Postgraduate Research, Winner, 2022
  • RIAI Scott Tallon Walker Award for Postgraduate Research, Highly Commended, 2022
  • Alexander Thompson Scholarship, Glasgow Institute of Architects, 2021
  • RSUA Bronze Medal for Undergraduate Research, Best in School UU, 2019

Current + Past Exhibitions

  • 144th Royal Ulster Artists Exhibition, Ulster Museum, 2025
  • Linen Landscapes Solo Exhibition, Ards Arts Centre, 2025
  • Un(Bound) Group Exhibition, Craft NI Gallery, 2025
  • Common Threads Group Exhibition, Island Arts Centre, 2025
Store: https://zvarch.bigcartel.com Email: zvg.arch@gmail.com
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Currently, Zoё is displaying two embroideries within the Annual 144th Royal Ulster Artist’s Exhibition at the Ulster Museum. This exhibition is ongoing until the 4th January 2026.

Zoë is currently accepting commissions. Please contact her via email (zvg.arch@gmail.com) for further details and enquiries. Zoë is happy to discuss your preferences with you such as colour of linen, available threads, and personalisation. Please note that all pieces are handmade, and that Zoë works alone. All commissions will require a 4-6 week turnaround window. Professional framing may also add time to expected completion time. However, testimonials from previous clients have commended Zoë for sending updates throughout completion of your personalised Landscape Tapestry. For additional available small works, please see Zoë's website.

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