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“She is not afraid to confront, comment, and speak about the range of complexities that define her individual experience. Over the years, she has captured, taken notes, gathered, built, and threaded narratives of her life with an ongoing expansion of how she comments upon the multiplicity of her existence…..” Read Philo Cohen’s article here. 

“What responsibility does an artist have to care for her viewers? This is a question that Zoë Buckman (previously) thinks about deeply. Portraying elements of her own experiences with abuse and sexual violence, Buckman is vulnerable, generous, and outspoken, sharing her stories in a manner that tethers her to countless others who have endured similar

“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

“There’s a lot of care embedded in “Tended,” artist Zoë Buckman’s highly personal new series of work. Currently on view at Lyles & King gallery in lower Manhattan, “Tended” marks a shift in Buckman’s work toward embracing a more tender side of the female experience. Using colorful embroidery, Buckman stitches tactile portraits of intimacy …”

“I’ve never made work this big. I really wanted to push myself,” Buckman told Artnet News at the opening reception for “Tended,” her first exhibition at Lyles and King on New York’s Lower East Side, and first solo outing in the city since 2019.” Read Sarah Cascone’s full article here. 

“In art, Zoë Buckman has found her calling. In her new show, “Tended,” currently at the Lyles & King Gallery in New York, one of the strongest pieces came out of a potent memory. “clean tea” is in honor of her mother, Jennie, a playwright and acting teacher who died in 2019.” Read Alan Zeitlin’s