"My work is in the first place about myself and my relationship with the world. The insecurity, disappointments, the concealed grief, the hope, the humour and the love. I do not paint portraits but rather the  odd and marginal characters which fill the "spaces in between".

We all have a cast of characters which define our lives. They communicate the different facets of humanity. My cast is the cast of the misfit, They are "immigrants" found between cultures, continents, languages and disciplines.

My characters become their own characters and in this way hopefully the characters of their viewers".

Zoya enjoys gallery representation in the USA, Jamaica, Germany and Norway, and has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Kingston, Jamaica; Berlin, Germany; Barcelona, Spain; Oslo, Norway; Florence, Italy; and London, England. In 2009 she was awarded the President’s Award at the Florence Biennale in Florence, Italy. She currently lives in Oslo, Norway.

Ved interesse, kontakt: Elenor Martinsen Mob. 92 888 150 [email protected]