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Poetry + Images (exhibition)

Poetry + Images features visual and written works by Manu Berry, Michelle Elvy, Richard Reeve, Pauline Bellamy, Kate Stevens-West, Zoe Thompson-Moore and Cassie Ringland-Stewart. Bellamys Metro, September 2025.

Nurturing Relationships by Vicki Lenihan (essay)

Vicki Lenihan writes about the relationships underpinning the exhibition Iti Biti Matapihi. Scope: Contemporary Research Topics: Art & Design, published by Otago Polytech Press, September 2025.

Artist Residency at Waiwhetū Fruit and Vege Co-op (community project)

From March – June 2025, Zoe Thompson-Moore was artist in residence at the Waiwhetū Fruit and Vege Co-op. This project was funded by the Hutt City Council Creative Communities Scheme.

Art Seen: Iti Biti Matapihi (review)

Joanna Osborne reviews Iti Biti Matapihi at Forrester Gallery. Otago Daily Times, February 2025.

Iti Biti Matapihi (exhibition & publication)

Iti Biti Matatpihi group exhibition and publication (Caitlin Rose Donnelly, Emma Kitson, Kate Stevens West, Aroha Novak, Georgina May Young, Alix Ashworth, Piupiu Maya Turei, Zoe Thompson-Moore). Forrester Gallery, February – April 2025.

Stitching Solidarity: Artists for Palestine (community project)

Stitching Solidarity brings artists from across the motu together to enact solidarity with the people of Palestine, through the creation of a solidarity quilt. The project was conceived by Kirsty Baker. Enjoy Contemporary Art Space, November 2024.

A Lump of Something Wound About (solo exhibition & publication)

A Lump of Something Wound About solo exhibition. With poetry from Cassie Ringland-Stewart. Curated by Grace Ryder. Ilam Campus Gallery, September – October 2024.

Give It A Go – Loose Parts Play (workshops)

Loose Parts Play workshops hosted by Zoe Thompson-Moore. Come along for a morning of creative play and exploration with everyday found materials. The emphasis will be on the experience of the creative process rather than outcomes. Hutt City Council – Give It A Go workshop series, July – August 2024.

Reciprocal Residency – Movement Art Practice (residency)

The MAP Reciprocal Residency is a fresh and fluid program that aims to be responsive to the needs of artists while creating opportunities for informal interaction with the Ōtautahi movement community and members of the public. Zoe Thompson-Moore was a MAP Reciprocal Resident, June 2024.

Make and Make Again – An Ongoing Collaboration (text)

Dirty Laundry collective use images and words to stitch together a ‘crazy quilt’ about how we collaborate and create space for creativity in our lives. The Pantograph Punch, December 2023.

Rooster Tails (comic)

A comic by Sam Orchard about his experience of attending In Stitches! Rooster Tails, September 2023.

In Stitches! (workshop)

In Stitches! Workshop facilitated by Zoe Thompson-Moore and Philippa Doyle. Toi Pōneke, August 2023.

Te hīkoi toi: ‘Dirty Laundry’ uncovers domestic demands and artistic space (review)

Thomasin Sleigh reviews Dirty Laundry: 13 artists and writers on invisible labour. The Post, August 2023.

It takes a village (panel discussion)

Panel discussion featuring Bronwyn Polaschek, Kate Stevens West, Dianna Thomson, Zoe Thompson-Moore, Johanna Mechen and Philippa Doyle. Toi Pōneke, August 2023.

Dirty Laundry (exhibition & publication)

Dirty Laundry: 13 artists and writers on invisible labour group exhibition & publication (Bronwyn Polaschek, Caitlin Rose Donnelly, Cassie Ringland-Stewart, Clare Luiten, Dianna Thomson, Hana Carpenter, Holly Walker, Johanna Mechen, Kate Stevens West, Mary Walker, Philippa Doyle, Rachel Ruckstuhl-Mann, Zoe Thompson-Moore). Toi Pōneke Arts Centre, July – August 2023.

Tender Webs (exhibition)

Tender Webs group exhibition (Xin Cheng, Zoe Thompson-Moore, Georgina May Young). Wormhole Gallery and Studio, March – April 2023.

An Open-field by Grace Ryder (PDF) (text)

Grace Ryder writes alongside Open-field [solo exhibition]. RM Gallery and Project Space, November – December 2022.

Notes On: Utility by Connie Brown (review)

Connie Brown reviews Open-field [solo exhibition]. The Art Paper, December 2022.

Open-field (solo exhibition)

Open-field [solo exhibition]. RM Gallery and Project Space, November – December 2022.

Making Shift (reading group)

Reading Group led by Zoe Thompson-Moore. A Place for Local Making, May 2022.

Keeping Time (talk)

A talk between two of the contributing artists to Idle Hands, Dulce Lamarca and Zoe Thompson-Moore, with curator and Blue Oyster director, Hope Wilson. Blue Oyster Te Tio Kikorangi, April 2022.

Pissing While (performance)

Pissing While daily invitations to play. Blue Oyster Performance Series x The Dunedin Fringe Festival, March 2022.

Art Seen: Idle Hands (review)

Robyn Maree Pickens reviews Idle Hands at Blue Oyster Art Project Space Te Tio Kikorangi. Otago Daily Times, March 2022.

PlayTime by Mary Walker (text)

An accompaniment to Pissing While an installation by Zoe Thompson-Moore for Idle Hands. Blue Oyster Te Tio Kikorangi, May 2022.

Idle Hands (exhibition)

Idle Hands group exhibition (Zoe Thompson-Moore, Dulce Lamarca, Kate Mitchell) brings together three projects which use forms of performance to document moments of downtime, waiting, anticipation, rest, and play. Blue Oyster Project Space Te Tio Kikorangi, February – April 2022.

Getting Comfortable by Siân Torrington (interview)

On bringing more of ourselves into our art spaces, curator and artist Siân Torrington in conversation with Maungarongo Te Kawa and Zoe Thompson-Moore. The Pantograph Punch, September 2021.

As needed, as possible: emerging discussions on art, labour and collaboration in Aotearoa (publication)

Featuring Sarah Hudson and Zoe Thompson-Moore, Chloe Geoghegan and Emma Bugden, Public Share, Ema Tavola, Ōtautahi Kōrerotia and James Tapsell-Kururangi. Edited by Sophie Davis and Simon Gennard. Published by Enjoy Contemporary Art Space and GLORIA books. Launched July 2021.

Artists as Environmentalists by Mia Gaudin (review)

Art to save the planet and each other. Mia Gaudin reviews From the Ground Up: Community, Cultivation and Commensality at The Dowse. The Pantograph Punch, December 2020.

From the Ground Up: Community, Cultivation and Commensality (exhibition)

From the Ground Up: Community, Cultivation and Commensality group exhibition (BC Collective: Cora-Allan Wickliffe and Daniel Twiss, Xin Cheng and Adam Ben-Dror, Aroha Gossage, Hōhua Thompson, Zoe Thompson-Moore, Rita Angus) looks to the interdependent nature of food and people and specifically the conditions and ecologies of growing, making and sharing food. The Dowse Art Museum, October 2020 – January 2021.

Speculative Stitching: Aotearoa Artists and Embroidery by Thomasin Sleigh (essay)

Thomasin Sleigh surveys contemporary New Zealand artists pushing the boundaries of embroidery – a medium that traverses craft and contemporary art contexts. The Pantograph Punch, November 2020.

The making of bread, etc. (PDF) (text)

Sarah Hudson and Zoe Thompson-Moore consider bread in light of Zoe’s ongoing project The making of bread, etc. With a postscript Capacity to Host by curator Sophie Davis and recipe by Rhonda Whitehead from Kotare Trust. Enjoy Contemporary Art Space, April 2020.

Tunu parāoa/Making bread (kai & kōrero)

Join Zoe Thompson-Moore and Hōhua Thompson for a kai and kōrero about manaakitanga, the role of bread in social and political systems, domestic life and reengaging with traditions. Zoe and Hōhua will also make breads important to them to share with you all. Enjoy Contemporary Art Space, November 2019.

The making of bread, etc. (solo project)

For The making of bread, etc. artist Zoe Thompson-Moore will make bread to be shared at selected Enjoy events, collaborating with others who bake bread at home for each iteration of the project. Enjoy Contemporary Art Space, May 2019 – August 2020.

All of Our Beginnings: Motherhood in the Exhibition ‘M/other’ by Matariki Williams (review)

Matariki Williams explores the diverse experiences of motherhood through the work of ten mother artists in M/other. The Pantograph Punch, August 2019.

M/other (exhibition)

M/other group exhibition (Erena Baker, Leala Faleseuga, Rhonda Halliday, Turumeke Harrington, Claire Harris, Tash Helasdottir-Cole, Rachael Rakena, Zoe Thompson-Moore, Jasmine Togo-Brisby, Kararaina Toi, Justine Walker). Contemporary art exploring motherhood, mothering and maternal roles. Te Kōputu a te whanga a Toi – Whakatāne Library and Exhibition Centre, April – August 2019.