Zen Van Songen (b. 1988, Santa Barbara, CA, USA) is a Dutch-New Zealand visual artist who lives and works in Bali and Berlin. Van Songen holds a Degree in Foundation Studies from UCA Farnham, UK (2006-2007). She has exhibited in Bali, Amsterdam, Los Angeles, Berlin, Sydney, Portugal and Tokyo. She was shortlisted for the prestigious King D. Fernando II art prize (2019 Sintra, Lisbon). Was part of the 2020 ARTFEM Women Artists International Biennial of Macau.
In 2024 Zen Exhibited in The 23rd International Art Exchange Exhibition at The Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum and is part of The Corporate Collection of Chairman Shimmin Katsu amongst other prestigious private collections. Her practice is multimedia and encompasses work as a painter, jeweler, costume designer and photographer. She equally researches traditional crafts, especially textiles to support their preservation. Her global upbringing in Bali, London, New Zealand and Australia have made Zen Van Songen sensitive to our universal quest for belonging, and led her to talk about issues of connection and citizenship through her work and writing.
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Leap Year (2020)
Ink + Acrylic +Oil + Canvas
300cm x 150cm
Everything & Nothing (2020)
Ink + Acrylic +Oil + Canvas
300cm x 150cm
Darkness of the Light (2020)
Ink + Acrylic +Oil + Canvas
300cm x 150cm
Now to get out (2019)
Ink + Acrylic +Oil + Canvas
300cm x 150cm
Who's watching (2019)
Ink + Acrylic +Oil + Canvas
300cm x 150cm
A windows eyes (2018)
Ink + Acrylic +Oil + Canvas
300cm x 150cm
Unconformist (2018)
Ink + Acrylic +Oil + Canvas 300cm x 150cm
End to Beginning (2018)
Ink + Acrylic +Oil + Canvas
300cm x 150cm
Shock (2017)
Ink + Acrylic +Oil + Canvas
300cm x 150cm
Dot Dot
80cm x 60cm
Screen Print - Framed. Edition of /20
(2021)
To Late
80cm x 60cm
Screen Print - Framed. Edition of /20
(2021)
The Flow
80cm x 60cm
Screen Print - Framed. Edition of /20
(2021)
Our Kiss
80cm x 60cm
Screen Print - Framed. Edition of /25
(2020)
All This
80cm x 60cm
Screen Print - Framed. Edition of /25
(2020)
And That
80cm x 60cm
Screen Print - Framed. Edition of /25
(2020)
To Taste Or See
80cm x 60cm
Screen Print - Framed. Edition of /25
(2019)
Baby Dragon
80cm x 60cm
Screen Print - Framed. Edition of /25
(2019)
The Oracle
80cm x 60cm
Screen Print - Framed. Edition of /25
(2019)
EightNineThree
80cm x 60cm
Screen Print + Gold Foil
Edition of /20
(2019)
Golden Glaze
80cm x 60cm
Screen Print + Gold Foil
Edition of /20
(2019)
Something
80cm x 60cm
Screen Print + Gold Foil
Edition of /20
(2019)
Oh
14.8cm x 21cm
Inks on Paper
(2022)
Unimpressed
14.8cm x 21cm
Inks on Paper
(2022)
Really
14.8cm x 21cm
Inks on Paper
(2022)
Is it hard?
14.8cm x 21cm
Inks on Paper
(2022)
Sorry
14.8cm x 21cm
Inks on Paper
(2022)
Hypotesis
14.8cm x 21cm
Inks on Paper
(2022)
Will
14.8cm x 21cm
Inks on Paper
(2021)
Shape You
14.8cm x 21cm
Inks on Paper
(2021)
Life
14.8cm x 21cm
Inks on Paper
(2021)
About Virgins
14.8cm x 21cm
Inks on Paper
(2021)
In Bed
14.8cm x 21cm
Inks on Paper
(2021)
Get a Job
14.8cm x 21cm
Inks on Paper
(2021)
I Don’t Know
14.8cm x 21cm
I
(2021)
No
14.8cm x 21cm
Inks on paper
(2021)
Yes
14.8cm x 21cm
Inks on paper
(2021)
So What
14.8cm x 21cm
Inks on paper
(2021)
So Cheery I The Morning
14.8cm x 21cm
Inks on paper
(2021)
So Sad
14.8cm x 21cm
Inks on paper
(2021)
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