Zoe Walker was born in Scotland and Neil Bromwich in England and they both live and work in Berwick-upon-Tweed, England
Zoë Walker & Neil Bromwich can be described as both artists and explorers, using their work as a means to navigate an unfrequented and treacherous territory, the slippery space between the real and an idealised version of the world. Within this liminal space the duo create objects and situations that lead them and us on trans-formative experiences inviting us towards an ‘other’ way of being. Walker & Bromwich use seductive tactile materials to create objects that play with a complex visual language which borrows as much from, art history, as it dose from the aesthetics of protest marches, cartoon strips, and dance culture. Their work is often responsive to a particular geographical site drawing on a locations unique atmosphere, history and culture, to create work that resonates against an international landscape as much as it dose in the place from which it was born
Major projects include; ‘My Island Home’ for the Victoria and Albert Museum, ‘Fusion’, collaboration with the plastic surgery unit at St Johns Hospital Livingstone and The Fruit Market Gallery Edinburgh. ‘Celestial Radio’ for COAST with Commissions East. ‘Love Cannon Parade’ for Right On Write Off, in association with the Great Unsigned and Whitechaple Gallery. In 2001 they were commissioned by Somewhere for TV Swansong a crossmedia arts project resulting in a live webcast, screened at the ICA, CCA, Baltic, Tate Liverpool, DCA, Delfina, Hull Time Based Media and Ikon
Recent Exhibitions include: ‘Urban Nomads’, The South London Gallery;Künstlerhaus, Vienna; Centre Regional D’Art, Sete, France; Solo Exhibitions include: ACCA Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Australia. Portable Paradise at the Economist Plaza; The Collective Gallery, Edinburgh; Friendly Frontier, Habitat London; Nesting, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham; Dream Cloud, Travelling Gallery Edinburgh and Somewhere Special, Houldsworth Gallery London, Currently their exhibition Panacea is touring to CCC, Tours, France, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, Cornerhouse, Manchester, le Parvis, France, and Wellcome Gallerys London