My work addresses the complexities of acculturation, displacement, and race, with the intent of re-imagining what belonging and family can look like from my perspective as a transracial adoptee growing up with a white family in Texas. I reference Chinese art historical traditions and folklore in my ceramic sculptures and jewelry, which are based in and inspired by southwestern mythologies and aesthetics.
Zoë Watts, who goes by Zo, is a metalworker and builder from Yulin, Shaanxi. they grew up in Austin, TX and have exhibited at the Piano Craft Gallery in Boston, as well as several Texas art institutions, including the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio.
Zo currently resides in Boston with their cat, Pandan, where they teach woodworking and work as a gallery teacher at the Institute of Contemporary Art.