I am my own muse.

Hi, I’m Zoë Awen.

I am an artist, art teacher, writer, life drawing model, designer, naturist and menstrual activist. My way of making sense of the world and my experience is to share stories through art making, and it has become my passion also to help people deepen their connection to their body through life drawing and creative practice, celebrating body diversity and sexuality.

I host bespoke art events, run workshops, stand up and share poetry and spoken word, produce and sell my own artwork, collaborate with other artists, and encourage healthy conversations about our bodies and sexuality. Incorporating embodiment principles, body literacy and self-pleasure practices and mediation into my work and teachings, I find potent change in circle, conversation and sharing stories. 

I am also a researcher and my art practice is influenced by my life experiences, my body, motherhood, relationships, life’s challenges, shame, healing and my journey as a life drawing model. I use painting, drawing, design and multimedia art to share my story of being a woman. Capturing what it means to be a woman and represent the female landscape in new ways.

Passionate about also helping other women find the same enthusiasm for their own bodies and self-care, I am not afraid to address and confront difficult topics. Motherhood, sex, body dysmorphia, gender, divorce and even illness has contributed to my work and challenged me to think about broader social, political and cultural issues women are faced with today.