Zoë d'Hont

textile , performance , ceramics , installation , Sound

With an interdisciplinary approach, Zoë d'Hont investigates how people experience space and place, how they move through it and how they relate to it. By re-interpreting and re-situating existing compositions, notations and architectures, she emphasizes the importance of observation, ritual and paying attention, aiming to give meaning to the world that surrounds us. The visual and auditory material she works with, derives from an interest in cosmology, nature and composition itself.

Apollo 11
Apollo 11 - From left to right: The observer / The other side of the moon (in all it's splendor) / Earthrise / First Steps (Take it easy) / Obversion (waxing crescent earth) Paperweaving, 2026, 20x20cm These works interweave a series of photographs from the NASA archives of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission with spectrograms of sound recordings from the same archive. Here, transcendental potential, rather than chronology, determines the connection between time and space. Light is shed on the self-reflective nature of several events during this mission. While the crew members photograph their own shadow on the moon's surface, they discuss the beauty of the earth. And when the first footprint is left on the moon, a voice is heard telling them to take it easy.
Ear-Walking Woman
Ear-Walking Woman - Performance of the composition 'Ear-Walking Woman' (1996) by Annea Lockwood. Recorded at the former house of Simeon Ten Holt, Bergen, August 2025. A woman explores the musical landscape and possibilities of the instrument.
Deep Listening Dinner
Deep Listening Dinner Glazed ceramics, tablecloth, and napkin. Specially made for the 24-hour event "Living Room of the Artist" at FAX Hasselt (BE)
Listening Body
Listening Body - Ceramic, wood, felt and strings. Part of 'Temple for the Ear', a physical space where the visitor is invited to various forms of attunement. Deep Listening workshops take place here, and sound works are presented in which the revaluation of ambient sound and noise is central. The first version of Temple for the Ear was at the exhibition 'All-Man's Land' at NULZES Eindhoven, August 2024.
The Eye says I
The Eye says I - Embroidery on cotton, 90x90 cm, 2025
Sonic Perspective (Chord)
Sonic Perspective (Chord) - Embroidery on cotton, 160x160 cm, 2024
Anechoic Chamber
Anechoic Chamber - Embroidery on Cotton 80x100 cm, 2024
Echo Chamber (2024)
Echo Chamber (2024) - Embroidery on cotton, 2024, 80 x 100 cm
Noise Spectrum - Series of 8 unique glass works in handmade boxes, exhibited at Boox.Space, Haarlem. Glassworks made at Make Eindhoven. Boxes made by Bas Lafleur.
December 1952 (after Earle Brown), 2021 Cacofabriek Helmond - 3D animation and binaural audio composition (2021)
Nine Bells - Performance of composition Nine Bells (1979) by Tom Johnson. August 2020 at Hilton Art Lab, Rotterdam
Axis Mundi - Scenography for the exhibition Children of the Space at The Gray Space in the Middle curated by Anastasia Loginova (2019)

Pretty Edges en Volle Vlakken

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Location: Extrapool

Ornaments usually live in the margins, but Pretty Edges and Volle Vvlakes want to center them on the page. For this Swamp-weekend I create a new Slimtarra (tapestry), which is inspired by the recent Artemis II mission. The starting point is a spectrogram of the critical moment before the spaceship enters a 40-minute 'loss of signal'. The pattern that emerges appears and disappears in infinite space. See the website for the full programme.

https://extrapool.nl/weekend/pretty-edges-en-volle-vlakken/

Movement in Repose

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Location: Galerie Frank Taal

Solo exhibition at Gallery Frank Taal, Rotterdam - Through the slow processes of listening, embroidery, and weaving, Zoë d'Hont (NL, 1990) explores a sense of place and belonging. Visual and audible waveforms emerge as dreamlike architectures and cosmic resonances. Sound, light, emotions, perceptions, fields of force, and energy—everything that exists—moves through time and space. During the exhibition, Zoë d'Hont will host a series of workshops focused on Deep Listening.

https://www.franktaal.art/exposities/duo-solo-isabelle-borges-zo-dhont.html

Movement in Repose

Date:
Location: Galerie Frank Taal

Through the slow processes of listening, embroidery, and weaving, this exhibition explores a sense of place and belonging. Visual and audible waveforms emerge as dreamlike architectures and cosmic resonances. Sound, light, emotions, perceptions, fields of force, and energy—everything that exists—moves through time and space. During the exhibition, Zoë d'Hont will host a series of workshops focused on Deep Listening—a gentle yet radical practice of paying attention.

https://www.franktaal.art/exposities/duo-solo-isabelle-borges-zo-dhont.html

Simeon ten Holt AIR

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Location: Simeon Ten Holt AIR
In association with: Stichting Simeon ten Holt

2 week Residence at the former house of composer Simeon Ten Holt. During the time I studied the composition 'Ear-Walking Woman' by Annea Lockwood for prepared piano, alongside several piano pieces from ten Holt himself.

https://www.simeontenholt.info/editorial/AIR

Wild Summer of Art '25

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Location: Brutus

For the third edition of WSoA, is curated around the theme “Traces We Keep”. Set among the raw, industrial ruins of Brutus, traces of what once was and what could have been, the exhibition becomes a space where imagination can unfold freely. The past and future engage in a silent dialogue, brought to life by the work of 50 Rotterdam-based artists.

https://brutus.nl/en/programme/on+view/wild+summer+of+art+2025/

Huiskamer van de Kunstenaar

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Location: FAX
In association with: The School, Kunstennacht Hasselt

For 24 hours, the artist's living room can be visited both night and day. During this exhibition the interaction with art is brought back to the way of the artist. Blurring the lines between art and daily life, guests are involved in the domestic rituals of this changing space.

https://annemarieslobbe.com/huiskamer

Connected

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Location: Gallerie Frank Taal

The artists in Connected all work with the theme of connection, each from a unique perspective. Their works offer perspectives on possible connections in contemporary society.

https://www.franktaal.art/connected

Werkperiode Cool Clay Collective

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Location: Cool Clay Collective
In association with: Cool Clay Collective

During my working period at Cool Clay Collective, I investigate the physical and aesthetic properties of sound and perception in the material ceramic.

Werkperiode in Kyoto

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Location: Gallery Kumagusuku sas
In association with: Japans cultureel centrum Shofukan

Working period in Kyoto with an exhibition in Kyoto at Kumagusuku Gallery. Here I will conduct research into spatial sound structures in the city. The results of the research will be further explored in an exhibition in October at the Japanese cultural center Shofukan in Rotterdam.

Jump!

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Location: Noord-Brabant
In association with: Museum Jan Cunen, Make Eindhoven, Pennings Foundation, Galerie Mieke van Schaijk, Luycks Gallery, Galerie Nasty Alice

Participant in the Jump! talent development program! 2021-2022
For a period of 2 years, financial support, coaching, exchange and presentations for the professionalization of your own art practice.

https://www.zoedhont.com
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