Zoe Buckman
Zoe Buckman

Tupac was actually pro-choice, which is fantastic. Of course, those moments in rap are few and far between.

Zoe Buckman
Zoe Buckman

As artists we need to stop making work only for gallery or museum walls, or the coffee tables of collectors.

Zoe Buckman
Zoe Buckman

My mum, Jennie Buckman, was a north London Jew who, with my dad, proudly chose to raise me and my two brothers in Hackney.

Zoe Buckman
Zoe Buckman

I was a big hip hop girl, and still am, I listened to artists like Wu Tang, and K'Naan, but I was a particular fan of Biggie and Tupac.

Zoe Buckman
Zoe Buckman

I don't think I ever really felt comfortable with photography as my sole medium. But it wasn't really until I became a mother - I really credit that to opening me up artistically, I think because it was such an empowering birth for me - it gave me the confidence to explore different modes of expression.

Zoe Buckman
Zoe Buckman

When I became older and started to become more in tune with my political leanings, there was a disconnect between the feminist in me and the hip hop side of me, and I don't know if, in some way, those influences are also present in Tupac's work.

Zoe Buckman
Zoe Buckman

I have been drawn to India since I was a kid.

Zoe Buckman
Zoe Buckman

There's a real lack of basic understanding of the female body and the reproductive system.

Zoe Buckman
Zoe Buckman

People will email me and text me if they've found an amazing loo. I'm like, 'How was the food?' They'll say, 'Fine, but you have to check out the loo.'

Zoe Buckman
Zoe Buckman

I have this ridiculous idea that art should just be for everyone, and everyone should get to enjoy art and it shouldn't be this exclusive thing.

Zoe Buckman
Zoe Buckman

I don't like putting the female form behind glass or on a wall, further objectifying it as much as art does.

Zoe Buckman
Zoe Buckman

Becoming a mother really put me in touch with not just my mortality but also my baby's mortality. You spent nine months working on this thing, and it's finally there, and the first thing you think about is, 'I don't want my child to die.'

Zoe Buckman
Zoe Buckman

My art should have a lightness and sweetness. Especially since it has heavy and triggering subject matters, I prefer to present it in a way that's palatable and draws people in.

Zoe Buckman
Zoe Buckman

My journey with grief, with learning how to grow through it, rather than get over it, will be a lifelong one.

Zoe Buckman
Zoe Buckman

I'm someone who lives with the work of artists I've been lucky enough to know or trade with.

Zoe Buckman
Zoe Buckman

Cutting out images you like from art books and framing them is a great way of getting beautiful works on your wall. You can also frame magazine images or pick up inexpensive art at museum gift shops.

Zoe Buckman
Zoe Buckman

I was obsessed with American hip-hop as a teenager.

Zoe Buckman
Zoe Buckman

It was super-important to me that I would be able to make work out of my home.

Zoe Buckman
Zoe Buckman

My work is always on display, and my life is always on display when I make my work.

Zoe Buckman
Zoe Buckman

I cook a lot more now that my studio is in my home.