Contact
Zoey Abbott Wagner
zoey.wagner@gmail.com
503.502.9703

Artist's Statement
Capturing people's stories and relationships in illustration and book is very exciting for me. My work is collaborative so I can only take partial credit
for the amazing fact that each book, card, etc. has the potential to be transforming.

Let me give you one example. I just finished a book for a 70th birthday from
a daughter to her mother. The daughter told me that her mother had been looking back on her life and feeling some sadness and regret. After receiving her book, the mother not only has been bursting out in spontaneous laughter daily as she remembers certain drawings but as her daughter writes, "It is
a great reminder that her life was not as bad as she has been feeling. In fact, she must now admit it has been an amazing life."

Bio
Zoey Wagner developed her style and technique at a variety of institutions including her Alma Mater, Smith College, San Francisco Art Institute, Art Academy, San Francisco Center for the Book and Bay Park Press. During
four years of living and working in Japan, she was mentored by caligraphy
and sumi-e brush painting teacher, Shihan Sugahara.

Zoey lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and son.