Zo Damage, 2025, “B,” monoprint (unique state), 50cm x 50cm
NoteWorthy
Zo Damage
PG Gallery, Fitzroy
February 17–28, 2026
PG Gallery presents “NoteWorthy,” an exhibition by Melbourne-based visual artist Zo Damage, explores the city’s live music culture through printmaking. Working in collaboration with Melbourne musicians, Damage uses broken and discarded musical equipment as etching tools to create intricate, interweaving marks that reflect the endurance, resilience, and interconnectedness of musicians and their communities.
This exhibition concludes Zo’s State Library Victoria Tate Adams Memorial Residency Fellowship at Baldessin Studio. By drawing on the extensive resources of the library and her long-standing professional and personal relationships within the music industry, the exhibition highlights the resilience and vitality of music culture in the post-pandemic era from the perspectives of the live music creative sector.
Special thanks to Raul Sanchez (Magic Dirt; River of Snakes; Midnight Woolf), Jem (WeEmptyRooms; DEAD), Rhys Campbell (Future Suck), Grace Gibson (Future Suck; Blonde Revolver; Screaming Target), Katie Scott (Pony Face; Howl At The Moon), Jason Fuller (Goatsound Studios; Blood Duster; The Ruiner; Burn The Hostages), Kim Volkman (X; Kim Volkman and the Whiskey Priests), Zoe Hunting (Premium Fantasy) and Three Phase Rehearsal Studios for their invaluable contributions to this project.
Copper plate with a selection of the broken musical equipment ‘etching tools’ used in the making of NoteWorthy
Raul Sanchez (Magic Dirt/River of Snakes) uses a pick-up from a guitar he smashed on stage (as he is know to do at very special gigs) to make marks on each of the two copper plates
Katie Scott (Pony Face/Howl At The Moon) uses a hammer to create marks on each of the two copper plates from a pencil from her own collection, which, according to the musician, is where all songwriting begins
Zo Damage, installing “NoteWorthy,” PG Gallery, 2026. Photo courtesy PG Gallery, 2026
Zo Damage with copper plates. The plates are very special as they belonged to her late father, John Zurbo, and were gifted to her, unused, by John’s partner after his passing