Linen Landscapes

19 September - 16 October 2026

Dr. Zoё Victoria Gibson completed her award-winning Master of Architecture Thesis in 2022, before pursuing her PhD in architectural education within Ulster University. Stemming from her own experiences in the design studio, and curiosity on the history of architectural teaching, Zoë’s research is immersed within the Belfast School of Architecture (+ The Built Environment) vertical teaching design studios of which she has taught within since 2022, addressing the future of architectural education and responding to challenges within contemporary design school ecologies.

In addition to her studies, Zoё creates textile art depicting meaningful landscapes on Irish Linen. Her work explores sites across Ireland and the United Kingdom through cotton threads and intricate stitching patterns, weaving into the linen fibres.

Zoё’s embroidery work is self-taught, and has been featured and sold by Ulster University, the Royal Society of Ulster Architects, and more recently, the 144th RUA Annual Exhibition. She uses her background in architecture and identification of landscape via site analysis, to abstract and reinterpret our vast ecologies and ecosystems through textile art.

Image opposite: Inveraray Castle, Lough Fyne - Scotland