Zack Moir

I work as a musician and multimedia artist whose practice moves between composition, printmaking, sound, and interactive installation. Much of my wider work relies on digital tools, screens, and code, so my printmaking practice has become a deliberate counterbalance; a way to slow down, step away from the computer, and work with materials that respond directly to touch. Carving, burnishing, and working with inks and papers gives me a sense of tactility that I don’t find elsewhere, and this physical engagement shapes the character of the work.

My printmaking centres on monochromatic imagery and the interplay of texture and light. I’m interested in how simple marks can evoke intricate landscapes and environments, movement, depth, or atmosphere, and how minimal visual information can still carry a strong sense of place.

Alongside printmaking, I explore environmentally responsive cyanotypes and reactive audio-visual installations that bring analogue and digital methods into dialogue. These works often use field recordings, generative systems, or environmental input, allowing materials and processes to take on some of the decision-making. Rather than forcing an image or sound into being, I’m drawn to seeing what emerges from the interaction between tool, surface, and environment.

My creative identity is shaped by working both as an artist and as a professor in arts education. I don’t treat these as separate worlds; both are rooted in curiosity, experiment, and creating conditions in which others can look, listen, and reflect on the world around them and their place within it.