Conversation with Zoe Whitley
Director at Chisenhale
What advice would you give to women starting in the art world?
My advice to women starting out in the art world is actually the Phyllida Barlow quote I continually return to for inspiration:
“... there are ways of being successful that are private. Achieving public recognition and approval – that seems to me a very small part of being successful... Success happens in all sorts of ways. There’s sensational success. There’s youth success. And there’s the lifetime success of [...] keeping going, against hell and high water.”
There is more than more measure of success so don't allow external perceptions or your own comparisons to others to hold you back. Keep going.