Zoë Shearman is an independent contemporary art curator and consultant based in Bristol. She studied Art History at Camberwell School of Art and Crafts, London, graduating in 1986.

She has 20 years experience of working in the publicly funded contemporary visual arts during which time she has curated over sixty projects and worked with artists from diverse cultural backgrounds. From 1990 to 1994, she was Director of Visual Arts at Riverside Studios, London, and 1999 to 2001, co-Director of Spacex, Exeter.

She has undertaken consultancies in research and development, facilitation, and evaluation, for Arts Council England South West; Holton Lee, Dorset (the National Disability Arts Collection and Archive); St Ives International, Cornwall; Architectural Association, London; Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World, Devon; Plymouth Arts Centre and University of Plymouth.

She has edited eleven publications, written reviews and essays for a-n magazine and Newlyn Art Gallery and has lectured on the Dartington College of Arts/Spacex MA Curating course. She is an independent arts reporter for Arts Council England, South West.