''With a delicate hint of the magical and a surrealist's compression of perspective, Zigou's art brings the emotional states of the modern, independent woman to life in bold images whose subtlety rewards engagement. The subjects are attractive, but the power they convey as females - in moments of discontent, vulnerability, discernment, admiration and closeness - eliminate the possibility that they can be construed by the male gaze as submissive. These are independent women who exist in a world where their self-possession is the defense against the idea that anything outside convention is suspect.""

 Glen PORTER