GALLERY REPRESENTION

Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA principlegallery.com/alexandia
Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL galleryvictor.com
Abend Gallery, Denver, CO abendgallery.com
AnArte Gallery, San Antonio, TX anartegallery09.com

Past:

John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York, NY
Meyer East Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

BIO

Zack Zdrale (b.1977) is a figurative artist who takes a traditional approach to his work, although his subjects, compositions and bold mark making place his work in the present. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison, earning a Bachelor of Science-Art degree in 1999. His training culminated in a master’s degree in figurative painting from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. He graduated with honors and now teaches in the Graduate Fine Art Department. He is currently a lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Zack has also taught for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Gage Academy in Seattle and adult education with Madison School and Community Recreation. Zdrale has been showing his work nationally and internationally since 2007, including as an exhibitor in the 2018 BP Portrait Award traveling exhibition. The work has garnered the attention of the art press, being featured in American Arts Quarterly, ZZVYA , Art News, American Artist, American Art Collector (cover) and Madison Essentials Magazine. Zdrale is featured in the book, Disrupted Realism: Paintings for a Distracted World. His work has been included in two accompanying exhibitions and a limited-edition print run of work featured in the book.

Zack lives in Madison, WI with his wife and two children.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2022
Richeson 75 Portrait ad Figure, Richeson School of Art and Gallery, Kimberly, WI
The 32nd Annual Holiday Miniatures Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO

2021
Disrupted Realism, Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA
Wet Paint, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
Painting the Figure Now IV, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wausau, WI
The 31st Annual Holiday Miniatures Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO

2020
The Human Experience, AnArte Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Lighten Up! Zack Zdrale Solo Exhibition, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
The 30th Annual Holiday Miniatures Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO

2019
Disrupted Realism-Paintings for a Distracted World, Stanek Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Painting The Figure Now II, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wausau WI
SOFA Chicago 2019 w/ Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
State of Undress, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
The 29th Annual Holiday Miniatures Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO

2018
The BP Portrait Award, The national Gallery, London Eng, Wolverhampton Art
Gallery, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
Painting The Figure Now, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wausau WI
The 5x5Project, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
The 10x10 Exhibition, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
The 28th Annual Holiday Miniatures Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO

2017
The 5x5 Project, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
Illumination, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
The 27th Annual Holiday Miniatures Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
The Figure Contemporary, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA *first place

2016
The 26th Annual Holiday Miniatures Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
The 5x5 Project, Abend Gallery, Denver, Co
Zack Zdrale, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Contemporary Figuration, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
The Edge of Realism, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
The Nude Figure, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Full Spectrum, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO

2015
Figures and interiors, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
25th Annual Miniatures Exhibition, Abend Gallery, Denver CO
Small Works, Principle Gallery , Alexandria, VA
Unfurl, Gallery 1261, Denver, CO

2014
Portraits and Figures, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Drawing, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Still Life and Tromp L’oeil, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Tourist Season, Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA

2013
Zack Zdrale, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Figure in American Art 16, Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York, NY
Figures, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2012
The Figure in American Art 15, Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York, NY
People of Interest, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Self-Portraits, Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York, NY
American Figurative Art, Albemarle Gallery, London, UK
Zack Zdrale- On The Other Side, Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York, NY

2011
International Summer Salon, Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York, NY
Size Matters, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Recent Arrivals, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Figure in American Art, Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York, NY

2010
Self Portrait Invitational, Julie Nester Gallery, Park City, UT
The Human Figure, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2009
Jacob Pfeiffer, Zack Zdrale, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Trompe L'Oeil, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Possessions, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Small Works, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Summer in San Francisco, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2008
Group Show, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Summer In San Francisco, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Introductions 2008, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Florals, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Drawings, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Figure in American Art, Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York, NY

2007
Summer Salon 2007, Wendt Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
The Richeson 75: Portrait and Figure Exhibition, Richeson Gallery, Kimberly, WI
Bay Area Influence, Wendt Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Zack Zdrale: Figures, Academy of Art University 79 Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2006
Oil Painters of America Western Regional, Lee Youngman Gallery, Calistoga, CA
Spring Show, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
Oil Painters of America’s 15th National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils, Dana Gallery, Missoula, MO

2005
A Show of Heads, Limner Gallery, Phoenicia, NY
Lines into Shape, The Art Center of Estes Park, Estes Park, CO
Spring Show, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA

BIBLIOGRAPHY (selected)

2007
American Art Collector, “The Other Side Of California” April
American Art Collector “Summer Salon in Laguna Beach” July

2008
American Art Collector, “Drawing Out the Psyche “June

2009
ZYZYYVA, pp. 127-128. Fall #8

2010
American Artist, “Paint Figures to Represent Your Ideas and feelings”, April
American Art Collector, “Heat from Within” December

2011
DDMagzine.it “Zack Zdrale” July

2012
American Art Collector, “Recent Arrivals” January

2013
American Art Collector, “Zack Zdrale-On the Other Side” October

2014
American Art Collector, “Zack Zdrale” October

2015
American Art Collector, “Portraits and Figures” May
American Art Collector, “Drawing” June
Poets and Artists issue #56, June

2018
Poets and Artists issue #73 “Painting the Figure Now”, May

2019
Disrupted Realism: Paintings for a Distracted World, John Seed, 2019 pp.106-9

2021
Madison Essentials Magazine, “Zack Zdrale”, by Chris Gargon. Oct.-Dec