ZAK PREKOP
Born, 1979
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION
2009
Städelschule, Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2008
MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
2001
BFA, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2015
Hagiwara Projects, Tokyo, Japan
2014
Galeria Augustina Ferreyra, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago
2013
Peter Mandradjieff, Zak Prekop, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL
Contemporary Art Museum, Raleigh, NC
2012
Thomas Duncan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Art Statements, Basel, Switzerland (with Harris Lieberman)
Harris Lieberman, New York, NY
2011
Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL
Shane Campbell Gallery, Oak Park, IL
2010
Galeria Marta Cervera, Madrid, Spain
Harris Lieberman, New York, NY
2008
Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL
MFA Thesis, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013
Long Instant Short Hour, Thomas Duncan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Painter, Painter, curated by Eric Crosby and Bartholomew Ryan, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
2012
Modern Talking, curated by Nicola Trezzi, Cluj Museum, Romania
I Think and That Is All That I Am, Thomas Duncan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011
Four Rooms cur. by Nicola Trezzi, CSW Zamek, Warsaw, Poland
Tax Day News & Smoke, Emily Harvey Foundation, New York, NY
Pittsburgh Biennial, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
Modern Minimal and Optical, Conduits Gallery, Milan, Italy
Haley Mellin/Olivier Mosset [and Back Room]I, UNTITLED, New York, NY
Prague Biennale 5, Prague, Czech Republic
2010
It’s All American, NJMOCA, Ashbury, NJ
Shape Language, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
Greater New York, PS1, Queens, NY
Process/Abstraction, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
What Where, cur. by Thomas Duncan, Sutton Lane, London/Paris
Untitled (Painting), Shaheen Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Spontaneous Generation, Zach Feuer, New York, NY
2009
Jon Pestoni and Zak Prekop, Lisa Cooley Gallery, New York, NY
Rich Aldrich, Zak Prekop, Lesley Vance, Roger Bjorkholmen Galleri, Stockholm, Sweden
Still Life, The Caribic, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany
2008
Varda Calvano, Matt Connors, Thomas Hylander, Zak Prekop, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Paul Bloodgood, Matt Connors, Ryan McLaughlin, Elena Pankova, Zak Prekop, Michael Wetzel, Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Detroit, MI
Cregswell Crags, Lisa Cooley, New York, NY
Re-presentations, New York City, Pilsen, Chicago
Bianca Beck, Josh Brand, Matt Connors, Zak Prekop, Hayley Tompkins, Sue Tompkins, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL
You Are Many, M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Gallery 2, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Bauhaus Art Show, Guertin’s Graphics, Chicago, IL
2007
More or Less:Rodney CarswelL/Zak Prekop , Devening Projects and Editions, Chicago, IL
The Nature of Disturbance, Rowland Contemporary, Chicago, IL
2005
Greater Brooklyn, CRG Gallery, New York
PROJECTS
2010
The Art of the Hurrays/Skeksis Head (with Hurray), Harris Lieberman, New York
2009
From a Position (with Heather Guertin), Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
What Was the Idea (curator), Devening Projects and Editions, Chicago
2008
Rotations (with Heather Guertin and Neil Infalvi), Rowley Kennerk Gallery, Chicago
Ghost Art is a Lie (with Heather Guertin and Neil Infalvi), The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2007
No Legs (curator), Alogon, Chicago
2006
Bring the War Home (with Hurray), Elizabeth Dee Gallery/QED, New York/Los Angeles
Hurray (with Hurray), The Mandrake, Los Angeles
The Fact Abstract (with Hurray), Dorsky Gallery, Queens, NY
North Drive Press: The Movie (performance with Hurray), The Kitchen, New York
2005
Hurray (with Hurray), Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York
KA/VH : RA/AG (Peformance with Hurray and Amy Granat), Oliver Kamm 5BE,
New York, NY
AWARDS & LECTURES
2010
Kent State Visiting Artist Lecture
2008
Joan Mitchell MFA Grant nominee
2006
Trustee Scholarship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2012
Hudson, Suzanne, “Zak Prekop,” Artforum, May 2012.
Fee, Brian, “Excavating Abstraction,” New American Paintings, March 2012.
Fiske, Courtney, “Critics’ Picks: Zak Prekop,” Artforum.com, March 2012.
2011
Byers, Daniel. “Zak Prekop”. Flash Art, October 2011
2009
Montreuil, Gregory. “Review: John Pestoni and Zak Prekop.” Flash Art, November-December 2009
2008
Orendorff, Danny. "Review: Zak Prekop." New City, December 2008
Smith, Roberta. “Review: Cregswell Crags." New York Times, Septmeber 2008
Wenzel, Erik. “Review: Bianca Beck, Josh Brand, Matt Connors, Zak Prekop, Hayley Tompkins, Sue Tompkins." Art Slant, June 2008
2007
Wenzel, Erik. “Review: The Nature of Disturbance." Time Out Chicago, February 2007
2006
Keegan, Matt. “Top Ten.” (for Hurray), Artforum, February 2006
2005
Smith, Roberta. “Review: Greater Brooklyn." New York Times, July 2005