Zack Wirsum

Artist Biography

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Shell Game, Three Card Montague,
a Renaissance Man Like Mike Vick

acrylic on canvas, 60 x 72 inches, 2010

If Clothes Make the Man I'd be Well
Suited to Sheepishly Wear Wolves Clothing

acrylic on canvas, 60 x 40 inches, 2007

Stick in the Clean Up Slot, Captain of the Clean Plate Club
'Til I Hang Up the Cleats

acrylic on wood, 36 x 60 inches, 2008

Perfect Equilibriums, F*#k, I Thought I Was the
Only One That Had Those

acrylic on panel, 36 x 60 inches, 2009

Can't Sit Still? Hold Your Horses and
Leave Some Waiting Room

acrylic on panel, 36 x 60 inches, 2010






Zack Wirsum
EDUCATION
2002School of the Art Institute of Chicago, BFA
1997-1998Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
1994-1998Gallery 37, Apprentice Artist, Chicago
EXHIBITIONS
2011 Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL “Groupings”, group
2011 Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL “Weakened Warriors: Outlines With Outlines”, solo
2010 TAC, Highland Park, IL, “Beyond the Surface”, group
2010 Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL, “New Wave”, group
2009 Irvine Contemporary, Washington, DC, “Aspect Ratio II”, group
2009 Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, “From Soup to Nuts”, group
2008 Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, “The Baseball Show”, group
2008The Riverwalk, Chicago, “Chicago Looks”, group
2008 The Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, “Art Futura”, group
2007 Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, IL “Problematic Problem Solving, the Puzzling Solutions of a Problem Addict”, one-person show
2006 Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, “Relationships”, group
2006 Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, “Wirsum-Gunn Family Show”, four-person show
2006 Lollapolooza, Chicago, “Who Arted?”, group
2006 Rotofugi, Chicago, “Teddy Troop Invasion”, group
2006 Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, group
2005 Christoffer Egelund Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark, “Playing All Day”, group
2005 Nova Young Art Show, Chicago, VIP Lounge, two-person show
2005 Up the Stairs Gallery, Chicago, Around the Coyote: Curator’s Choice, group
2005 High Risk Gallery, Chicago, “Abstraction”, group
2003 A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, “Surface Tension: The Graf Movement”, group
2003 A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, “mommaCOMMAboy”, four-person show
2003 Betty Rymer Gallery, Chicago, “The Big Picture Show: Size Does Matter”, group
Publications
Chicago Tribune, 2010
Jettison Quarterly, Issue 3, 9/2009
New American Paintings, No. 77, 8/2008
Chicago Sun Times, 9/28/2006
New American Paintings, No. 59, 8/2005
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