Born in Colorado Springs, CO

Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

 

EDUCATION:

 

2019

M.F.A. in Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

 

2014

B.F.A. in Drawing, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (* connotes solo or two-person show):

2024

The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY

Francois + Friends, Yo Studio, North Cannan, CT

How Do You Like Your Love, SVA Flatiron Gallery, New York, NY

2023

Best Cult, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY

Club EXILE: Disco Mosaic Workshop, UrbanGlass, New york, NY

2022

Uncovered Spaces, The International Museum of Art and Science, McAllen, TX

2021

May I…, Starta Arta, Manhattan, NY

Make/Shift: It Wasn’t Supposed to Be Like This, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA

I Become a Beam of Light, ArtpartmentNYC, Brooklyn, NY (Curator)

2020

Works From Home, ArtpartmentNYC, Brooklyn, NY (Curator)

You Remember How Lonely Everything Was in the Beginning, Please Don’t Come To This Show, Brooklyn, NY (Co-curated with Jay Elizando)

2019

Have you ever seen a lamp turn a look?, Para//el Performance Space, Brooklyn, NY*

Chautauqua School of Art Students and Emerging Artists Exhibition, Fowler– Kellogg Art Center, Chautauqua, NY

Now That’s What I Call Love, DCTV Building, New York, NY

Four Walls, SVA Flatiron Gallery, New York, NY

What Happens Here Stays With Us, Pfizer Building, Brooklyn, NY

Dream House, Gloria’s Project Space, Ridgewood, NY

4x4, SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY

2018

SIGNAL: Tri-State Juried Exhibition, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY

Constellations, SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY

cloyingPARLOR, New York, NY

 

2017

Reference, Rose Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

 

2016

False Family: The Architecture of Found Photographs, Craig Krull Gallery, Los Angeles, CA*

Someplace Elsewhere, Gallery Protocol, Gainesville, FL

 

2015

Art is Home, 4Most Gallery & Studio, Gainesville, FL

Myopia Series, Craig Krull Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

2014

25th Annual University Student Exhibition, Atlantic Center for the Arts Pabst Visitor Center & Gallery, New Smyrna Beach, FL

Ere the Substance Fades, The Wooly, Gainesville, FL*

MASS 4, The Wooly, Gainesville, FL

Student Unjuried Exhibition, Convergence Gallery, Gainesville, FL (Curated by the Painting and Drawing Association) 

Teaser, WARP Gallery, Gainesville, FL

 

2013

Quarantined, Reitz Gallery, Gainesville, FL*

Unconventional Portraiture, Convergence Gallery, Gainesville, FL (curated by the Painting and Drawing Association, with catalog)

 

2012

Dream State, Reitz Gallery, Gainesville, FL*

Pushing Color, The Focus Gallery, Gainesville, FL

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

2024

Thompson, Zac, “The Glittery History of Drag in New York City”, Hyperallergic, February 13.

2023

Amin, Lakshmi Rivera, “The Imperfect Charm of Spring Break Art Show”, Hyperallergic, September 7 (with illustration).

2022

Epsey, Em and Gronowski, Gianna, “Uncovering Cru: Exploring the heavy toll the campus Christian ministry group takes on its members”, Uncovering Cru, 2022 (with illustration).

Monitor, The, “Uncovered spaces — Exhibit to open at IMAS in collaboration with UTRGV Center for Latin American Arts”, The Monitor, March 22.

2021

Claiborne, James, and Webb, Brittany, “MAKE/SHIFT: IT WASN’T SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THIS”, Vox Populi’s 1st Ever Juried ePublication (with illustration).

2020

Kim, Alexey, “Being Queer When No One’s Watching”, Sidewalkkilla, November 10.

Ballif, Ashlin, “You Remember How Lonely Everything Was in the Beginning / www.pleasedontcometothisshow.com”, Daily Lazy, October 27 (with illustration).

2019

Bishop, Eleanor, “VACI Emerging Artists to Hold First Drag Show”, The Chautauqua Daily, July 27.

Small, Zachary, “Queer Artists in Their Own Words: Zac Thompson the Genderfuck Drag Queen”, Hyperallergic, June 1 (with illustration).

Nguyen, Andrew, “The Met Gayla Was Queer, Fabulous, and Totally Absurd A celebration of camp in Brooklyn”, The Cut, May 6 (with illustration).

2018

Small, Zachary, "SVA Students Reinterpret Intersectionality Through a Queer Lens", Hyperallergic, July 26 (with illustration).

2016

Calvo, Natalie, "Alumni Spotlight: Zac Thompson", Muse Magazine, November 30, pp. 18 (with illustration). 

Riley, Wes, "Artist Spotlight: Zac Thompson", In The Loop, April 7. 

 

2014

Mebel, Anna, “Vol. 16,” Tea Literary Magazine, May, pp. 36,37 (with illustration).

Katona, Steven, "Drawing Seniors Tease End-of-Year Show," The Independent Florida Alligator, January 29. 

 

2013

Katona, Steven, "Art Students 'Quarantine' Work in Retiz Union Gallery," The Independent Florida Alligator, November 20 (with illustration). 

Katona, Steven, "Interactive Art Exhibit Opening in Reitz Tonight Aims to Help People Understand Feminism," The Independent Florida Alligator, August 28. 

Mebel, Anna, "Vol. 15," Tea Literary Magazine, April, pp. 42,59 (with illustration).

Katona, Steven, "In the Gallery Right Meow: 'Just Cats,'" The Independent Florida Alligator, January 31. 

 

2012

Cochrum, Amy, "'Dream State' Exhibit Opens at Reitz Union," The Independent Florida Alligator, January 20 (with illustration). 

 

HONORS/AWARDS:

2021

Covid Artist Relief Program Recipient, Two Trees, Brooklyn, NY

2016

The Hambidge Center for Creative Arts & Sciences Residency, Rabun Gap, GA

 

2014

Student Creative Research Awards-Best of School Award, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Creativity in the Arts and Sciences Collaboration Winner, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Dennis and Colette Campay Studio Art Scholarship, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Carolyn A. Novogrodsky Memorial Award for Artistic Pursuits, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL