September 12- November 8 2009
"ROADTRIP", multimedia presentation by Wayne Zebzda. ROADTRIP was exhibited at The Contemporary Museum Honolulu Biennial 2008 and has just returned from a solo show at The Maui Arts & Cultural Center (2009).
"Like Andy Warhol, Wayne Zebzda presents something familiar, transforms it through the eye of the artist, and asks us to see it differently. However, where Warhol was dour, Zebzda has a twinkle in his eye and is hell-bent on delighting the viewer." -- Paul Janes-Brown, Maui Weekly
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“My art is produced from the random things in everyday life. Sometimes it’s just a phrase uttered by a stranger or a jingle from TV, or it could be a sign on the side of the road or the color of the sky. Many times a found object finds its way to my studio like a lost puppy. I usually don’t know what it’s going to become but there is an initial attraction to it so I’ll keep it around, feeding it while it feeds me in ways I’m not quite sure of. I wait for it to howl and run off on its own determined direction, leading me along on an adventure. Of course I chase it. Drawing, sculpture, video, photography, sound, humor…I’ll explore and exploit any vehicle which moves me along on these adventures. Each offers a different ride.
Accident, chance, and circumstance, can shape an object into something it was never meant to be. There is poetry in the results and I find it quite beautiful but everyone has their own viewpoint.
The ROADTRIP series is a continually evolving group of works. I am constantly adding to it, chasing it like a whole pack of wild dogs. I’m not sure where they’re leading me and they’re not slowing down, so fasten your seat belts, enjoy the ride and please, everybody, sit in your own seat”
- Wayne Zebzda 2009
R O A D T R I P I N S T A L L A T I O N
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Who’s Driving? 2007
Found steering wheel, metal rust ,dirt patina 2#
3#
feelings, 2009
Ceramic road domes installation
16 ft x 20 in.
Feel the Beat… 2009
Polyester resin ball with recycled reflective road bumps, audio soundtrack of recorded road bumps and traffic sounds.
26 in. diameter.
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It might be a long journey ahead and quite possibly dangerous but I can’t really tell you all the details just yet, 2008
digital solvent inkjet print on vinyl on aluminum with gunshot highway yield sign (D.O.T. debris)
16 ft 3 in tall
Memory Loss, 2009
Welded aluminum and faded D.O.T. traffic signs
Size : 11 ft -3 in x 30 in. x 6-1/2 in deep
5 #, 6 #
Stop Throwing Signs, 2007-2008
road signs, D.O.T. debris
installation, dimensions variable
7 #
Gawker, 2009
Recycled damaged guard rails and solvent inkjet prints on vinyl on aluminum
Dimentions12 feet to 18 feet long
8 #
What’s Right What’s Left, 2009
Two window installation / Cut vinyl on glass.
Photo documentation of window installation
9 #
I dig my new office, 2009
Installation with desk and chair.
10 #
Neither Here nor There, 2008
digital solvent inkjet print on vinyl on aluminum with D.O.T. debris
17 feet 7 in tall
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Feel The Beat, 2009
graphite, smoke, ink, paint, reflective tape
36 x 48 in.
12#
Kone Tiki, Drawing 2008
graphite, ink, smoke, florescent paint on paper
42 ½ in x 35 ½ in.
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Road Trip, 2007
digital solvent inkjet print on vinyl and aluminum
68 ½ inches wide
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Suit for Night Walking, 2009
3-M reflective sign material sewn on industrial cover-alls, Hanger.
Size: 44 long
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Primitive Hubcap Mask, 2007
found object and carbon smoke drawing on paper
23 x 41 inches
Laws of Attraction (part one), 2007
found highway road lines, adhesive metal tape and reflective glass beads (Kauai D.O.T. debris)
dimensions variable
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Suit To Disappear In, 2009
Suit , highway paint, glass beading, Hanger.
Size 44, pants, too big…
WAYNE ZEBZDA BI0
Born 1956 , Hartford , Connecticut
Education
1979 B.F.A. San Francisco Art Institute
Awards
2009 Art in Public Places - Hawaii State Foundation on Culture in the Arts
2007 21st annual Isadora Duncan Dance Awards for Visual Design-Hotel of Memories.San Francisco.
2001 Art in Public places/DOE. commission . Hawaii State Foundation on Culture in the arts.
1999 Art in Public places/DOE. commission . Hawaii State Foundation on Culture in the arts.
1989-90 Art Matters Inc., Visual arts grant. New York
1986 Washington State 1% for the arts
1986 Inter-Arts of Marin, Small Projects awards
1978 Full Merit Scholarship, San Francisco Art Institute
Solo Exhibitions
2009 Maui Arts & Cultural Center /Schaefer International Gallery, Hawaii
2007 Timespace Gallery, Hanapepe, Hawaii
1993 Show N’ Tell Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1990 Odds and Ends , Living Room Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1989 Some Happy Objects , Artspace Annex, San Francisco, CA.
1988 Rip-off , On the Nature of Security, San Francisco Artspace, San Francisco , CA.
Public Site Projects
2005-6 Timespace Gallery, Hawaii. One Candle Power outdoor installation.
2002 I/O Quotidian Gallery , San Francisco, CA. exterior video projection -8 artists
2001-02 Talk to Me , State/DOE commission for Kalaheo School, Hawaii (Sept 2002 installation))
1999-2000 Hukilau , State/DOE Commission for Kapaa High School . Kauai, Hawaii
1988-93 The Toy Factory , San Francisco Artspace
1991-92 Build To Suit , Site Western Union & Haines Gallery
1988 3 Square Meals , Palo Alto, Co-op Market, CA.
1987 A Very Public Shower , Sculpture Chicago 87, Illinois
Road Rhythms, Highway 101,Vista Point, Marin County,CA
1986 Big Smoke , San Francisco City Hall, CA.
Symphony For Road Flares , San Francisco Arts Commission, Gallery Outdoor Annex. CA.
1984 Public Speaking , Sculpture Chicago 84, Illinois
1983 Winter Installation , San Francisco, CA.
1982 Z-National Forest , 12th international Sculpture Conference, Oakland/San Francisco, CA.
1981 Billboard , Taylor and Ellis St. SF. CA.
1980 Billboard , Taylor and Ellis St. SF. CA.
1979 Stenciled Czechs,Crosswalk installation, S. Francisco, CA.
Road signs, Embarcadero- SF, and Marin Headlands, CA.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008 The Contemporary Museum Biennial of Hawaii Artists, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii.
2005 Form/Formless, Timespace Gallery, Hawaii
2004 KSA annual, Hawaii. Big Words, Video Projection for Shopping Mall
2004 Currents , Honolulu Academy of the Arts Linecona Center
2001 ConTempo 2001 , Honolulu HI
2000 KSA annual show. Lihue HI.
1999 Currents ll, Maui Art and Cultural Center, Hawaii
KSA show, Lihue Kauai. Jesse Solomon award
1997 Artists of Hawaii, Oahu. HI.
KSA-State Building exhibit, Lihue, HI.
1994 Kauai Museum-KSA show, Kauai, HI.
1991 Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA.
San Francisco Artspace, erotic drawings show, SF. CA.
1990 Falkirk Cultural Center-Toys,Tools, & Christmas, Marin, CA.
Show N Tell Gallery-video night, San Francisco , CA.
San Francisco Art Institute-April Fools Show, SF., CA.
1988 DIA FOUNDATION-Group Material-Democracy show. New York, NY.
1987 Emanual Walter Gallery-SFAI, Valentines Show, San Francisco, CA
1986 SF Arts Commission Gallery-Chain Reaction II, SF. CA.
Neon Gallery-black and white show, San Francisco, CA.
Red Moon Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Video Free America, San Francisco, CA.
Club Nine-performance/installation, San Francisco, CA.
1984 Sculpture Chicago Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
PROARTS - 1984 Show. San Francisco, CA.
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