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WAYNE ZEBZDA
3955 Omao Rd
Koloa, HI. 96756
e-mail z@waynz.com
tel.808.635.2250

Born

1956 , Hartford , Connecticut

Education

1976-1979    B.F.A. San Francisco Art Institute
1975             Central Connecticut State College

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
           Galerie 103 Kauai Hawaii. ROADTRIP

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   RipOff, On the Nature of Security, San Francisco Artspace, CA

Public Site Projects

2012     Nest , Mililani Ike Elementary School public commission

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, San Francisco, CA.
            Road signs, Embarcadero- SF. and Marin Headlands, CA.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2012    Fish out of Water, Galerie 103 Kauai Hawaii

            Hawaii Art Now, Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, Hawaii

            YES, Andrew Rose Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaii

2011   State of the Art 2011, Galerie 103, Kauai Hawaii

2009   Elisa Contemporary Art, New York , N.Y.
            Kauai 5, Koa Art Gallery KCC. Oahu, Hawaii
            Galerie 103 inaugural exhibition. Kauai Hawaii.
2008   The Contemporary Museum Honlolulu, Biennial of Hawaii Artists, Hawaii.

2005    Form/Formless, Timespace Gallery, Hawaii
2004    Honolulu Academy of the Arts Linecona Center, Currents
2001   ConTempo 2001 , Honolulu HI

1999    Maui Art and Cultural Center, Currents ll,, Hawai

1997   Artists of Hawaii, Oahu. 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, and Christmas, Marin, CA.
             Show N Tell Gallery, San Francisco , CA.

1989   San Francisco Art Institute-Emanual Walter Gallery, 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.

1983  A.R.E. GALLERY, San Francisco, CA

1979  YMCA THEATER - Art Performance Night, San Francisco, CA.
           ARTGRIP-SON OF MAYHAM, San Francisco, CA
           

Bibliography

2012 Galerie 103's new show is a fish out of water that speaks volumes Garden Island News August 19, 2012 by Laurent Canalejas

2009  'Roadtripping with artist Wayne Zebzda,  By Pam Woolway, Garden Island News sept 25th

 Fair Towers and Road Trip, by Paul Janes Brown. Maui Weekly Aug 6-12

2008 Modern Luxery Hawaii Magazine, The New Radicals by Shane Nelson  Spring 2008

2008  TCM Catalogue. Wayne Zebzda by Marcia Morse

2002  Sculptor Wayne Zebzda Talks to yoU on Process, Creativity and Inspiration by Anne

           E.O’Malley , Fall  2002 edition of ARTS

2000 The Garden Island, Art in public Places Paints Pretty Picture.

          ARTS –Garden Island Arts Council Publication Fall 2000

          Symbolism strong in SFCA-sponsored sculptures…
1999 Maui News, Kauai’s distinctiveness shines through in Currents ll
1997 Honolulu Weekly, Dump Run by Marcia Morse , Aug 5th Honolulu Advertiser, Artists of Hawaii... by Joan Rose. July 30