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

 

 

Born

1956 , Hartford , Connecticut


Education


1979  B.F.A. San Francisco Art Institute



Awards

 

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

 

 

Public Site Projects

 

2005-6   Timespace Gallery, Hawaii.One Candle Poweroutdoor installation.

2004       KSA annual, Hawaii. Big Words,  Video Projection for Shopping Mall

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.

 

 

Solo Exhibitions

 

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, CA

 

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008 The Contemporary Museum Biennial of Hawaii Artists, TCM Hawaii.

2005 Form/Formless, Timespace Gallery, Hawaii
2004 KSA small works show

          KSA annual , Lihue Kauai, HI

2001 ConTempo 2001 , Honolulu HI

2000 KSA annual show. Lihue HI.

1999 Currents ll, Maui Art and Cultural Center, Hawaii

          KSA. Show, Lihue Kauai, HI

          KSA show, Lihue Kauai. Jesse Solomon award

          Kinipopo Gallery, Kapaa HI. Small Works show.

1997 Artists of Hawaii, Oahu. HI.

          KSA-State Building exhibit, Lihue, HI.

1996 Roys-Poipu , Kauai, HI. 2 person show

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-video night, San Francisco , CA.

1989 Institute of Contemporary Art-Competition Diomede, traveling exhibit

          t o NY, LA. WA .Seattle, Leningrad and Moscow

          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.

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

          Union Square, San Francisco, SAKS construction wall Mural , CA.

1979 YMCA THEATER - Art Performance Night, San Francisco, CA.

 

 

Bibliography

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

1996  Kauai Magazine,Wayne Zebzda, Weighty messages with a light heart , by Evelyn de Buhr. summer issue.
1993
San Francisco Chronicle, Painting and Sculpture at Show N Tell by

          Kenneth Baker

          San Francisco Examiner, Gallery Watch , by David Bonetti

          San Francisco Chronicle,

1992 San Francisco Chronicle

1991 San Francisco Examine , Consensual Erotica by Barrett Watten,Oct.

      ARTWEEK , Wayne Zebzda at Gallery Paule Anglim by Mary Dowd.Aug 1

1989 KRON/KOFY TV.

       San Francisco Chronicle,

       San Francisco Weekly

       SHIFT MAGAZINE Issue 6 , WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE , by Glen Helfand

          Channel 25 cable San Francisco, DOGHOUSE interview with Wayne Zebzda

1988 San Francisco Chronicle, Zebzda Safe at Home , by Kenneth Baker,April 15

          San Francisco Examiner, ...an arty new twist , Rob Morse column ,Nov 30

  Eleven sketches of men and women riding the crest of the Bay Area art community’s next wave By Dorothy Burkhart , San Jose

      High Performance Magazine, Los Angeles, Installations, WAYNE ZEBZDA,

       ON THE NATURE OF SECURITY by Alfred Jan, issue # 43 fall

       San Francisco Magazine , Featured artists issue, May

          San Francisco Calendar Magazine, Critics Choice , by Brent Sunderland . April 15-30
SF Chronicle, S.F Groups Art for Kids' Sake , by Gary E. Swan, Dec. 6 San Francisco Focus          
ARTWEEK 
San Francisco Bay Guardian, Ripoff: On the Nature of Security by Laura Brill  San Francisco Sentinel

1987 Chicago Tribune The art of hydrant tapping , photo-Chris Walker Aug 5th

          Chicago Sun Times , Refreshing art , Kathleen Reeve , aug . 6   Hyde Park Herald, Chicago

1986 KRON TV , channel 4 news story "symphony for road flares   San Francisco Chronicle Metier   

1984 McNeil Leher Report , Sculpture Chicago 84 TV broadcast

          TBS Broadcasting , Atlanta, Sculpture Chicago interview
New York Times, Sculpture Chicago cover story. Aug.
Chicago Tribune 
Capitol Cities Cable, Channel 9 , Chicago Z-NATIONAL FOREST

1983 KPIX CHANNEL 5 NEWS, San Francisco, 21 Snowmen